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Experiential Anatomy as Yoga Therapy: Learning, Feeling, Integrating
Learning anatomy becomes a rich, multidimensional event when you directly experience physical structures and systems in your own body. Learning anatomy intellectually in one or two dimensions is useful, but... Read more
Should Yoga Postures Take a Backseat in Yoga Therapy? A New Research Paper Tackles a Bold, But Controversial Question
A new critical review of yoga therapy in health care calls for eliminating postures and using reductionist research methods. Is it missing the mark? Read more
Healthy Respiration: How Breathing Affects … Well … Everything
It is essential that massage therapists, yoga teachers, and yoga and movement therapists develop a good basic understanding of ribcage and thoracic spine biomechanics and their relationship to optimal... Read moreFeatured Courses
While millions of Americans suffer from pain in the low back and pelvis, many back and hip issues are actually the result of sacroiliac instability (SI), i.e. an imbalance in the sacroiliac joint, which often goes undiagnosed or is improperly treated. Alarmingly, yoga practitioners appear to...Read more
Hip openers are among the most satisfying and powerful yoga poses. They hold a tremendous potential for transformation; they can help us release deep-seated tension and trauma of the past, which many of us hold locked in the hip area. When practiced correctly, hip openers are a great way to soothe...Read more
Yoga is more popular than ever, but as yoga has become a household word, has it also become a mile wide and an inch deep? Are we missing out on the essence of yoga, even as the practice has become a household word? What can we do to capture the deepest aspects of yoga and integrate these into our...Read more
Most people know the importance of core strengthening for health and long-term well-being, but the pelvic floor is an important group of core muscles, which tend to get ignored. “The torso is like a tote bag for your organs,” says Leslie Howard, a Bay area yoga teacher who conducts workshops...Read more
Ankylosing Spondylitis: What Is It and How Can Yoga Help?
I recently had a physical therapist colleague ask me for advice about some yoga poses that may help her client who has ankylosing spondylitis. What is Ankylosing Spondylitis? Ankylosing spondylitis is a... Read more
Understanding Your Sciatic Nerve Pain
Oh my sciatica! A common form of leg pain, sciatica, has become a general term used to describe any type of discomfort or neurological symptoms, including sharp pain, throbbing, burning, tingling, weakness and... Read more
Yoga Therapy: Improving Health and Well-being Naturally
Wellness enthusiasts have long known the healing benefits of yoga. However, the popularity of this traditional practice is now growing among today’s mainstream, especially doctors. Today, there is a rise in... Read more
Neglecting Your Hip Abductors and Adductors Can Mess Up Your Walk, Sleep and Balance
A recent video of Jean-Claude Van Damme doing a split between two moving trucks made quite a stir and produced a number of copycats trying to do something similar. Mr. Van Damme continues to demonstrate a... Read more
What Makes a Good Yoga Class (And is it Similar to a Good Movie)?
You know how sometimes you go to a yoga class and leave feeling more centered, energized and whole? And other times you leave feeling more fragmented and discombobulated? Why is that? Certainly, everybody’s... Read more
Yoga Therapy Training: Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy
Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy takes a holistic, client-centered approach to the practice of yoga therapy, placing more emphasis on the mental, emotional, and even spiritual aspects of healing than the physical form Read more