Articles About Kreg Weiss


  • Raw Almond Breakfast Recipe
    Raw Almond Breakfast Recipe

    Author Kreg Weiss, B HKin

    Almonds and other nuts and seeds are more easily digestible if soaked overnight with a bit of salt. This soaking breaks down the anti-digestive enzyme coating and allows your body optimal absorption of the vitamins found in the nuts and seeds.   Nuts and seeds contain small amounts of phytic acid, which is an anti-digestive enzyme found in the skin of the nut or seed.  
  • Plow Pose: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice
    Plow Pose: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice

    Author Kreg Weiss, B HKin

    Halasana is one of the more common yoga inversions that move the neck into deep forward flexion. With the forward flexion of the neck, the movement of the chin towards the neck creates an energetic lock (bandha) or connection with the Vishuddha Chakra - the main energy center situated on the level of the throat and the nerve plexus of the pharynx region. This energetic connection invites balanced energy into this center leading to creative expression, constructive communication, positive self-expression, and conscious listening as well as the feeling of being centered and content.
  • Pigeon Pose: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice
    Pigeon Pose: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice

    Author Kreg Weiss, B HKin

    Pigeon pose brings direct benefits to the joint structures of the pelvis.  When the rear thigh is rotated internally, this pose opens your hip flexor muscles (psoas, rectus femoris) and your groin muscles.   Pigeon pose also opens your lateral hip rotator muscles (gluteus medius & minimus) on the forward leg.  This hip rotator stretch may relieve sciatic nerve tension and ease chronic low back pain.
  • Shoulderstand: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice
    Shoulderstand: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice

    Author Kreg Weiss, B HKin

    For many yoga participants, Salamba Sarvangasana can be an intimidating pose and can be challenging to find comfort in.  The benefits of shoulder stand are typically attained when this pose is held for a generous length of time, so as an alternative, this supported variation brings much of the same key benefits, but with increased ease and confidence.
  • Supta Padangusthasana: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice
    Supta Padangusthasana: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice

    Author Kreg Weiss, B HKin

    By using a strap in Supta Padangusthasana, you can maximize the benefits of the hamstring stretch while bringing deeper quality and stability through out the rest of the joints and energy lines.
  • Butterfly pose: Ways to Prop Up Your Practice
    Butterfly pose: Ways to Prop Up Your Practice

    Author Kreg Weiss, B HKin

    The supported bolster-version of Reclining Bound Angle Pose is a restorative yoga posture that generates an array of nourishing benefits.
  • Extended Side Angle: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice
    Extended Side Angle: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice

    Author Kreg Weiss, B HKin

    Extended Side Angle pose takes on the stance of Warrior 2 pose, but embraces the spinal line sensations of Triangle pose. Besides the clear strengthening and warming aspects of this pose, Utthita Parsvakonasana is meant to deliver an expanding quality from the core and out to the limbs. A common mistake in this pose is to bring the bottom hand down the earth while not having the awareness or mobility to sustain even length on either side of the torso. The result, which is often also seen in Triangle, is a curving the spine and diminished expansion of the one side of the waist.