Make Your Posture Perfect: Breathe Down Your Spine
Are you proud of your posture? Or do you feel a bit slumpy? Did your mom tell you to sit up straight? Does she still cajole you? I’m on your mom’s side! Most people do not pay enough attention to their...
View ArticleShoulder This Mission: Your Range of Motion
Have you ever had a shoulder injury? If so (or even if not) it’s important to get clear about how your shoulder works so that you don’t re-injure yourself. Quite often, learning how to locate your...
View ArticleYour Mission: Shoulder Range-of-Motion Starter Kit
The following are images of 12 different humerus, scapula and clavicle moves. You mission is to try them out on your body. Hold each “position” for a total of five breaths, while attempting to strongly...
View ArticleThis Joint Is Jumping – Getting Comfortable in an Unstable Body
Are you addicted to crack? Cracking your joints, I mean! There were years during my 20s when I could not fathom getting through my early-morning yoga practice without popping my shoulders, low back,...
View ArticleWhat My Daily Practice Looks Like
Student: Jill, what do you actually do for your personal yoga practice? Me: I practice what I teach. Student: You mean you don’t do anything else? Spinning? Or running? Or Zumba? I mean, how do you get...
View ArticleYour Respiratory Diaphragm: Meet in the Middle
Two experts in body mechanics meet in the middle, the middle of the body that is. Watch and see how Dr. Kelly Starrett, DPT of www.MobilityWOD.com and Jill explore the respiratory diaphragm. Every...
View ArticleBuilding a Coregeous EmbodyMap, Starring the Diaphragm
“So…the diaphragm is a muscle?” a student epiphonied during one of my beginning yoga sessions. “Yes!” I said with the same glee a mom has when her baby takes that first step. “Just like your...
View ArticleBuilding A Coregeous EmbodiMap: Uddiyana Bandha in Action
Watch Jill Miller explain and perform Uddiyana Bandha in in her final of the three part series with Dr. Kelly Starrett of mobilitywod.com. Note how the vacuum is created not by pulling the guts in, but...
View ArticleYour Breath Is Not A Safety Detector
“As long as you can take a deep breath in the pose, you’re safe.” How many times have you heard this phrase from a yoga teacher? You may have even heard it from me… Deep breathing has always been the...
View ArticleHelp Relieve TMJ Syndrome With Yoga Tune Up®
An overworked masseter can lead to jaw tension, headaches, and the oh-too-common TMJ syndrome. Check out the link below to watch Jill’s YTU tips and tricks to keep the Masseter and its other facial...
View ArticleSankalpa: Your Inner Resolve
The first day of Level 1 Teacher Training opens with Jill talking about sankalpa and I think, “ugh… she’s gonna ask me to set my intention.” I resist rolling my eyes back and force my mind to stay...
View ArticleDown Dog: Friend or Foe?
Downward facing dog is one of the most commonly taught poses in yoga class, but is it a good idea for your shoulders? One key element is the need to successfully keep your shoulders in external...
View ArticleThe Perfect Posture for a Pain-Free Pregnancy
Over my career I have worked with thousands of postpartum women who are chasing after the body they had pre-pregnancy. After one, two or several kids, a laundry list of body complaints plagues them:...
View ArticlePosture For Pregnancy And Beyond
As I enter my eighth month of pregnancy, I am happy to report that I follow my own message and have had zero pain — well, except for when I dislocated my pinky toe during my 16th week! But even with an...
View ArticleAwaken The Diaphragm With YTU Bridge Lifts
While practicing Bridge Lifts with Jill in this video, focus on the coordination of the respiratory diaphragm and the pelvic diaphragm. See if you can actively draw the pelvic diaphragm up as your hips...
View ArticleYour Lats Are Back In Action
Hey, it’s your buddy “lats” here again, and I’m happy to report I just completed my first video where I have a starring role! Check out this Yoga Tune Up® video called Locust Minivini. Yep, that’s me...
View ArticleHold Your Head High: Help For Neck Pain
Please forgive my lapse in blogging for the past few months, I was busy giving birth. Twice. First, I had a beautiful daughter named Lilah, who is now 2 months old. And secondly to my first book, The...
View ArticleTry The One Neck Stretch No One Is Doing
Jill was recently on oprah.com’s OWN Show to demonstrate a stretch for the platysma and scalenes, muscles on the front of the neck that get short and tight from too much “head forward” position. Here’s...
View ArticleThis Is a Blog About Your Belly—Not About Diet, Weight Loss or Fat
I apologize for the bait and switch, but I had to get your attention somehow. This blog is about how I accidentally discovered my own immune-boosting powers deep within a gut that I hated. It’s about...
View ArticleThe Immune Response to Abdominal Massage and Deep Breathing
On Wednesday, I discussed my journey of healing my relationship with my center using a grippy pliable air-filled ball, called the Coregeous ball. Did you know that the gut area is the most abundant...
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