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Get a back release with Eagle Arms and learn the potential benefits of sprouted nuts and seeds!!
One inspiring cue: EAGLE ARMS Begin with Eagle Arms as shown in the picture above. First, soften your shoulders and then take your hands towards your forehead as your elbows push forward. Next, move your hands away from your forehead as far as you comfortably can as...
Star Pose and the Power of Eating Slowly!!
One inspiring cue: Get as big and expansive as you can!! We know that words we say silently to ourselves have power, but what about how you use your body? Getting "BIG" has power! Why? "What's absolutely clear from the studies is that adopting expansive poses...
Titibhasana and Eggs
One inspiring cue: Once in Titibhasana, push your arms into your thighs as you hug your inner thighs into the tops of your arms. Why? This action creates a lock. Hugging in with your inner thighs will help to keep your legs from slipping down your arms. One inspiring...
Wall Pyramid and Intermittent Fasting
One inspiring cue: WALL PYRAMID Take your hands to a wall a little more than shoulder width apart. Step your left foot back and right foot forward as you hinge forward from your hips into the pose. Press your hands into the wall as you pull your right hip crease back....
Neck Stretch and Hydration
One inspiring cue: NECK STRETCH Place the palm of your right hand just below your inner left-side clavicle. You want your hand to be closer to your chest than your shoulder. Your palm will cover the clavicle and the area just underneath. Gently tilt your head away...
More on Thoracic Spine Mobility and Trace Minerals
One inspiring cue: This week, I'm sharing the same pose that I did in my last newsletter since I know you will love how you feel if you practice it! Click here or on the image below to go to my website for a 2-minute video where I show you exactly how to get into this...
Thoracic Spine Mobility and Trace Minerals
One inspiring cue: Sit with your knees bent, feet on the ground, and prepare to lie back over a block. Your hips will stay on the ground and the starting position of the block should be at the lowest part of your shoulder blades. Take your hands behind your head to...
More Right Angle Handstand and The Benefits of Coffee
One inspiring cue: RIGHT ANGLE HANDSTAND - Push down into both hands and at the same time push into your foot that's on the wall. Why? The more you can ground through your hands and the foot that's on the wall, the more stable you will feel. One inspiring tip: If...
Right Angle Handstand and The Benefits of Coffee
One inspiring cue: Start in Downdog with your heels on the wall. Take one foot to the wall with your knee bent so your leg is parallel to the ground. Then, push your foot into the wall and float your other foot off of the ground. If you feel stable in your shoulders...
More Double Toe Hold Pose and the Benefits of MCT Oil
One inspiring cue: Ground through your sits bones and lengthen the front of your torso by stretching your sternum away from your sits bones. If you feel strain in your low back, engage your core just enough to feel support. Why? As I shared last week, the length of...
Double Toe Hold Pose and the Benefits of MCT Oil
One inspiring cue: Draw your low back toward your legs and feel the length in your front body. Why? When you draw your low back in and towards your legs, you aid in keeping your back long and neutral - one of the things we strive for in many of the yoga poses. In...
More on Upright Backbend and Lowering Blood Pressure
One inspiring cue: UPRIGHT BACKBEND IN A CHAIR Sit in a supportive chair and take your fingertips behind your head with your elbows forward. Make sure your upper back is in line with the chair's backrest (approximately between your shoulder blades, but it doesn't need...
Upright Backbend and Lowering Blood Pressure
One inspiring cue: UPRIGHT BACKBEND Find a strong base by pressing through the four corners of your feet. Then, lift your kneecaps by engaging your quads. Inhale, reach your arms overhead, and lift your low ribs away from your hips (feel length in your low back when...
Plank Variations on the Wall and Best Way to Clean Your Produce
One inspiring cue: The variation of Plank that I'm sharing this month is one of the more challenging ones because it requires both flexible hamstrings and healthy shoulders. So, please be patient with yourself and practice with any necessary modifications! 1) From...
Plank on the Wall and Best Way to Clean Your Produce
One inspiring cue: PLANK POSE ON THE WALL Come into a long Downdog with your heels touching a wall (walk your hands further forward than you are used to). Hinge forward a little and take one foot to the wall - you may need to walk you hands even further forward as you...
