Welcome to this week’s Yoga Strong Minute where I'm deconstructing the cue "spin your tailbone up". Yoga language can be confusing.

This is a cue I often give in downward dog and in runner's lunge for a hamstring stretch, but you can really use this action anytime you're attempting to stretch your hamstrings and not round your back.

Essentially, I'm trying to get you to tilt your pelvis so that your lower back lengthens and your hamstrings get more of a stretch.

Watch this short 30-second video to see what I mean.

Let me know if that explanation is helpful and if you want more detailed explanations and corrections on your form be sure to come to my Sun Salutation Refinement Workshop at the end of the month!

Now that we've done all the nitty-gritty pose details, it's time to celebrate Nancy Winterbaur for being the first Yoga Strong student to hit the 500 class milestone! Milena had the genius idea to get her a plaque, and we are putting it up on our new "Wall of Fame" in the studio.

Congratulate her when you see her in the studio and let her inspire you to keep showing up so you can one day go on the Wall of Fame!

Also, Theresa Sprague won the March Madness challenge! 🎉 She won a $50 gift card to the Scullery, $50 to Plant & See, $50 to Backstage Coffee, and a $50 credit to the studio! 😲

Stay tuned for our next challenge starting in May!

See you on the mat,

Samantha

P.S. We are closed this Sunday for Easter but will be open on Easter Monday!

P.S.S. I'm opening the September 2027 Greece Retreat to our past retreat group first (3 rooms are already booked 😲) then it will open to the waitlist on April 15th. If you want to get on the waitlist for Greece, go here!