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  • Warrior 1 Pose – Yoga – Steps

    Warrior 1 is often described as a “beginner level standing post” and a “hip opener”. The posture is described as “internal rotated femur” – this is the same as warrior 3 DISCLAIMER – consult a doctor if you have any injuries or illnesses that could impact your ability to perform yoga poses A gentle warm…

  • How to do Hot Yoga at Home (With Pictures)

    With the help of a bath, you can do hot yoga at home. You don’t need a heater for hot yoga, or a tent. Although I am a fan of the infrared sauna blankets to get heat ‘deep’ into the muscles. Instead of using a heater, or sauna, you can run the bath, and wear…

  • Yoga Poses – Sukhasana or Easy Pose

    Meditative Pose. The Easy Pose, isn’t always easy. After 10 minutes the position can become painful and unstable. It can help you feel ‘grounded’ and connect with yourself. If you have knee and/or hip injuries or issues, then you may not be able to do this pose. Same with serious back issues and/or back pain.…

  • Yoga Poses – Marichyasana or Sage Pose

    This is a pose dedicated to and named after the sage – Marichi I It’s a good idea to warm up with easier poses before attempting this one. Using a stick pose and/or Janu Sirsasana It is said to put some level of stress on digestion. The lower back, shoulder and neck are also stressed/stretched…

  • Yoga Poses – Triang Mukha Eka Pada Paschimottanasana or Three Parts Forward Bend Pose

    As with the vast majority of yoga poses, this one is easy to pronounce and you want to make sure that your pelvis is neutral and the spine is aligned ‘straight’/normal curvature. With this pose, avoid or modify if you or student has knee stiffness or injury. Next bring left foot onto the floor, bending…

  • Yoga Poses – Balasana or Child Pose

    Children are proper chill. Well, they can’t control their emotions generally, but when they want to chill and switch off, they are yogi master level instructors. This pose helps you to chill like a child. It’s also called child pose because some children fall asleep in this position. If you have tight hips, you might…

  • Yoga Poses – Paschimottanasana or Seated Forward Bend

    Make sure that you are putting equal weight on each glute / sit bone Normal people with sitting or sedentary job get a pelvis with an incorrect tilt, causing a exaggerated curve in the spine. This pelvis issue causes a hunchback with rounded shoulders, pushing neck forward. If you have these alignment issues, first bring…

  • Yoga Poses – Dandasana or Staff/Stick Pose

    Dandasana or Staff/Stick Pose The Stick pose can be difficult for general population – office workers and static standing jobs can ‘re-align’ the body. Problems with sitting jobs – passive lengthening of neck muscles and forward head carriage, rounded shoulders, tight hips, lower back, shoulders, pelvis incorrectly aligned – causing tightness on abdominals. Hamstrings are…

  • Joe Rogan – Psoas Device

    Myofascial Release with Pso-Rite The psoas stretching device that Joe Rogan discusses on one of his JRE episodes, is the pso-rite Someone has also designed a DIY version to save a few $$£. You can see the design here. It doesn’t look like PSO-Rite available in the UK yet. My poor-man’s-version is to use a…

  • Solgar Ashwagandha Review

    Not too much to say about this product, other than it’s very good!   It’s a great adaptogen for dealing with stress and as well as a promoted of physical and mental energy. It’s also good for you, which is a big bonus making it a great supplement for when you want to have a…