More About Strong Brain and Mind Through Meditation and Food
We're talking about our beautiful brains this month and how we can keep them strong through meditation and food. As I mentioned in my last newsletter, having a meditation practice helped me get through a major concussion about six weeks ago. If you missed this...
Strong Brain and Mind Through Meditation and Food
One inspiring cue: BED MEDITATION Before you get out of bed in the morning, sit up, prop some pillows behind you, cross your legs, and cup your hands with your left hand on top of your right in your lap so your thumbs are touching. You can close your eyes or keep them...
MORE on Strength in Yoga and How to Eat for Strength
One inspiring cue: Spinal balance is a key posture in yoga and happens to be ideal for not only building core stability, but also back strength. With this week's cue, I'm going to show you a way to make it even more of a strength building pose. SPINAL BALANCE...
Strength in Yoga and How to Eat for Strength
HAPPY 2023! Let's get strong this year!! Note: I had some technical issues yesterday, which is why you're getting the newsletter today instead of your regular Wednesday. The universe is already trying to keep us on our toes for the new year! One inspiring cue: WARRIOR...
A Twist on Ardha Matsyendrasana and More on Better Digestion
One inspiring cue: ARDHA MATSYANDRASANA When twisting to the right, take your hands to your heart in prayer pose (as shown below), keep tone in your belly, and gently push your right hand into your left. When you twist to the left, you will press your left hand into...
Twists and Better Digestion
One inspiring cue: ARDHA MATSYANDRASANA Twist to your right first and take medium-length breaths. Feel your breath expand into the left-side rib cage and lung area a little more. Why? It can be challenging to take deep breaths when twisting. By taking medium-length...
Learn how to make Dancer’s Pose both safer and deeper…and more on the benefits of your Thanksgiving turkey’s Tryptophan!
One inspiring cue: Once you grab your foot in Dancer's Pose, find neutral in your spine and pelvis. Then, as you hinge forward, begin getting more extension in the lifted leg by MOVING YOUR LEG (HEAD OF FEMUR) UP AND AROUND THE BACK OF THE PELVIS. You pelvis will most...
Dancer’s Pose & Tryptophan
Let's dance through November and into the holiday season! When you take the lessons learned from the myth of Dancer's Pose and apply them to our daily lives, we are reminded not to get stuck "dancing" through old habits that are not serving us. An article I read that...
How Activating the Glutes Gives You More in Figure Four Pose…Plus Discover the Many Different Kinds of Magnesium!
One inspiring cue: While in Figure Four Pose, standing on your left leg, stamp your left heel into the ground and then squeeze both glute muscles. Why? Like every pose, there are many cues for Standing Figure Four, but this is a favorite of mine. Activating vs. not...
Standing Figure Four Pose and Magnesium
One inspiring cue: While in Figure Four Pose with your spine long, clasp your hands behind your head and push your head into your hands as your heart stretches forward. Feel your chest open. Why? Making this minor adjustment improves mobility in your shoulders, chest,...
Get More Thoracic Spine Opening in Cobra Pose…and Learn More about Sugar Balance!
One inspiring cue: As you come into Cobra pose, keep your gaze down and chin tucked until the last moment. Then, lift your chin and gaze to the point where the ceiling meets the wall. Why? Many people, when coming into Cobra pose, extend their neck and not their...
Cobra Pose and Sugar Balance
One inspiring cue: Create the feeling of trying to pull yourself forward on your mat by isometrically/energetically dragging your hands back towards your ribs (they won't actually move). Why? There is nothing wrong with pushing yourself up into Cobra pose but, when...
How The Breath Can Literally Change Your Life and Fiber
I know I have covered Breath as the theme for the month before but, in my opinion, there is always more to learn! Did you know the secret to life is right under your nose? How you breathe can change your life. Literally. How, you ask? Stress, emotions and how we...
The Breath & Fiber
One inspiring cue: While breathing, stand and/or sit with good posture. Simple as that!! Why? When you are hunched over even a little, your respiratory muscles can't move as they are supposed to. When you sit or stand with good posture, your breath is circulated as it...
Learn How to Get Strong Legs to Optimize Your Firefly Pose and Herbs
One inspiring cue: "Brighten" your feet by reaching out through the balls of your feet. This requires that your feet are pointed, with your toes pulling back towards you. You may have heard this called a "floint" (flexing the toes and pointing the feet). Why? As...