 Every month, SaverinaScozzari.com contributor Katie McClelland picks a yoga pose. Check out this month's pose along with the benefits below. Downward Dog - Adho Mukha Svanasana Downward dog is a beautifully delicious pose that invites you to take a break from the demands of the outside world and turn your attention inwards. One of yoga's most recognizable poses, it is also one of the most beneficial! Not only does it stretch and relieve tight shoulders, hips and hamstrings, it lowers the heart rate and relaxes the mind by positioning the head below the heart.
A seasoned yoga practitioner may be able to hold downward dog almost effortlessly for minutes at a time but a newcomer to yoga may initially find this pose challenging! It takes time to open up the shoulders and hamstrings so be patient with yourself. To work through some of the restrictions you may encounter in your body in this pose, try generously bending the knees and focus on reaching the hips high. Take the arms wider then shoulder width if need be, spread the fingers wide and press the hands down and forward to send the hips as far away from the hands as possible. Create some space between the shoulders and the ears by rolling the outer armpits down towards the floor. Completely relax the head and face and allow your breath to flow in and out of the nose, slow and smooth. When you are ready to come out of downward dog, lower your knees to the floor and sit your hips back on to your heels. Enjoy the effects of this full, back-body opener!  Rukkus, Inc. Two major female artists in the music industry have been pitted against each other after the 2017 Grammy nominees were announced. Beyoncé and Adele are both nominated in all of the major categories. As much as I love Bey (I painted a sign last week that says "Be Yoncė" and hung it up in my room), I'm thinking Adele may be taking home the hardware. There are 84 categories, but the nominees for the 4 major ones were announced by Meghan Trainor on CBS This Morning today. Check out the list below: Song of the Year Beyoncé, "Formation" Adele, "Hello" Mike Posner, "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" Justin Bieber, "Love Yourself" Lukas Graham, "7 Years" Record of the Year Adele, "Hello" Beyoncé, "Formation" Lukas Graham, "7 Years" Rihanna, "Work (feat. Drake)" Twenty One Pilots, "Stressed Out" Album of the Year Adele, 25 Beyoncé, Lemonade Justin Bieber, Purpose Drake, Views Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor's Guide to Earth Best New Artist Kelsea Ballerini The Chainsmokers Chance the Rapper Maren Morris Anderson .Paak For the complete list of nominees click here. Who are you rooting for?
 Dimitrios Kambouris I have no idea why I've been so obsessed with not missing the opportunity to watch the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Is it the always stunning Fantasy Bra, endless workout motivation, or all of the above? A lot of other people feel the same way as we all get ready to watch the 2016 VS Fashion Show tonight at 10pm ET on CBS.
The Weeknd, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars will all be providing entertainment while 51 models strut their stuff on the runway. The show already happened and the girls have been documenting their celebrations on social media (read: eating savoury foods like pizza, burgers and mac&cheese). Believe it or not, they do eat AND work extremely hard to get runway ready (trust me - I've done my research). A couple of their go-to workouts include Body By Simone and modelFIT. Unfortunately, you can't try those unless you live in LA, NYC or London. I can't wait for the day they bring studios to Toronto and when I have a supermodel salary to afford memberships (I'm hopeful). Will you be tuning in? Comment below!  Moonlight I better get my booty to the movie theatre ASAP before the Critics' Choice Awards next weekend. The winners at this show usually end up taking home Oscars.
