It was the third time I’d practiced yoga. The studio was particularly hot that mid-summer day as the class moved in sync with breath and one another. We were only part-way through the class, transitioning into our twists, linking working one side of the body to the other with vinyasa. I had just willed my [...]
A fast take on the shoulders, hips and hamstrings. Moving between yoga poses that open the shoulders and ones that open the hips, hamstrings, and the whole leg in general, this short sequence is great for guys who are experiencing tension in the shoulders, neck, or hips and hamstrings.
Staying grounded with Restorative Yoga Restorative Yoga is something that I’ve become a huge fan of over the last year. I find that it’s a terrific complement to the more powerful vinyasa practices that I do. Often in fact, I take breaks from doing any vinyasa flows and just stick with Restorative for a week [...]
The trend of professional athletes discovering the benefits of yoga – and hot yoga in particular – is becoming more and more commonplace. Ballplayers are finding that yoga not only helps them recover from injuries more quickly, but that it also helps keep them from being injured in the first place and can even aid [...]
Injuries are inevitable for any professional athlete, but increasing numbers of them are turning to yoga to not only rehab their injuries, but to try to avoid them altogether, or at least reduce the downtime so get they can get back on the court, field or pitch as quickly as possible. Just ask Kurt Thomas [...]
Answers to your essential Yoga questions One of the most common questions we get at Yoga for Men is “How can I begin my home practice?” While there are many answers to this broad question, the solution varies greatly depending upon which stage of practice you are in, and what your prior physical history has [...]
When dealing with hamstring injuries, it’s best to be proactive and avoid the desire to sit back and “let them heal”. We all deal with hamstring tightness, some more than others, but Yoga is wonderful in providing us the tools to create flexibility in the one of the tightest spots in our bodies. Hamstring muscles [...]
The vast majority of us will, at some point in our lives, have to deal with the excruciating reality of spinal and neck pains, and for many of us, this sort of pain is an everyday reality we believe we simply have deal with and work through. Stiffness, aching, burning sensations and momentary stabs of [...]
Jason Schramm of Detroit Yoga going over details of a strengthening exercise for ashtanga vinyasa floating.
Is Yoga really a panacea? Yoga Cures is a new book by New York yoga instructor Tara Stiles that is hitting the stands with a loud boom. Throughout the book, Stiles offers yogic cures for all types of ailments; from anxiety to fatigue, wrinkles to a hangover, shin splints to car ride anxiety. Stiles seems [...]
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