posted by Charlotte on November 21, 2011 |
In Yoga classes, we hear and talk a lot about muscles—which muscles are stretching or contracting in a certain pose, how to stretch or engage muscles, how poses effect certain muscles, etc. This is because it is our muscles that move our bones via their paired contracting and stretching actions. As a teacher, it’s essential to understand how muscles move our skeleton. Having at least a cursory understanding of the
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posted by Charlotte on November 16, 2011 |
In the past two days, I’ve enjoyed reading two posts on the role of the intellect in Yoga practice. One, by Ed and Deb Shapiro, posted in the Huffington Post is titled Why Your Intellect is an Obstacle in Yoga is an The other, posted today by Carol Horton on elephant journal is titled Why Your Intellect is (or Can Be!) an Integral Part of Yoga. Two totally different things,
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posted by Charlotte on August 17, 2011 |
And how does understanding Range of Motion help us in our Yoga practice? Have you ever wanted to get into an intermediate or advanced class and been told that you had to be able to do Lotus Pose, or do Upward Bow with straight arms? I’ve never been a fan of this type of classification, mainly because it takes into consideration only one small part of a person’s Yoga experience.
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