Dallas Aqua Yoga

Dallas Aqua Yoga 🌊Aqua yoga therapist & teacher | Aqua yoga like no one else | 🫁 Breath first, front and center! You will not simply be hanging out in the pool and stretching.

The 5 Essential Aqua Yoga Moves Digital Course ⬇️
https://stan.store/aquayoga The aquatic yoga experience offered by Dallas Aqua Yoga is unlike any other. You'll realize that the kind of yoga offered here is intelligently engineered and empowers you to discover what makes sense for your body. If something needs to be strengthened or released, you'll be able to adapt your experience and more import

antly, take that insight with you and adjust your activities on land accordingly. And it doesn't matter how old you are - if you accept the fact that you are aging and experiencing the full effect of being upright in the gravitational field every day, then you will be delighted by what being in the water and practicing a curated breath and movement experience will give you. You may actually feel younger, experience less pain, move more freely and naturally stand up and sit with healthy posture without even having to think about it! Visit the website: www.dallasaquayoga.com

08/06/2026

Sweep away neck and shoulder tension? Yes, let's do this!

Bring your friend, the pool noodle, along for the ride.

Because something really interesting happens when you try to keep it underwater through a side bend in your trunk! Start by noticing what happens with your feet. 😳

In order to gain the benefits of the sweeping movement, you'll need to maintain core control and hip stability.

Let's enhance that by building postural stability along with the breath!

Starting with an upright, wide stance with equal footing, push a pool noodle down alongside your body, then:

🫁 Inhale + expand chest + raise free arm out wide and up
🫁 Exhale + contract abdominals + tilt trunk sideways, pushing noodle down further
🫁 Inhale + expand chest + turn head and look up at hand overhead, stay in tilt

Now begins the sweep:

🫁 Exhale + contract abdominals + sweep arm out wide and down + turn head to look down at noodle
🫁 Inhale + expand chest + sweep arm out side and up + turn head to look up at hand
Repeat 🔃 for multiple breath cycles
Don't forget you're trying to maintain the side bend (tilt) the entire time you sweep.

Tips:
➡️ Think about your shoulder blade moving the arm through the sweep.
➡️ Coordinate! Try to move everything simultaneously. Does your head turn finish before your arm sweep? That's an example of discoordination.

Did you know? 🤔
Moving in the water forces the nervous system to reweight sensory inputs when gravitational cues change. This sets up the brain for improved motor learning and coordination both in and out of the water.

Cool, huh? 😎

Have fun coordinating your movements to be as simultaneous as possible and enjoy less tension around your neck and shoulders!

Check out all my breath-led movement concepts for spinal stability and mobility in my Stan Store (link in bio) 🔗☝🏻

The way you are with your breath affects the way you are with your spine which affects the way you are with your shoulders...

08/04/2026

Let's scrub our way into some better hip stability, mobility and balance - with two cheap pool noodles!

If you haven't played with noodle scrubs before, you're in for a real treat. Once you put those pool noodles under your feet, you'll be wondering why your hips and legs are suddenly confused at what they can do 😂

This movement in particular challenges your hips' ability to abduct (scrub out) and adduct (scrub in).

Hip abduction and adduction exercises improve balance, stability, and mobility by strengthening the outer and inner thigh and hip muscles. These movements train the pelvis to remain level during single-leg standing, reduce fall risks, and support everyday actions like stepping sideways, walking on uneven ground, and getting in and out of a car.

Now here's your mission, should you choose to accept:
Can you scrub the noodles apart simultaneously? And can you scrub them back together simultaneously? 😱

You'll immediately notice that your ability to maintain balance is key here. 🔑

Here's something you can try to awaken your postural stability to support balance within the movement:
🫁 Inhale + expand chest + scrub out
🫁 Exhale + contract abdominals + scrub in

Notice on inhalation if you suddenly lose your abdominal contraction - that is not going to help 😭

Try to expand your chest without losing the abdominal contraction suddenly, and reinforce your abdominal contraction with the following exhale 🆎👍🏻

Have fun learning about yourself and how you are with your breath! 🫁

Check out all my breath-led movement concepts for spinal stability and mobility in my Stan Store (link in bio) 🔗☝🏻

The way you are with your breath affects the way you are with your spine which then affects the way you are with your hips...

Summer sessions at Plano Aquatic Center have finished!We loved being at this facility. Indoor pool with doors that open ...
07/31/2026

Summer sessions at Plano Aquatic Center have finished!

We loved being at this facility. Indoor pool with doors that open to the great outdoors! ♥️

The next session begins August 11 at Carpenter Park Recreation.

Classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 am.

Registration is required.

Search for "aqua yoga" on the Plano Parks and Recreation Activities website!

Feel free to reach out if you're having trouble finding the enrollment link.

♥️ Sandi

07/30/2026

Want to switch 🔄 your hips from stiff and achy to stable and mobile? Let's turn on your superpower!🦸🏻‍♀️

In the pool, you can activate some hidden superpowers you have! 😉

Water immersion helps boost your mobility by:
💧reducing gravity's impact through buoyancy
💧providing gentle multidirectional resistance, and
💧using hydrostatic pressure to decrease joint swelling

Along with this newfound mobility, you'll notice that water perturbations will constantly challenge your balance and stability.

Very cool. 😎

Let's do a constructive movement to help you build stable and mobile hips.

Try this with 2 pool noodles. One noodle under one foot, the other between your hands on the surface of the water.
Try doing the entire progression with the idea that you are trying to rip that noodle apart. ⛓️‍💥

🫁 Exhale + contract your abdominals and flex your hip with the leg that has the noodle underfoot. Flex your knee.
🫁 Inhale + expand your chest and drive your ribcage forward, shift your shoulder girdle ahead of your hips to minimize excessive low back arching while gaining thoracic extension and stomp the noodle down.
🫁 Exhale + contract your abdominals and stabilize your pelvis. Notice what your inner thighs can do here.
🫁 Inhale + expand chest and raise arms overhead.
(Are you still ripping the noodle apart?)
🫁 Exhale + contract your abdominals and lower arms down
🫁 Inhale + expand chest and then...
🫁 Exhale + contract abdominals and pull the noodle back off the pool bottom and return to one-legged balance stance 😁

Repeat 🔁 and often. We're trying to switch to those hips you really want here!

By the way, did you notice yourself activating your superpower of attention with all this coordinated work matched with your breath? 😉

Check out all my breath-led movement concepts for spinal stability and mobility in my Stan Store (link in bio) 🔗☝🏻

The way you are with your breath affects the way you are with your spine which then affects the way you are with your hips...

07/28/2026

Want strong, functional feet? Yes? Cool, let's do this!

Here's a twist on the classic standing heel raise that'll be giving you a whale of a time 🐳

Grab a pool noodle with you as you head into the pool.

Place the pool noodle under both feet so that your heels touch the bottom of the pool. Yes, this means the balls of your feet are holding the noodle down! 😳

Now lift your heels up. 👠
And then lower your heels down. 🥿
Repeat. You wanted those stronger feet, right?

You got this. You are not going to let a $1 pool noodle get the best of you! 😂

You'll realize very quickly just how much postural stability is required to do such an innocent looking movement.

So here's a tip to help you build postural stability with your breath! 🫁

👉🏻As you inhale, expand your chest, and simultaneously lift your heels up for the duration of your inhale.

👉🏻As you exhale, contract your abdominals, and simultaneously lower your heels for the duration of the exhale.

👉🏻With the abdominal contraction, focus on creating a progressive contraction that initiates at your p***c bone and continues up to the solar plexus. Feel like your "hugging" your abdominal organs toward each other 🫂

👉🏻With the chest expansion, focus on an outward movement of the rib cage that doesn't dissipate your abdominal "zipper" suddenly. Really pay attention to this one!

Notice how intentional you can be with the movement of your breath, and the effect of that through your spine! 👀

And you thought this was just going to be about working with the feet 😉

Check out all my breath-led movement concepts for spinal stability and mobility in my Stan Store (link in bio) 🔗☝🏻

The way you are with your breath affects the way you are with your spine which then affects the way you are with your feet...

07/23/2026

Better hip stability, mobility & balance? Yes, you can make it happen!

In the pool, we enter a magic realm.

Your body feels lighter. Your joints move more freely. Stiffness and achiness seemingly melt away.

And this is the best time and place to activate a new way of being with your hips!

How about cultivating some dynamic balance skills as a start?

Stand on one leg, then put a pool noodle behind the knee of the other leg. Squeeze the heck out of the noodle. Seriously. Pretend that some pool noodle thief is lying in wait to take your noodle. You don't want them too. You feel your front hip muscle squeezing on that side? Perfect!

Then try the following actions slowly, with your breath 🫁:
👉🏻Inhale + expand chest + sweep noodle being held under knee out to the side
👉🏻Exhale + abdominal contraction + sweep noodle being held under knee back in front of hip

Don't just do this 2 times. Try like 8 or 10 of these in a row, then switch sides.

