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Bourne Yoga

Locality: Coolangatta

Phone: +61 431 054 311

Address: Kirra Hill Community Centre, Garrick Street 4225 Coolangatta, QLD, Australia

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25.01.2022 I’m so excited to be offering this course!! A super hands on way to learn, or refresh, your anatomy!! We sculpt the muscles then place them on a skeleton; ‘dressing’ the skeleton from the deeper muscles out. Then we apply the new understanding! The best way to learn and retain is to do! DM for booking details, places limited

25.01.2022 What is the purpose behind the pose? Why are you including it in a class? These questions will help you decide which modifications might be helpful. This modification, as opposed to Ising the strap, still builds strength and balance, and still connects to hip mobility. It may not require hamstring or adductor flexibility though, so what are you building on with the pose? #choose the modification that works with your intention

23.01.2022 Adding resistance creates more awareness of what muscles you are, or haven’t been activating. It helps us to stay connected in the pose and reduces the chance of simply dumping into flexibility and switching off!

23.01.2022 Hyper mobility! My elbows and shoulders have always been able to bend more than your average person, yoga didn’t do this to me. It can make my yoga look fancy, and it can also be damaging to my joints (subluxation in shoulder more than once). add a little bend in the joint, this will re-engage the muscles around the joint, get them supporting it.

23.01.2022 Side plank a little saggy in the middle? Sometimes we concentrate so much on that supporting arm that we let everything else go! This makes life extra tough for that bottom arm. try engaging the lower waist and lifting hips towards the sky. try engaging the legs, press them into the floor to get more lift and lightness through the body. if that doesn’t work, try the modifications in the next 2 pics. It’s not cheating, it’s working with what you’ve got and allows you to focus more on shoulder stabilisation!

22.01.2022 Last post on Ardha Chandrasana! I love the use of resistance bands in practice (see previous posts for why) using the band here means the arms stay active and so does the top leg!! Not just active but strong there is full awareness of each body part and where it is, no chance to ‘cheat’

21.01.2022 Lucky last in the bow pose series. One of the most common tweaks I see as people try to reach for their feet.......grabbing for the inside of the foot and doing some funky things to the shoulders in the process! reaching back to catch the feet is extension of the shoulder so we are actually wanting to internally rotate the shoulder. work with the natural mechanics of the joint and it will be a whole lot more comfortable

18.01.2022 I’ve been reconnecting with backbends in the last week and loving it! So I’m inspired this week to put bow pose under my anatomy nerd microscope. thumbs down and grabbing the outside of the ankles means internal rotation of shoulders, great for extension (reaching back) active with the legs, using the push up of the legs to lift the chest neck lines up with the spine Chest opening, lengthening the front line and strengthening the back line.

16.01.2022 I don’t really plan my classes in advance and sometimes I’m very surprised by the form they take. This week I seem to be all about balances (& functional range). There must be a greater need this week for people to ground this is one of the fun variations I see students do of this pose in order to get the leg higher.....lean to the opposite side! the lean can also help balance by kind of stacking joints, this may feel more steady but the muscles are switching off when the joints stack. keep the pelvis neutral, forget about how high that leg is or isn’t

14.01.2022 I used to think this pose was a bit of a waste, I didn’t feel anything! Then I figured out I was not really in it, see pic 3 for what that looks like It’s actually meant to work the lateral line of the body (gall bladder meridian). pic 1 I’m fully engaged. Back heel pressing down, top hand reaching and front knee pressing outwards. I feel a delicious length the whole left side of my body! Pic 2 is what I see often. Whether it’s a mobility issue or an unconscious thing..., people tend to close the chest to reach forward, almost adding a twist to the pose. Opening the chest to the side or towards the sky will bring back the lateral stretch. Pic 3 is me just hanging out in my flexibility. My hand can rest on the floor, I’m sort of doing the pose but I’m not engaged in it and getting nothing out of it.....except maybe working the front leg quads if the front hand doesn’t reach the floor use a block to bring the floor up. See more

14.01.2022 Hyper mobile knees show up in many forward folds, and triangle pose. it’s helpful to use that same cue, ‘put a little bend in the joint’ to bring it back to neutral. in triangle imagine you’re trying to pull the front foot towards the back foot. The foot won’t move but the hamstrings will engage, unlocking the knee- magic!!

13.01.2022 Props are not cheating! People seem to prefer struggling or doing strange things with their body rather than just grab a damn strap or block or @theyogatriangle It is a far better idea if you’re body is a little tight to use the prop required. In this case the strap extends your reach so you don’t need to contort yourself or crank the spine to keep the leg long.

13.01.2022 It’s important to modify when necessary. Sometimes extending the arms overhead is too much. If the shoulders are tight then the back arches to compensate, reducing core activity. You could also have arms to the side aeroplane style or even hands on the wall to help get the balance sorted. As Paul Grilley says, ‘everything is legal’ when it comes to working with your unique body

12.01.2022 Pigeon variations!!! What else on a Saturday??!?! if you’re looking for hip opening then make sure that front knee is wider than the hip, once it lines up it isn’t doing much. Pic 2 is more of a preparation for legs behind head poses because of course that’s your life goal happy hips happy weekend

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10.01.2022 How comfortable does my neck look?! often in backbends we crank the neck so we feel like we’re bending more. We are not really, it’s mostly just cranking the neck. keep the head and neck a continuous line with the spine. pic 2 is something I’ve talked about before, lazy legs! Using the weight of the legs to lift the chest means it’s a passive version of the pose. It’s far more beneficial to use the lift of the legs (active) to open the chest

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08.01.2022 We can get really creative with poses in an attempt to make it work for us. It’s often not actually helpful. pic 1 is the cranking of the neck because we want to look up, either at the teacher or some other spot. This tends to cause an arch in the back and disconnects the core. Try to look at the floor directly beneath your face, keep the crown of the head in line with the tailbone. pic 2 is the hiking up of the floating leg hip. It makes it feel like the leg is higher and it stacks the hip joint a little which allows the Glutes to switch off. Forget about the height of the top leg and keep pelvis neutral, make those Glutes work

04.01.2022 In my most recent Weekly Teachable emails I’ve been on about plank and chatarunga, so I thought I’d bring the theme across (and sideways ). Side plank is great for upper body and core strength. it’s better if you’re looking up but if your adorable pooch is around it’s ok to look down forearm version is good for wrist issues. press the feet to help lift the hips... actively lift the hips be mindful of hyperextending elbows, and watch shoulder blade is flat on the ribs- serratus anterior activation! If you are not already, sign up for the email through the link in bio See more

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03.01.2022 Half moon at half mast? Not everyone has the range to get the bottom hand to the ground with a straight supporting leg, solutions: pic 2, bring in a block! Bring the floor to your hand work the balance more and keep the leg straight without touching the floor keep the leg bent, press the knee wide and work the Glutes more! Solution depends on what you want from the pose

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