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The Secret's in the Foot - Weekly Theme

12/24/2019

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Check out a baby or young child's foot. Notice that much of the time their toes softly curl down, the top of their foot is nice and full, and the ankle is slightly flexed. They often walk with a little bounce, a spring in their step. This is the foot we try to obtain in our practice, allowing us to put a spring in our own step! 

Aligning our foot in this way affects the alignment of our legs, hips, back, our whole body, helping to relieve pain and elevating our mood. We'll focus on our feet this week in class and feel the effect our feet have on our whole body. Join us!
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Photo by Isaac Del Toro on Unsplash
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Winter Solstice - Weekly Theme

12/10/2019

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This Saturday, December 21, 2019, is the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. It's the shortest day of the year. After this day the days will gradually become longer.

Solstice comes from the Latin word sol, meaning sun, and sistere, meaning to stand still. The sun appears to stand still, or pause, on this day as it reverses its path across the sky.

So in class this week we'll pause, we'll stand still, in the breath and in our poses. We'll enjoy these moments of stillness on the shortest day and longest night of the year.
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Tip Your Pelvis Using Your Legs and Glutes - Weekly Theme

12/8/2019

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To align our hips we move the groins back and widen the sitz bones, then we draw the glutes up and in toward the sacrum creating a curve in the low back. We draw the top of the sacrum in by engaging the back of the legs and mounding the glute muscles upward.

Tipping our pelvis forward using the back side of our legs and hips -- that's our theme this week. Join us!

Thanks to Josh Wechsler in Austin, Texas, for this photo.
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    Linda Oelschlaeger

    Linda is certified in Kripalu  and Anusara yoga and trained in Bowspring yoga. Her classes are fun, challenging, and transforming.

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