I will talking about my journey around these areas of healing. I will not be giving advise except to seek out someone qualified to help...

1. Identify your primary stressor: Focus on reducing stress in the area that is causing you the most stress. Generally, the reptilian...

What is Gluten? Many people are finding out that they are sensitive to wheat and wheat-based products. However, it may not be the wheat...

There is a growing trend worldwide towards organic foods and growing your own produce and the trend is increasing since 2020. While some...

As promised, my goal this year when sending out an email is to have the email be educational and informative. Some of you know that I am...

During the 30 day mandate closure from the Governor I am uploading more and more videos onto my youtube to help support you in this time....

Part 10 of 10...Structural anomalies or an orthopedic profile that has maybe changed because of life experiences. These will dictate the...

Just like any pose, lift or technique the pose must adjust to the body. We can only make so many adjustments before the pose, lift or...

Head and neck position for down dog. I’ve heard some instructors say “let is dangle” I’ve heard other instructors say “tuck your chin...

Supine Hamstring Stretch In the supine option there are more options to hit different angles of the attachments to be able to emphasize...

Part 7 of the Down Dog series is about the hamstrings, calves and this shitty little muscle right behind the knee. Several reasons why...

If you think stretching your hamstrings is helpful for your down dog THINK again! Watch the video to find out what you are missing. ...

In the first 4 videos I gave a bit of a background as to why someone would have difficulty finding a down dog position. In the previous...

If the person is shifted forwards in their down dog and the gleno-humoral joint (shoulder) is positioned closer to the hands or over the...

There’s more to downdog than meets the eye! It’s great to start with what the pose looks like for someone who holds the orthopedic profile for it. What do you do for the person that doesn’t have it? You can’t force them? Stretching won’t necessarily get it done. The pose conforms to the person but you have to know how to conform the pose or simply scrap it altogether. It’s important to take a wider stance with your hands in #downdog to be in the scapular plane for the #shoul

Down Dog and Shoulder Pain Part 2 --Thoracic Extension In part one of this series I went over briefly the three things I look for in the upper quarter of the body for not only down dog, but this holds true for any time the arms are going over your head. This will be especially important when the upper body is loaded such as table tops, planks but more so for down dog and certain arm and forearm balance postures. In a group setting I am not able to do one-on-one assessments. S

Down dog is one of yoga's signature poses. It is also a deceptive pose as it is one of the hardest poses to master. We have people who find it very easy to get into and it feels like a rest pose to them. While others struggle and it's hard and it hurts. They get frustrated and want to quit. You also have instructors that leave their class in down dog for an unusually long time. Whether you find it hard or easy to be in, down dog is NOT a rest pose. Down dog requires a bit of

How can you begin to minimize the load being placed onto the wrist, the passive structures of the shoulders and the neck? There is a...

In Part 5 of wrists and yoga I am going to visit technique pointers for Revolved postures. Revoled or twisting postures are a group of...

In this video I will be going over technique work for side plank. Side plank is one where students feel they have to be on the razors...