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Yoga Tips – Don’t Link Vira 1 & 2 With Vanessa RudgesLinking your Warrior 1 with Warrior 2 could be causing you a real pain in the knee.Both of these poses have completely different foundations in the foot, knee and pelvis alignment. Trying to flow from Warrior 1 through to Warrior 2 can create torsion… Read more: Yoga Tips – Don’t Link Vira 1 & 2

Yoga Tips – How to Plank to Chaturanga to Up DogWith Vanessa Rudge Do you feel like you could be stronger, and smoother in your Connecting Vinyasa?It’s all about arm position, shoulder blade activation and squeezing everything in to the centre line to create a strong line of support.A Connecting Vinyasa is made up of three… Read more: Yoga Tips – How to Plank to Chaturanga to Up Dog

Yoga Tips – Virabhadrasana 2 done differentlyFeeling a little jammed in your hips?At Being Yoga we apply a modern understanding of anatomy. Our main aim with alignment is sustainability, and the ability to move with ease for as long as possible. For both structural and physiological reasons, allowing your back hip to come into more of… Read more: Yoga Tips – Virabhadrasana 2 done differently

Yoga Tips – How to Step Forward from Down Dog to Yoga Lunge With Vanessa RudgeFeeling like your transitions are a little less than silky?We generally aim for smooth transitions in our yoga practice to get that delicious Vinyasa feel. With the transition from Down Dog through to lunge so common in our practice, sometimes… Read more: Yoga Tips – How to Step Forward from Down Dog to Yoga Lunge

Yoga Tips – Is it ok to wobble in balance yoga poses? With Vanessa Rudge Do the wobbles get you feeling disheartened in your practice?Wobbling is actually a feedback loop between our foundation and brain via the nervous system to strengthen proprioception – how we know where we are in space. In the video below, I explain… Read more: Yoga Tips – Is it ok to wobble in balance yoga poses?