Alison Starr

Gripping the pelvic floor (as you've often taught with Mulabandha) isn't the same as a strong pelvic floor. And for women over 40 doing yoga and strength training, that distinction matters.

Your pelvic floor is meant to have spring — like a trampoline — responding to your diaphragm and the rhythm of your breathing. This release and core strengthening exercise helps you find it.

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1 hour ago | [YT] | 0

Alison Starr

This is the anatomy behind why yoga and strength training belong together — especially for women over 40.

The Deep Front Line runs from the soles of your feet through your inner thighs, up your psoas, into your diaphragm, around your heart, all the way to the root of your tongue.

Tom Myers always says it needs to be seen with volume — in 3D. When it has that volume and space, you have drum-like tension. The intra-abdominal pressure of functional breathing. And a steady still center. Like the yogis described in susumna nadi.

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1 day ago | [YT] | 3

Alison Starr

I think this muscle is the most underdeveloped in long time yoga practitioners.

Serratus anterior. One of the five muscles of true core. When it's sleepy, your ribs flare, your shoulder blades wing, and your rotator cuff takes load it was never supposed to carry. (hence all the Chaturanga injuries!)

Strengthen this and you get the toned arms and upper body strength you've been looking for.

#YogaOver40 #CoreStrength #YogaForStrength #FunctionalYoga #WomenOver40 #AsanaStrong #MidlifeMovement #YogaStrong #ShoulderPain #FunctionalFitness

2 days ago | [YT] | 2

Alison Starr

Most women over 40 in yoga have been told to engage their pelvic floor. Very few have been shown what that actually means or how it actually works.

It's not one muscle. It's a hammock of muscles, ligaments, and connective tissue at the base of your pelvis. And it's supposed to have spring, like a trampoline, responding to your diaphragm and the rhythm of your breathing.

Not gripping. Not loose. Springing.

For women who practice yoga and strength training, this changes everything about how you breathe, engage your core, and support your lower back.

#YogaOver40 #CoreStrength #YogaForStrength #FunctionalYoga #WomenOver40 #AsanaStrong #MidlifeMovement #PelvicFloor #MidlifeWoman #FunctionalFitness

3 days ago | [YT] | 1

Alison Starr

If you're a woman over 40 who does yoga and strength training, this muscle is the one worth understanding.

The psoas. It connects your spine to your femur and runs directly through the center of your body. When it's tight — from sitting, stress, or years of certain posture patterns — your True Core is restricted.

For a truly strong, stable body, you need a relaxed psoas and core strength driven by your breathing.

#YogaOver40 #CoreStrength #YogaForStrength #FunctionalYoga #WomenOver40 #AsanaStrong #MidlifeMovement #AnatomyTrains #DeepFrontLine #LowerBackPain

4 days ago | [YT] | 0

Alison Starr

You've been doing yoga for years. But core work still creates pain in your lower back. Or you only feel it in your hip flexors.

This is why.

When your deep core isn't doing its job, your lower back or psoas steps in, helps out, and eventually complains in the language of pain.

For women over 40 who practice yoga and strength training, this is one of the most common patterns I see. And one of the most fixable.

#YogaOver40 #LowerBackPain #CoreStrength #YogaForStrength #FunctionalYoga #WomenOver40 #AsanaStrong #MidlifeMovement #YogaStrong #FunctionalFitness

5 days ago | [YT] | 0

Alison Starr

These seven movement tests will tell you how well your body is aging. This is not about looks! but what your body can do.

For women over 40, these tests matter more than most fitness metrics. Balance. Grip strength. Sit to stand. The things that determine whether you're still hiking, skiing, and moving freely at 70.

Some you'll pass easily. Some will surprise you. All of them are trainable. And next week there will be a practice just for that.


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6 days ago | [YT] | 2

Alison Starr

If you've been doing yoga for years and your core still feels unreliable — this episode is for you.

Not because you've been doing things wrong. But because yoga's emphasis on flexibility and backbends. Often takes you out of your True Core.

The Unshakeable Core Formula connects the dots between the breathing you already know, the alignment your practice has given you, and the functional strength that you're probably missing.

If you want more joint stability, low back support, and pelvic floor restoration. This is for you.

#YogaOver40 #CoreStrength #YogaForStrength #FunctionalYoga #WomenOver40 #AsanaStrong #MidlifeMovement #YogaStrong #FunctionalFitness #LowerBackPain

1 week ago | [YT] | 2

Alison Starr

Serratus anterior is one of the five muscles of true core. And one of the most underworked.

When it's sleepy, your ribs flare, your shoulders wing, and your upper core loses its container.

Sphinx cat/cow wakes it up. Weave it into your practice. You'll see an immediate difference.

#YogaOver40 #CoreStrength #YogaForStrength #FunctionalYoga #WomenOver40 #AsanaStrong #MidlifeMovement #YogaStrong #FunctionalFitness #LowerBackPain

1 week ago | [YT] | 0

Alison Starr

What's been the biggest surprise in the Unshakeable Core series for you? 👇

Most people come in thinking core means abs. Something shifts when they realize how much bigger it is.

The breathing. The bandhas. The Deep Front Line. The hamstrings. The pelvic floor. TA and serratus anterior.

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1 week ago | [YT] | 2