Supported bridge pose or Salamba Setu Bandhasana is a restorative posture that helps to create more length in the front of the body, the deep belly, ileopsoas muscle and chest. It helps to tone the organs in the pelvis and abdomen as well as putting gentle pressure on the lower back. ...

This posture is a wonderful pose to integrate into your practice due to its restorative and restful effect on the body. Take your time to set it up, and enjoy! Reclined bound angle posture (supported butterfly pose) helps to open the chest, lungs, heart, abdomen, and pelvis. Its one of ...

Myofascial Planes Over the last few posts, I’ve explored the body’s myofascial meridians, lines, planes, or sheaths. To learn more, check out my previous posts on the lateral, dorsal, ventral, and core planes. These planes are a wonderful way to understand how movement, including asana (yoga postures), affects the body’s physical ...

Myofascial Sheaths Over the last couple of posts, I’ve been exploring the myofascial meridians, lines, planes, or sheaths of the body in a series of posts. Follow along for an exploration of the planes of the body by signing up for the series here.  These planes are a fantastic way to ...

Myofascial Sheaths The myofascial lines, planes, or sheaths provide a helpful map for understanding how positive and negative stress patterns relay and transfer through the body’s structures. Follow along for an exploration of the planes of the body by signing up for the series here. The Ventral Plane The ventral ...

Myofascial Planes The myofascial lines, meridians, planes, or sheaths provide a helpful map for understanding how positive and negative stress patterns relay and transfer through the body’s structures. When studying human structure, we often refer to individual anatomical parts as separate from all other parts. This, of course, is not true; everything ...

Myofascial Sheaths When studying and discussing the human body, we often refer to individual anatomical parts as separate from all other parts. This, of course, is not true; everything is deeply interconnected within the body. One way anatomical structures connect to (and are affected by) one another is through the ...

The feet are the foundation of the body. The 33 joints and the 26 bones in the foot constantly move and make small articulations based on the forces the body is bearing. Ultimately, any incongruence in our posture or alignment (day to day and in our asana practice) will show up ...