Yoga Boosts for strength: Bend sideways to feel spacious and free
Yoga poses are meant to be “prana pumps” because the ultimate purpose of asana is to move the life force (prana) into different parts of the human system via the[…]
Tagged: Yoga for hips
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Are you up for a challenge? Strong yoga practice for hips and hamstrings
Whenever you decide to work with your hips, it is not enough to simply stretch them. Since your hips are the weight-bearing joints in the body, first and foremost you[…]
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Do you experience butt discomfort or tension in your hips?
Five years ago I wrote a blog post about different types of butt pain with specific details on how to identify potential reasons for discomfort and what to do about[…]
Strong and stable: yoga for core and hips
I believe that most of the readers of this blog are in the “householder” stage of life (roughly between the ages of 25 and 65), which means that we are[…]
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Home yoga practice for the hips with emphasis on adductors and abductors
This home yoga practice for the hips will help you release tension in the inner thighs (adductors) and strengthen your outer hips (abductors). You will need a yoga block (preferably[…]
Stretching the hip flexors is not always a good idea
Technically, we have five main hip flexor muscles, but one of them seems to be in the spotlight much more then others – the “mighty psoas”. Psoas seems to be[…]
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Assessment yoga practice for the hips
This yoga practice for the hips will help you assess the asymmetries in your hips and give you a better idea of where the imbalances are. Do not do this[…]
Why do we get hip pain and what can we do about it?
When you look at the structure of the hip joint, it becomes clear that it was designed to withstand some serious forces. The head of the femur (thigh bone) is[…]
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Are we addicted to the Pigeon pose (and other “hip openers”)?
William Broad had done it again. He sounded an alarm last year about the potential risks of the yoga practice and caused some heated discussions in the yoga community. This[…]
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