Sit To Stand Exercise: The Leg Strengthener Worth Doing Every Day, And How To Make It Easier
How to do the sit to stand exercise, how to make it easier or harder, what the 30-second chair stand test is, and why strong legs matter.
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Ankle Strengthening Exercises: Six Simple Ones, And Why They Matter After 50
Six simple ankle strengthening exercises you can do with a bench or chair, what the research says, and which yoga pose works the ankles hardest.
Continue readingNumb Hands At Night? Carpal Tunnel Symptoms, And What A Yoga Trial Found
By Chris Lalor, Certified Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher and Certified Yoga Therapist, and Dr Stuart McGill, Yoga Teacher, Flametree Yoga Darwin For the full picture, see our Wrist Pain And Hand Pain guide, which sets out what Mr Iyengar, the yoga doctors and the research say. Carpal tunnel symptoms: the short answer Carpal tunnel symptoms […]
Continue readingNeuropathy In Feet: What Helps Numb Or Burning Feet, And The Gentle Yoga Studied For It
Numb, tingling or burning feet? What neuropathy in the feet is, what the yoga studies found, and the standing poses that teach your feet to feel the floor. Flametree Yoga Studio, Darwin and online.
Continue readingNervous System Regulation: What It Means And How To Train It
What nervous system regulation means, how it differs from relaxation, how heart rate variability shows it, and four practices that train it, with the research.
Continue readingHip Mobility Exercises: A Ten-Minute Chair Sequence That Takes Your Hips In Every Direction
By Chris Lalor, Certified Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher and Certified Yoga Therapist, and Dr Stuart McGill, Yoga Teacher, Flametree Yoga Darwin Hip mobility exercises: the short answer Good hip mobility exercises take the hip joint in every direction it can go: folding forward, taking the leg behind you, out to the side, across the body […]
Continue readingPeriod Pain: What Helps, And Five Supported Yoga Poses To Try
What period pain is and what helps: the rules for yoga on a period day, five supported poses with bolsters and a chair, what to leave out, and what the research says.
Continue readingSwollen Ankles In The Heat: Why They Puff Up, And The Legs-Up Poses That Ease The Day’s Weight
By Chris Lalor, Certified Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher and Certified Yoga Therapist, and Dr Stuart McGill, Yoga Teacher, Flametree Yoga Darwin Swollen ankles: the short answer Ankles puff up when fluid pools in the lowest part of the body, and long sitting, long standing, hot weather and flights all make that more likely. The calf […]
Continue readingFoot Cramps: Why They Grab You, And The Calf And Foot Stretches That Ease Them
By Chris Lalor, Certified Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher and Certified Yoga Therapist, and Dr Stuart McGill, Yoga Teacher, Flametree Yoga Darwin Foot cramps: the short answer Foot cramps are sudden, painful tightenings of the muscles in the foot or calf, and the best-tested way to ease them is a slow calf and hamstring stretch, done […]
Continue readingBalance Exercises You Can Do At Home: Eight Simple Ones, With A Chair
Eight balance exercises you can do at home with a kitchen bench or a chair, from standing tall to Tree Pose, and how to make each one harder step by step.
Continue readingHip Flexor Stretch: Five Ways To Do It Without Straining Your Back
A hip flexor stretch that does not strain your back: which muscles you are stretching, why the lower back arches, and five supported ways to lengthen the front of the hip, with a lunge, a bolster and a chair.
Continue readingHow To Recover From Burnout: A Slow, Supported Way Back
By Chris Lalor, Certified Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher and Certified Yoga Therapist, and Dr Stuart McGill, Yoga Teacher, Flametree Yoga Darwin How to recover from burnout: the short answer You do not recover from burnout by trying harder. Burnout is what long, unrelenting effort leaves behind, so the way back starts with real rest, taken […]
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