We may “know” that our yoga and movement practice has changed us, but there may be some science to back that up. Not only do we “feel better” after we move and breathe with attentional engagement, but over time the act of using attentional engagement may actually help us keep more volume of neurons in the part of our brain that is responsible for executive function and memory.
Squatting is a full body movement, allowing us to function in the world around us. Without the ability to squat, it becomes difficult and/or impossible to lower ourselves towards the earth, to sit, to toilet, and to get back up again.
Squatting is a motor skill. Motor skills involve precise movement of muscles with an intent to perform a specific act. The precise movements for squatting are developed through a series of movement components we begin practicing in infancy.
Teaching yoga and movement classes gives us the perfect opportunity to explore the components that actually combine to make a squat.
The psoas is often blamed for hip tightness, low back pain, and more. The psoas is misunderstood. Read this post to learn a few interesting tidbits about your psoas and what it actually does.
My Husband got a Cramp…. My husband got a calf cramp while riding his fancy pants new bike up a steep trail the other day. Scientifically speaking, muscle cramps are sudden, involuntary and painful contractions of muscular tissue. He made the mistake of telling me about it while we were Read more…
I’ve been thinking a lot about a question I am often asked – “what do you do for a living?”. It’s a complex answer for me because telling people that I teach movement is sort of a vague answer, although really that’s what I consider my “work” to be – a Read more…