https://vimeo.com/946402455?share=copy One of the most common physical exercises to build big, strong butt muscles is to do leg lifts in the back plane of the body. On the Internet you can find hours of videos with young, fit people doing these leg lift exercises — straight leg and bent leg — pumping the lifted leg backward …
Alice Ladas, the mother of one of my dearest friends and Bowspring teacher, Robin Janis of NYC passed away on July 29th at her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the amazing age of 102.Over the last 15 years or so, through Robin, I became friends with Alice. Whether in person while visiting in …
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Great love and prayers of the deepest compassion to all on the Hawaiian island of Maui in the wake of horrific loss of life and terrible tragedy. Now 10 days after the Lahaina fire, the devastation and suffering of thousands of lives is soul-shaking and heart-breaking. I’ve been in touch with friends on Maui in …
In the Summer of 2013, Desi and I went to Europe for the first time together to introduce our new Bowspring method. One of the first European cities in which we presented the Bowspring was Madrid, Spain, where almost 120 students attended the classes in a big hall. Among the attendees, there was a lot …
In Bowspring we form an optimal template of postural alignment in any pose by making a general bow-shape in the spine, a fullness of the inner body, and then creating a spring-loaded integration of all the muscles along the back body. Finally, by rooting and rising the two ends of the spine—the pelvis and the …
As a long-time student of yoga I will always endeavour to grow and develop in my character and in my body and mind every day. If I don’t assume ultimacy in my yoga practice, then I will be ever inspired to explore and test new ideas for expanding health. If I find the new ideas …
In the first 120 days of teaching Bowspring, Desi and I found that a wide range of students are increasingly positive and enthusiastic about the transformative powers of the Bowspring postural alignments. However, almost universally, new students have difficulty with embodying the new Bowspring alignments for the first initial classes. For this reason, Desi and I …
A July magazine article in Runner’s World entitled, “Sitting is the New Smoking – Even for Runners,” presented the latest findings that indicate regular exercise each day may not be enough to counter the harmful health effects of sitting 9+ hours a day. With a large percentage of Americans sitting at their desks each day, …
With the health of the neuro-glandular system representing a key biological bridge between psycho-emotional memory, consciousness, and the shape of our posture. Lack of curve or harmonious proportion in one’s waistline and lower back and buttocks directly relate to a disengagement of the myofacia on the back of the body, a weakening of our “anti-gravity” …
All animals have a natural ability to gracefully run and jump with easeful efficiency, notably, 10,000 lbs elephants, 1000 lb horses, or 200 lb cats. A tensegrity of posture is created in the balanced form of animals in which the bones of the body are suspended within a matrix of uniformly toned myofascia. When this …
