Amanda is a new regular in my morning classes. She is a runner and has tight hamstrings, IT bands and calves. She loves slowing down in her yoga practice and feels it is the perfect complement to her running practice. Here is one of her favorite sequences to help release hammies and calves.
Read MoreSam is a new yoga teacher. She comes to one of my advanced yoga classes each week. She likes to push her limits but wants to do so in a safe way. She wants to have strength through range of motion and wants to maintain her flexibility as she builds strength. She has noticed that as she builds upper body strength she has started to decrease upper body range of motion. She and I have worked together on a number of short sequences that she has plugged into her practice but here is a bit of one of them. Try it and let me know what you notice in your body.
Read MoreCindy has been coming to my classes for almost two years. Sometimes I won’t see her for a week or so and it always makes me smile when she comes back. Cindy has general knee instability, weakness in the muscles around her knees, and often feels unstable when walking downstairs. In order to safely build strength and stability, we developed this sequence together, me offering options and Cindy letting me know how she felt in each pose.
Read MoreAndrew is one of my morning regulars. He is committed to his health and wellbeing. Andrew has hip pain and limited hip range of motion. He is an active middle aged man and wants to continue doing what he loves into his later years. Here is one of his favorite hip sequences.
Read MoreThere are a number of obscure letters after my name that you may not be familiar with. So let me break them all down for you.
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