Tag: Hips
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
in YogaThere 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: 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: 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: Stretch Your Front
The first of this odd-numbered month means a new video is up at Core Strength for Real People. This one is not for core strength, but for core release. If you get enthusiastic about ab exercises, you can get too tight across the front of your body, putting extra pressure on your back. The stretches…
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: Abductors & Adductors
The first of the month means a new video is live at Core Strength for Real People! This one challenges your inner thighs (adductors) and outer hips (abductors) while asking your core to work as an anchor. Enjoy the preview above, and buy or rent the entire video at the Core Strength for Real People page. Better yet,…
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: Side Saddle
The first of the month means a new video is live at Core Strength for Real People! Here’s one of my favorite sequences—a unique challenge to your core and hips from a side-saddle start. 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…