Yoga

Oh, My Aching Back and Neck!

Yoga and Strength Training May Reduce Pain

Is Hot Yoga Good For Your Health?

Is hot yoga right for you? Certain red flags can materialize during class, such as thirst, profuse sweating, dizziness or headaches, weakness, muscle cramps and nausea or vomiting.

A Hot New Experience

My First Try at Bikram Yoga

Try this: Stand on one foot while wrapping the other leg around the straight leg. Now do a full squat all the way to the ground. Difficult? Now do it in a room that’s 105F degrees and 40% humidity. Sound like fun?

New Year Challenge Pose: Crane

A Core-Firing Arm Balance

So you’ve been doing yoga for a pretty long time, feel fairly strong and are ready to take things up to the next level. Enter arm balances. Arm balances provoke us to find just the right balance between what we call sukham (ease) and sthiram (effort). They strengthen the arms and wrists, engage and tone the core, and challenge us to find our breath when we feel like we want to panic and hold it in.

Hip Openers

Improve Squats, Sprints, Glute Activation & More

Sitting all day causes the hip flexors to contract and become tight, making full hip extension difficult or painful. The result? One can develop chronic lower back pain, experience limited range of motion for key movements in the gym like squats and have difficulty fully activating the glutes.

Sun Salutation A

Improve hamstring flexibility & upper body strength

Surya Namaskar A, or Sun Salutation A, is a sequence of movements done in yoga that are linked with breath. Performing this sequence of poses requires strength and stamina, but also a sense of mental calm and focus to remain steady as things get a little more challenging.

Rejuvenating Yoga Twists

Wring Out The Old To Bring In The New

Practicing twists is a great way to rev-up circulation and flush out toxins, as well as increase flexibility of the spine. When performing a twist, we promote blood flow and massage the internal organs, promoting rejuvenation of the whole body.