Side Body Resets
Use these videos to re-lengthen stiff sides, relieve low back pain, and bring balance to your posture. The side body is commonly neglected, but just feel what happens when you commit a few minutes to Side Body Resets.
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A4Y Practice Plan
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This 1-month practice plan will help you get real — more aware and actionable — about how you will use yoga to move towards your goals:
• Print or fill it out digitally.
• Start each week by naming your goals: Identify the physical or mental Reset you need most and make a plan.
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Side Body Balance Flow
While we're busy moving forward (think: walking, running, etc.) the sides of our body are often neglected. Use this Reset to get outside your usual range of motion by side bending — lean your way back into balance. Go left, go right, then return yourself to center, to balance.
- Focus: balance
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Side Body Reset
Inspired by Pro Runner Lauren Fleshman, who has asked us for side stretches many times over the years, this Reset addresses the chronically stiff and commonly neglected sides of the body. These restorative stretches will help to neutralize your "side pocket" area including your IT bands, hips, an...
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5-Minute Back Reset
Post-workout or prolonged sitting, your spine craves a return to neutral. This quick Reset will move your spine through its complete range of motion to improve circulation, ease stiffness, and re-establish optimal alignment and posture.
- Focus: injury prevention, recovery
- Key muscles: back
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Make Space for Baby (and you!)
As your baby grows throughout your pregnancy, so does the need to create more space in your body and mind so that you can more easefully manage the physical, mental, and emotional changes that occur over these nine months (and beyond!). Use this routine to create more space for baby and your inte...
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Quick Post-Swim Reset
Use this quick post-swim cool down to get your feet back under you and ease stiffness and tension in your back, chest, shoulders, and neck.
- Focus: recovery
- Key muscles: back, chest, shoulders, neck
- When: post-swim