Di Hickman

This quick & easy somatic yoga practice requires no equipment to release tight hip flexors. Sometimes you need to stop stretching and release the tight muscles first. Using somatic exercises this short yoga for tight hip flexors routine will help your mind-body connection, so you can experience the difference before and after. If you can’t view the embedded video above, you can view the video on YouTube. Maybe add it to a playlist? Above all, remember to subscribe to my channel. New …

Yoga for Tight Hip Flexors – Somatic Experiencing & ReleaseRead More

Do you have good posture? Or does your upper back and shoulders round? Can you bind your yoga poses? Feel like your breathing is restricted? You could have tight pectoral muscles. Rather than stretching instead, try a somatic release for your pecs. This yoga for tight chest muscles routine takes less than 10-minutes and is a great step to better posture and breath. If you can’t view the embedded video above, you can view the video on YouTube. Maybe add it to a playlist? …

Yoga for tight chest muscles – Somatic ReleaseRead More

A few times a year my yoga classes get themed to the season or Holiday. For example, doing Tree pose around Christmas or Arbor day. One yoga pose that's a staple to celebrate Independence day here in the United States, is Eagle Pose. To switch things up this year I've been exploring seated eagle pose, and created this 15-minute chair yoga sequence. If you can’t view the embedded video above, you can view the video on YouTube. Maybe add it to a playlist? Above all, remember to subscribe to …

Seated Eagle Pose 15 Min Chair Yoga SequenceRead More

Recently a member of my Patreon community asked about binding yoga poses. Bound side angle is one of my favorite binds so I used this pose as an example to explain three reasons why you can't bind your yoga poses. Remember that there may be more going on than just flexibility in this yoga arm bind! If you can’t view the embedded video above, you can view the video on YouTube. Maybe add it to a playlist? Above all, remember to subscribe to my channel. New videos are …

3 reasons why you can’t bind your yoga posesRead More

When there are only a few people in yoga class, I generally ask people what areas or poses they want to work on. Hands down, the most common request is "can we work on stretching hamstrings". While there are many ways to stretch the hamstrings, the best thing you can do before stretching is releasing! One way I like to incorporate this into my yoga flow classes is this quick and easy somatic hamstring release. If you can’t view the embedded video above, you can view …

Quick & Easy Somatic Hamstring ReleaseRead More

Of all the balance poses in yoga, Garudasana is my favorite to teach. I love to build the pose from the ground up and challenge people's strength and balance. In this eagle pose tutorial I'll share my preferred transition into the pose, modifications, prep, risks, variations along with a few tips and tricks. If you can’t view the embedded video above, you can view the video on YouTube. Maybe add it to a playlist? Above all, remember to subscribe to my channel. New videos are uploaded every …

Eagle Pose Tutorial – How to do Garudasana for beginnersRead More