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Yoga Benefits Yoga Pose Instruction 

Placing Your Knee Over Your Ankle

0 Comments knee alignment, knee anatomy, lunge

I must have said it thousands of times in my teaching career: “Make sure your knee lines up over your

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Yoga Benefits Yoga Pose Instruction 

Ask the Yogi: Can yoga help build bone density?

0 Comments bone density, lunge, plank, twisting, yoga for bone building

Q: I want to do exercises that help me build bone density. Does doing yoga help to make bones stronger?

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Ask the Yogi Yoga Pose Instruction 

Ask the Yogi: Can yoga help me lose weight?

5 Comments yoga for weight loss

Q: I have gained a few pounds in the last year. I know that exercise can help me lose weight.

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Ashtanga Yoga Yoga Styles 

Yoga Styles: Ashtanga Yoga

0 Comments ashtanga yoga, David Swenson, intense yoga, jumping form, power yoga, vinyasa

One of the wonderful things about yoga is that there are as many styles as there are people who practice

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Active muscle stretching - hamstring muscles
Posture Yoga Benefits Yoga Pose Instruction 

Understanding Stretching – Active Muscle Stretching – Part 4 of 4

0 Comments active forward bend, active muscle stretching, contract and relax response, dangers of sitting, hamstring stretch, muscle balance, reciprical inhibition

Active Muscle Stretching One of the best ways to have greater flexibility, less muscle tightness and improved joint health is

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Posture Yoga Benefits Yoga Pose Instruction 

Understanding Stretching – Reinforcing Hamstring Muscle Length – Part 3 of 4

0 Comments hamstring stretching, muscle stretching, passive muscle stretching, reinforcing muscle length

Reinforcing Muscle Length We have established that we can make a muscle longer through passive stretching, but if we want

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Purple Russian tomatoes. Almost like cutting into Purple Russian tomatoes. Almost like cutting into an artwork.
Purple Russian and chocolate cherry tomatoes. Beau Purple Russian and chocolate cherry tomatoes. Beautiful. And also problematic plants. Both have succumbed to wilt - either Fusarium or Verticillium- not sure which, but total loss of plants. Thankfully after they gave me a tasty crop.
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