Avoid common pitfalls while bending sideways
There is this interesting thing that I observed during my years of teaching yoga – it often seems that if the student has an incredible range in bending backwards, she[…]
Category: yoga for your body
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Why do we bend sideways?
One of the revelatory experiences I had in my viniyoga teacher training came after a side bending-focused practice. After doing a number of lateral bends and some breathing practices, my[…]
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Yogic and Ayurvedic views of digestion
A model is a sort of a mental construct that we use to explain and understand reality; it is not reality itself. This is an important point to understand when[…]
The art and science of yoga sequencing: How the order of poses can change the effect of the practice
I remember hating Latin in college. Unfortunately, it was required for my degree, so I had to endure. For example, translating a Latin sentence takes a lot of work because[…]
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How does yoga help with digestion?
In my therapist training many years ago my teacher had asked for a volunteer with some sort of digestive distress when we were discussing the topic of digestion. One of[…]
Can twists “detox the liver”?
Yoga teachers and yoga students like to be proactive when it comes to our health – we have strong opinions about what we should put into the body, how to[…]
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Does sweating during your yoga practice help you detox?
“I didn’t even break a sweat” – says my husband disapprovingly when his workout doesn’t meet his intensity expectations. We’ve come to associate sweating with working hard, and many folks[…]
What makes Jathara Parivrtti a “superpose”?
Have you heard the term superfood? It is usually used to describe a nutrient-rich food that is especially beneficial for our health and well-being. I adopted this term to describe[…]
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How to protect your sacrum during twisting
Do you know how tsunamis get started? One of the most common reasons is an underwater earthquake that happens because of the shifting of tectonic plates. Those plates enclose the[…]
3 steps to safer, more effective twists
The best image that seems to help students get a hang of twisting postures is the image of “wringing out the towel”. To be able to effectively wring the water[…]
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Why do we twist?
Just like any other discipline, yoga has it’s own “lingo” that is widely used in yoga classes. The problem is that it is not always clear to the student what[…]
How to organize back bends in a yoga sequence
A number of years ago a friend of mine went to a new yoga class. At one point they did a Camel pose and my friend couldn’t quite reach her[…]
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An Ode to Warrior
There are a handful of poses that I choose to do in almost every yoga practice, and Virabhadrasana 1 (Warrior 1) is one of them. This pose holds a special[…]
How to bend back without hurting your back
When I was little, I did gymnastics, and deep back bends like this one were easy for me. It didn’t happen because I was particularly accomplished; my spine just went[…]
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Why do we bend back in yoga?
If you follow any famous yogis on Instagram, you will inevitably see many beautiful, glamorous images of backbends in your feed. There is something about backbends that makes the practitioner[…]
Should we take the body to the maximum bend possible in every direction possible?
A few months ago one of the teachers in my yoga teachers Facebook group posed a question: would it be a good idea to go straight from Camel pose to[…]
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Is it safe to begin your yoga practice with seated poses?
When I was on vacation few weeks ago, I did my first SUP yoga session (yoga on a stand up paddle board). Practicing yoga to the gentle rhythm of the[…]
How to avoid overstretching in forward bends
For the past couple of weeks we’ve been talking about Forward bends and how to use them to stretch the posterior (back) structures of the body (along the Superficial Back[…]
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How to bend forward without stressing the spine
When you go to a yoga class and attempt to do a forward bend, you are likely to hear: “Bend from the hips!” What does it mean exactly? And is[…]
Why do we do forward bends in yoga?
I heard an interesting theory that older women who have osteoporosis in their spine, shouldn’t practice forward bends because of the risk for additional fractures. This theory is a result[…]
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