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"We need to stop trying to fit our body into the pose. We need to get the pose to fit our body."

tateenglund

E-RYT 500, FRCms. Husband to @bonnieenglund. U-DUB grad. Yoga Retreat in Tuscany 2022👇

Treat yo’ self! Mark your calendars for April 2

Treat yo’ self!

Mark your calendars for April 2022!!! After all, you deserve this after all you’ve been through with this COVID mess.

Imagine yourself bathing in the Tuscan sunshine with amazing yoga, or relaxing in beautiful gardens and poolside and professional chef team cooking up healthy, local Italian dishes. This is all possible 😀.

Join the @adamhusler and myself in April 2022 for our yoga retreat on a private estate in Tuscany. 6 night accommodations, 3 daily meals, 90 minute energizing yoga class every morning, a more relaxed session in the evening, day trip possibilities to Florence, Siena, the Medieval Lucca, Cinque Terre and more.

Spots are filling up fast! You really don’t want to miss this. Come learn from top alignment and technique teachers and enjoy what Italy has to offer.

To learn more, go to https://tateenglundyoga.com/yoga-retreat-in-tuscany/ or click the link in the bio.

Words can’t even come close to explaining how lu

Words can’t even come close to explaining how lucky I am to have this amazing woman as the mother of my children. The most caring, patient & giving person you’ll ever come across. Love you @bonnieenglund! Happy Mother’s Day!! 😘

You would agree that the modern body & lifestyle i

You would agree that the modern body & lifestyle is vastly different from when the asana practice was first developed. Right?!

We drive cars or take public transportation EVERYWHERE! We sit at desks all day. We have couches. We have this device (which you are looking at right now 😉) that we spend way too much time on all hunched over.

Not only has our lifestyle changed, but we have learned so much more about the body and what it takes for optimal health and success.

Given all this, it’s safe to say that we need to look at how we practice the physical side of yoga.

Join me for a two-hour masterclass (in-studio or online), where we will explore :

1️⃣ How the modern body has changed and why we should look to making adjustments to how we practice

2️⃣The importance of active vs. passive stretching & active range of motion and why this matters

3️⃣ Subtle changes to postures (like the 90/90 pigeon pictured above)

3️⃣Ways to minimize injuries/pain in the yoga room

🗓 Sunday May 16th, 12PM-2PM Pacific.

Where?: @yogablissmercerisland

Can’t make it in-studio? It’s also available online. The time doesn’t work for you? Sign-up anyway and get the recorded emailed to you.

You really don’t want to miss out.

Link in the bio

**FEW SPOTS LEFT** Join me this weekend, April 24

**FEW SPOTS LEFT**

Join me this weekend, April 24th & 25th, at @balayoga for a 2 part, fun, very informative workshop on learning to balance on your hands.

Those ‘cool’ arm balances and inversions you see on here on social media, and in class, don’t just happen overnight. It’s not throwing yourself around, hoping for the best. They take technique, knowledge, strength & skill, but more importantly they take repetition.

Come learn from me and start moving further down your balancing journey.

All levels welcome. You don’t have to be Johnny Handstand to benefit from this workshop. Even if you’ve never tried crow, you’ll find space here.

In-Studio & Online

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Want to learn how to take flight and find balance

Want to learn how to take flight and find balance on your hands? 🤸‍♀️

Join me for a two-part workshop at @balayoga April 24-25, for a extremely fun & informative guide to balancing.

Each posture, arm balance & inversion are best learned gradually with the proper set up, the understanding of the technique required of the asana and repetition, repetition, repetition.

In this 2 part workshop you can expect to:

* Build an understanding of what needs to be engaged, strengthened & lengthened as you work your way into these challenging postures
* Learn the technique and build skill on your way to balancing
* Learn that sometimes taking a step back is actually taking 2 steps forward
* Explore transitioning in and out of these asanas
* Build integrity; no cheating or shortcuts to create a “shape”
* Have complete practices built around the concepts of these arm balances and inversions

This workshop is for anyone who practices yoga. There are some advanced poses, but the focus of this workshop is on the actions, not the results. As always with yoga, this is a practice not a performance.

Part 1: Arm Balances (arms below the shoulders)
- Think crow, side crow, baby crow, one-legged crow, supreme crow, the koundinyasanas, 8-angle, peacock & more

Part 2: Inversions (arms above the shoulders)
- Think handstand, forearm balance, headstand

Available in-studio & online

Link is in the bio

It’s no secret, the modern body & lifestyle has

It’s no secret, the modern body & lifestyle has changed drastically from when the physical asana practice was put into place. We drive cars and ride public transportation everywhere. We sit all day at desks. We have this smart phone that we can’t put down. (Ironically I’m posting on that same smart phone 😳).

Our knowledge of the body, & the science behind it, has also grown leaps and bounds. We have a better understanding of what it takes for a well functioning body.

With all of this said, it’s not far-fetched to say we need to look how we practice asana for the long term viability of not only our yoga practice, but long term health of our bodies.

