Feel it All - Power Yoga with Sarah

Neck pain is the enemy and knowing is half the battle. The other half is letting go. This is a 30-minute quickie restorative to help you: 1. Mindfully release the neck and shoulders from built-up tension; and 2. Wisen-up to your habitually-held stiffness so you can recognize it when it crops up and choose to release it.

Perfect for the end of the workday or any other long-term hunching session. Grab a block and a strap and let's go!

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I started this as a restorative sequence to release neck pain and ended up with a practice addressing full spectrum of body-in-seat syndrome.

Here's what it does: 1. Mindfully releases the neck and shoulders from built-up tension; 2. Helps you wisen-up to habitually-held stiffness so you can recognize when it crops up and choose to release it; 3. Strengthens the whole core and back body to help you avoid hunch-asana and the tightness it begets in the first place.

Grab a block and strap and let's go!

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Running and yoga jive so completely, but limited time and energy mean you typically end up doing just one or the other on any given day. That can be a bummer if, say, you're training for a race five days a week. But one fine day I realized that you don't really have to choose. A short practice can still be freeing, meditative, and cure what ails ye. Here's a post-run sequence that fits that description with well-rounded lower body stretches plus luscious twists to lengthen and release the spine.

This is a video to accompany the "Psoas Will Become Clear - Slow Flow - 85 minute Intermediate Power Vinyasa Yoga Flow" audio class.

Nestled low and deep in the trunk, at the nexus of the core and hip lie the psoas (pronounced so-as, hence the shameless pun in the title of this podcast). Like most of our hip and core anatomy, the psoas (a key player in the hip flexor band) have the ability to harbor all kinds of physical and emotional blockages that radiate out through the mind and body. This is a strong slow flow with lots of long holds (plus a bonus balance sequence in this longer version) to stretch this essential area and release built-up blah.

NEW: Check out the VIDEO version on youtube.com/@feelitallyoga

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I designed this flow to remedy the effects of travel during these strange times. My own exodus from Egypt to Nebraska left me craving some deliberate slowness and contemplation, and sporting some serious butt-in-seat syndrome: tight hips and glutes and achy back from extended sitting. The antidote? Healing in motion. Voila a powerful slow flow to tone and stretch your booty and hips while grounding your spirit right where you are now.

Give it a whirl and let me know what you think!

I designed this flow to remedy the effects of travel during these strange times. My own exodus from Egypt to Nebraska left me craving some deliberate slowness and contemplation, and sporting some serious butt-in-seat syndrome: tight hips and glutes and achy back from extended sitting. The antidote? Healing in motion. Voila a powerful slow flow to tone and stretch your booty and hips while grounding your spirit right where you are now.

Give it a whirl and let me know what you think!

This episode brings a lot together. Per request, thyroid regulation. Per necessity in our troubled times, emotional SOS. Heart openers and inversions regulate the thyroid and the mood, and serious hip openers release stuck-yuck emotions/rage against the machine. Add inspiration from the Black Eyed Peas, and together let's find some balance.

We all need playtime, bonus if it gets that heart rate kicking. To get you into those bouncy, fun arm balances, this flow (adapted from Squeeze It In) packs in strength-building for core and upper body, then lets you give it a try. No inversions experience required, just a zest for adventure and readiness to jump around. The flow ends with some deep, juicy stretches to bring you down right.

Check out https://www.yogajournal.com/practice/7-steps-defy-gravity-master-handstand-pose for more handstand prep.

Some days you have time to spare. Some days you do not. All days your body and mind need movement to function, adrenalin to cleanse, a shift in focus on physicality to release that busybusy brain.

This is a powerful 35-minute flow of creative sun salutes, upper body and core strengthening, cleansing twists, and standing balances targeting the wobbly bits. Make half an hour for this and feel the difference for 24 (or potentially longer in certain areas due to -spoiler alert- pulses in standing split

Cooped up? Need a solid workout? Here's a nice strong ladder flow focused on arms, hips and glutes. You'll move through warriors to side bending, twisting, and bound poses, double dipping on chaturanga pushups throughout to build more grace and lean muscle through the core and shoulders, then finish things off with some deep hip openers.

Sweat and reset!