Thoracic Nerve Flossing
This practice puts the other tissues in a supporting role in favor of mobilizing, and gaining awareness of our nerves. Especially the ones that exit t…
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Befriending the Hip
For this practice we're using the healing power of awareness in movement: Yin Yoga, to bring radical acceptance and relief to our bodies. I'll equip…
Yinversion
We don't usually think about inversions in Yin. So to introduce them into a mild practice takes a bit of creativity and, in this case a bolster and a …
Chair Yoga: Lunges and Twists
This is a perfect practice for your lunch break at home or at the office, or if you have some movement issues that make it hard for you to get to the …
The Hip Flexors and the Heart
This is a practice for the anatomy geek. For someone who learns by feeling and experiencing. We will explore the fabled psoas, the primary hip flexor.
Fire Up Your Hips
This is my favorite kind of practice. I'll coax you gently with delicious somatic stretches and novel movements into a practice that ends up being qui…
Resistance and Acceptance
While you marinate in juicy poses targeting the hips, we will explore a the duality of resistance and acceptance. You will have an opportunity to disc…
Collective Amoebic Consciousness
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Thoracic Expression
The upper back is an area that can be a big source of tension and even pain. We also have a fair amount of cultural baggage around the appropriate way…
Natural Energy
We usually think of Yin as calming, soothing and down regulating. But with a few tweaks, we can cultivate a calm, natural energy as well. Not the jitt…
Relieve Joint Stiffness and Pain in the Morning
There are so many reasons that pain may be worse in the morning, and we can't cover them all here, but we will address one reason here. I envision y…
Hip Flexor Relief
We will explore hip flexor pain and stiffness through the lens of somatics, stretching, awareness, neuro motor training and regulation.
This practic…
Deep Hip Learning
The hip is more than a collection of tissues. It's a unique and complicated element of the embodied self. In this practice we combine a somatic lesson…
Chair Yin: Your Nervous System and Your Neck
This is a go to, short practice to relieve neck and shoulder tension naturally. The whole practice can be done from a simple chair. You will engage in…
Heartfelt Good Wishes Meditation
A guided, somatic meditation for you to generate some kind and warm feelings toward yourself.