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Health & Performance Coach, Yoga, Medical Astrology Lifecoach
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Christi Sullivan
Oct 17, 20172 min read
Why the Hinge Forward in Hi Chaturanga is Bad for You?
In this short video you will not only see but feel that when you lean forward it begins increases compressive type forces going into the...
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Christi Sullivan
Oct 11, 20171 min read
Do you have wrist pain or discomfort in yoga?
This one is short and sweet!! There are so many people that have wrist trouble in not just yoga classes but a lot of fitness classes. The...
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Christi Sullivan
Sep 24, 20173 min read
The Breath Hold-Why It's Important (even in yoga)
The Importance of a breath hold and why would you do it in yoga or at all. Valsalva maneuver is a momentary breath hold or a bearing down...
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Christi Sullivan
Sep 10, 20172 min read
The Importance of a Stress Breath
Paradox breathing: This is a type of breath that is used when we need the abdominals contracted for stabilization. It is no longer ideal...
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Christi Sullivan
Aug 14, 20173 min read
What is Relaxed Breathing
Yogi’s, What is Relaxed Breathing. I stopped using the term of diaphragmatic breathing when describing a breath that is relaxing a few...
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Christi Sullivan
Jul 31, 20173 min read
Part 5 Open Your Hips and Get Out of Back Pain--Pigeon Pose
Pigeon has become a signature pose yoga. It also has become a pose where people can feel if they are not able to get into the full...
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Christi Sullivan
Jul 24, 20172 min read
Part 4 Open Your Hips and Get Out of Back Pain
We either have envy or a painful feeling when we see someone doing the front to back splits. We may feel inadequate when we are able to...
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Christi Sullivan
Jul 6, 20172 min read
Part 3 of Open Your Hips and Get Out of Back Pain
How do the adductors add to back pain? The adductors not only have one job of bringing the leg to the midline. They also aid in hip...
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Christi Sullivan
Jun 19, 20172 min read
Part 2 of 5 Open Hips & Get Rid of Back Pain
Why would Heros pose or Virasana will help with lower back pain? You have 11 hip flexors with varying attachments at the hip to the knee...
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Christi Sullivan
Jun 12, 20172 min read
Part 1 of 5 Open your hips and get out of back pain
What yoga instructors don't teach you in stretches and what they don't know about glute max. You go to yoga to help with your back pain,...
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Christi Sullivan
May 9, 20163 min read
What are Chakras?
How many of you have been in yoga classes or meditations and the instructor starts talking about chakras? We get a little information...
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Christi Sullivan
Jul 8, 20151 min read
Strength Vinyasa Yoga video
Strength Yoga (disclaimer follows and is below) is the integration of the science of strength training and the intuition of yoga. It is a...
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Christi Sullivan
Apr 1, 20146 min read
Should you clench?
To butt clench or not to butt clench? Over the years of attending yoga classes one of the cues that bothered me the most was while in up...
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Christi Sullivan
Apr 1, 20142 min read
To Butt Clench or Not To Butt Clench?
This a simple video I put together to explain when, why and who would need to have their glutes 'relaxed' in a cobra, king cobra or up...
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Christi Sullivan
Mar 15, 20141 min read
Looking at Child's Pose From Another Angle
This is looking at improving getting the hips to the heels. It is not always a hip, low back or hamstring tightness. The tightness may be...
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Christi Sullivan
Mar 15, 20143 min read
Your health is based off the strength of your foundation
Whether it’s a physical structure or a living creature, it’s only as strong as its foundation. You wouldn’t buy a house with a crack in...
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Christi Sullivan
Mar 15, 20145 min read
Understanding mechanisms for injury
The spine and discs move in opposite directions. Understanding this we can see how movements can lead to a disc injury. The amount of...
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Christi Sullivan
Mar 15, 20144 min read
Shoulder Pain and Down Dog
Down dog is a pose that I consistently see people having trouble with and/or find painful. The client’s posture speaks volumes why they...
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Christi Sullivan
Mar 15, 20143 min read
Functional Anatomy of Lumbar Spine and Yoga
There are many postures in yoga and what I’m going to discuss today about the lumbar spine carries over into mainly the standing...
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Christi Sullivan
Mar 15, 20141 min read
Strengthening Anterior Serratus
Simple exercises to help you strengthen the anterior serratus. If the scapulae has more than 60 degrees of upward rotation, suspect an...
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