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Get the Help You Need For Your Ashtanga Practice w/ Jen Rene
Meet Jen Rene Jen ran a successful Mysore group in DC and is now practicing with and assisting her teacher, Tim Miller, at the Ashtanga Yoga Center in Encinitas, CA. Jen Rene has created Ashtanga and Pilates courses on her site, Jenrene.com, that provide helpful tips on backbending, hip opening, muscle recovery and much more. I recently had the opportunity to speak with Jen about her online Ashtanga courses as well as pick her brain about working with new students, backbends, hamstring injuries and more. AYP: What was your vision and purpose for releasing video courses? JR: I want to share what I know and love with more students…
Coming up with an Injury Strategy
It happened. That thing that you have been so careful to avoid. The thing that you have taken hours of yoga anatomy and alignment courses to avoid. You have an ouchie. An injury. What to do? If you are mindful, patient and compassionate with yourself, you can continue your yoga practice. However, you have to be really honest with yourself. If you: Are an all or nothing type of person Hate modifications Refuse to modify in front of others Feel like you are not doing a full practice unless you are doing “everything” Have an inhumanly high pain tolerance to the point where you only feel things when it is…
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Confessions of an Ex-Yoga Assist Whore
I used to be an assist whore. Symptoms Waiting around for my teacher to put me in poses without trying to do it myself a few times first-I mean really trying. Not just putting my arms and legs in place and waiting Being pissed when I don’t get any assists Thinking that the teacher is bad or the class was bad if I don’t get any assists Expecting to be assisted in all poses that I find difficult Doing the bare minimum until the teacher comes around and “deepens” me Thinking that if my teacher can put me in it, I have arrived Negative Side Effects No understanding of what…
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Kino MacGregor: World’s First Yoga Channel
When Kino MacGregor asked me to take a look at her new project, I of course said, “Yes!” I have always admired Kino’s work ethic. When it comes to innovative ways to spread Yoga around the world, she always seems to think a few steps ahead. When I saw the new project, I immediately thought, “Kino is starting her own yoga channel. Brilliant.” When it launches, the OmStars channel will be the first of its kind. OmStars, an online Yoga channel started by Kino and Yoga teacher, Kerri Verna, will provide a comprehensive online platform that will allow practitioners to effortlessly integrate authentic Yoga experience into modern life. The channel will provide:…
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A.P.P Goes To Mysore: Mysore Backbending aka Catching
Urdhva Dhanurasana is important at Sharath’s shala. Sharath says that catching keeps the spine from getting hunched in old age, opens Granthis, which are energetic knots in the body, and it raises the Kundalini. The Granthis keep Kundalini from rising. As Kundalini rises, awareness rises. For many, it is the only pose that you ever get assisted on. “Catching” or grabbing the backs of the legs during backbending is something that almost everyone works on. Even if you don’t “catch” someone will help you walk in as far as you can as if you were going to catch. It is rare for someone to not have to attempt to catch. For most in the Shala,…
Ask The APP: Should You Video Your Yoga Practice?
Yes!! Not necessarily for Instagram or YouTube but for the improvement of your own practice. I will illustrate this with my own story. I went through a period where sometimes I could grab my ankles in Kapotasana and sometimes I couldn’t. I could not figure out what I was doing different on the days I could from the days I could not. One day I was practicing at home so I decided to watch some videos on You Tube on Kapotasana. After I watched the videos, I decided to video myself. I watched myself and compared it against the videos and it became completely obvious why I was failing at…
Pose of the Week: Utthita Trikonasana/Triangle Pose
English-Triangle Pose Sanskrit: Utthita Trikonasana oo-TEE-tah tree-cone-AHS-anna Utthita-Extended Tri-3 Kon-Angle Asana-Pose Difficulty Level: Beginner Physical Benefits: Stretches and strengthens the thighs, knees, neck and ankles Stretches the hips, groins, hamstrings, and calves; shoulders, chest, and spine How To Do Triangle Pose:
Pose of the Week: Drop Back and Stand Up From Urdhva Dhanurasana
Tips on Dropping Back and Standing Up in Urdhva Dhanurasana
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Pose of the Week: Supta Kurmasana
Tips on Supta Kurmasana
Pose of the Week: Utplutihih
Tips on Utpluthih
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