The Most Important Part Of A Yoga Pose, Part 1
Have you ever wondered what to prioritize when you are doing a yoga pose? What is the most important thing to focus on when doing Triangle? Or Downward Dog? Or Savasana? Ask 15 different yoga teachers...
View ArticleThe Most Important Part of a Yoga Pose, Part 2
How to relax before your yoga practice There are a few quick ways that you can target the relaxation response in your body so that your poses emerge from a place of deep calm rather than a frenzied...
View ArticleAbdominal Massage: What Do You Store In Your Core?
When I was an 18-year-old yogini, I was also an active bulimic. I was in college studying dance, training to be a shiatsu therapist (Japanese pressure point massage), making sandwiches and slicing...
View ArticleDid You Finish Breathing Yet?
SCENE: A yoga class. Students are standing in Mountain Pose like a Buddhist “army.” Teacher: Breathe in… Class: (A subtle, yet audible “sucking” sound is heard.) Teacher: And breathe out… Class: (A...
View ArticleShoulder This Mission: Your Range of Motion
Have you ever had a shoulder injury? If so (or even if not) it’s important to get clear about how your shoulder works so that you don’t re-injure yourself. Quite often, learning how to locate your...
View ArticleYour Mission: Shoulder Range-of-Motion Starter Kit
The following are images of 12 different humerus, scapula and clavicle moves. You mission is to try them out on your body. Hold each “position” for a total of five breaths, while attempting to strongly...
View ArticleThis Joint Is Jumping – Getting Comfortable in an Unstable Body
Are you addicted to crack? Cracking your joints, I mean! There were years during my 20s when I could not fathom getting through my early-morning yoga practice without popping my shoulders, low back,...
View ArticleWhat My Daily Practice Looks Like
Student: Jill, what do you actually do for your personal yoga practice? Me: I practice what I teach. Student: You mean you don’t do anything else? Spinning? Or running? Or Zumba? I mean, how do you get...
View ArticleYour Respiratory Diaphragm: Meet in the Middle
Two experts in body mechanics meet in the middle, the middle of the body that is. Watch and see how Dr. Kelly Starrett, DPT of www.MobilityWOD.com and Jill explore the respiratory diaphragm. Every...
View ArticleYour Breath Is Not A Safety Detector
“As long as you can take a deep breath in the pose, you’re safe.” How many times have you heard this phrase from a yoga teacher? You may have even heard it from me… Deep breathing has always been the...
View ArticleDown Dog: Friend or Foe?
Downward facing dog is one of the most commonly taught poses in yoga class, but is it a good idea for your shoulders? One key element is the need to successfully keep your shoulders in external...
View ArticleThe Perfect Posture for a Pain-Free Pregnancy
Over my career I have worked with thousands of postpartum women who are chasing after the body they had pre-pregnancy. After one, two or several kids, a laundry list of body complaints plagues them:...
View ArticlePosture For Pregnancy And Beyond
As I enter my eighth month of pregnancy, I am happy to report that I follow my own message and have had zero pain — well, except for when I dislocated my pinky toe during my 16th week! But even with an...
View ArticleHold Your Head High: Help For Neck Pain
Please forgive my lapse in blogging for the past few months, I was busy giving birth. Twice. First, I had a beautiful daughter named Lilah, who is now 2 months old. And secondly to my first book, The...
View ArticleTry The One Neck Stretch No One Is Doing
Jill was recently on oprah.com’s OWN Show to demonstrate a stretch for the platysma and scalenes, muscles on the front of the neck that get short and tight from too much “head forward” position. Here’s...
View ArticleThis Is a Blog About Your Belly—Not About Diet, Weight Loss or Fat
I apologize for the bait and switch, but I had to get your attention somehow. This blog is about how I accidentally discovered my own immune-boosting powers deep within a gut that I hated. It’s about...
View ArticleThe Immune Response to Abdominal Massage and Deep Breathing
On Wednesday, I discussed my journey of healing my relationship with my center using a grippy pliable air-filled ball, called the Coregeous ball. Did you know that the gut area is the most abundant...
View ArticleDownward Dog is Not For Everyone
One of the most common yoga poses, Downward Facing Dog, can be treacherous if your shoulders are not properly prepped or your anatomy is not compatible with the shape. While there is definitely a...
View ArticleThe Roll Model Method: The Science of Rolling is Coming to London!
Jill Miller will be leading the FIRST Roll Model Method: The Science of Rolling course in London this year as part of the Strength Matters Summit! This 8 hour Training of The Roll Model® Method puts...
View ArticleRotator Cuff: Workplace Drama in Four Parts
After Jill Miller guides the viewer through a mighty sensation-full sequence for the hips in her Yoga Tune Up Lower Body Massage video, she turns toward the camera and says with a twinkle in her eye,...
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