Tag: Core
New! Core Strength for Real People: Figure 4 and Curtsy
Come to finishing school! 🫅🏻Challenge your balance and build hip strength in this fun sequence that includes a curtsy lunge. You’ll work from your back, from table pose, and from standing.
A New Approach to Balance Poses, Part 2
In my last post, I shared a video demo of how to get into some classic standing balance poses through shoulder and hip rotations. Here’s a follow-up that you could use to move into kneeling balance poses. Some of these shapes are pretty spicy! But you can sweeten them by: If you try this in…
New! Core Strength for Real People: Bare Minimum
There is a fresh video available today in my Core Strength for Real People series. This one delivers maximal satisfaction and time management when you tack it on at the end of a workout. I like to think of it as the bare minimum I can do and tell myself, “I challenged my core today!”…
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…
Last Few Slots: Core Strength for Real People, May 19–20
We have just a few spots left in this weekend’s Core Strength for Real People workshop at Carrboro Yoga. Join for both Saturday and Sunday, or for just Saturday morning and/or afternoon. Don’t worry—it won’t be 3–12 hours of core work. We’ll also cover the context of why, how, and when to do core exercises, as…
New! Core Strength for Real People: Standing Warm-Up Challenge
Want to maximize your efficiency while still working your core and building balance? The latest episode of Core Strength for Real People is here to help. In it, you’ll learn a full routine to wake up your core and lower body while also priming you for a run. You can even use these moves to…
New! Core Strength for Real People: Kneeling Side Plank Shoulder and Glutes Work
Looking for a fresh addition to your workouts? The latest episode of Core Strength for Real People is here to help. Challenge your balance and stability from a kneeling side plank to add efficient and fun work. In this core routine, you’ll address shoulder, core, and especially hip strength. You will feel this the next…
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…
New: Core Strength for Real People: Reset Your Hips and Spine
All the core exercises in the world are useless if you can’t balance your pelvis and spine. In these relaxing exercises, you’ll give the muscles that control movement of your hips and back a timeout. This brings them into harmony so your next core workout will be more productive! Enjoy the preview above, and buy or…
Read and Watch: 8 Yoga Poses for Injury-Free Running
The September issue of Runner’s World includes my favorite go-to core routine. I like to say it’s just enough to make you feel like you can check off the “I did my core!” box for the day. Including these a few times a week after your runs will help you stay balanced and ward off injury—and…
New: Core Strength for Real People: Pinup Warmup
Want to move over the long weekend without having to stand up? Here’s a preview of my new Pinup Warmup sequence, which focuses on mobilization through the shoulders and spine and activation of the muscles that move the joints in the upper body. As a bonus, you’ll get to hold several poses with your hand…