DeAnna Knippling

Yoga & walkies: working on the traps yesterday paid dividends, as in the whole walk (which was VERY long) my back didn’t hurt. In fact, my back hasn’t hurt all day. Now, my hip opposite the shoulder that hurt, THAT hurt. But not my back. I did some proto-pigeon poses this morning, though, so it’s […]

Exhibit A: The trapezius. I was looking up more exercises having to do with the tight spots I’ve identified and ran into material about the trapezius muscle, which I knew about vaguely but didn’t really grok. (It’s a pair of muscles that run from the bottom of your skull to just below the bra strap.)

Today I’ve felt off all day; I’m trying to make use of it. Yoga: I once again did back bends over the foam roller; they felt physically fine, but when I went out for the walk I felt headachey, nauseated, shaky, feverish. I only went out for a short walk. When I got back I

A draining day. Yoga: did the same stuff as yesterday that left me freaked out and…nothing. At first I thought it was because I was just overcompensating/being stiff instead of accessing flexibility, but no: I caught my own shadow and my shoulders were moving differently, less stiff. It was weird, seeing my shadow and feeling

Post before pics this morning so I don’t forget. I woke up sore in shoulders, hips, and back but feeling pretty good. Yoga, I did my standing poses, then dug out the foam roller bolster and used it on my hips and back. While working on hips, I recalled the feeling of dropping them from

Woke up stupid early and went out to do yoga in the dark, which was really nice. Holy crap were my shoulders sore again, and now all the way down my spine and along my ribs. The muscles are a little softer again, though, so it’s probably a good thing. There’s a particular way of

I turned ninety degrees off my yoga routine this morning, doing a sun salute, then mostly forward bends and a lot of things to stretch out my shoulders. Back bends. Afterwards I felt anxious and fearful, then (out on the walk) like I’d built up too much muscle too quickly in my shoulders again. Did

The bruise on my palm has healed up a bit, so I was able to do more yoga this morning, leaving me feeling more clear/grounded. Knee’s still a bit goopy so I couldn’t go into child’s pose or cat/cow. Today’s energy was right in front of me/behind me, not above, and it was easier to

I’m stuck on the story so time to write a note… This morning’s yoga worked around the skinned knee. When I first started learning yoga, it was during college inside an acting class. (I adored my theater classes & teachers; I really just wanted to do all my English classes with them.) The teacher–Roberta–was always