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How to avoid the Petrified Tree Effect after your First Yoga Class

The TV shows a close up of a tree.  This tree has not moved in over 225 million years. Alice is sitting at home in her bathrobe watching a documentary on the Petrified Forest National Park in northeastern Arizona by the National Geographic Society after her first yoga class. Alice is glad that she listened […]

How to use the roller coaster approach to protect your heels in Supta Konasana

You are rushing forward with tremendous speed. The turn is approaching too fast. You are holding onto your safety harness.  Is your car going to stay on the track or are you going to go flying off of the roller coaster and into the parking lot? Sometimes you can feel like this with your yoga […]

How to avoid the bow and protect your lower back in Paschimottanasana

Alice is attempting to do Paschimottanasana, which is a simple forward fold.  Her back is in a big curve like a bow and her hips are tipped way back behind her.  Her back is curved almost in a half circle. This is not good. This will put a lot of pressure and stress on her […]

How to protect your knee in Ardha Baddha Padma Paschimottanasana

Have you ever watched your teacher demonstrate this pose.  They bring their heel casually into their hip, lower their knee to the floor and fold forward with ease. Why is it that when you attempt this pose that your folded knee starts to hurt as your draw your foot up your leg towards your hip. […]

How to protect your wrists in Parsvottanasana

Bob’s wrists were really hurting.  Bob is thinking that Parsvottanasana is such a simple pause, that all he has to do is put his hands together behind his back, take a step forward and bend over. But his wrists are really hurting.  The more he tries to get his palms together behind his back the […]

How to remove the leaning tower of Pisa effect from your one leg forward fold pose

Alice walks around the corner of the cathedral and then she sees it.  She stops and looks closely at the tower.  It has been leaning like that for over 800 years and it has not fallen down. The leaning tower of Pisa reminds Alice of the the problem that she  has when she does Triang […]