Tagged “form”
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Bridge Pose: Lifting From Your Hips, Not Your Low Back
How to set up and lift bridge pose so your hips do the work, the four mistakes that put it in your low back, and gentler and stronger versions.
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Warming Up Before Yoga: Five Minutes, and How to Tell It Worked
What a warm-up is actually for, a five-minute sequence that suits any home practice, and the signs that tell you you're warm enough to begin.
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How to Breathe in a Pose, and What Held Breath Is Telling You
Where your breath should move in a pose, how to match breath to movement, and why a held breath is the clearest sign to back off a stretch.
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Mobility vs Flexibility: Why the Difference Changes What You Practise
Flexibility is range you can be moved into; mobility is range you can control. Here's how to test the gap and what to practise to close it.
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Tight Hamstrings: What's Actually Going On, and What Helps
Why hamstrings feel tight when they may not be short, how to tell the difference, and the stretching and strength work that changes it over weeks.
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Gentle Movement for a Low Back That Feels Stiff After Sitting
Why the low back feels tight after hours of sitting, why stretching it harder often disappoints, and a gentle ten-minute movement sequence to try instead.
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Wrist Care for Down Dog, Plank and Floor Poses
Why wrists complain in hands-on-floor poses, how to load the hand properly, five wrist prep movements, and three ways to take the load off entirely.
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Ankle Mobility: The Joint Almost Nobody Stretches
Why stiff ankles limit squats, lunges and balance, how to test your own range at a wall, and six simple ankle mobility drills with easier options.
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Thoracic Spine Mobility: Freeing the Stiffest Part of Your Back
What thoracic spine mobility is, why the mid-back stiffens from sitting, and eight extension and rotation drills you can do on the floor or at a wall.
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Spinal Twists: How to Rotate Without Wrenching
How to do seated, supine and kneeling twists so the rotation comes from your ribs instead of your low back or a hand pulling on your knee.
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Tree Pose and What Balance Practice Actually Teaches You
How to set up tree pose, where to place your foot (and where never to), and why wobbling is the point rather than a sign you're doing it wrong.
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Warrior II: Where Your Knee, Hips and Ribs Should Be
A form-first guide to Warrior II — stance width, front knee tracking, hip and rib alignment, the five common mistakes, and easier and harder versions.
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Downward Dog and Plank: Fixing the Form Mistakes Almost Everyone Makes
How to actually hold downward dog and a plank with good form — the common mistakes that make them hurt, and simple cues to fix each one.
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The Forward Fold Is Not a Toe-Touching Test
How to do a standing forward fold that lengthens your hamstrings instead of straining your low back, with bent-knee cues and four useful variations.
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Cobra Pose Without Cranking Your Low Back
How to do cobra pose so the movement spreads through your whole spine, the four common mistakes, and gentler and stronger versions to work through.
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Child's Pose: What to Do When It Isn't Restful
How to set up child's pose so it actually rests you, five fixes for tight hips, knees, ankles or shoulders, and three variations that change the stretch.
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Cat-Cow, Done Properly: Moving Your Spine One Segment at a Time
How to do cat-cow with real spinal movement instead of just rocking your hips, the mistakes that flatten it, and three useful variations.
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A Beginner Yoga Sequence You Can Actually Finish
A twelve-pose beginner yoga sequence for home, in order, with what each pose should feel like, how long to hold it, and an easier version of every one.
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A Shoulder Mobility Routine for Tight, Achy Shoulders
A ten-minute shoulder mobility routine covering overhead reach, rotation and shoulder blade control, with body cues and easier options for each.
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How to Ease Rounded Shoulders Without Forcing Your Chest Open
Rounded shoulders explained, plus gentle mobility and strength work for the chest, upper back and shoulder blades — and why cranking rarely helps.
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How to Ease Forward Head Posture With Movement
Forward head posture explained in plain terms, with gentle movement drills for the neck and upper back and a realistic sense of what changes.