Category: Stretching and Yoga
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Self-Care Videos and Resources
My Linktree is where I share resources for clients. May it be helpful. Browse my Playlist on Youtube for short videos on anatomy, yoga for all levels, self-massage etc.
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On your own time… Recommended Yoga Classes
While having the attentiveness of an experienced instructor available is ideal, the beauty of practicing at home is that you have more freedom to adjust your pacing or position. You can hold some delicious poses longer, skip others, and let go of the pressure of doing something just because you’re instructed to do so. Most…
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Exploring Movement with Assisted Stretching
Want to be stretched? If you have specific goals of improving your flexibility, posture, joint mobility or if you feel like you can never quite stretch deeply enough, we can incorporate additional passive movement and assisted/facilitated stretching into your session. This will be an exploratory session inspired by Thai massage, Shiatsu, Watsu® and Yin Yoga…
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Happy baby pose
Ananda Balasana, a.k.a. Happy Baby is my go-to pose to relieve low back and upper glute strain. Flattening back to the ground will add length to lumbar spine and hamstring attachments at the pelvis. Especially helpful for those of us with a lordotic curve (slight forward tilt of lumbar spine). Remain stationary or gently rock…
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Between a calf and a hard place
The outer edges of the lower legs are a tricky place to really get a deep stretch, but they’re often in need of some loosening on most of us. The peroneal muscles, also referred to as the fibular muscles lie on the outside of the lower leg between the shin and the calf, attaching from the head of the…
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Yummy side stretches
I keep finding myself recommending that clients lengthen their side body and stretch their infraspinatus, the muscle that covers the lower part of the scapula. When clients experience tingling down their arms to the pinky finger, pain in the front of the shoulder, or rotator cuff, the magic spots to massage are the “trigger points” or…
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Opening the chest to unround the shoulders
Stretching areas that were worked and need lengthening after a session enhances the effects post massage. Whether you’re sitting at a desk or actively using your arms to reach and pull, these two poses can help to relieve upper back and shoulder tension caused by rounded shoulder posture and overuse. Opening up the front body creates more space for deeper…
