In the yoga asana practice we often talk about a category of stretching poses called “Hip Openers.” They don’t refer to the area where you “put your hands on your hips,” but target the group of muscles surrounding the hip joints. The “Hips” include the Gluteal muscles (Gluteus maximus, Gluteus medius, and Gluteus minimus), the
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Food is a common way to numb when life gets overwhelming. When do most people numb with food? When you feel dysregulated. Dysregulation is a state of being unable to regulate your emotions, leaving you feeling out of sorts. Dysregulation can happen for many reasons and each can lead to numbing with food, or other
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#3 in the series–Ask your questions and I will answer them! Camel pose, or Ustrasana, is a challenging back bending pose. I struggled with it when I first started practicing yoga as I didn’t fully understand the nature of the pose. If you think the point of it is to put your hands on your
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If you are looking for tips on how to get 6 pack abs or ripped arms and legs, I’m sorry but you will not get that here. Many people start practicing yoga in hopes of getting a “yoga body.” But what is a yoga body? In truth, a yoga body is a body that practices
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Having an open heart is not all sunshine and roses, it means having the courage to feel. As humans, we deal with many dualities: day and night, hot and cold, inhale and exhale. Dualities offer expansion and contraction, an opening and a closing. Feelings like joy and love are expansive, whereas anger and fear feel
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Why fat shaming gets us nowhere, and instead we should be kind to ourselves. Obesity, defined as having a BMI over 30, became an “epidemic” in the 90s. Here’s the problem: BMI is garbage. The BMI was originally created in 1832 by a Belgian mathematician and astronomer who was trying to find a quick and
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It feels good. I’m 53. It’s hard to think of myself as “older,” although my teenage son points it out to me all the time. I have been practicing yoga for almost my entire adult life, and I can tell you, some things get better with age. While my practice today doesn’t look like it
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And sadly, we can’t control much There’s a lot of anxiety floating around these days as the world seems to be coming unglued. Anxiety comes from focusing on things over which you have no control, and sadly, that is most things. You can’t control the weather, the traffic, or what other people do or say.
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It all comes from your core If you are an active person, and if you are reading this, you probably are, you most likely want to stay active for as long as possible. Unfortunately, as you age, your body requires more maintenance to do all the things you are used to doing. The repetitive movements
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Societal messages vs being kind to yourself Have you ever thought about the relationship you have with food? Yes, food is required for survival, but eating can have so many positive and negative attributes, based on the fat-shaming culture we live in, and our thoughts about food. If you’ve ever used food to numb your
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