Step back for a moment and be honest about your splits: When you’re warmed up can you slide right into them, or do they require awkward negotiation? Is one side smoother than the other? Do you ever feel compression in your lower back or a tugging behind your knee? If...

soma system® founder Roman Torgovitsky recently came up with this gem of a hamstring release while teaching at the 2014 Wanderlust festival in Vermont. Instructions: Lay one Double Track Roller atop a block and then kneel so that the ends of the roller compress the...

Sophia Chan Doctor of Physical Therapy, soma system® Master Instructor Many of us have experienced that twinge or sudden pull along the back of the thigh. It may even bruise, become tender, or throb and ache through the night. The often bumpy roads that make up the...

This powerhouse-of-a-stretch hamstring sequence targets the medial (semimembranosis and semitendonosis) and lateral (biceps femoris) hamstring muscles, as well as the adductors. Through Center Lie on your back and hug both knees in towards your chest. Keep your right...

Nichole L'vov Owner of Inner Strength Pilates, soma system® Instructor There are days as a Pilates instructor where you start to feel discouraged.  You look out over the sea of bodies on the studio floor, and you realize that Pilates, in all its goodness, is a...