Are you aware that you are as young as your spine is flexible? Having healthy posture, that is maintaining the natural “S-shape” of your spine, affects every system of the body including neuromuscular (joints, bones, ligaments, muscles, tendons, nerves), endocrine…
A healthy body is capable of moving in many directions simultaneously. For instance, during ice skating you would find yourself externally rotating the upper leg used to stride while slightly internally rotating the other leg used to glide. In order…
After a long, hardy Winnipeg winter, the promise of spring brings on a desire to air out our physical spaces and to rejuvenate our bodies. Twisting the torso is noted for its ability to release accumulated toxins, move stagnate energy…
Supta Padangusthasana is an excellent pose for knee health and flexibility demonstrated by Helen Maupin and Candace Propp. “Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones.” Bones become dry when restricted mobility reduces the circulation of blood, nutrients and oxygen, which…
Even before reaching middle age, many sports enthusiasts and athletes find themselves challenged with “bad knees.” Disease, a family history of arthritis, improper bone alignment and long-term repetitive movement are all sources of knee pain. Furthermore, as the largest joints…
Prior to practicing yoga, I had a very superficial understanding of energy. Either I had it, or I didn’t. For me, it was a felt sensation in my body signalling how invigorated or deflated I judged myself to be in that moment.
Many years ago, during a Reiki session, the practitioner working on me asked if I could feel energy moving in my body. I was puzzled by her question and instead answered, “What I feel is tingling in my feet.” “That’s energy,” was her reply, “you feel it when it moves.”
In the beginning years of a yoga practice, much emphasis is placed on standing poses, which were designed to develop strength, stamina, flexibility and balance. Through their continued practice, we build a firm foundation starting with the feet and ankles…
Yoga’s eight limbs or pathways are intended to strengthen our response-ability no matter what situation emerges in our day-to-day living. In essence, this means ensuring the thoughts, words and deeds we put out into the world are of pure intention. …
Yoga is a spiritual practice meant to unite or integrate our whole being—mind, body and spirit. For many beginning yoga practitioners, these aspects of ourselves may not be working together and in some cases may actually work against each other.…
We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves, otherwise we harden. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Although many practitioners in North America may initially choose yoga as a physical exercise, in its essence it is a spiritual practice meant to awaken us…
With the recent publication of our yoga actions book on legs and knees, I received a number of requests for help with eliminating knee pain. As we age, it seems our knees take the brunt of our daily stress and…
Not everyone can do all yoga poses, but everyone can do all yoga actions. Yoga Actions for Pelvis & Psoas is the third in a five-volume series of e-books emphasizing actions in focused areas of our bodies — Feet &…
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