Carrie Owerko

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

If you're in Australia, here's some (hopefully) good news: I'm now coming to Brisbane! Thanks to Virginia @movementvitality for hosting me, March 13-15. #yogateacher #yogatour #internationalyoga #permissiontoplay #yogaaustralia #downunderyoga

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

Adding a little twist to these banded side bends incorporates more planes of movement. When you come upright to twist, make sure you are still resisting the band—and unlike most things, work *against* the band to feel its feedback. #yogawithresistancebands #perrmissiontoplay

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

I'm so thrilled to be teaching you these banded practices in select workshops, in an extensive series in my upcoming online membership and app!!!! AND also here online! #yogawithresistancebands #perrmissiontoplay #propyoga #travelingyogini #proprioception #stabilitymobility

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

Whoever said yoga isn't FUN hasn't tried singing along to their parighasanas...If you can sing in the pose you can breathe in the pose! #permissiontoplay #internationalyoga #travelingyogi #yogaisfun #sidebend #singalong #movesmarter #practiceplay

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

That forearm holds us up in a vashistasana variation, which evolves into a dynamic back bend. Make the movement as big as possible WITHOUT losing control. #permissiontoplay #internationalyoga #travelingyogi #shouldermobility #shoulderstrength #movesmarter

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

Real friends don't let you win. Loved playing with my friends in Pietrasanta, who challenge me with their open hearts, strong bodies, and effervescent smiles.
#permissiontoplay #internationalyoga #travelingyogi

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

Now the work changes when we start a crab-crawl with contralateral contraction. Remember to press into the tips of your fingers and use the muscles of your forearms (and more!) to control how you are loading your wrists. #permissiontoplay #internationalyoga #travelingyogi

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

I Iove seeing all of your replies to my online posts and videos, but I'd love seeing you in person even more! My travel dates through Spring 2020 are up now on my website. Looking forward to our play-date soon!… https://t.co/9e7m29AfjV

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

“I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living.” #MarthaGraham @kristofferoen #yogaquotes #practiceyourprocess #permissiontoplay #hipopeners #yogaclass #yogaworkshop #yogaisunion

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

This progression is one of many fun and fluid ways to explore seamless transitioning for supine to sitting to standing and beyond! #travelingyogi #yogatour #permissiontoplay #hipflow #hipopener

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

Yoga means union, as many of us know. I'm so proud that many of my colleagues and friends in NYC are taking a stand to unionize yoga teachers. If you're a teacher or a student, please support the effort--and the… https://t.co/6NXgpA1xlW

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

This is another parighasana flow that grows our spirals into spinal extension, and all the way around (through bridge pose) to the other side. #permissiontoplay #practiceplay #spirals #travelingyogi #stabilitymobility #spinalextension #movesmarter #fullROM #movementscales

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

This side-bending, swinging spiral is a beautiful accessible movement for pretty much everyone. #permissiontoplay #practiceplay #spirals #travelingyogi #stabilitymobility #spinalextension #movesmarter #fullROM #movementscales

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

To transition between sides of this sequence, do the flip I posted yesterday—your shoulders will already be warmed enough to turn you over and around, as will your gaze! Don't forget to have FUN!
#balance #permissiontoplay #backbends #vision #perception #neurobiology

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

Here we combine range in the shoulders and spine with balance in a circular multi-planar parighasana-ustrasana hybrid. #balance #permissiontoplay #backbends #vision #perception #neurobiology

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

When we come out, we don't lose that upper back (or whole-body!!!) engagement. Alternate strength and flow with an X fly on the belly, then some shoulder rolls and cobras. #permissiontoplay #travelingyogi #sideplank #stabilitymobility #uncoupledmovements #lookmanohands

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

Here's a fun vashistasana sequence that makes use of major whole body strength and mobility. #permissiontoplay #travelingyogi #sideplank #stabilitymobility #uncoupledmovements #lookmanohands

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

I love finding new ways to share my work with people all over the world, in person or not. Head on over to @yoga_international where I have a full line-up of courses you can watch anywhere, anytime. #travelingyogi #backbends #spinalextension #homepractice

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

The opposite hand-to-knee touch will really challenge your stability—but stability does not mean no movement! A strong body responds to changes in balance with resilience, like a building designed to withstand earthquakes by bending slightly. #psoas #corecontrol #permissiontoplay

[Carrie Owerko @CarrieOwerko]

To round out the reflexive core work, try to press opposite hand to leg and find a contralateral action in the core for your obliques (and brain!). Then enjoy some relaxed and easy mobilization of your lower extremities. #psoas #corecontrol #permissiontoplay #travelingyogi