http://www.mindbodygreen.com/wc/kino-macgregor Kino MacGregor's Posts on MindBodyGreen http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-8944/easy-yoga-shoulder-warm-up-video.html Open shoulders hold the key to good arm balances, twists and backbends. Healthy movement in your shoulders can also help relieve neck pain. Shoulder alignment is established from the very first... Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-8944/easy-yoga-shoulder-warm-up-video.html Kino MacGregor 2013-05-19T04:00:00Z http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-8943/easy-legs-behind-your-head-video.html Getting your legs behind your head is one of those yoga movements that seems more fit for contortionists than the average yogi.  If you can learn how the movement is happening in your hips, you... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:00:00 GMT http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-8943/easy-legs-behind-your-head-video.html Kino MacGregor 2013-04-20T11:00:00Z http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-7426/a-glimpse-at-the-real-life-of-a-yogi-in-india-video.html Every teacher of yoga is first and foremost a student of yoga. Only with a firm grounding in the personal experience of the practice can a teacher truly be born. I am thankful every year when I... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:32:00 GMT http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-7426/a-glimpse-at-the-real-life-of-a-yogi-in-india-video.html Kino MacGregor 2013-04-10T10:32:00Z http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-7424/how-to-do-splits-for-beginners-video.html Learning to do the splits is a challenge for most yoga practitioners. Splits require a combination of open hamstrings, hip flexors, lower back, and shoulders.  In traditional Ashtanga Yoga,... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:59:00 GMT http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-7424/how-to-do-splits-for-beginners-video.html Kino MacGregor 2013-03-16T16:59:00Z http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-7423/are-your-arms-really-too-short-to-lift-up-your-body-video.html When you're new to yoga and see an experienced practitioner hoist their body in the air it looks like magic. When you try and then your body feels absolutely glued to the ground, it's easy to get... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:18:00 GMT http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-7423/are-your-arms-really-too-short-to-lift-up-your-body-video.html Kino MacGregor 2013-02-15T18:18:00Z http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-7425/go-deeper-into-headstand-video.html Headstand is one of the most powerful postures in yoga. It's ability to calm the mind and the nervous system is easy to experience in daily practice.  The strength to support your... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:20:00 GMT http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-7425/go-deeper-into-headstand-video.html Kino MacGregor 2013-01-17T21:20:00Z http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-5693/Core-Strength-in-Navasana.html Whenever I teach a Guided Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series class, there is one posture is almost universal in its ability to test the limits of strength: Navasana, Boat Posture.  It demands so much... Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:00:00 GMT http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-5693/Core-Strength-in-Navasana.html Kino MacGregor 2012-11-07T18:00:00Z http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-5692/How-to-Do-Wide-Leg-Handstand-Video.html Handstand is one the magical postures that inspires and terrifies new students. The first time I saw a "real" person lift up into a handstand, I didn't know what to think. (I'd seen it in Cirque du... Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:30:00 GMT http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-5692/How-to-Do-Wide-Leg-Handstand-Video.html Kino MacGregor 2012-10-03T14:30:00Z http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-5691/Core-Strength-and-Jumping-Back-From-Bakasana.html Arm balances are a test of mental, physical and emotional endurance. Bakasana or Crow Posture provides an endless road to strength. Once you can balance in the posture then you can learn to jump... Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:11:00 GMT http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-5691/Core-Strength-and-Jumping-Back-From-Bakasana.html Kino MacGregor 2012-09-07T18:11:00Z http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-5690/Core-Strength-in-Krounchasana.html Flexibility is only has of the equation in the yoga practice. You need a balance between the duality of strength and opening in your body and mind. Many students see a yoga posture and only... Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:41:00 GMT http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-5690/Core-Strength-in-Krounchasana.html Kino MacGregor 2012-08-06T18:41:00Z http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-5380/How-to-Safely-Get-Into-Full-Lotus-Position.html Lotus Position or Padmasana is one of the most historic yoga postures in the ancient tradition. However, for many Western students of yoga who spent their entire life sitting in chairs it is also one... Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:30:00 GMT http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-5380/How-to-Safely-Get-Into-Full-Lotus-Position.html Kino MacGregor 2012-07-06T19:30:00Z http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-5039/Core-Strength-and-Legs-in-Tittibhasana.html Many people think that arm balances are all in the arms, but every part of the body is responsible for lifting itself. When working on the strength postures in the Ashtanga Yoga Second Series... Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:40:00 GMT http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-5039/Core-Strength-and-Legs-in-Tittibhasana.html Kino MacGregor 2012-06-05T20:40:00Z http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-4254/Yoga-Teaches-You-to-Be-Truly-Free.html When you practice yoga you embark on a jedi mind training that teaches you how not to get so caught up in past experience that your future is absolutely determined by it -- while at the same time... Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:00:00 GMT http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-4254/Yoga-Teaches-You-to-Be-Truly-Free.html Kino MacGregor 2012-03-15T19:00:00Z http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-3774/Open-Your-Back-Knees-in-Bhekasana-From-Ashtanga-Yoga-Second-Series.html The two areas of the body that bring up the a lot of fear are the back and the knee. If you feel pain around your spine or your lower back there is a nearly instant response of fear. The same goes... Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:40:00 GMT http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-3774/Open-Your-Back-Knees-in-Bhekasana-From-Ashtanga-Yoga-Second-Series.html Kino MacGregor 2012-01-04T20:40:00Z http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-3652/How-to-Jump-Back-From-Sitting-Video.html Jumping back from a seated position is one of the most challenging movements in the Ashtanga Yoga method. I can still remember the feeling when I first started practice of not being able to lift any... Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:45:00 GMT http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-3652/How-to-Jump-Back-From-Sitting-Video.html Kino MacGregor 2011-12-13T19:45:00Z