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Keeping your chest out of your face during yoga

by Amber Karnes | Oct 8, 2018 | Yoga Poses | 0 |

This video shows a quick tip for keeping your chest away from your face while you practice. I find this especially helpful in inversions, forward folds, and even savasana.

Modifications for yoga twists (and tips on making friends with your belly)

by Amber Karnes | Sep 18, 2012 | Body Image, For Yoga Teachers, Yoga Poses | 16 |

If your body is shaped less like a celery stalk and more like a butternut squash, yoga twists may feel totally uncomfortable. Find out how to safely modify twists for your body!

Sun Salutation modifications for plus size bodies

by Amber Karnes | Mar 22, 2012 | For Yoga Teachers, Yoga Poses | 41 |

I’ve put together a short video that shows several modification options for sun salutations including: How to prevent your boobs from suffocating you, making more room in forward folds, getting your hands to the floor (or blocks), options for plank, lowering to the floor, and the backbend, down dog alternatives, and getting your foot forward into a lunge from downward facing dog