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Yoga Video: Stretch Those Hips and Hamstrings
Need to open up and stretch those tight hips and hamstrings? Not only is this a wonderful sequence to start out with before moving onto deeper poses like backbends, but it's also a great way to warm up before or after a run, hike, or bike ride.
Music: "Om Namo Narayana" by Deva Premal
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Strike a Yoga Pose: Pigeon
Everyone can benefit from opening their hips - whether you are a runner, biker, a mom-to-be, or someone who sits at their desk all day - stretching out your hips can help prevent lower back pain, or knee or hamstring injuries.
Our hips tend to be really tight because our everyday activities require hip strength, but not hip flexibility. Not only does it feel good physically to stretch them out, but it is said that people hold a lot of stress and tension in their hips, so it is emotionally opening as well.
Strike a Yoga Pose: Head to Knee A
Looking to loosen up inflexible hips and hamstrings? Here's a yoga pose that's a popular stretch among runners because it'll target the oh-so-tight backs of the legs.
Sanskrit Name: Janu Sirsasana A
English Translation: Head to Knee Pose A
Also Called: Flag
To learn how to do this forward bend variation read more
These Bodies are Beautiful at Every Size
The cavernous photography studio in New York City is bustling with fashion assistants, hair and makeup stylists, and models chatting in white terry robes. All typical on a photo shoot, but when the robes come off, you see what's different. Kate Dillon, Ashley Graham, Amy Lemons, Lizzie Miller, Crystal Renn, Jennie Runk and Anansa Sims -- some of the top plus-size models working today -- have beautiful curves, round shoulders, belly rolls and lots of other womanly stuff many of us see when we look in the mirror.
The Granny Chronicals
Written By JLHG...Anita Hugg
During the lifetime of every woman a time comes slowly in awareness that more living has been accomplished than there is time left to live. The word I seek is retrospection. (Insert soft groan here)
Readers are gearing up to hear the long winded and usually boring life lessons that grandmothers are known to give, especially after a couple of times that gran has bailed out her family’s mistakes, eased them over the humps of legal, medical and emotional mountains and downed an ultimate margarita, while soaking my old joints in a whirlpool bath.
Beyonce shares her body secrets with Self mag
Beyonce is nothing short of a glam goddess,on stage,on screen,on magazine.that ''single ladies''body?it doesn't come easy!the singer told the mag how she got in the best shape of her life for her current worl tour.
SHE PUTS IN THE WORK-the star works out five days a week with her trainer.those workouts include 100squats,step-ups and wlking lunges(each!).Good God,no wonder she looks so good,on top of that workout,she gets another kind of workout on stage every night with her dancing and singing at the same time.go Bey.
SHE MAKES IT FUN-an upper body workout can get boring(i know and painful too)with all those repetitions,so she added her own twist to it''i'll put on a song that i really like and do {biceps curls with} 5 pounds weight on the whole song''.or using 3pounds weights,she'll box for the lenght of one track.
Dr. Phil's Test
Just Got This From My Dear Friend Sharon. Dr. Phil's Test: Here you go.mymaria's Unofficial Stretching Guide:
Happy Tuesday Everyone!
A little while back I had mentioned that I would post a little guide on stretching. Finally, last night I took to it and took pictures of my basic stretching regime I go through before and after each workout.
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I hardly dress up in office wear because 1. I don't really have office wear 2. I still think it's my mommy's look and I just look like a silly girl playing dress up 3.
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