Blissology: Tools and Practices to Uncover Our Joy

Back Body Stretch is what we call the pose most people know as a forward fold.
Touch your toes. Bring your chest to your thighs. Chin to shin. Deeper is better.
But here’s the problem: that language subtly trains the wrong intention.

At 57 years old, my testosterone levels are excellent.
I’m not sharing that to brag. I’m sharing it to make a larger point:
the human body is responsive, adaptable, and deeply intelligent when given the right signals.

Yoga and fitness aren’t opposites.
Yoga and fitness are two sides of the same intelligent body conversation.
The ones who enjoy a good sweat, athletic movement, and building real-world resilience

What does a toes-to-bar exercise have to do with deepening your hamstring stretches?
The answer is simple: everything.
This blog post expands on the teaching from page 214 of Yoga Optimized, which explains why flipping toes-to-bar upside down reveals the exact biomechanics you need for a precise, enjoyable, and intelligent hamstring stretch....