If you practise the splits, you probably think you know where you are stretching.

The hamstrings.

The hip flexors.

The adductors.

Perhaps the calf.

But the body doesn't experience movement as a collection of isolated muscles.

When you move into a split, your feet, knees, hips, pelvis, spine an...

The splits are often presented as a simple flexibility challenge.

Keep stretching. Relax the muscles. Breathe. Go a little deeper each day.

But if you have ever worked seriously towards the splits, you will know that the experience is rarely that simple. One person seems to glide effortlessly toward

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As we grow older, it’s no secret that our bodies—and sometimes our lifestyles—begin to change. Energy levels might dip. Joints may stiffen. Muscles may lose some of their former strength. Activity levels often decline not because we want to be sedentary, but because the motivation for movement becom...

Beneath the postures and movements of yoga as a physical practice lies a profound tool for calming the nervous system: breath. You can cultivate flexibility, strength, and balance while slowing the heart rate, reducing stress, and creating a deep sense of calm. This is unlike cardiovascular fitness ...

Triangle Pose (Trikonasana) is a foundational posture in yoga asana practice, celebrated for its ability to enhance flexibility, strength, and balance. Central to performing this pose safely and effectively is understanding the concept of microbending the knees, particularly crucial when dealing wit...

Yesterday I was sitting together with another senior yoga teacher to catch up after some time of not seeing each other.
Invariably at some point the conversation spiralled back to yoga practice and teaching.
What we had noticed was a continued rise of the popularity of Pilates training, studios  and e...

Yoga is a holistic practice that emphasizes the integration of body, mind, and spirit. Some of the fundamental postures of yoga are forward bends, which are essential for the stretching and releasing of the spine, hamstrings, and hip flexors. However, like any other physical activity, there are risk...

Are you still making this mistake?

Warrior 3 can be a strong pose. Both as a challenging balance and to lift the body horizontally into a line or slight back bend.

We might feel the muscle engagement in the hamstring area of the lifted leg, most people might also notice the gluteal muscles working har...

Upward facing dog was amongst the first yoga postures we practiced when I began taking yoga classes many years ago. With it came the spinal extension, the compressive feeling in the lower back and the instruction to tilt the head back and look up.

Over the years I learned this pose supposedly has ben...

What are you really challenging in boat pose / navasana?
Hip flexors, hamstrings, thigh muscles, or your back?
The leg position has a big influence on what the focus of the posture is for many of us.

This video explains why practicing with bend knees is more likely to direct the effort to your hip fle...

Any yoga posture is an adjustment of our posture. From a more generalized perspective that is.
The question if adjustments make your practice better or worse, we’ll leave for a different discussion.
Think of yourself standing somewhere, in line to get a beverage maybe. Would you be like a good majorit...

There is an interesting and very important difference between living and man-made structures.
While it may seem obvious, some of these differences are still neglected today when movement and postures are considered, as for example, in modern yoga teaching.

Right now, I’m building a little cabin / tiny...