Former yoga teacher in Wellington New Zealand
With the silly season fast approaching, we’re all short on time. So a briefer email and option to skip to the second stretch in this video (supta padangusthasana). There are 3 stretches in the video, start at 3:20 and watch
Getting back to the glutes, or the muscles in your buttocks and around your hip joint. These big muscles work hard and easily get tight. I’ve already featured some of the classic poses to stretch this muscle group, but sometimes
Last week, I featured a few of my favourite stretches for the glutes (or the muscles in your bum and around your hip). I often recommend tipping your tailbone (or pelvis) in one direction or another to find a better
I can’t believe it. I searched back through 3 years of email tips and I haven’t written one about stretching your glutes! The glutes – short for gluteal muscles – are the muscles in and around your bum. They are
By now, you should know that strengthening is just as important as stretching. Weak muscles can contribute to misalignment and injury or pain. Last week we focused on stretching the inner things or adductors. And we learned that these muscles
The last few weeks I’ve focused on the muscles at the front of the thighs, but what about the muscles in your inner thighs. These muscles are responsible generally for adducting or pulling/squeezing your legs together. That’s why they get
Did you try the stretches for the thighs last week? Which one worked for you? You would have noticed that I suggested squeezing your buttocks in each stretch. But why does that affect the muscles in the front of your
Here are five different ways to stretch your quadriceps or thigh muscles. I’ve included tips for micro movements that can help deepen the stretch.
Home practice video week 4 (15 minutes): brief gentle yoga practice that focuses on hip stretches – covering inner thighs, hip flexors and hip extensors What are the hip ‘muscles’? When I start my classes, I always ask if
Home practice video week 3 (12 minutes): brief yoga practice that focuses on stretching and opening the shoulders, chest and back Shoulder position In the last few months, I’ve done a series of weekly tips focused on shoulder stretches. A