Tag Archives: prevent yoga injuries

How to protect your knees in Side Angle pose

As Bob lowered his hips down to deepen the lunge portion of the Extended Side Angle pose and get a good stretch in his hips he noticed some discomfort in his knees. His yoga teacher told him that his hips are the cause of the pain in his knees and that he needed to protect […]

How to get the right angle in Side Angle pose

“Look at the triangle that I drew!” Alice’s nephew said as he ran up to her. Alice had a look at the triangle. One long side rising up from the base and another shorter side dropping straight down to the base. “It is called a Right Angle Triangle” he said. “It looks exactly like one […]

How to avoid the Bowed-Leg Menace in your Sun Salute

Bob has just returned from enjoying his first long ride in months. As he dismounts and pats his horse, he realise that his legs fell stiff and strange. It feels as though his knees are bowed outwards with a large gap between them, just like a caricature of a cowboy in an old Western. Fortunately […]

How to take the first step into space; lift off in Navasana

The rocket lifted off briefly and then fell over. The next rocket did not even get off the ground. There were a lot of rocket launches that failed in the early days of space flight according to the documentary that Alice was watching. Over time as they got better at building them the rocket launches […]

Why you should talk to your yoga teacher

“Come on, I will introduce you to my teacher.” Alice said to Elizabeth as they entered the yoga studio. Alice’s teacher was there talking to a few other students as they entered. Elizabeth needs to talk to her teacher about many different things at different times: Before class After class During class This is Elizabeth’s […]

How to work with your tuning fork arms in Utkatasana

The tuning fork hit the edge of the counter hard. Bob watched as the arms vibrated rapidly back and forth. He could hear the perfect “C” note that it created. “I’ll take it.” Said Bob to the salesman. Bob was looking for a gift for his nephew’s birthday. The tuning fork was perfect. Bob’s yoga […]