Yoga Link | Shoulder Shape-Up

Overview

In Yoga Link | Shoulder Shape-Up: Shoulder Solutions from Hands to Heart, Jill Miller leads viewers through exercises that mobilize the shoulders from every conceivable angle and prepare the arms and shoulders for every category of asana. “The arms are like the body’s tool kit,” Jill says. “The shoulders are our physical link to implement ourselves into the world. Liberated shoulders depend on the support of a healthy upper back and a breath-loving, expansive ribcage.”

This DVD also contains a bonus “Blackberry Stretch,” to help release tension in the palms, wrists and fingers that often results from the overuse of computers, cell phones and texting devices.

Easy Access to an Ageless Art

Each DVD in the Yoga Link series targets specific regions of our bodies that, according to Jill Miller, tend to be areas of chronic weakness and congestion: "We spend too much time sitting idle at computers and in cars with poor posture. Using Yoga Link's techniques, anyone can create healthy balanced hips, shoulders, and a powerful core to break through the cycle of pain that stems from our everyday habits."

Each of the DVDs is divided into two main sections: a workshop that provides detailed instructions on all the exercises, including the use of props and adaptations, and a practice section, which provides complete practice routines that viewers can do as often as they would like. On each DVD, Jill recommends that viewers first watch the Yoga Link chapter, which provides the basis for the entire system and then the Breathing Primer, which provides essential breathing techniques that are used throughout the practices. "The Primer teaches basic breathing techniques because most people don’t breathe properly. The Primer also serves as a guided relaxation routine because often stress and emotions can affect breathing,” Jill says. “If you change how you breathe, you can change how you feel."

Details

Highlights from this DVD include:

• • Shoulder Workshop - detailed exercise instruction (38 min)
• • Shoulder Practice - a full routine for regular practice (43 min)
• • Breathing Primer - essential breathing techniques (15 min)
• • Bonus exercises for the wrists and hands

Special Features:

• • English Subtitle option for all material
• • Bonus MP3s of practice for audio-only class

Buyer's Guide

• Audience: Beginners to teachers
• Focus: Yoga exercises to improve shoulder function
• Intensity: Challenging strength work
• Props: Yoga mat, yoga block, staff or dowel, blanket
• Style: Dynamic and static exercises

Media Reviews

"Yoga Tune-Up is an appropriate title for Jill Miller’s work with asana (posture) and breath, developed as a result of 23 years of her experience with yoga, dance and a number of bodywork modalities. And in this work, it is not hyperbole to say that she is a genius"

"Those new to Jill Miller and craving someone who can teach them about the way that their body moves are likely to find a new love here. Personally, I'm glad to see Miller getting the increased attention and recognition that she deserves through this new series, as she casts a unique light upon a crowded yoga media field.

"And finally, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Jill Miller's Yoga Link series in general and this DVD in particular...few other yoga teachers will challenge you to explore your body in such an intense yet accessible manner"

"Of all the joints, the shoulder is one of the most complicated, easily injured, and oft complained of. Here Southern California yoga teacher Jill Miller offers a a tune-up for the shoulders "from hands to heart."

The workshop also serves as a kind of prelude to the practice, which consists of around 20 different exercises with engaging names like Pin the Arms on the Yogi, Holy Cow at the Trough, and the world-famous Jane Fonda Light Bulb Exercise. These and surprising variations got me thinking and practicing outside the usual box. If you don't have time to do a whole sequence, check out Miller's short stretches (one to three minutes) for your thumbs, palms, wrists, forearms, and shoulders."

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About Jill Miller

A student of yoga since age 14, Jill Miller brings more than 23 years of expertise, including the moving arts of Modern Dance, Pilates, Bodytuning, Breathwork, Shiatsu, and Butoh. Her teaching playfully integrates the nuts and bolts of human movement coupled with yogic philosophy, creating a unique experience that builds conscious awareness within every aspect your practice. With a focus on removing tension from the body, releasing entrapments of the mind and reconnecting you to your core, her innovative approach strengthens you from the inside out.

Jill’s enthusiasm for yoga is contagious. She inspires all levels from newcomer to teacher with her daring, playful and highly original style; her philosophy is deeply rooted in the work of longtime mentor Glenn Black (Iyengar Yoga/ Bodytuning Massage). For nine years she has taught at The Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, NY, while also leading workshops, retreats, and trainings internationally. Well known for her deep gut work, she has been featured in Fit Yoga, Yoga Journal, Breathe Magazine, Yogi Times and NPR. The Los Angeles Times calls her "kinetically arresting."

Prompted by an urge to establish a truer and more tangible connection to her core, she created the popular Core Integration - A Total Abdominal Awakening, and Yoga Tune Up® series. Jill’s latest program, Yoga Link – Easy Access to an Ageless Art is designed to help you gain a specialized knowledge of your own body so you can intelligently and systematically prime yourself for every category of yoga asana. Throughout this series, Jill deconstructs poses into accessible, digestible units, the way a skilled mechanic disassembles an engine to empower you in creating a lifetime of healthy movement habits and a refined Yogic awareness.

For more information, please visit www.yogatuneup.com.