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Spinal Movement Sequence (Part 28): Bringing Spinal Movements into your Walking
This video is Part 28 of a YogaSynergy Spinal Movements Sequence taught by physiotherapist and Director of Yoga Synergy, Simon Borg-Olivier, which he teaches in person in courses throughout the world as well as Online in courses at RMIT University and Online in courses at YogaSynergy called Yoga Fundamentals and Applied Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga.
In this part Simon Borg-Olivier explains how most people inhibit the natural movements of their spine during walking by inappropriately tightening their abdomen. If you walk naturally, where the abdomen feels relaxed, and you are comfortably able to breathe into the abdomen using your diaphragm, then the spine automatically remains mobile as it goes through as series combined spinal movements, including twisting to left plus side-bending to left and twisting to right while side-bending to right. This can help both prevent and relieve lower back pain as well as significantly improve your circulation, energy levels and the health of your internal organs. If you want further proof that this is a good idea then please read the results of this research from 2008 (http://phys.org/news139761580.html) that showed that women who moved their hips more during walking had a higher frequency of orgasm. So, if you relax walk more naturally you are likely to digest food better, get more energy, be more flexible, be free from back pain, as well as have better sex ! What more do you want !
Spinal Movement Sequence (Part 27): Controlling Blood Flow with your Trunk Muscles
This video is Part 27 of a YogaSynergy Spinal Movements Sequence taught by physiotherapist and Director of Yoga Synergy, Simon Borg-Olivier, which he teaches in person in courses throughout the world as well as Online in courses at RMIT University and Online in courses at YogaSynergy called Yoga Fundamentals and Applied Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga.
Simon Borg-Olivier in Urdhva Padma Sirsasana with Nauli Kriya
In this part, Simon Borg-Olivier explains how to use the abdominal and chest muscles to control blood flow through the body. Also he shows exactly how to do the abdominal rolling exercise (naulli kriya ) and how this can work to not only enhance circulation without needing to increase heart beat. He also explains how this enables the possibility of being able to do colonic irrigations without external assistance (basti kriya) (“You can save a fortune in colonic irrigations!”).
Spinal Movement Sequence (Part 26): Breathing Exercises to Strengthen your Trunk and Spine
This video is Part 26 of a YogaSynergy Spinal Movements Sequence taught by physiotherapist and Director of Yoga Synergy, Simon Borg-Olivier, which he teaches in person in courses throughout the world as well as Online in courses at RMIT University and Online in courses at YogaSynergy called Yoga Fundamentals and Applied Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga.
Simon Borg-Olivier in Urdhva Yoga Dandasana
In this part, Simon Borg-Olivier, describes the main muscles in the abdomen and then shows how it is possible to activate muscles that allow you to breathe into the abdomen or into the chest and breathe out from the abdomen or from the chest. Then he shows how to activate exactly the same muscles without actually breathing. These exercise help to strengthen the muscles of breathing as well the trunk (or core) itself. They also help to increase lung capacity as well as increase the mobility of the spine.
Spinal Movement Sequence (Part 25): Core Stabilisation should allow Core Mobilisation
This video is Part 25 of a YogaSynergy Spinal Movements Sequence taught by physiotherapist and Director of Yoga Synergy, Simon Borg-Olivier, which he teaches in person in courses throughout the world as well as Online in courses at RMIT University and Online in courses at YogaSynergy called Yoga Fundamentals and Applied Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga.
Simon Borg-Olivier in Half Handstand
In this part, Simon Borg-Olivier explains that ‘core stabilisation’ (or the ability to firm the abdomen) should allow ‘core mobilisation’ (or freedom of movement). He shows how many people often tighten their abdomen using their muscles of forced abdominal exhalation in a way that inhibits their diaphragm from behaving naturally, causes excessive tension in their spine and trunk that can inhibit circulation and can actually prevent the relief of some back pain, and prevents the natural movement of spine and internal organs.
Spinal Movement Sequence (Part 24): Abdominal Rolling with the Rectus Abdominis (Nauli Kriya)
This video is Part 24 of a YogaSynergy Spinal Movements Sequence taught by physiotherapist and Director of Yoga Synergy, Simon Borg-Olivier, which he teaches in person in courses throughout the world as well as Online in courses at RMIT University and Online in courses at YogaSynergy called Yoga Fundamentals and Applied Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga.
Bianca Machliss, Exhalation Retention with Uddiyana Bandha in Mulabandhasana
In this video Simon Borg-Olivier demonstrates, and explains how to do, abdominal churning, which involves isolation of the rectus abdominis (the ‘six pack’ muscles), and which is referred to in hatha yoga as nauli kriya. This is the best method I have ever found to get a ‘six pack’ on your abdomen (which can relax or appear at will), also to reduce abdominal fat and to improve internal organ health