June 2013

Friday Q&A: Alignment of the Knees

Q: Here is a question for you. I was practicing Utkatasana Tuesday and as I sat down into the pose I got a twinge in my inner left knee. ...

by Baxter and Nina Viparita Karani, which is often called Legs Up the Wall pose (a more accurate name is Inverted Lake pose), is one of our ...

by Nina Last week in my posts about anxiety Anxiety, Yoga, and the Front Body and Soothing Yourself With Supported Forward Bends , I discus...

by Baxter We recently received an inquiry about positioning the pelvis in yoga poses that I thought it worth addressing in a general, full-l...

by Ram Thin Branches by Melina Meza Endurance training improves functional capacity while resistance training improves muscle strength and e...

By MY Friday, June 21, 2013 timing poses

Q: You sometimes suggest staying in a pose for about 90 seconds. Is there a way you tell that it’s 90 seconds? Sometimes 90 seconds is a lon...

by Nina As I discussed yesterday in Anxiety, Yoga, and the Front Body , supported forward bends can be wonderfully quieting and soothing. Yo...

by Nina I’m going to be tackling the subject of anxiety in the coming weeks, and I thought that I’d start today by addressing an aspect of y...

by Baxter Let’s talk about the shoulder blades today. Recently, while evaluating my newest batch of teacher trainees during their teaching i...

By MY Monday, June 17, 2013

Grasses in the Forest by Melina Meza "If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future....

By MY Friday, June 14, 2013

SI Joints for Female and Male (look for the red lines!) Q: I'd like to know more about Janu Sirsasana and Trikonasana and the sacroiliac...