http://alignmentyoga .blogspot.com - Students of yoga who've been practicing for awhile can become stiff if they don't know how to modify their practice for their changing body. Learn how to avoid common issues as a continuing practitioner in Seated Forward Bend (Paschimottanasana).
Clips from our first annual Tropical Winter Regenesis in Hawaii. We enjoyed a daily yoga class with the remainder of the day free to explore the Valley Isle. If you'd like to join us in 2010, visit http://www.alignment yoga.com/hatha-yoga- workshops-Madison-WI .html#hawaii
What does it mean to stand with active feet? Although it is a good instruction, if it is applied too much or incorrectly, it will be detrimental to the body. Join us for an exploration of how to do this common yoga instruction in the optimal way.
http://alignmentyoga .blogspot.com - In this video instruction, Scott Anderson shares how to use a little known yoga prop - the spine bag - to enhance awareness of the vertebrae in the spine. Practicing this way can help you restore vitality and healthy flow to a crucial part of the body and nervous system.
http://alignmentyoga .blogspot.com - It may seem like a foregone conclusion that doing a standing pose is inherently grounding. But many standing poses are meant to lift us up, and can actually be very ungrounding if not done correctly. In this video, Triangle Pose is used to demonstrate the "eye of grounding" and how to maintain it in all standing poses
http://alignmentyoga .blogspot.com - The psoas muscle is crucial to healthy, comfortable posture, and yet due to sitting in chairs all our lives, most Americans have never developed this muscle. Since it is vital to a healthy yoga practice, Scott has created this Pre-Yoga exercise to awaken and strengthen this muscle and help reinvent your yoga practice.
http://alignmentyoga .blogspot.com - In this video instruction, Scott Anderson shares how to follow the classic yoga instruction of keeping the shoulder blades down and back, while keeping it in balance. In other words, how to open the front of the heart without closing off the back.
