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What if I told you that the most famous yoga pose in the world is also one of the most complex? After decades of teaching and a combined...

Surya Namaskar A is often treated as a warm-up—a familiar sequence we move through almost on autopilot. But from a therapeutic yoga perspective, Sun Salutation A is anything but neutral. The way we breathe, time effort, and transition between shapes can either support the pelvic floor and deep core—or quietly undermine them. In this post, we’ll explore how adapting Surya Namaskar A can help meet the needs of the pelvic floor and core, particularly for students who experience

When Sarah and I chose Gate Pose (Parighasana) for our episode, we wanted to make it easy on ourselves. Gate Pose is used as a warmup—something to create a little space, open the hip and side body, an easy transition from table pose before coming to stand. Gate Pose has that reputation. Simple, easy, accessible. A quick warmup to move through without much thought. Wrong. So wrong. What we uncovered is that Gate Pose is one of the best poses for building hip stability. To use

A yoga therapy perspective for teachers and curious students Is she twisting or turning? Twists are everywhere in yoga: seated twists, revolved standing poses, supine twists at the end of class. They’re often framed as cleansing, detoxifying, or wringing tension out of the spine. And yet, twists are also one of the most common sources of discomfort, confusion, and SI joint irritation  we see in students. The problem is not twisting itself. The problem is how  we twist — and w