La La Land, Moonlight, and Arrival have the most nominations. Moonlight won Best Picture and Best Screeplay at the Gotham Awards this past weekend so I wouldn't be surprised if that's the film of the season. The only other prediction I can make is that Casey Affleck will be taking home hardware for Best Actor for his performance in Manchester By the Sea. Check out some of the nominations, courtesy of EW, below: BEST PICTURE Arrival Fences Hacksaw Ridge Hell or High Water La La Land Lion Loving Manchester by the Sea Moonlight Sully BEST ACTOR Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea Joel Edgerton – Loving Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge Ryan Gosling – La La Land Tom Hanks – Sully Denzel Washington – Fences BEST ACTRESS Amy Adams – Arrival Annette Bening – 20th Century Women Isabelle Huppert – Elle Ruth Negga – Loving Natalie Portman – Jackie Emma Stone – La La Land BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Mahershala Ali – Moonlight Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water Ben Foster – Hell or High Water Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea Dev Patel – Lion Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Viola Davis – Fences Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women Naomie Harris – Moonlight Nicole Kidman – Lion Janelle Monáe – Hidden Figures Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea Alex R. Hibbert – Moonlight Lewis MacDougall – A Monster Calls Madina Nalwanga – Queen of Katwe Sunny Pawar — Lion Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE 20th Century Women Fences Hell or High Water Hidden Figures Manchester by the Sea Moonlight BEST DIRECTOR Damien Chazelle – La La Land Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge Barry Jenkins – Moonlight Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea David Mackenzie – Hell or High Water Denis Villeneuve – Arrival Denzel Washington – Fences BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Damien Chazelle – La La Land Barry Jenkins — Moonlight Yorgos Lanthimos/Efthimis Filippou – The Lobster Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea Jeff Nichols – Loving Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Luke Davies – Lion Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals Eric Heisserer – Arrival Todd Komarnicki – Sully Allison Schroeder/Theodore Melfi – Hidden Figures August Wilson – Fences BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Stéphane Fontaine – Jackie James Laxton – Moonlight Seamus McGarvey – Nocturnal Animals Linus Sandgren – La La Land Bradford Young – Arrival BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Arrival – Patrice Vermette, Paul Hotte/André Valade Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Stuart Craig/James Hambridge, Anna Pinnock Jackie – Jean Rabasse, Véronique Melery La La Land – David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds-Wasco Live by Night – Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh BEST EDITING Tom Cross – La La Land John Gilbert – Hacksaw Ridge Blu Murray – Sully Nat Sanders/Joi McMillon — Moonlight Joe Walker – Arrival BEST COSTUME DESIGN Colleen Atwood – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Consolata Boyle – Florence Foster Jenkins Madeline Fontaine – Jackie Joanna Johnston – Allied Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh – Love & Friendship Mary Zophres – La La Land BEST HAIR & MAKEUP Doctor Strange Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Hacksaw Ridge Jackie Star Trek Beyond BEST VISUAL EFFECTS A Monster Calls Arrival Doctor Strange Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them The Jungle Book BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Finding Dory Kubo and the Two Strings Moana The Red Turtle Trolls Zootopia BEST ACTION MOVIE Captain America: Civil War Deadpool Doctor Strange Hacksaw Ridge Jason Bourne BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE Benedict Cumberbatch – Doctor Strange Matt Damon – Jason Bourne Chris Evans – Captain America: Civil War Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE Gal Gadot – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Scarlett Johansson – Captain America: Civil War Margot Robbie – Suicide Squad Tilda Swinton – Doctor Strange BEST COMEDY Central Intelligence Deadpool Don’t Think Twice The Edge of Seventeen Hail, Caesar! The Nice Guys BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY Ryan Gosling – The Nice Guys Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins Dwayne Johnson – Central Intelligence Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship Sally Field – Hello, My Name Is Doris Kate McKinnon – Ghostbusters Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE 10 Cloverfield Lane Arrival Doctor Strange Don’t Breathe Star Trek Beyond The Witch BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Elle The Handmaiden Julieta Neruda The Salesman Toni Erdmann BEST SONG “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” – La La Land “Can’t Stop the Feeling” – Trolls “City of Stars” – La La Land “Drive It Like You Stole It” – Sing Street “How Far I’ll Go” — Moana “The Rules Don’t Apply” – Rules Don’t Apply BEST SCORE Nicholas Britell – Moonlight Jóhann Jóhannsson – Arrival Justin Hurwitz – La La Land Micachu – Jackie Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka – Lion |