If you want to learn how to engage your scapulae, practice… Wall Plank Learning how to place your scapulae in the correct position on your back will improve the odds that your rotator cuff and biceps tendons will also work in good alignment in weight-bearing poses. Stand facing a wall with your ...

A holistic medicine to cut stress levels, tension and anxiety. Teenage years can be a minefield, more so in the new age of technological revolution. Not only do teens need to deal with hormonal and physical changes, they also have to face a deluge of stimuli as they try and find ...

The proliferation of 200-hour yoga teacher trainings may be good for business, but is it keeping the practice safe and true to tradition? In 2015, Mandy Unanski Enright decided this was the year she’d become a yoga teacher. The practice had helped the nutritionist and fitness instructor maintain peace of mind for years, and more recently it had helped ...

Mudras are used in yoga and meditation to help you seal your energy and set an intention—two aspects of your practice that can be especially helpful during the hectic holiday season. Here, Coral Brown, a licensed mentalhealth counselor and senior Prana Vinyasa Flow teacher, shares four great mudras for this time ...

Find balance to ease neck pain Virabhadrasana II (Warrior Pose II) Stand with your feet 3–4 feet apart, the back foot turned out 45–90 degrees; find heel-to-arch alignment between your front and back foot. Raise your arms overhead as you bend the front leg to a 90-degree angle. Your hips will find ...

If ever there was a time to slow down your pace of life a notch or two, as well as your yoga flow so you could experience more calm, it's now. A lot has happened this year with Covid-19 . So now is the perfect time to reflect and find ...

A few months ago, I signed up for a ‘Yoga for Kids’ teacher training course at Pure Yoga Singapore. I was very keen to infuse these leanings into my seven-year-old son’s active and sometimes over scheduled life. I do believe we should infuse yoga into the minds of young, energetic boys, ...

Savasana, or Corpse Pose, is one posture you can’t live without. You need it for the fullest experience of yoga and a deep connection with your vital energies. By John Hanc  Illustrations by Andrea Cobb There I was, cocooned in warmth and darkness, feeling as light as air and as relaxed and carefree ...

Men have the world to gain by practicing yoga. So what’s holding them back? Copper Crow, yoga teacher in Singapore By Andrew Tilin  It’s a beautiful Saturday morning and I am in - of all places - a yoga studio. While my cycling buddies set out for a ride, I waited by racks ...

Although a typical man might spend more time sitting at a desk, playing sports, or building muscles at the gym than stretching on a mat, that doesn’t mean that yoga is not for him. When teaching her ‘Yoga for Dudes’ classes, yoga teacher Nikki Costello focuses on what tends to be ...

In current times, staying home can create chaos in the mind, leaving some of us frazzled, scattered and overwhelmed. This sequence is designed to help you ease tension by putting your spine through its full range of motion, and allowing your mind to calm down. By Alanna Kaivalya Not only will these ...

The new year is a good time to do an emotional-baggage check, to clear out what no longer serves you and make room for what will. And your chakras— the seven energy centers that run along your central channel—are a tool to help you repack. Here, yoga teacher Giselle Mari shows you how ...