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I’m a yoga teacher and this is the stretch I rely on to loosen up stiff muscles in the shoulders and upper back

I’m a yoga teacher and this is the stretch I rely on to loosen up stiff muscles in the shoulders and upper back

Published by Jenni Sidey

Most of us know that nagging feeling of stiff, unhappy shoulders. This discomfort can be caused by all kinds of things, but hunching over a laptop all day is a common culprit. I’m a yoga instructor and my go-to move for relieving tight shoulders at the end of the day is eagle arms. You may like You can instantly feel your muscles releasing as you enter the pose, which targets the shoulders, upper back and arms. How to do eagle arms How to Do Eagle Arm Pose – YouTube Watch On Eagle arms, known in Sanskrit as garudasana, can be practiced either sitting or standing. I like to do a few shoulder rolls before entering the pose. Here’s how to do it. Start your week with achievable workout ideas, health tips and wellbeing advice in your inbox. Inhale and lift your arms out to the sides to shoulder height. Exhale and bring your arms in front of your chest. Inhale and bend your elbows. Exhale and cross the right elbow over the left. If comfortable, …

The 8 Best Exercises for Upper Body Strength

The 8 Best Exercises for Upper Body Strength

Published by Jenni Sidey

In addition to increasing mobility, working on specific upper body muscles will lead to an increase in muscle size and strength, especially in the chest, shoulders, and arms. “This will affect the shape of the upper body by broadening the shoulders, increasing the width of the chest, and increasing the circumference of the arms,” Telegadas explains. “As your upper body strength increases, you’ll also experience an increased ability to produce force, plus a confidence boost from the increase in feel-good hormones such as serotonin, dopamine, and endorphins,” he adds. With resistance training in general proven to decrease your risk of all-cause mortality, upper body sessions are a no-brainer. Some downsides to bear in mind As any gym bro will tell you, upper body exercises aren’t a cure all. Lean on them too heavily and you’ll only cause yourself more woes. “Gym goers can expect to see downsides if the exercises are not programmed or executed correctly,” says Telegadas. “For example, if you don’t do enough pulling movements relative to pushing movements, you could be in …

Ancient Graffiti Uncovered on the Walls of The Cenacle, Believed to be the Upper Room where the Holy Spirit fell – OpentheWord.org

Ancient Graffiti Uncovered on the Walls of The Cenacle, Believed to be the Upper Room where the Holy Spirit fell – OpentheWord.org

Published by Sam Flores

The second floor room of a building in Jerusalem believed to the the location of the Last Supper and where the Holy Spirit fell on the Day of Pentcost. Credit: Onceinawhile, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 In the lead up to Christ’s crucifixion, Jesus and the 12 disciples met in the large second story room of a building in Jerusalem where they ate their last supper together. It was also where they celebrated the first communion. This is the same upper room, where the 120 disciples gathered after the Christ’s resurrection and where the Holy Spirit fell on the Day of Pentecost. For several centuries, a second story room in a building located just outside old Jerusalem’s ancient wall has been identified as the location of this important room. Called The Cenacle, tradition states that King David was buried in the room located on the first story. But if this was true, undoubtedly Luke or one of the other Gospel writers would have mentioned that important detail. Recently researchers with the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) …

The prime of Dame Maggie Smith left us a portrait of what it means to be a lady, upper and lowercase

The prime of Dame Maggie Smith left us a portrait of what it means to be a lady, upper and lowercase

Published by Sam Flores

Dame is a term that shifts dramatically in the cross-Atlantic translation between Britain and the United States. Here it’s considered archaic, a throwback to film noir that taught us to associate it with some of cinema’s immortal screen goddesses – Lauren Bacall, Ava Gardner, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford. Ladies all, but each with a natural flint that, with the proper friction, could set a poor sap’s life on fire. In Britain, Dame is a title equivalent to a knighthood, “properly a name of respect or a title equivalent to lady” in status, instructs Brittanica.com. When we think of Dame Maggie Smith she fits that descriptor since, to the average American, she is Professor Minerva McGonagall from the “Harry Potter” movies or Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham on “Downton Abbey.” By the time those films and hit series came around, Smith had worn her Dame Commander of the British Empire title for many years, having been appointed in 1990. In the days since Smith’s death was announced on Friday, Sept. 27 at the age …