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For Next Level Breath Awareness in your Flat Back Yoga Pose, try this #PlankTip!

1) Do your best Flat Back. Take 3-5 breaths. Notice the quality and size of your breath. 2) Push your thigh bones back. Take 3-5 breaths and notice the size and quality of your breath again. For me it's fuller. 3) Now what grounded body part can enhance the pushing back of the thighs? For me it's my heels, particularly my inside heel. So with 4 corner technology, connect them and breath 3-5 times. Notice...
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• Doreen Hing

#PlankTip For Hip Bone Leveling

#PlankTip For Hip Bone Leveling: Deeply connect through each corner of the foot. Notice how your femur bone rotates deeper into the hip bone with each corner foot placement. Try it out, then comment below and let us know if this #PlankTip made a difference in YOUR yoga practice!
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• Doreen Hing

#PlankTip: Detox with a Seated Spinal Twist

Overdid it on the ‪Halloween‬ candy this year? ‪‎Detox‬ with a Seated Spinal Twist! ‪#‎PlankTip‬: Make sure you are grounded through both of your sit bones before your start. Inhale to lengthen and lift through your heart center, exhale to deepen your twist and drive down through your tailbone. Bigger, more expansive breaths will help you to detox and purge toxins from the body (including all that candy).
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• Doreen Hing

#PlankTip for Camel Pose: A Healing Heart Opener

  For Breast Cancer Warriors: A Healing Heart-Opener October is Breast Cancer Awareness month so we only deemed it fitting to feature the most healing heart opening posture out there - Camel Pose. Ustrasana works subtly, but brilliantly, to stretch nearly all the major muscles of our bodies and improve conditions of the digestive, respiratory, endocrine, lymphatic, skeletal, and circulatory systems, hence why it's a great pose for those battling Breast Cancer or any other...
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• Doreen Hing

#PlankTip: Find Foundation with Skill

#PlankTip: Find Foundation with Skill It's easy to slack off sometimes in our #yoga practice, especially after a care free summer. At Plank, we believe that if you work the mind and body harder up front, you'll create more ease and stability in your practice. Our yoga mats provide you with instant feedback and tell you where you're slacking so that you can firm your foundations with skill and feel more confident in any class you attend....
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• Doreen Hing

SUP, Yo(ga)!

  Have you tried the hottest new workout in town? Take your practice off the mat and cool down with some ‪#‎SUP‬ (Stand Up Paddleboard) ‪#‎YOGA‬ this August! According to Boston.com, "SUP Yoga adds a new, exciting twist to an age-old practice." In this physical and mental style of yoga, "you are constantly engaging your core, along with smaller subsets of muscles throughout your body" in order to stabilize yourself. So you can still practice your Ridiculous Body Awareness™...
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• Doreen Hing

#PlankTip: Find your "Work Station Pose"

#‎PlankTip‬: Find your "Work Station Pose" (Noah Mazé Yoga) Sit up tall through your spine, roll shoulders down and back and pull the lower ribs towards the back body. Ensure the feet are well grounded with at least a 90 degree or more opening at the knee and hip joints. Aim to find a horizontal line through the forearms. If you catch yourself in bad sitting form, just readjust and start afresh. With one new...
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• Doreen Hing

#PlankTip: Sitting with Skill for Cancer Patients

At Plank, we're all about SWS (Sitting with Skill) this month. If you're battling cancer or know someone who is, our SWS principles can also be highly beneficial. #PlankTip: When you practice better alignment when sitting you will align your pipes, helping to remove toxins after chemo. If you have to lie down, consider taking an online #breathing and/or #meditation class to help you learn how to breathe fully, relax your mind and lighten your spirits.
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• Doreen Hing

#PlankTip: Learn how to sit with skill

#PlankTip: Learn how to sit with skill It's true, most of us spend the day at our desks, slumped over our keyboards or texting/playing on our smartphones. And you wonder why we have back/shoulder/neck pain? Here are a few #PlankTips that will have you sitting with skill (and ease) in no time at all. 1) Find Your "Work Station Pose" In his blog post, Yoga Instructor Noah Maze notes that: "if you are someone who...
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• Doreen Hing

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