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Arches low, arches high – how to have happy healthy feet

“My daughter has flat feet” a trainee said on a recent Yogacampus training module on the feet and legs. I urged him to find another way to describe his little girl’s feet – especially to her. When people talk about flat feet, they probably mean collapsed arches
February 23, 2022
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bioenergetics, Body-Mind Centering®, flat feet, lumbricals, pronation of the foot, registered somatic movement educator, registered somatic movement therapist, somatics, supination of the foot, Yogacampus, Yogacampus teacher training

Head to Tail – sequential movement of the spine in asana

  I have many memories from my first yoga teacher training course with Donna Farhi, even though it was way back in 2000. One memory is especially vivid, it was a spinal yield and push inquiry – there were three of us, me in child with my head supported on a block, one perso
March 06, 2019
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Body-Mind Centering®, Donna Farhi, headstand, healthy spine, registered somatic movement educator, registered somatic movement therapist, sequential movement of the spine, sirsasana, spinal movement, spinal push from the head, spinal push pattern, spinal reach from the head, Spine, Trikonasana, Yoga Harrogate

The Downward Facing Dog Blog – how to do adho mukha svanasana

‘Downward Facing Dog is the garlic of yoga,’ said Donna Farhi. The reason for the analogy she explained, is that just as garlic enhances a dish, Downward Facing Dog enhances asana practice. Benefits include – lengthening muscles in the backs of legs, strengthening ha
January 19, 2019
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adho mukha svanasana, Downward Facing Dog, registered somatic movement educator, registered somatic movement therapist, Ruthy Alon

Babies know how to twist!

Twists – there are a multitude of teaching instructions and ‘how-to-do’ theories for these asanas. I believe that in the practice of yoga poses, particularly twists, we often make things more complicated than they really need to be. If we observe the developmental mo
August 27, 2018
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Ardha Matsyendrasana, developmental movement patterns, Half Lord of the Fishes, healthy spine, how to do a twist, Marichyasana 3, parivrtta trikonasana, registered somatic movement educator, registered somatic movement therapist, twists

How to sequence towards Parivrtta Trikonasana

Parivrtta Trikonasana was on the agenda in Level 2 classes recently. “I found the pose disorientating” said one of my students. At first I felt caught on the hop by this observation, then I was intrigued. I remembered something that Amy Matthews once said: “If itR
March 06, 2018
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belly crawling, commando crawling, homolateral, how to do parivrtta trikonasana, parivrtta ardha chandrasana, parivrtta prasarita padottanasana, parivrtta trikonasana, registered somatic movement educator, registered somatic movement therapist

The ‘flexible ribbon’ – and the power of visualisation

The spine model in the Harrogate Yoga studio is currently adorned with pink tape – all along and around the front surfaces of the vertebral bodies. The pink tape represents the ALL (Anterior Longitudinal Ligament) – an important mid-line structure in the body. There are fo
February 04, 2018
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Anterior Longitudinal Ligament, Ardha Chandrasana, registered somatic movement educator, registered somatic movement therapist, somatics

Hypermobility help – through body awareness and movement patterns

“Good alignment involves a dynamic organisation of the body that facilitates the conduit of force through the body and beyond.” Wise words from Donna Farhi. However for the hypermobile yoga practitioner, good alignment may be difficult to achieve. Hypermobile joints are a common
January 03, 2018
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developmental movement patterns, healthy knees, hyper-mobility, hypermobility, knee pain, registered somatic movement educator, registered somatic movement therapist

Knees – to lock or not to lock?

“Pull up your knee caps and thighs” my Astanga Vinyasa teacher used to say repeatedly, back in the 1990s. I dutifully did as I was told – and more. The effect in my case, was hyperextension of the knees – the very scenario the instruction was intended to preven
September 05, 2017
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Articularis Genu, Embodied Anatomy, hyperextension of knee, IBMT, Intergrative Bodywork and Movement Therapy, knees, locking knees, physiological lock, registered somatic movement educator, registered somatic movement therapist

Slow…Slow…Quick Quick Slow..

‘This may look like a heap of bodies on the floor‘ – was how I began a post on Facebook about the first day of Yogacampus Teaching Training York. In fact we were acting out Autonomic Nervous System responses to gain some experiential understanding. The scenario for &
July 28, 2017
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autonomic nervous system, dance, Gary Carter, martial arts, Quickstep, registered somatic movement educator, registered somatic movement therapist, slow flow yoga, somatics

The Inchworm Story – movement antics at Harrogate Yoga

The Inchworm Story – movement antics at Harrogate Yoga Is that an apple stalk on my kitchen floor I wondered? Or could it be ….ALIVE? I slid some kitchen paper under the ‘apple stalk’ and placed it on my kitchen table for a closer inspection. I gave it a little poke – this
March 22, 2017
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Body-Mind Centering®, caterpillars, Danny Kaye, David Bowie, developmental movement patterns, harrogate yoga classes, healthy spine, Inchworm, looper, Melanie Bastier, registered somatic movement educator, registered somatic movement therapist, RHS Harlow Carr, somatics, spinal push pattern, Spine
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About Amanda

“I began practising yoga in 1972 and I loved the effect it had on me – of gradually becoming stronger in mind and body, more resilient to life’s ups and downs, more connected to my feelings, more joyful and more creative. Both my yoga journey and my creativity gained momentum in the early nineties, it was at this time that I was privileged to begin learning Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga………….”

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