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This empowering self-care focused class combines elements of yoga, corrective movement, and self-massage using Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Balls to de-stress, unlock myofascial restrictions and improve bod...
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Yoga Tune Up® Self-Care | Wednesdays | Soho
This empowering self-care focused class combines elements of yoga, corrective movement, and self-massage using Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Balls to de-stress, unlock myofascial restrictions and improve bod...
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Have you checked out my classes on the Jenni Rawlings Yoga class library yet? I have 3 that you can practice to. This clip is from my class that explores the components of headstand. I also have a very accessible restorative class AND my newest class explores animal movements! 🦀 🐻 #crabbybear
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In this excerpt, the strap (you can also use a resistance band) helps with propriocepting the scapular positions of depression and medial + inferior tilt (aka anti-winging). This scapular position is a useful one to explore for headstand and its myriad variations that don’t involve standing on your head (many of which we explore in this class). (About 2% of the class involves the practice of headstand and so it is SO not the point!) The point is everything along the way.
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Self-massage for the rotator cuff muscles and the upper traps? YUP!
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Tons of out of the box, interdisciplinary movement? YUP!
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Some fresh takes on some old asanas? YUP!
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Lots of innovative prop usage? Oh yeah! Of course!
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Logical, progressive and creative sequencing? You got it!
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AND Jenni’s library features some major talents like Trina Altman-Yoga and Pilates, Yoga Detour, Kathryn Bruni-Young, Francesca Cervero, and of course, Jenni herself, to name only a few! When you sign up you get to practice with all of them! AND, did I mention, it is SO AFFORDABLE!
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Go here - www.jennirawlings.com/classlibrary/! Video speed 3X
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My answer: It depends. (Unsatisfying yes, but hear me out.)
The question (paraphrasing) “is it safe to hyperextend in asana?” is a yes/no question. Dichotomous language doesn’t work when talking about movement. Movement requires a body. Bodies are complex; they constantly adapt and change. Using dichotomous language to talk about the body is like using a hammer to program a computer. Wrong tool.
To know if a student can explore their range of hyperextension, I would learn their history of injury and loading. Myself, my elbows hyperextend. I load my elbows in hyperextension, I ‘microbend’ and every other range of elbow flexion. I try to train every range under appropriate amounts of load (not too much).
Mechanotransduction (read Move Your DNA, Katy Bowman) is an adaptive process taking place in the body every second. It’s the conversion of mechanical input (loads) to biochemical processes (adaptation). In order for the body to gain resiliency to loads that are position specific, you have to load appropriately within that position. (SAID principle) If we follow this theory, never loading my elbows in hyperextension means my elbows don’t become adaptively more resilient in hyperextension.
It depends though! We don’t want to overload (too much too soon, or too frequently too soon). That’s how injury happens.
For me, I’ve been weight-bearing on my arms for close to 20 years. Adaptively, my elbows are maybe more resilient to a wider variety of loads compared to someone who is just starting to weight bear, or working with an injury or condition (like hypermobility).
Awareness is key. A lot of times students can’t find the difference between, say, plank with elbows hyperextended vs without. My first goal as a teacher is to help them discern between both so they have options.
It’s complex! When we talk about complex topics responsibly there’s gonna be a lot of inconclusive language and qualifying. Anything more satisfying (like a black and white answer, “elbow hyperextension is an unsafe position in asana”) is likely oversimplification (because whose elbows are we talking about?)
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Ultimately, a complex topic oversimplified is dogma.
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Thanks for the question, Katie Tree!
Yoga teaches us to observe various ways we can move with breath. The practice, in advanced...moves us beyond the physical postures. Questions about asana are not so important. Your yoga teacher may not be the one to ask about your particular hypertension. Physiotherapist....as an example, could assure you of certain ways to move or not. Stay within your limit so to speak; safety is paramount.
https://www.yogajournal.com/practice/are-you-hypermobile-this-sequence-will-help-you-build-awareness-and-avoid-injury
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In the movement space, the pelvic floor doesn’t always get the love and attention it deserves, which is sort of a bummer given how much it does to quite literally support us (and our vital organs). ⠀
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