by Jules | Mar 5, 2015 | Articles, Yoga Biomechanics
As you all know, the conversations I treasure most are those I have with #bodynerd colleagues. This week, my friend, Charlie Reid, put aside a couple hours to discuss titin with me. As all our conversations go, we start with some previously selected research...
by Jules | Feb 10, 2015 | Articles, Yoga Biomechanics
Your hamstrings aren’t short, they are low in extensibility. There. I said it. What I’d really like to do now is run and hide, since the questions and discussions on social media will likely overwhelm my schedule. I mean, I’ve already led...
by Jules | Jan 15, 2015 | Articles, Yoga Biomechanics, Yoga Teacher Training
Last week, I was enjoying the afternoon with one of my favorite people and fellow body nerds, Trina Altman. Over lunch and a long walk, we got to discussing the world of research vs. the world of blogging. They are quite different in format. Research, is long, drawn...
by Jules | Jan 7, 2015 | Articles, Yoga Biomechanics
The theme song from Frozen may as well be the mantra for many yoga classes – where letting go, surrendering, and opening your (fill in the blank) are seductively crooned by the teacher at the front of the room, perhaps only a little less emphatically...
by Jules | Nov 18, 2014 | Articles, Yoga Biomechanics
Headlines are so misleading. All of them. Except this one. Stretching does improve flexibility. Really. It does. The data tell us so. Until the data tell us differently, I feel confident in saying that stretching improves flexibility. In fact, stretching...
by Jules | Oct 22, 2014 | Articles, Yoga Biomechanics, Yoga Teacher Training
I finally did it. I completed my literature based research and successfully defended my thesis to the evaluating committee – I am officially peer reviewed. I honestly never thought it would end. There were times I just wanted to walk away. I had already...
