biomechanics Archives — Shut Up & Yoga

Modern Yoga: Everything You Want to Know About the Pelvic Floor

The pelvic floor (PF) has become a hot topic in the movement world. Yoga teachers and gurus have been cueing PF engagement for centuries (think: “engage mula ba...

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Human First, Yogi Second

Garrett Neill

Is yoga asana actually serving our bodies? As a modern-day human, is the physical practice of yoga still appropriate? My opinion: Yoga isn’t perfect. The mindfu...

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19 Yoga and Movement Teachers to Watch in 2019

Shut Up & Yoga

Whether you’ve been practicing traditional yoga, dabbling with, or even geeking out on multi-disciplinary and science-informed movement, we hope that you will b...

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Modern yoga: Rethinking Outdated Cues

Kerry McInnes

Yoga teachers and practitioners know that great alignment cues can make all the difference in our practice. Unfortunately, some common cues undermine the body’s...

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Maximize Motor Learning & Control in Yoga Asana

Kerry McInnes

A trained powerlifter walks into his first yoga class. He can bench 1.5 times his bodyweight and squat 2 times his bodyweight. The teacher cues a challenging ar...

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Rogue Yogi Real-Talk: Kolya Udalov, The Yoga Engineer

Julie Tran

If you were a yoga teacher with a rare opportunity to travel the world, what would you do? What cuisines would you try? What landmarks would you make a beeline...

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Modern Yoga: Everything You Want to Know About the Pelvic Floor

Human First, Yogi Second

Graduate from Imitation to Set Your Yoga Free

#teach

What to Look for in a Modern Yoga Teacher Training

Breaking Yoga’s Alignment Stereotypes

The Fine Art of Creating a Yoga Playlist

#ideas

Guru Be Gone

May HORRORscopes: Confronting your Plutonian Plot Twist

Staying Real in a World of InstaFakes

#heroes

Meet Marzi, the Creative Mind Behind @introvertdoodles

Meet Bernie Clark, the Author of “Your Body, Your Yoga” and “Your Spine, Your Yoga”

Meet Eva-Lotta Lamm, the Designer and Yogi Behind @yoga.notes

#guides

Hawk’s Folly: Studio Reviews & Snark from a Migratory Bird of ‘Pray’. Yoga in Budapest

8 North American Yoga and Wellness Festivals We’re Excited About in 2019

Rogue Yogi on the Road: Yoga and Street Food in Vietnam

#read+watch

The Yogi’s Bookshelf: Living the Sutras by Kelly DiNardo and Amy Pearce-Hayden

Book Excerpt and Review of Sex Drugs and Om: An Autobiography of an American Yogi by Greg Reese

10 Mindful Short Films Every Yogi Should See

biomechanics

Modern Yoga: Everything You Want to Know About the Pelvic Floor

Human First, Yogi Second

19 Yoga and Movement Teachers to Watch in 2019

Modern yoga: Rethinking Outdated Cues

Maximize Motor Learning & Control in Yoga Asana

Rogue Yogi Real-Talk: Kolya Udalov, The Yoga Engineer