Hips!!! Hips!!!? Basically let me begin by reminding you that yoga begins in your home by simply sitting on the floor. We did this as children. We all sat easily in a cross-legged Indian sitting position, but other positions such as virasana, wide angle pose are common for children; but as adults we have lost this ability. With Hip openers…
Month: February 2009
YOU ARE MORE THAN THAT
You are not the sum total of your pain or injury. You are not your shoulder; you are not your knee, or just your hip or your neck. Even though when we have pain it does feel as though there is not a spot that is not without hurting. Doing Yoga can be a very therapeutic practice and…
HIP OPENERS: OPENING THE DOOR OF STANDING POSTURES
I have noticed, as I sometimes will catch a yoga class while I’m traveling, that the trend in teaching standing poses is to avoid addressing the tightness that shows up in the hip flexors. Rather then finding what needs to open and stretch and how to get there, it is taught as though the weakness and lack of flexibility determines the…