Push & Pull Upside Down!

About Anna

Dr. Anna Engels is a Co-Founder of Yoga Lab Studio in State College, PA. She is a yoga teacher registered at the E-RYT 500 and YACEP levels with Yoga Alliance. Her yoga teaching and practice combines her background in psychology with a strong grounding in anatomy and functional movement to create intelligent and fun sequences that flow with the breath and connect you to your core. She has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, and her clinical interests and academic research focus on stress, anxiety, depression, and their associated patterns of brain activity using fMRI. She has trained in multiple styles of yoga, and studied extensively with physical therapist and yoga teacher Lara Heimann. She is also a photographer and loves traveling the world, capturing moments of beauty. She currently teaches yoga at Yoga Lab and in the Penn State Kinesiology Department. She is also available for private sessions.

Push & Pull Upside Down!

1/21/2018

I always get so FIRED UP studying with Lara Heimann! Just spent another great weekend at her latest 500hr Module-- Upper and Lower Extremity Anatomy & Therapeutics. I'm so excited to process and integrate everything I learned into my practice and teaching.

Here's a little tip - I asked Lara about ways to develop more "pull" strength in yoga. How about a handstand pushup?! The eccentric muscle action involved in controlling the descent is a great strengthener similar to starting in a pull-up and slowly lowering. And so much fun!

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Push & Pull Upside Down!

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