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Yoga Poses for Lower Back Strength
A sequence of 12 yoga poses for lower back strength. Practice this sequence on its own for a 15-minute sequence or add your own poses to it.
Yoga Sequence for Core Strength
Try this simple, effective sequence to strengthen the entirety of your core: the anterior abdominals, iliopsoas, and the back of the core.
Mindful New Year’s Resolutions
Does making New Year’s resolutions leave you feeling stressed out? Try this mindful New Year’s resolutions process with Andrea Ferretti.
Yoga Pose Notebook: Astavakrasana
Astavakrasana is not a simple yoga pose. But I’m sharing 3 simple tips to help you practice and teach it more effectively. Read more now.
Can online yoga teacher training be better than training in person?
Online yoga teacher trainings are catching up with the rest of education in offering more options for online learning. Can they be better?
Four Unconventional Backbend Preparations to Add to Your Practice and Teaching
Yoga teacher Jason Crandell offers 4 unconventional backbend preparations to help you feel more comfortable in these challenging postures.
Yoga Sequences
Yoga Poses for Lower Back Strength
A sequence of 12 yoga poses for lower back strength. Practice this sequence on its own for a 15-minute sequence or add your own poses to it.
Essential Sequence: 15 Poses to Warrior III
Here’s how to make Warrior III (Virabhadrasana III) Pose more effective and accessible. Plus a short yoga pose sequence.
Essential Sequence: Neck, Shoulders, and Upper Back
Yoga Sequence for Shoulders: Yoga for shoulders and neck sequence by Jason Crandell will release tension in shoulders, neck, and upper back.
Essential Sequence: Stretch into Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana
An effective, thorough side bending yoga Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana sequence. Work your lats, quadrates lumborum, adductors, and hamstrings.
Essential Sequence: Wake Up and Flow
This is a pretty simple morning yoga sequence to ease into your body, get moving, and chase the cobwebs away. Enjoy before or after coffee!
Essential Sequence: Learn to Love Camel Pose
This Camel Pose yoga sequence will maximize the benefits of Ustrasana while minimizing the challenges of the posture. Read more now.
Yoga Anatomy
Yoga and Your Core, Part II
Yoga anatomy core: There’s more to the core than abs. This guide includes illustrations of the glutes, hamstrings, adductors, and more.
The Surprising Way to Deepen Your Backbends
King Arthur’s Pose helps open the front of your thighs, hips, and abdomen, making backbends more accessible.
Yoga and Your Hips, Part III
Hip Opening Yoga Poses: 15-pose sequence that address the outer hips, inner legs, hamstrings, and external rotators. Learn more now.
More Posts
Common verbal cueing mistakes that yoga teachers make
As yoga teachers, you’re going to make countless verbal cueing mistakes. Here are the mistakes to be aware of.
Backbends: When and Why to Engage your Glutes
Should you squeeze the glutes in backbends? Jason Crandell shares why most students would benefit from engaging the glutes in backbends.
Common Errors in Manual Yoga Adjustments – and How to Fix Them
Manual yoga adjustments need help? In this post, learn 10 more ideas for honing your approach to manual yoga adjustments during yoga class.
Survivor’s Guide to Teaching Yoga When Life Throws You a Curveball
Here are some practical yoga teaching tips for those times when life gets busy, challenging, or throws you an unexpected curveball. Read on.
Yoga Sequence for Hips
This yoga for hips sequence focuses on stretching the muscles around the whole circumference of the hip joint. Practice it now.
Mastering the Art of the Well-Paced Class
Yoga class pacing is a key tool to convey your teaching essence. Learn how to do it skillfully in this guide.
The Mother of All Backbends: Urdhva Dhanurasana
In this ultimate Urdhva Dhanurasana guide, get step-by-step instructions, anatomy info, alignment tips, and pose alternatives.
How to Teach Yoga Transitions
Find 5 concepts that make all yoga transitions more smooth and skillful + 3 three yoga transitions to incorporate into your practice.
Abs Reboot: Four Creative Core Yoga Poses
Here are four creative yoga poses for core strength — as a bonus, you’ll prepare yourself for challenging arm balances and inversions!
How to Survive the Worst Yoga Class You’ve Ever Taught
You just taught a truly bad yoga class, the worst class in the history of yoga? Here are some things to think about so you can keep growing.
A Shoulder Opening Sequence to Forearm Balance
This sequence leading to Forearm Stand focuses on creating greater range of movement in your shoulders. Learn why this is so important now.
5 Ways to Stay Healthy, Safe, and Grounded While You’re Teaching
Teaching Yoga Tips: Here are a few ways to keep yourself healthy, safe, and grounded while you teach yoga. Read more now.
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