If you are new to teaching yoga or have been in the field for years, self-care is a foundation for your longevity. We each develop our own tools to care for ourselves as teachers and these are mine, maybe you can add one or two to your toolbox.
Author: Kristen Beaulieu
Yoga Online Home Practice Guide
The 4 steps to an invigorating home practice Is your home practice losing its zest? Let’s talk about how to bring more life and energy to your online classes. Practicing Yoga in a public group is a wonderful gift that can support each individual in their own journey. The shared experience of moving and breathing… Continue reading Yoga Online Home Practice Guide
Social Engagement in this Time of Physical Distancing
For some this current reality of “Social Distancing” is leaving time to tackle projects, catch up on reading, or be with their children and partners; for others it is intensifying issues of isolation. For many seniors, social isolation is not a response to a world pandemic but an undesirable outcome of old age. When partners… Continue reading Social Engagement in this Time of Physical Distancing
Foundational Practices for Hips: A 3-Part Series – Part 3
Many students have come to me to ask for help with an increasing pain in their gluteus muscles, the muscles at the back of your hip, your buttocks. There can be several different things happening to cause this pain in the back end and if you are experiencing sharp and stabbing pain please visit your doctor to assess the cause. In this article I will address the overuse of the piriformis and other smaller, shorter muscles embedded behind the gluteus muscles. This overuse is often a result of the under-use of the larger, stronger muscles of the gluteus (gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, gluteus minimus).
Foundational Practices for Hips: A 3-Part Series – Part 2
Getting to the Core With your growing awareness of what conscious foot placement feels like (see Part 1), let’s work on another important stabilizing part of the body: the core. There are many muscles and joints that are involved in what we call “the core.” As the picture below illustrates, your core is made up… Continue reading Foundational Practices for Hips: A 3-Part Series – Part 2
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