The Lifetime Network and the Health Corner Show recently featured me and the work I do with not just athletes but with people that struggle with diseases as severe as Multiple Sclerosis.
The healing powers of the type of Power Yoga I teach go way beyond the needs of a player with a sprained ankle or torn hamstring…
Top 10 Sport Related Injuries - And The
Power Yoga Pose To Avoid Them!!!
Be grateful you're not this guy... Ouch!
The most common reason for sport related injuries for a recreational athlete to a Pro, from age 10-80, is over use and abuse. In my experience most injuries arise because athletes disconnect from their body. Their eye is on perfection, their job or beating the next kid, and not on their tool. We take better care of our cars than our own bodies.
Plantar Fasciitis: How To Heal The Sole
By Gwen Lawrence
For athletes, this is one of the most common sources of heel pain. Plantar Fascia is a ligament that connects your heel bone to your toes. Strain to the fascia weakens it causing pain and swelling in the heel. It is a problem that plagues football players, tennis players, soccer players and basketball players every day.
Causes:
BREATHING IS BELIEVING:
THE IMPORTANCE OF NASAL BREATHING
By Gwen Lawrence
I grew up in an age of Jane Fonda marathons and No pain No gain mantras. Where the way of the warrior was breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth. I lived my life this way as an exercise enthusiast and dancer through college, with out ever questioning the theory. Now I know better. Question everything!
A pose of fire, bravery and virtue, Warrior one is a pose that is highly recognizable for the beginning Yogi to the advanced. One of the first poses learned in yoga, it is a nice time for the practitioner to feel their grounding and set their intention for practice while building heat.
How To: Warrior One
Start in a standing straddle pose on your mat. Make the distance between your feet approximately the length of one of your legs. Turn the right foot out 90 Read more
The most basic of yoga poses, as common place as it is, it is not to be taken lightly and is often assumed and untaught in the yoga studio. Downward facing dog has many jobs and functions, among them it is an: assessment pose, transitional pose, resting pose, strengthening pose, inversion pose and a rejuvenator.
To start the pose resembles that of an upside down letter V. Read more
Aside from downward dog, upward facing dog is one of the most widely known and recognized yoga poses. Usually upward dog is done during the Sun Salutation Series.’ Upward dog has several functions, benefits and therapeutic uses. It is the cousin to the Cobra pose and is considered one of the easiest of the back bending poses. It is also thought of as a pose of assessment. It is often held in pain with a lot of pressure in the low back.
How to: Upward Facing Dog Read more
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