Tag: Balance
A New Approach to Balance Poses
I love balance poses. They can work for everyone, and with a little self-awareness, we can all find the right edge in these shapes, no matter our age or experience. Here’s a way I’ve been working into some classic standing balance poses, by traveling through shoulder and hip rotations. The warmup is built right in…
New! Core Strength for Real People: Get on Your Feet
You may have heard of the 2012 study that says your ability to stand up from the floor can predict your mortality from any cause. All the more reason to practice! Playing with the transition from the floor to standing is also a good way to challenge your core strength and improve your balance. The…
New! Core Strength for Real People: Tap Front and Back
Ready to keep your sense of humor as you play with a challenge to your balance? The latest episode of Core Strength for Real People is here to help! From standing and from tabletop, we’ll work abs, back muscles, and balance with contralateral movements to tap in front of and behind the body. Enjoy the…
Scheduled: No Fooling: You Can Handstand
in YogaDo you think the idea of getting into handstand is a joke? Join Sage on April Fools’ Day to learn fun preparations for the pose based in yoga and Pilates. At the end of the hour, we will take a lighthearted approach to trying handstand at the wall. You need not want to get upside…
New! Core Strength for Real People: Balance in the Hips
The first of the month means a new video is live at Core Strength for Real People! Strengthen your hips front to back and side to side with this innovative, progressive sequence that builds to dancer pose and tree pose. Enjoy the preview above, and buy or rent the entire video at the Core Strength…
New! Core Strength for Real People: Dancer, Tree, Pigeon, Eagle
The first of the month means a new video is live at Core Strength for Real People! This one challenges your balance, then takes those shapes into dedicated core work. Enjoy the preview above, and buy or rent the entire video at the Core Strength for Real People page. Better yet, subscribe, and for less than the price…
New! Core Strength for Real People: Standing
The first of the month means a new video is live at Core Strength for Real People! This one challenges your core, glutes, and lower legs from a standing position. No mat needed—you may not even need to change your clothes, which means you can do this as a midday break. Enjoy the preview above, and buy or…
New! Core Strength for Real People: Tall Mountain
The first of the month means a new video is live at Core Strength for Real People! This one is fun. The tall mountain sequence challenges your balance, engages your core, and boosts your sense of humor. With practice, you’ll get more graceful. And you’ll improve your sense of where your body is in space, which…
Core Strength for Real People: It’s Not Easy!
I’ve been having such fun with the Core Strength for Real People brand! I’ve changed the title of my Wednesday noon class at Durham Yoga from Pilates to Core Strength for Real People, indicating the hybrid of yoga asana, Pilates exercises, and balance play we enjoy in class. And I’ve been loving every aspect of the Core Strength…