Seattle-Based Global Yoga Teacher | Tate Englund Yoga

Tate Englund Yoga

Strength | Alignment | Longevity

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

tateenglund

Yoga Student. Yoga Teacher. Husband to @bonnieenglund. Dad to 2 munchkins. U-DUB grad. Online classes & tutorials on YouTube under Tate Englund Yoga

My personal zoom class schedule is a little differ

My personal zoom class schedule is a little different for this week due to the holiday weekend. Join me tomorrow, Tues., at 7AM Pacific and Wednesday at 12PM Pacific. Tuesday’s class will be working towards handstand and Wednesday’s class will be on core strength and stability. Class is $8 or free if you’re one of my YouTube channel members. Link in the bio.

Practice with me live today 12PM Pacific via Zoom.

Practice with me live today 12PM Pacific via Zoom. Even though we can’t practice in-person right now, we can still connect and move together. Only $8

During the shutdown here in Seattle I’m offering weekly zoom classes on Wednesdays and Fridays and potentially adding in more as we move our way through this.

Link in Bio

Join me and @yogablissmercerisland this Saturday,

Join me and @yogablissmercerisland this Saturday, Nov. 14, for a “Discover Your Wheel” virtual workshop. In this workshop we’ll look at the anatomy, technique and alignment of wheel and forearm wheel. I’ll offer tips and techniques if you’re struggling to get you head off the floor or if you are looking to find more comfort and equanimity along your spine. Having knee or shoulder pain in any of these poses? We’ll take a look at that too. It’s all virtual and if you can’t make the live workshop, it’s recorded and will be sent to you.

Sign up at: https://www.yogabliss.org/workshops-events/ or click the link in the bio 😀

Officially retired... A time comes when we have to

Officially retired... A time comes when we have to decide whether we want to continue something or let it go. Whether that’s with your job, your relationship, toxic people or things you enjoy that are no longer beneficial to you.

In yoga specifically, as a yoga teacher and yoga practitioner there comes a time when we learn more about certain postures or variations where we need to decide, is it worth it? Should I keep teaching or practicing certain pose or variations? Is there too much risk for the students or myself? For these reasons I have a number of postures/variations I have retired from my own practice and what I teach.

The hollow back you see in this picture is one that I no longer will practice. I officially retired it recently. I’d probably say it’s been since quarantine that I haven’t practiced it. I used to practice it almost everyday. I loved how it felt to get deep into it. The problem is the repetitive stress it has put on my body has taken its toll leading to severe SI joint dysfunction (that took me over 2 years to get under control) and now a tear in my rotator cuff (infraspinatus). Those who know me know I was very controlled and stable in this. It wasn’t an accident or traumatic event. It wasn’t the first time I did this, or the 100th. It was over and over again.

Repetitive stress injuries are so common in yoga. Because of this, it has changed how I teach and practice over the years. No longer caring about the shape or depth but teaching functional, practical actions in the body. Some may say more basic, but I would say more beneficial.

I don’t ever vilify a posture, I just weigh the risk to reward. It’s not the posture’s fault it doesn’t make sense for the body.

Are there postures or variations that you have either stopped practicing or teaching?

Need something to look forward to in 2021? Imagine

Need something to look forward to in 2021? 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 I in April 2021 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. You really don’t want to miss this. Come learn from top alignment and technique teachers. Give yourself this. You deserve it after 2020. To learn more, go to https://tateenglundyoga.com/yoga-retreat-in-tuscany/ or click the link in the bio.

Backbends, wheel and forearm wheel especially, are

Backbends, wheel and forearm wheel especially, are some of my favorite things to do. My body has always felt natural in them. I’m not saying it’s been a walk in the park throughout my wheel history, it’s just my body lends itself to them.

This isn’t the case for most people. I can see it in students. Most of the time we are just pressing as much as we can into our feet and hands and hoping for the best, sometimes creating lift off, but often it’s discomfort and feeling like you’re stuck end going nowhere.

Join me, November 14th, for a virtual workshop through @yogablissmercerisland where we work to discover our wheel and forearm wheel. Learn the proper technique, alignment, what’s need to be stronger, what needs to be more open and different adjustments and tips to take it further. This is one of my favorite workshops to teach. Seeing the faces of students as they feel more comfort and greater success in their wheel is so much fun.

Whether you’ve never been able to get your head off the floor, or you are a capable backbender, I’m sure you might learn something and most importantly you’ll have fun.

Sign up at https://www.yogabliss.org/workshops-events/ or link in bio. If you can’t attend live, it will be recorded and you’ll have 48 hours to take it at your leisure.

I’Ve taken a few weeks off from most social medi

I’Ve taken a few weeks off from most social media after watching a really informative documentary on Netflix called “the Social Dilemma”. I highly, highly recommend it. It made really really rethink how I use social media. So I took the time off to create a game plan of how I can use this platform without it controlling me, my thoughts or my time. These social media platforms like IG, Facebook and Twitter are designed to not show what you actually want to see but show content that will keep on longer and go down the rabbit hole just so they can put another ad in your face and more money in my pocket. They don’t care what that piece of content is about, they just want you looking at your phone 24/7. This content that keeps you on longer isn’t always a good thing. They don’t care about moral ethics, what’s harming the user, or are they further dividing people/countries with the content, they just want money. It’s a business, I get it but there needs to be accountability. Social media in a nutshell is such a powerful thing, it helps us stay connected and get connected. But it’s morphed into something that is really hurting us.

How have I decided to change how I use social media? I’ve deleted all social apps off my iPhone, turned off all notifications. If I need post or want to check out what some amazing people are up to, I pull my laptop or iPad out. I don’t scroll the same way using those devices. I’m on quickly, off quickly. I also have a “business hours only” rule that I try to stick to. I enjoy my time in the evenings with my wife and kids without distractions from my phone.

I feel free, happy, and present. It feels amazing.

Anyways thanks for reading my rambling, here’s a handstand 😉

📸 by @bonnieenglund

I’m so excited to be subbing for @yogablissmerce

I’m so excited to be subbing for @yogablissmercerisland this Monday @ 12PM via Zoom.

I’ve had so much respect for this studio for a long and I’m pumped to be joining their amazing team.

If you can’t make the live session, no worries, you’ll get sent the recording, available for 24 hours. Sign up through their website.

Side note: we will not be doing this in class 😜

Last week was a tough one. @bonnieenglund and I ha

Last week was a tough one. @bonnieenglund and I had to make one of the toughest decisions of our life. Due to this COVID crap, we had to permanently shut the doors of our studio. With no end in sight, we had to die what was best for our family. I am so surprised and grateful for the outpouring of love and support from our students, teachers and others not even involved in our studio community. I will miss the community. Seeing the smiling faces everyday never got old. I grew so much these last years and I am forever grateful for those whose paths crossed our community.

I’ve learned the only thing I can control is my attitude and so that’s what I’m doing going forward. I have a lot of things that I am working on that I am so excited about. Big things for me and my family and I’m excited to share with everyone as we move forward down this journey we call life. Be safe everyone. Wear a damn mask. It’s crazy out there.

📸 by @bonnieenglund 😘

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