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Is Your Yoga / Pilates Teacher Watching YOU?

Annie — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 03:40:33 +0000

OK, so I will admit it. When I have 50-500 students in a class, I cannot watch all of them! Does your front foot heel draw a line into your back mid arch? It sounds like a TRAIN lyric from one of their hit songs Hey, Soul Sister! (BTW, Big YogaForce Fans...) But, seriously, you DO need to align your body when doing all floor exercise or you can hurt yourself.

Out of Alignment: Why Charlie Sheen Is a WINNING Distraction

Annie — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:08:51 +0000

I taught a body alignment and breathing class yesterday at a v. big world-wide corporation. I normally teach a physically challenging class... This one was mentally challenging. The students were instructed to pay more attention to their exhales rather than their inhales. Relax their teeth, jaws and lips and only breathe through their noses. If they had a thought, they were instructed to breathe louder and take in and push out more oxygen. Add lots of complicated movements and it is a standard class.

Everybody Has A Story

Annie — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:33:21 +0000