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Ankle Mobility and Stability: A Comprehensive Approach fascia feet & ankles yoga anatomy Apr 28, 2024

An crucial but often neglected aspect of overall ankle health and fitness are mobility and stability. These two factors play a pivotal role in effective movement, good posture, athletic performance, and of course injury prevention. In this blog post, we'll delve into the importance of ankle...

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Hip Mobility: Glutes & Internal Rotation fascia yoga practice May 02, 2023

Hip mobility, glute strength, and internal rotation are essential components of a healthy movement system. The fascia, the connective tissue network that surrounds and supports the muscles, bones, and organs of the body, plays a critical role in optimizing these components.

Hip Mobility from a...

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Forward Bending with Your Fascia in Mind fascia hip flexors yoga postures Apr 30, 2023

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...

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From Buildings to Bodies alignment fascia yoga postures Jan 21, 2022

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...

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Fascia Rolling for the Calf - A Movement Anatomy Perspective. Learn why, how and the techniques fascia yoga anatomy May 28, 2021

Tightness in the calves can be successfully addressed with fascia rolling.

Watch this video to learn the anatomical and physiological background for addressing the calves with fascia rolling.

Understand three types of forces and and the three modes in which fascia rolling can be applied best...

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Create Space fascia tensegrity yoga postures Apr 29, 2021

Lower back compression is a common occurrence in back bending postures. This can be one sided back bends such as front splits, or warrior one, as well as two sided back bends like camel or wheel.

Pain in the back in back bends arises from joints or tissues running out of space to move before the...

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Deepen Your Breath by Applying Integrated Yoga Anatomy fascia shoulders yoga practice Mar 15, 2021

Integrated yoga anatomy is about bringing the body to life.

It’s stepping up from just learning muscles, bones and levers, to learning how to improve postures and movements.
If you want a functional body that can move and practice sustainably, you need to integrate your anatomy.

One of the...

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Do you want to move better? fascia real life yoga anatomy yoga practice Mar 10, 2021

Do you still remember your first yoga class?  The challenges to your mobility, your balance, your strength? Don't you wish it could have been easier?

When I first went to yoga classes, I was so disappointed with myself. I thought I was fit and capable. I was running, cycling, surfing and...

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How can yoga teachers benefit from knowing yoga anatomy? alignment fascia health yoga anatomy yoga postures Jan 04, 2021

Oslo Yoga, www.osloyoga.no  hosted a panel discussion on yoga anatomy as part of their international yoga festival www.yogafestivalen.no on January 4, 2021.
On the panel were:

Mark Stephens www.markstephensyoga.com

Anna Kristina Kavli www.iyoga.no,

and me, Chris Kummer ...

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Happy Hips - Strength and mobility around your hip joint fascia yoga anatomy yoga postures Dec 14, 2020

Modern hips.

Modern hips are hips used to sitting on chairs. Or simply sitting a lot.

How many people have told you already that sitting too much can make your hip area tight? This tension can include the hip ligaments, the hip-flexor muscles and a lot of  other associated muscles and fascia...

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Your Ankle Position Influences Your Knee Function alignment fascia yoga postures yoga practice Nov 17, 2020

Your Ankle Position Influences Your Knee Function

The inside structure of your feet is not clearly visible from the outside. When you learn about the significance of the foot structure at the ankle joint you can understand the influence of your foot arches and the ankle position on the knee joint....

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What To Do About Clunks In Loose Joints fascia health yoga postures yoga practice Sep 22, 2020

What do do about clunks in loose joints

Recently a few people have asked me about clunks and instability in their joints.
The people described themselves as hypermobile.
Joints can crack and ‘clunk’ for a number of reasons. This video examines these clunks in more mobile people.

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