Former yoga teacher in Wellington New Zealand
Proprioception is becoming a common buzzword these days in yoga and other types of movement classes. What is proprioception? It is your ability to feel how your body is positioned relative to space and the other parts of your body
Several friends are riding the Tour Aotearoa, 3,000km of cycling from Cape Reinga to Bluff in 30 days or less. As their training rides have increased, so have the niggles of chronically tight muscles. The large muscles of the legs
Whenever we think about standing balances – particularly on one leg, we tend to focus on the feet. It’s pretty obvious why. When you balance on one leg you can feel the muscles in your foot and ankle working hard
Last week, we focused on the arms in garuda or eagle pose to stretch the shoulders. This week we’ll add in the legs – in this posture the position of the legs has the double benefit of building strength while
I’ve just finished reading the book Yoga for Healthy Aging. There’s one whole chapter on balance! It explains what affects balance, how balance changes with age and how yoga can help. The authors kept emphasising how important it was to
If you don’t want to lie down on the floor from last week’s options for cooling down with yoga, there are other options. Some of the breathing practices from yoga also trigger the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) which tells your
It’s official, it’s freakishly hot this summer and now impossible to purchase a fan in Aotearoa New Zealand. Luckily yoga has some tools for keeping cool. My go to favourite is legs up the wall. It’s just like the name
Stretches for the quadriceps or thigh muscles are a common request in my classes. They easily get tight from tramping, cycling and running. When they are tight they’re also a major contributor to knee pain and can also affect hip
Some poses in yoga offer great stretches but many bodies aren’t actually capable of getting in to the pose in the first place. That might be because of tight muscles, tendons or ligaments. But it can also be the way
I am still on the theme of the butt, but with a change in focus on the piriformis. This muscle has a major role in hip movement and attaches at the spine. As a result it can be a common