Also it would be to your advantage to have lots of people in the pool with you who are creating tons of water turbulence. You'll learn how to be so zen as you try not to topple over. 🫨

That's the power of being with your breath.

Yes, you can do this!

Check out all my breath-led movement concepts for spinal stability and mobility in my Stan Store (link in bio) 🔗☝🏻

The way you are with your breath affects the way you are with your spine which then affects the way you are with your hips...

07/21/2026

Hip issues got you down? Let's boost you back up!

In the pool, you can gain range of motion you might not otherwise connect with readily on land. Water immersion helps to eliminate the pain and gravity that restrict movement on land.

By adding a very cheap piece of equipment, the pool noodle, you can treat and train your hips to improve mobility along with stability!

Place the pool noodle under one foot and let the pool noodle boost your foot off the bottom of the pool. Actively flex the hip. With your other leg, you'll create a one-legged balance stance.

Then along with inhale, push your chest forward like you're pushing your way forward through a crowd. Own the space! Simultaneously push the pool noodle forward and down - keep your knee flexed. As your shoulders shift forward of your hips, lift your sternum up. This creates thoracic extension without excessively arching the lumbar curve. Your rear glute will need to be active to help you balance in this stance!

Then with exhale intentionally contract your abdominals, and control the noodle so that it raises your front foot away from the bottom of the pool. Return to the one-legged balance stance. Easy to type about, easy to read about but harder than it appears.

Give it a go and see how your hips respond. Happy hips are stable and mobile hips!

Check out all my breath-led movement concepts for spinal stability and mobility in my Stan Store (link in bio) 🔗☝🏻

The way you are with your spine affects the way you are with your hips...

07/16/2026

Want to Improve Your Hip Health? Let's SQUAT!

Squats improve hip health by lubricating joints with synovial fluid, stretching surrounding tissues, and strengthening stabilizers. Training a deep, relaxed squat builds functional strength and restores the range of motion lost from sitting.

Lost your land squat skills? No worries! In the water, you can get a literal training "boost" with this floating version using pool noodles.

You'll love not having to contend with your full body weight. With immersion in the water, you typically feel about 90% lighter, with only roughly 10% to 15% of your actual body weight bearing on your joints depending on the water depth.

The floating water squat also enforces an upright torso. Lose it, and you'll topple over. 😱

You can facilitate an upright torso by working collaboratively with your breath. 🫁

Try partnering exhale with abdominal contraction as you flex your hips and knees. Work on keeping your feet moving underneath you. Then as you inhale, focus on full chest expansion without losing your abdominal contraction too quickly as you stand up and engage your glutes.

You'll find yourself meditating your way into a squat. How cool is that? If you fall over, enjoy the extra splash and try again 😄💦

Check out all my breath-led movement concepts for spinal stability and mobility in my Stan Store (link in bio) 🔗☝🏻

The way you are with your spine affects the way you are with your hips...

07/14/2026

Hip stability - let's assess it!

One legged balance work in the pool can provide a lot of insight about the stability of your hips. Add in a pool noodle, and I promise you're in for a fun (and humbling) time.

Challenge yourself with the level of buoyancy of the noodle - the higher the buoyancy, the more difficult the challenge.

First check to see that the noodle behind your knee isn't pulling so hard up under your leg that it causes your pelvis to tilt up to one side. Actively flex the hip on the side. I think it's worthwhile to explore the relationship between exhale + abdominal contraction + hip flexion.

Then as you inhale, you can challenge your ability to maintain hip flexion as your leg with the noodle goes to the side.

Then as you exhale, you can continue to challenge that ability by sweeping the leg back to midline and add in a spinal twist.

Try this for multiple reps, then check out the other side.

What happens for you? 👀
Does the noodle "take over" your hip control?
How coordinated are you with your breath? 🫁

07/10/2026

Is Your Thoracic Stuck?

This is one of the most challenging areas of the body to work with - oftentimes, we just have no clue what this is doing! Or...not doing...

Being in the water offers some feedback, but breath management is key here.

You can't expect the thoracic to change without understanding how the low back behavior is influencing it.

Oftentimes, I see that along with poor breath management comes poor low back management.

You have to work with the spine as an integrated structure, so if you learn how to manage lumbo-pelvic rhythm, the thoracic can simultaneously mobilize.

From my perspective (which is heavily Viniyoga influenced), you can learn how to manage all these behaviors by way of your breath! 🫁

Check out all my courses that unlock all these "secrets" 😉 In the Stan Store in my bio ☝🏻

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