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Below you will find lots of useful clips from my 'Yoga Solutions' classes, my thoughts & opinions on all aspects of yoga, there are even full workshop recordings, and a nutrition & pranayama course!
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A meditation to set you up for every day....
Meditation is a key practice that is mostly skipped over, simply because of how difficult it is to both still the mind and remain...
Marc J Acquaviva
Dec 19, 20231 min read
Happy hips... How to truly free up the Psoas and the Illio-Psoas -
If the hips or lower back feel stiff, tight or painful in postures, the chances are that you habitually support yourself with a holding...
Marc J Acquaviva
Dec 15, 20231 min read
Releasing Neck Tension: The Ultimate Guide to Freeing Up Your Neck
There are two very unusual vertebrae in the neck that are related to expression and thought - and moreover whether you are free in these...
Marc J Acquaviva
Oct 18, 20231 min read
How the sacrum, pelvis & legs like to move
Hips are quite a tricky thing to understand because what people understand as 'hips' depends on where they 'feel' them. Articulations...
Marc J Acquaviva
Sep 29, 20231 min read
UNDERSTANDING THE BREATH IN POSTURE WORK
Many teachers recognise the importance of the breath in posture work, yet breathing practices (aka pranayama), are mostly practiced...
Marc J Acquaviva
Aug 30, 20231 min read
Freeing up the Shoulders
A regular question i get is about how to be free in the shoulders... but whenever I run workshops in new places with large groups of...
Marc J Acquaviva
Aug 25, 20231 min read
Sitting & seated forward bends...
Sitting upright is really quite tricky for many people - and if so seated forward bends are even harder. Here I show you why and what...
Marc J Acquaviva
Aug 18, 20231 min read
Yoga Solutions: deconstructing dog pose
Dog pose is such a ubiquitous 'in between' posture in flows and the like that it is rare for people to spend any time finding out if...
Marc J Acquaviva
Aug 10, 20231 min read
Triangle - solving the tight-front-hip issue
Triangle (all versions from all traditions) is quite a difficult posture in terms of 'finding the yoga of it'. The bigger wider versions...
Marc J Acquaviva
Jul 26, 20232 min read
Yoga Solutions: REAL transformation
It is regularly stated that the physical practice of yoga is only a part of what yoga is, but even by those that say this, it is treated...
Marc J Acquaviva
Jun 22, 20233 min read
Do you believe in Chakras?
THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF 'YOGA SOLUTIONS' ... Developing a true somatic experience and practical understanding of what they actually...
Marc J Acquaviva
Jun 2, 20232 min read
Yoga Solutions - NECK & SHOULDERS ...
A definitive understanding of how to permanently free yourself of ongoing nagging neck/shoulder pain and the tiredness that this...
Marc J Acquaviva
May 25, 20232 min read
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU LOWER BACK SEIZES UP... Yoga Solutions
Many people end up hurting their lower backs through some kind of physical labour whilst being bent over - and I am no exception. I...
Marc J Acquaviva
May 11, 20232 min read
'Flow' and the breath...
De-bunking the norm... There is a reason for the 'inhale up/exhale down' instruction that makes 'doing' yoga postures easier for the mind...
Marc J Acquaviva
May 5, 20232 min read
'Inner Space' & 'Inner Support'
'Inner space' is a description of a purely somatic experience that most people only have when resting and happy.... Here I give you a...
Marc J Acquaviva
Apr 13, 20232 min read
Postural Strategies and the breath
We all have preferred ways of being upright, and our breath follows suit - OR we have preferred ways of breathing, and the way we become...
Marc J Acquaviva
Apr 1, 20231 min read
A DIY facelift :)
Something you can do lying down that will make a huge difference to your face, jaw and sense of calm... This was lifted from today's...
Marc J Acquaviva
Mar 25, 20231 min read
If you want to balance - don't try and balance!
Here I explain the reason for any difficulty you might have in 'balance postures' or the even more misleading instruction of 'holding...
Marc J Acquaviva
Feb 15, 20231 min read
'Gathering together' ... what it means and why it works
Yoga Solutions: There is a familiar principle in Scaravelli inspired yoga of 'gathering together ' before 'opening out'. It is an idea...
Marc J Acquaviva
Feb 9, 20231 min read
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Dec 27, 20220 min read
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