Yoga and the Sacroiliac Joint
In this musing, I discuss the sacroiliac joint (SI joint), what it is, and how yoga poses can affect it. I also suggest ways to stabilize this joint during yoga.
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Yoga
The Deep Front Line of Anatomy
Understanding your human body and how it moves can help you safely practice Yoga. Understanding myofascial pathways, specifically the deep front line of anatomy, can help you create a safe and stable yoga practice.
Short Yoga Practice – Warrior Two
In this thirty-minute practice, I will lead you on a path to creating a warrior two pose appropriate for your practice.
Nine Round Breath
Nine Round Breath is a form of alternate nostril breathing, where you cover and breathe in and out of one nostril.The practice is composed of Nine rounds of alternate nostril breathing. One round of breath is an inhale, and an exhale.
Short Yoga Practice – Surrender
In this video, I lead a short yog practice, asking you to surrender completely to the moment.
Moving Meditation
In the practice of meditation, any sense object can be used as an object, or a point of focus in meditation. Yoga is a physical movement practice, but it can also become a meditative practice by focusing on the sensation of movement and breath.
Living in the Now
Life is only experienced in a moment of awareness, the now. After that, it is either memory or imagination of the future. If you are lost in the past or the present, you miss the chance to be present. You miss the magic of the now. The practices of Yoga and Meditation connect you to the now.
Yoga Practices – Warrior 1 Realigned
Warrior 1 is a familiar yoga pose found as a part of the Sun Salutations and in many beginner’s classes. But Warrior 1 may not be accessible or feel good for everybody.
Yoga is not the pose
I see so many social media posts with titles like "Master Your Headstand." Posts and articles like this make it seem like advancing your Yoga practice is all about achieving athletic, challenging poses.
Separate, Not Separated
In my last post, I talked about pairs of opposites and finding the just-right balance in the spectrum of possibilities.
There is also another range of extreme opposites. We can view ourselves as separate physical beings, unconnected in any way to nature or others, or believe we need to disconnect entirely from material existence.
Finding Balance
Yoga is the practice of balancing opposites. It is finding balance or equilibrium in all things in life. Not too much, not too little. Like Goldilocks looking for the just-right bowl of porridge, not too hot, not too cold.
Resilience: bending, not breaking
If there was one trait needed right now, resilience would be at the top of my list. What was once “normal” may no longer exist. The solid ground of the known has given way to the shifting sands of the unknown.
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