Athletics & Fitness

[maryschurr]

Anyone have video suggestions for any of the above? I can probably find yoga easily, but always open to learning about any of your favorites. Also, thinking about a stretching routine. Any favorite videos for that?
Thank you!

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[Erin]

Hi Mary, I used to love this YouTube channel Free Yoga TV. It has been a while since I’ve done Stephen’s classes as I usually just guide myself through my own flows, but I have enjoyed many of his classes over the years.

https://www.youtube.com/@FreeYogaTV/featured

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Start Here: with My Morning Yoga on our channel page, then 30 min flows in Simply 30 Days of Yoga below. Start each day with 12 salutations, whether you have time for an entire class or not, and you will … Continue reading

[maryschurr]

Yea! Thank you! There are lots of videos out there, but I knew this crowd would have some good favorites! I’ll check it out!

[barre]

Hey Mary

I’d put Somatics at the top of the list in any stretching/fitness program. I personally begin with Somatics whether doing Cardio, MA training or resistance exercise. Somatics feel great, are gentle, science-based and release the cumulative effects of emotionally induced macro-tensions that eventuate in senile stiffness, joint issues and distorted posture. This link is for a great Somatics teacher with lots of free content … she also has a great site for thorough instruction: https://www.youtube.com/@EssentialSomaticsI or https://essentialsomatics.com/.

I trained at the original Somatics Institute many moons ago with the Somatics innovator Thomas Hannah who was a Feldenkrais practitioner, from which he derived Somatics. One of my clients was the leading Feldenkrais instructor in the world, which became my foundation for Somatics as well. Daily Somatics was mandatory for all of my orthopedic or “arthritis” patients and I scheduled time with each to teach Somatic routines specific to their condition.

I also incorporate resistance stretching in my routines, which is a more aggressive form of flexibility training based on reciprocal-inhibition principles and much more effective than static stretching. This is a great site: https://www.thegeniusofflexibility.com/resistance-stretching. Happy bending!

• This reply was modified 10 months, 3 weeks ago by  barre.

[Michael]

I put together a video that combines structurally corrected yoga, active isolated stretching and Daoist yoga that you might find helpful:

https://aetherea.life/video/

It’s a 15 minute routine that covers hips/back/legs, shoulders/neck and eyes.

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Video Library – aetherea

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[maryschurr]

Oh, my have I lucked up with all these recommendations! Thank you all so very much! Great options here. I’m starting to spend more time at the computer working than I would like and wanted to focus more on these sorts of things again. And, as I get older (heck at any age) I feel it is important. I can’t wait to look into all of them.

FYI-Please check out the video on Arthritis from 2019 that was recently posted here somewhere. I don’t have a lot of this, but just watched the video. At least watch at 1:27m if you can. Great information beyond Arthritis that helps everyone of any age or health issue.

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