#yogaevolution

[teshawnedmonds]

#Repost per credit from & the courtesy of @alexandriacrowyoga ・・・ CONVERSATION STARTER - What are the yoga and yoga practice misconceptions that you wish you would get cleared up once and for all? How do you go about creating change around the misconceptions that you run up against? How do you explain them without shutting people down? Building on a post that my friend @kayamindlin put up asking us to share our yoga misunderstanding pet peeves and as she said, not to gripe, but to share. My hope is so that we can I have a list that seems to stay about the same. Some of the highlights from that list in relation to general misconceptions are: You must be really flexible/strong/in “good shape” if you teach yoga. Yoga is anything you do mindfully. Yoga is about flexibility, stability, anything that is related to gain. The poses are the yoga. Yoga is exercise/fitness. And others. How do I create change around these? Well, the public ones I use as an opportunity to elevator pitch (I mean in the describe what, why, and who it’s for) to remove the misconceptions. I spend a lot of time on this one in Ubers. Then for the rest, this page, class I teach, workshops I lead, the D2R Web Course, and now the YP Community Membership all serve as places to have these dialogues and to offer ways to bring about change. What are your yoga misconception bothers at the moment and how do you go about changing them? #yogaphysics #deconstructtoreconstruct #ypcommunity #yogaevolution #yogaforeveryone #accessibleyoga #yogablog #modernyoga #yogarevolution #yoga101 #yoga #yogateacher #yogapose #yogapractice #sidecrow #followyoga #yogaeducation https://www.instagram.com/p/B4dVpHbDEFe/?igshid=1iui5u3evfrpo

[lauragyoga]

Yoga teachers...Go listen to this podcast right [email protected] interview with bernie clark. I remember in my early days as a teacher i would memorize the alignment instructions from Light on Yoga thinking that was the correct way to do a pose...then i would be confused 😕 when it didnt work for all my students...fast forward a few years and the yoga community started coming to the realization that every BODY is different!! I do a lot more WATCHING my students & adapting my cues based on what i see & encouraging them to play around with variations to find their best version. 💥There is no UNIVERSAL way of doing an asana that will fit everyone- we must adapt the pose to the person in front of us 💥 and that can be VERY hard when you are a new teacher looking for the "right" and "wrong" way of doing something...instead of the gray area of "it depends on the person". 😳 #yoga #yogateacher #alignment #yogaevolution #yourbodyyouryoga #bernieclarkyinyoga #bernieclark #yogaasana #asana #podcast #yogapodcast #listentothispodcast #lauragyoga (at Galloway, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtKczB8gVSD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xi0io07p0cn9

[belle-et-bien]

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[lauragyoga]

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Had to #repost this from @yogabyabigaile ------------------ 3 things I want to see change in the yoga community inspired by @peakbodyintegration. -( 💥YES to all of this!!💥) 1. Narcissistic Instagram accounts. If you only ever post pictures of yourself doing a yoga pose with an inspirational quote - this is you! 2. Competition. Let’s not try and see who’s better. Let’s just celebrate each other. 3. Can we please get over the passive stretching already?? Spending hours in forward fold is not going to make your hamstrings longer. More practice or trying harder isn’t going to make your twists deeper and more functional. Lets dive into movement science and work on functional movement. #yoga #yogaevolution

[lauragyoga]

The #yogaboard for YOGA class this week builds on our theme from last week (fostering mobility & stability on the mat) to look at some of the movements that are often LACKING in YOGA's physical practice 💥i love (8 limbed) yoga as a whole because it is the only system i know of that addresses all layers of our being (physical, emotional,spiritual, energetic...) 💥Asana practice contains a huge variety of movements...BUT there are still some areas that dont get enough attention SO lets look at them in an effort to make our practice well rounded & sustainable! 💥PULLING- in nearly all directions 💥SCAPULA/shoulder STABILITY (putting the work in to prepare for safe upper body weight bearing) 💥wrist STRENGTHENING (not stretching...actually making the muscles that cross the wrist joint 💪 stronger & able to handle weight) 💥neck lateral flexion (sometimes included as a warmup/cool down stretch- hardly ever in a way that improves strength) 💥plyometric/high effort explosive moves (insert fun kundalini kriya here 😀👍) 💥internal hip rotation (we do a TON of external rotation at the hip) ------------ 💥💥 WHAT ELSE?? I am sure there are some others that I missed ------------------- 👉 *side note* the common VINYASA transition: DD, plank, chaturanga, updog practiced over & OVER & over can become a breeding ground for REPETITIVE STRESS INJURY (RSI)for the shoulders and wrists (if not properly prepared with joint stability & balanced with PULLING movements) #yoga #yogatherapy #lauragyoga #yogaevolution #asana #balance #evolving #scapula #shoulder #wrist #kundalini #kundaliniyoga #repetitivestressinjury #rsi #yogaanatomy (at Hummingbird Yoga NJ)