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MUSCLE ~ I’ve been on a deep dive this week into

MUSCLE ~ I’ve been on a deep dive this week into this incredible architecture and how we can learn about it in a simple way. Turns out the range of movement of your arms means there is loads of detail. But I’m absolutely loving how embodying these structures is relieving tension and feeling so good in my body...
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Shoulder muscle webinar is Friday 18 September
1-3 pm BST
£40
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Oh my goodness. So good.
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#embodiedanatomy #shouldermuscles #shoulderstrength #improveyourposture #shouldermobility #anatomyforyoga #anatomyforyogis #yogaanatomy #embodiment #embodiedmovement #mindfulmovement

STRONGER ~ we don’t get stronger by gripping, or

STRONGER ~ we don’t get stronger by gripping, or tightening a muscle. We get stronger by adding load or challenge. Adding tension can make you weaker...
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This follows from yesterday’s post- add strength training incrementally. Ask your body to step up to the challenge, by adding small challenges. Keep at it. That’s when you will start to see your practice improving.
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I’m going to go LIVE here tomorrow with a headstand tutorial and some exercises to strengthen your shoulders for head stands and forearm balances. Just after yoga choreography class, so around 11:15. I’ll see you then...
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#strengthtrainingforyoga #shoulderstrength #shouldermuscles #selfawareness #selfpractice #yogainspiration #embodiedyoga #embodiedanatomy #tensionisnotstrength #balance #yogapractice

DANGER ~ have you noticed this- sometimes is yoga

DANGER ~ have you noticed this- sometimes is yoga students get ambitious. When I went to gymnastics classes, there are so many exercises to build up the body to be able to do certain movements. Little jumps, big jumps, drills of all kinds. In yoga, we expect that doing the pose trains us to do the pose. 😱 Then we offer poses (like headstands) in big open level classes without having set up the musculature to be able to do it. 😱😱 Then we have to ban the teaching of headstands because it’s dangerous. 🤦🏻‍♀️
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Headstands are not dangerous if you understand shoulders. Headstands are not dangerous if you have the arm and shoulder strength to keep weight out of your head. Headstands are not dangerous if you train up to them, rather than throw your body into them. That is when they are dangerous. When we are ambitious without taking the steps we need to build our capacity.
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I think yoga poses should be an expression of what your body is capable of, not the place you push it...
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Tip 1: if you are telling your students (or yourself!) to pull their (your) shoulders down before doing a headstand, 🛑 stop 🛑. You can see in the picture, my shoulder blades wrap around the ribs. They should not be pushed down, or all your weight will be on your head and your neck will be junked at the same time.
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Practice pushing the floor away with your forearms so the head come off the floor. Practice that until you are strong enough. Then you can play with taking weight on the forearms with the head lightly on the floor.
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Never jump or kick up into a headstand. Please. When you are strong enough, you will not need to.
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📸 @karen_yeomans
#headstand #yoga #shoulderhealth #neckhealth #shoulderstrength #inversions #yogapractice #yogainversions #yogaupsidedown

SOMETHING SO RIGHT ~ how do you know when somethin

SOMETHING SO RIGHT ~ how do you know when something feels good to you? If something is good for you? Is a feeling in your body enough? Can you feel those feelings, or do you need to find something outside of you to know? Something like approval, looking from the outside?
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One time I said to a class of students “don’t do anything that causes pain” and a student said “well how do we know.” It was such a brilliant question. How do we know?
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My experience of working with embodiment and anatomy is that my sense of what feels good to me, and what is good for me is refining. I don’t have to rely so much on external cues- how a shape looks, or what everyone else is doing, or what some authority said. In fact, I feel it has been a process of unhooking external authorities from my body, and regaining sovereignty over myself. And in so doing, I figure out what works for me. I’m better if I eat fat, if I side end in extended side angle, bend my knees in forward fold... I love headstands, my body understands them. I rarely practice triangle because my body doesn’t and because I feel no sense of loss for not doing it. That is one way. If you miss something. (I know, I could be suggesting all kinds of addictions are good. That’s why sovereignty is so key). If it enriches you. If your body loves it.
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But of course, this is not always the case. Stretching can release endorphins, which is why it can feel so good. But, standing forward bend might be damaging to the lower back (or at least cause more pain after the fact) but feel great (and addictive) at the same time.
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So this is a question I return to. When do I need external feedback? When can I rely on internal experience? When am I giving away my power and capacity for awareness and when am I unable to decipher what is what on my own?
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I don’t have an answer. What do you think? #selfstudy #selfawareness #embodiment #embodiedyoga #yogaprqctice #yogainspiration #movementpractice #movementculture #movemore

LIFE ~ in case you need reminding, being human is

LIFE ~ in case you need reminding, being human is hard work. Right now especially, but always. Be gentle on yourself. Breathe. I’m sending you love. #adulting #beinghuman #life #tothineownselfbetrue #yogainspiration #mindfulness #gentleness #awarenesspractice #embodiment #selfcare #selflove #gentleness #humanness #humanity

BEAUTY - Am I allowed to talk about beauty? Am I a

BEAUTY - Am I allowed to talk about beauty? Am I allowed to talk about beauty when there is a pandemic, racial injustice and California is on fire? Am I allowed to witness and embody beauty in the midst of all this?

In fact, I think we have to. Let me clarify. I don't mean the beauty you buy from a store, or paint on your face. I mean Beauty. The gold light of the setting sun. Of the sea, the mountains, a waterfall, a tiny flower... And when I mean beauty, I mean what is in you.

I know, not all of us resonate with the word beauty when it is applied to us. (If you feel you want more of this, I would look into @_kerrywilde_ . Her course BEAUTIFUL) We might not resonate with it if we have been shamed for our appearance, or not appreciated as beautiful by others. Some of us just may have never seen ourselves that way. If the word doesn't fit you, think about the word you might use for a perfect seashell, a mountain, a sandy beach on a sunny day, a landscape in nature (whichever stirs your heart)... choose that word. Can you apply that one to yourself? Even just one body part or a tiny bit?

To me, there is an incredible beauty in our beingness in our bodies. In moments of "in-touch-ness" with ourselves through the body. You can see it in athletes, chefs, dancers, builders, makers of all kinds, meditators, children... Anyone in their flow, deeply and fully in their body.

But I see it when I see people exploring their embodiment in simple ways. Feeling something new. The beauty of coming home to your own body. And one of the places this is most obvious is in the shoulders. The shift from tension to ease, from holding to opening, from hanging to being supported...

For me, embodying the shoulder girdle feels beautiful. It feels like an essential daily beauty treatment, like moisturizing, or brushing teeth. Clearing cobwebs, and tightness from the shoulders opens up your beauty (put your own word in there again if you need to). From the inside, expressing outside.

We will be moving and exploring the shoulder girdle today in class. I’d love to connect with you.
Sunday 6pm 🇪🇺 5pm 🇬🇧12 EDT 🇺🇸 9 PDT🇺🇸#yogainspiration #yogaforbeauty #innerbeauty #shoulders

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