Join me for a 2 hour master class, Yoga for the Modern Yogi, where we explore principles intended to help us find a greater balance between strength and flexibility, avoid injury, and discover the true sustainability intended for this practice.

Sunday May 16th 12PM-2PM Pacific (available online) through @yogablissmercerisland. Link in the bio

I’m surprised, and kind of not surprised, how mu

I’m surprised, and kind of not surprised, how much my whole attitude, outlook and mindset has changed since Seattle has opened up a bit and I’ve started teaching in-studio classes again. Don’t get me wrong, I love teaching online too, honestly, and am so grateful to those who have shown up for themselves virtually. But I always had a feeling that something was missing. It was hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel through this whole pandemic.

That’s completely changed, which is weird for me. I’ve always been an extreme introvert. I’m naturally the person who sits in the corner, doesn’t say anything and takes it all in. Being around groups of people made me nervous and gave me anxiety. Always....except for when I was teaching. It gave me my voice and a sense of comfort.

Those who’ve met me since I’ve started teaching probably have no idea the struggle I’ve had of being shy my entire life. I couldn’t even get my sprite refilled at McDonalds as a kid because this was before the soda machines and you actually had to ask the workers at the registers for a refill.

Ask my wife about our first encounter and my blank face and short answers because i was so nervous😳 (I was just too sexy to have that deter her 🤪)

But what I’ve found through teaching is how much I love being around people. How much I care about what they have to say and what they have going on in their lives. How much I love conversing and how much I need all this human connection. Another silver lining to this pandemic is that it’s given me a chance to notice all of this.

So as March rolls in, I am so pumped to have added more in-person classes to my schedule.

Here’s where you can find me both in-person and online (besides YouTube)

Mon.
🔵8AM @shakti_vinyasa_yoga - online
🔵10AM @yogablissmercerisland - online
🔵12PM @balayoga Fremont - in-person & online **NEW CLASS**
🔵6PM @balayoga Sammamish - in-person & online **NEW CLASS**

Tues.
🔵12PM @balayoga Kirkland - in-person & online

Weds.
🔵12PM @balayoga Sammamish - in-person & online **NEW CLASS**

Thurs.
🔵7AM Independent - online

Sat.
🔵10AM @balayoga Kirkland - in-person & online

Sun.
🔵 10AM @shakti_vinyasa_yoga - in-person & online

A Better, Stronger Way Into Camel. I’m guessing

A Better, Stronger Way Into Camel. I’m guessing most of you don’t really think when going back into camel. Most likely, you just start to bend backwards, grab your heels, press hips forward and chest up.

Did you know there’s a way that you can create lots of eccentric strength and control while also limiting the hinge the lower back, creating more comfort in the lumbar spine.

In this video, I explain how.

Want the cliff notes version? Here you go:

1️⃣ Create a line from knees to hips to shoulders.

2️⃣ Without going into a backbend start to lean back until you can grab your heels. (Think Michael Jackson in the smooth criminal video but in reverse)

3️⃣ Once you have your heels, press your hips forward and press your chest up.(they hips don’t have to get over the knees, just the action of pressing them forward).

4️⃣ When satisfied, bring the hips back until you find your line again. Come up in one piece.

This clip was taken from my February class where we worked into thoracic/upper back & rib cage mobility. Join my newsletter to get more of these little nuggets. Link in bio

Are you really stretching your hip flexors?. **Rep

Are you really stretching your hip flexors?. **Repost. This video for some reason was truncated by Instagram after a few days**

Are you really stretching your hip flexors like you are intending to? Swipe right for a video.

Long read ahead, but IMO it’s worth it 😀

Are your hip flexors tight? Do you practice anjaneyasana thinking you are getting the hip flexors? If you are, you might be missing a big part of the puzzle.

Why?

✅ Your rectus femoris, one of your quads, is your primary hip flexor. Doing anjaneyasana with the hips low and down, is only really getting the top bit of the rec fem. Over 2/3 of this primary hip flexor isn’t really getting lengthened.

✅ You are putting heavy load on the hip capsule. When working the hips forward and low in Anjaneyasana, the sensation you are feeling is centralized to right about where the coin pocket is in your jeans. That’s right where your hip capsule is. Not ideal.

By making a few modifications to your posture, you can really get into the hip flexors and add some eccentric strength while you’re at it.

1️⃣ Bring the hips back over the knee so the thigh is vertical

2️⃣ Firm the back foot into the floor and pull forward

3️⃣ Lift the front rim of your pelvis up so your pelvis (think hip points up)

4️⃣ Lower ribs in

If you still want more, keep the back foot pressing down and pulling forward, and from there, work the hips down a bit. You won’t go as far but much more efficient.

Now I know this version doesn’t make a great instagram pic, so if you are taking a picture for instagram, get those hips forward and down, take the pic….then get the hips back over the knee, follow the steps above and actually stretch your hip flexors 😜

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