During many yoga classes I have attended, the teacher would continually tell us to “open your heart” and “bring your shoulders back and down.” In Pilates reformer classes, the cue was to “place your shoulders in your back pockets,” or just…
The rhomboids are – wait for it – two rhomboid shaped muscles that lie between the shoulder blades. I love anatomical terms, they tell it like it is. Rhomboid Major and Minor connect the medial edge of the scapula to the…
Traditionally, “shoulder to the wheel” means to work hard or exert yourself. While you certainly do those things when cycling, the phrase took on whole new meaning for me this year. Bar tops, hoods, and drops could refer to an ‘interesting’…
Your shoulders shrug for a number of different conscious and unconscious reasons. But the culprit holding the stress in your body is the trapezius muscle. The hood over your neck and shoulders, the large sting ray shape that covers your cervical…
Yoga teachers often take advantage of the opportunity to craft “theme” classes; better yet, sometimes we get to take someone else’s “theme” class. One such class I went to recently as a student was an “agni” sequence intended to stoke our…
Many seniors have very limited shoulder movement, and chronic neck tension….Shoulder Circles help to release groups of muscles affecting neck and shoulder tension…
Be sure to work these three key areas of your body every morning. Stretch your feet, shoulders and hips, and the rest of your body will thank you. Here’s why…
It is not hard to find examples of rounded shoulder posture in the world around you, or examples of rounded shoulders before and after. A large percentage of the population slouches as they walk, sit, or stand. This stance may even…
