Stress Better: Alternate Nostril Breathing

Nadi Shodhana pranayama or alternate nostril breathing is a breathing yoga practice that uses balancing the breath on the left and right sides of the body to create focus of the mind, relax the body and calm the autonomic nervous system. “Nadi” is a Sanskrit word meaning “channel” or “flow” relating to the energy channels in the subtle body and Shodhana means “to purify”. This breathing practice can be performed anywhere and anytime with no contraindications. The main benefits of the practice of alternate nostril breathing include infusing the body with oxygen, supporting clear and balanced respiratory channels, clearing and releasing toxins (don’t be surprised if your nose is runny after performing this), reducing stress and anxiety, calming and rejuvenating the nervous system, improving mental clarity, enhancing the ability to concentrate, and bringing balance to the left and right hemispheres of the brain

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Stress Better: Are You Stressed?

Breath Awareness can be used to determine if we are in “Flight or Fight” mode or “Relax and Renew” mode of our autonomic nervous system. Follow along with this video to evaluate your breath awareness to determine if your body is “stressed” and then learn a controlled breathing exercise to relax your body and calm your nervous system.

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Self Care for the Pelvis and Hips

Sitting is a function we all do every day and is often a position that causes discomfort for the low back, pelvis and hips. In this video introduction, ideas on how to sit with an “open hip angle” are shown, followed by a 25 minute therapeutic yoga session to focus on opening up through the hips and pelvis to ease discomfort in sitting. Enjoy!

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Yoga for Neck and Back Pain

With neck and low back pain, often the part of the body that is the stiffest is the rib cage and middle back. The neck and back hurt mostly because they are over-used due to the in between part of the body not moving enough. This video will instruct you on exercises in sitting and laying down to help increase the mobility or range of movement of the rib cage and thoracic spine (middle back) to help ease pain, tension and tightness in the neck and low back.

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Yoga for the Piriformis Hip Muscle

The Piriformis muscle is a muscle in the buttock region that is very prone to problems because it has the ability to be tight and tense when the hip is straight (think standing or sleeping) OR bent (think sitting or sleeping) - it is the ONLY muscle in the region that has this feature. Because of this, individuals have issues with this muscle if they sleep, sit, and/or stand improperly and it is so special it often gets the diagnosis of “Piriformis Syndrome”. This is a problem when tension and tightness places compression or irritation on the sciatic nerve and causes symptoms in the leg. This video will teach you different exercises to lengthen and reduce the tension in this often dysfunctional muscle.

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Yoga for the Psoas Hip Muscle

One of the key muscles of the hip that moves are back, pelvis and hip and stabilizes our spine is the PSOAS muscle. This muscle is often very short and tight, especially with individuals that are very active but do not perform any sort of flexibility exercises or for those that suffer from back pain due to sitting too long from work or leisure. This video will help you understand why the psoas needs efficient length and offer you various yoga/flexibility options to achieve that.

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Yoga for the CORE

The concept of the CORE is very confusing and often incorrectly described as just the abdominals. This therapeutic yoga class will allow you to not only learn what constitutes the “core” but also how to get these muscles to efficiently fire up to be used and then strengthen them. Included in this video is a short laughter yoga session and a guided meditation to help further understand the concepts of the “core”.

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Therapeutic Yoga - Morning Sun Salutation

This video is a great way to start your day! A therapeutic yoga class with a guided breathing exercise to get your spine moving and wake up your diaphragm, a modified Sun Salutation starting in kneeling to focus on control of the hamstrings and trunk without the worry of balance in standing, gentle hip opening and ending with a guided loving kindness meditation. Enjoy!

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Yoga for Hamstrings

The hamstrings muscles, located on the back of your thighs, are often the chief culprit to low back pain. This is caused when they are too tight or if they are too activated or turned on. This therapeutic yoga video will help you learn not only efficient ways to lengthen your hamstrings but also movements to stop over-using the hamstrings when you shouldn’t be using them in the first place!

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Yoga for Better Sleep

A guided yoga class that you can be perform before bedtime to help encourage your body to be relaxed and restful.

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How To Sleep On Your Back

Instruction/education on how to efficiently sleep on your back to have a restful and healing night’s sleep.

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How To Sleep On Your Side

Instruction/education on how to efficiently sleep on your side to have a restful and healing night’s sleep.

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Top 10 Tips to Better Sleep

Ideas on how to take the habit of sleep and change it to create the best healing environment for your body to get the most efficient sleep.

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