Meet the Teacher Trainer: Trina Altman
Meet Trina Altman, a member of our teaching team who teaches Yoga Tune Up® at Equinox Santa Monica...
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Meet the Teacher Trainer: Trina Altman
Articulate: Use Your Words, Wave Your Spine!
On Wednesday, I wrote about the importance of spinal articulation and why we need to break out of...
De-Rotation: Look Ma, No Arms!
On Wednesday, I described how I modified the YTU Revolved Abdominal Pose to help my rotational...
Deconstruct Your Pose to Put it Together Again
Here’s how I apply my deconstruction principle to teaching a pose. Before I teach Vasistasana, I...
Don’t Just Tuck Your Tailbone, Tune Up Your Tadasana!
Many schools of yoga have their own formula or recipe of “cues” to get students into Tadasana/...
Navel To Spine: Are You Hyperventilating Yet?
The cue “navel to spine” is used ubiquitously in Pilates and yoga classes. I don’t like it. I don’t...
Are Your Shoulders In Your Back Pockets?
During many yoga classes I have attended, the teacher would continually tell us to “open your...
Don’t Exercise In High Heels!
“Stacy” (not her real name) was my new private client. She arrived at the studio where I teach in a...
Happy Tail vs. Sad Tail: Which Way Do You Tilt?
What the heck is a neutral pelvis and why do I need to have one? This is a question I often get...