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Best Yoga Techniques by Kino MacGregor, Part 1

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

In the first part of Yoga Tip segment, Circle of Grace Member, Kino MacGregor, teaches best techniques to transition between Chaturanga, Upward Facing Dog, and Downward Facing Dog. What are the best techniques for your favorite poses?

Kino is a co-founder of Miami Life Center, where she teaches daily classes, workshops and intensives together in addition to maintaining an international traveling and teaching schedule. Kino founded Miami Life Center to build a community around yoga, holistic health and consciousness. For Kino’s schedule click here.

Stay tuned for more tips this Thursday.

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Yoga Tips For Advanced Practitioners

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Jill Miller

In the second part of “Yoga Expert Tips”, Jill Miller shares her best tips for advanced yoga practitioners. What would you add to this list?

Tips for Advanced:

1. Improve your balance: do your entire practice while blindfolded. This will light up the vestibular system (the balance sensors in your inner ear) and make you even stronger from inside out.

2. Increase the length of your Savasanas by one minute daily until you are up to 20 minutes. Long restful Savasanas WITHOUT FALLING ASLEEP are sometimes the most challenging thing for any yogi.

3. Bump it up a notch: take an immersion, teacher training, or go on a retreat and deepen your knowledge of the practice!

To see Jill’s beginner and intermediate tips, click here.

For more fitness and yoga tips and Jill’s class schedule, click  here.

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Ashtanga Yoga in Balance

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Here’s another look at Kino MacGregor, one of our Circle of Grace members, who shares a demonstration on Ashtanga Yoga and how to move through several difficult poses.

Kino MacGregor is dedicated to carrying the torch of Ashtanga yoga throughout the world and sharing the amazing tradition of Ashtanga yoga with everyone who is inspired to practice.  Kino will be traveling around the world (literally) this Fall including Italy, China, and Japan. To learn more about Kino and where you can find her, go to kinoyoga.com.

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Simple Vinyasa Advice

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Posted by Shannon Paige Schneider (Circle of Grace member)

Simple advice to avoid shoulder injuries in Vinyasa yoga!

When LOWERING from plank to the earth or chaturanga dandhasana, keep the shoulder blades on the back and the collar bones wide and the back of the neck as long as the front of the throat.  In fact, consider dropping the knees and gaining authentic strength before trying to power through a bunch of full on repetitions just on the other side of empowered alignment.  When the caps of the shoulders collapse forward, one is not only more prone for shoulder tweaks and injury, but also, strength remains elusive.

Shannon Paige Schneider is an author, sacred activist, inspired life coach, and dedicated teacher of Shiva Rea’s Prana Flow Vinyasa Yoga. She interweaves her students’ unique purpose driven inspiration into the divine play of body and breath to unlock the secret wisdom held within the heart.  Shannon is the founder and yoga director of om time yoga centers and Anjali Restorative Yoga. To learn more about Shannon and where she will be teaching next, go to her blog.

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How To Jump Back in Padmasana

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Over the next week, we’re going to share yoga tips from our Circle of Grace members. Keep yourself in check with the right alignment and instruction.

Kino MacGregor, of Miami Life Center, shares this YouTube video on how to jump back in Padmasana. Not only does she give you a step-by-step demonstration, but she looks good wearing her Zobha outfit too!

Kino MacGregor is dedicated to carrying the torch of Ashtanga yoga throughout the world and sharing the amazing tradition of Ashtanga yoga with everyone who is inspired to practice.  Kino will be traveling around the world (literally) this Fall including Italy, China, and Japan just in the month of September. To learn more about Kino and where you can find her, go to kinoyoga.com.

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