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Yoga Teacher/Writer/Dog Lover🐾❤️
Gentle yoga for an embodied experience
FAR™️ Yoga/Yoga ABC’s
Author: “No Place Like OM,” a mental health memoir 🕉️

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This is my friend Lisa Papple, standing in front of part of an art display she created at a cafe/restaurant in SoCal to raise awareness about, and money for, dogs in need.

Lisa’s rescue is @thetmcrew Its purpose — and Lisa’s mission — is to rescue and provide loving homes to senior dogs in the last season of their lives so they don’t have to die, abandoned, alone & frightened in a cold, strange shelter kennel.

You need meet Lisa only once, briefly, to feel her spirit and know her genuine love for the souls she saves. No exaggeration: if a saint walks among us, it is Lisa.

@kaleycuoco @ohnorman I can think of no one more deserving of the $5K gift you are bestowing than @thetmcrew and I hope you will at least make an effort to meet its champion, Lisa Papple.

#rescuedogs
#seniordogs
#thetmcrew
#fortheloveofdogs
#rescuesaveslives by @michellesolotar

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Malasana/Garland Pose (deep yoga squat) can be challenging in many bodies. Here are three things that can make this pose more accessible:

🕉️ Rest your heels on a rolled-up blanket to relax the calves, take pressure off the toes, and maintain easier balance

🕉️ Sit on a block — or more than one — to create length and energetic space in the spine, and to open the heart

🕉️ Rest your elbows at your inner knees/inner thighs & gently press outward AS you gently press the legs inward (keeping the knees pointing in the same direction as the toes). This isometric work will strengthen the legs and engage the core.

🕉️ And BREATHE! Try closing your eyes and settling into the breath for maximum (for you) relaxation in the shape.

🕉️ DM me how this works for you!

@yogahustle mat & Savana blocks
@fabletics leggings & tank by @michellesolotar

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🕉️Make your twisting triangle more accessible AND safer by doing these three things that will enable you to access the pose AND feel it more deeply in your body.

🕉️Starting in half-pyramid is key to the pose b/c they are like peanut butter & jelly — a delicious match!

🕉️Use blocks! They make the pose more accessible, which enhances the ability to breathe.

🕉️Make sure you twist from the upper back, not the lower back, and revolve through the ribcage.

🕉️DM me how this works for you and for more tips.

Leggings & tank top @fabletics
Mat & blocks @yogahustle by @michellesolotar

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Parivrtta Trikonasana — Twisting Triangle — can be challenging. Breaking it down and using props makes the pose more accessible so you can actually feel it in your body.

🕉️ From Ardha Parsvottanasana — Half Pyramid — lengthen your spine by reaching your sternum/breast bone forward. You can put your hands on blocks to aid your balance and create a bit of traction.

🕉️ If you wish to go into the full forward fold — which isn’t required! — bend your front knee slightly (or as much as necessary) to maintain spinal length as you fold over the front leg.

🕉️ Place your hand on a block INSIDE the front foot and twist from the upper back and ribcage to keep the pelvis level.

🕉️ As always, remember to breathe.

🕉️ DM me to let me know how it goes!

Leggings & tank top @fabletics
Mat & blocks @yogahustle

#yogaabcs
#faryoga
#yogaforseniors
#yogaforbeginners
#gentleyogawithmichelle by @michellesolotar

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A teacher for every student and students for every teacher.

🕉️ DM me if you want something different…

🕉️ Something slower…

🕉️ Something more calm…

🕉️ Something less “athletic”…

🕉️ Something more gentle

#yogaforeverybody
#yogaformentalhealth
#gentleyoga
#yogaabcs
#faryoga by @michellesolotar

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These 3 things will improve your Uttanasana/forward fold:👇🏼

🕉️ Bend your knees

🕉️ Bring your hips/bum forward so your hip joint stacks above your ankles

🕉️ Reach your heart forward to lengthen your spine BEFORE you fold.

🕉️ Try it and let me know how it goes!

#yogaforeverybody
#accessibleyoga
#yogaformentalhealth
#yogaabcs
#faryoga by @michellesolotar

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🕉️ You do not have to be any of these things to practice yoga

🕉️ You don’t even have to get on a mat on the floor

🕉️ That’s because yoga is more than fancy poses done in tight, stretchy pants

🕉️ Yoga is a journey of self-exploration for anyone who wants to take it

🕉️ DM me “YOGA” if you want to know more by @michellesolotar

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🕉️ Uttanasana is a great hamstring stretch and fairly simple inversion

🕉️ Try these 3 things to maintain safe alignment in the pose and receive its benefits

🕉️ Comment below ⬇️ if it helps you. by @michellesolotar

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🕉️ We live in challenging times. It’s easy to give in to the overwhelm, but that doesn’t serve us.

🕉️ To stop spiraling 🌀and get centered requires attention and focus.

🕉️ An intentional daily physical practice with mindful breathing calms the mind and regulates the Nervous System.

🕉️ This isn’t “woo-woo;” it’s scientifically proven.

🕉️ DM me for more info.

#yogaeveryday
#yogaformentalhealth
#yogaforseniors
#yogaforwomenover40
#faryoga by @michellesolotar

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🕉️ Just a few minutes of Dolphin pose every day will strengthen your shoulders and stabilize your core.

🕉️ Try it and let me know what you think!

#yogaeveryday
#womenover40fitness
#maturewomen
#yogaforseniors
#yogaformentalhealth by @michellesolotar

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If you want to start practicing yoga but you think you don’t have the “right body” or you are not sure where to begin, consider FAR Yoga.

🕉️ F is for Foundation, which grounds and stabilizes the body.

🕉️ A is for Alignment, which provides proper sensation and prevents injury.

🕉️ R is for Resistance, which builds strength.

🕉️ Yoga is that simple. Really.

🕉️ Join me.

#yogaeveryday
#yogaformentalhealth
#maturewomen
#womenover40fitness
#faryoga by @michellesolotar

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🕉️ Sukhasana means “easy seat,” but this pose is challenging if your hip flexors are tight.

🕉️ Honestly, almost everyone has tight hip flexors.

🕉️ To make the pose easier and more accessible, try these 3 steps.

🕉️ Sit on a blanket, bolster, block, or towel to elevate the pelvis and release the hip flexors.

🕉️ Lift the crown of the head to lengthen the spine & create space for energy flow.

🕉️ Reach the sternum/breast bone forward w/o arching the low back to expand the rib cage.

🕉️ Try it and let me know in the comments how it works!

#yogaABCs
#FARyoga
#gentleyogawithmichelle
#yogaformentalhealth
#yogaeveryday by @michellesolotar

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