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...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- Sep 29
- 1 min
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...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- Aug 30
- 1 min
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...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- Aug 25
- 1 min
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...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- Aug 18
- 1 min
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...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- Aug 10
- 1 min
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...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- Jul 26
- 2 min
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...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- Jun 22
- 3 min
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...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- Jun 2
- 2 min
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...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- May 25
- 2 min
Yoga Solutions - NECK & SHOULDERS ...
A definitive understanding of how to permanently free yourself of ongoing nagging neck/shoulder pain and the tiredness that this...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- May 11
- 2 min
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...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- May 5
- 2 min
'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...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- Apr 13
- 2 min
'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...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- Apr 1
- 1 min
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...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- Mar 25
- 1 min
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...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- Feb 15
- 1 min
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...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- Feb 9
- 1 min
'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...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- Dec 27, 2022
- 0 min
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Marc J Acquaviva
- Dec 16, 2022
- 3 min
Self-care ... indulgence or necessity?
I I was doing my mail out for tomorrow's workshop and I found myself contemplating my own thoughts on and relationship to self-care. I...
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Marc J Acquaviva
- Sep 17, 2022
- 1 min
Something that explains my work for anyone that doesn't 'get it'
I needed to put something together for a workshop I will be doing in Barcelona in October... And I found myself explaining things in the...
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