In general, studentship in Korea and Japan is among the highest quality in the world. One reason for great studentship is that the sensei or teacher in Asia is very highly respected, particularly in Japan and Korea. Asian students value their education with their sensei with whom they presume to have very good understanding of …
In the last month (July of 2014) Desi Springer and I introduced Bowspring to Asia for the first time. The response to Bowspring in Korea and Japan was highly positive, where we spent a total of 3 weeks. The Asian hatha yoga students were very open to learning something new and different than the postural …
The Bowspring returns us back to the natural curves in our alignment and away from our flat, heavy C-curve modern posture. It is a revolution away from our comfortable, sedentary lifestyle, which is mostly spent sitting in relaxed posture working at our desks, watching a screen, and talking on our phones. We have gotten out …
Bowspring is part of a postural revolution! The body is a fluid, not a solid structure. This view challenges the standard model of alignment for yoga, modern fitness and the medical world. Instead of thinking of good posture as linear, static and stable, Bowspring is curvy, dynamic, and fluid. The Postural Revolution is here! When you ask anyone to …
As Americans, we hold the self-evident truth that we all have the unalienable human right to pursue a life of liberty and happiness. To be free is what we all want. Liberty, which is directly related to the freedom of choice, is a most highly valued societal right. The more choices we have available to …
Learning the basics of the Elemental forms takes repeated practice of simple movements over time. The Elementals are like the alphabet of the Bowspring language. Learning the most simple, elementary forms of alignment for a key part of the body like the foot or the hand is the beginning of the Bowspring curriculum. It takes …
From 2013 to now, the evolution of the Bowspring method has greatly refined in simplifying the alignment practice for any age or level of health. When we started Bowspring in 2013, Desi and I were practicing and teaching the advanced vinyasa flow of the Roots, which is a most radically difficult asana sequence! We didn’t dial-in …
Ask someone to show you ‘good posture’ or outer confidence in their shoulders, and notice how they will likely pin their shoulders back and down, and straighten their upper back to lift their chest. This acculturalization of this particular shoulder alignment, deemed proper by modern society, is wide spread. In reading the body language of …
If you are asked, “Where do you stand?”, then often it is a question about your opinion or view on a particular issue. However, a more literal interpretation would be to question about where you are standing in space. Do you know where you are standing? It seems like such an obvious answer, but the fact …
If someone has a chronic lower back pain, one of the most common therapeutic recommendations is to ‘strengthen your core’. Typically, the core refers to the whole middle band of the torso, but most use this pseudo-anatomical term to mean the front or the abdominal area. The standard model therapy idea to relieve chronic lower …
