Tate Englund Yoga | Seattle-Based Global Yoga Teacher | Strength, Alignment, Longevity

Tate Englund Yoga

Strength | Alignment | Longevity

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

tateenglund

Yoga Student. Yoga Teacher. Owner of @pure8hotyoga. Husband to @bonnieenglund. Dad to 2 munchkins. U-DUB grad. Online classes 👇

2 more chances to practice @pure8hotyoga with me b

2 more chances to practice @pure8hotyoga with me before I leave for London for the rest of Januray training. Tonight 545PM 75 min vinyasa & Sunday 930AM 75 min vinyasa. #yoga #seattleyoga #pnwyoga #yogaeveryday

I say it all the time but some of my favorite clas

I say it all the time but some of my favorite classes to teach are classes on Holidays. It’s like weekends on steroids. Everyone is the best mood and the energy is amazing. This time around I decided to take the pic before class so I don’t get any complaints about people looking all red faced and sweaty 🥵. Couldn’t fit everyone in the picture but so grateful to all who came and those who were there in spirit. Happy Holidays to everyone!

Feeling so grateful for this amazing community we

Feeling so grateful for this amazing community we have at @pure8hotyoga. This amazing group of people came together and brought their energy, breath, love & support this Thanksgiving. Truly special experience being in the presence of these incredible people. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

Join me this Thanksgiving for a donation-based cla

Join me this Thanksgiving for a donation-based class at @pure8hotyoga from 9-1015AM. Recently, longtime members of our Pure 8 family & community lost their son in a tragic accident. All proceeds go to helping the family cover expenses as they try to heal and recover. Donate what you can whether that’s a monetary amount or just your breath, energy, love and support.

A little over 1/2 way through this month and we ha

A little over 1/2 way through this month and we have been focusing on strengthening and lengthening the quads/hip flexors and inner thighs. Tittibhasana and variations of it are postures that require these actions we’re focusing on. Join me the rest of this month as we lengthen and strengthen these areas that tend to be weak and tight. 📷 by @bonnieenglund 😘

Join me tomorrow, 10/26 from 2-4 for my handstand

Join me tomorrow, 10/26 from 2-4 for my handstand at @pure8hotyoga. We will spend part of the time finding the handstand actions & alignment in other postures where it tends to be easier to access and spend the rest using what we learned in those poses to work with balancing on our hands. All levels are welcome for this. Whether you can already handstand or have never tried, there is always something you can learn and takeaway.

I used to hate parivrrta trikonasana, revolved tri

I used to hate parivrrta trikonasana, revolved triangle. It was too much on my hamstring, uncomfortable on my low back and felt like I couldn’t get much twist out of it. A few small tweaks I made has created some love for this one. As I’ve always done, I start from parsvottanasa, pyramid. But before starting my twist I do two things, take the rounding out of the spine so I’m twisting with straight spine by reaching the chest forward and put a slight bend in my front knee so I have more ability to press the ball of my front foot down and traction the foot backwards. This activates the hamstring, strengthening it while taking some pressure off the hamstring stench. The. I engage the quad to straighten the front leg back out. As I start to twist, I keep my top arm on my hip until I find the full rotation of my rib cage. After finding the rotation, I extend the top arm. I allow my hips to move worth the spine to help ease the tension in the low back. My front leg hip lifts a little and my back leg hip drops a little. It’s essential that we think of the spine and pelvis as one and allow them to love together. (Please don’t cue to keep hips level on top in this pose if you care about your students 😳). If you want more twist, squeeze the inner thighs towards each other, this stabilize the base (your legs) and my allow the ribs to twist a little bit more. Make sure you think of twisting from the ribs, never from the low back. Hope this helps others as it helped me. 📷 by @bonnieenglund

It’s funny when I do handstand workshops and I i

It’s funny when I do handstand workshops and I introduce the stag leg variation and people automatically think this variation is too advanced and they’ll never be able to do it. After talking them off the ledge, I get them to understand that this variation is actually one of the easiest ways to hold the handstand for any period of time. The center of gravity is much lower and more compact. The straight up and down handstand is one of the hardest in my opinion to hold though that’s the variation everyone tries to stick first. One of my goals as a teacher is to get people to stop judging things by what they see and go off what they feel. Explore in you own body first before deciding. 📷 by @bonnieenglund

This month we are focusing on engaging and strengt

This month we are focusing on engaging and strengthening the outer hip and glutes while lengthening the front. Building towards Eka Pada Bakasana (this pose 😉) is an example of some of the work we are doing. Join me this month.

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