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Hello TimPaul I honestly can not say whether Yin Yoga will help you or not. I don’t know enough about your situation, your history or the nature of your injury/surgery. I suspect that yoga will help because in general, all tissues need some stress, load or exercise to regain and maintain optimal hea...

Hi Galen I am sorry to hear about your experience. Wow. Pretty scary. Unfortunately, this problem is beyond my ken. I have never had or known anyone who has gone through this. I guess the only suggestion I can make is for you to talk to someone in the Qi-gong world who has a lot of experience to gui...

Where to begin? Jenny Rawlings is a very credible speaker and teacher and I have enjoyed her writing. But, in this video there are a a few red herrings and straw men set up which she then proceeds to poke holes in. Let me start with agreeing with a few statements she makes: "Fascia is not a magical ...

I was recently asked the following question about rounding the spine: Dear Bernie Clark, Thanks so much for your amazing work. I really love your recent books. After listening to 2 of your interviews, I wanted to mention two points and ask your opinion.You had mentioned about "rounding the spine". A...

I was recently asked the following question about locking of joints: Dear Bernie Clark, Thanks so much for your amazing work. I really love your recent books. After listening to 2 of your interviews, I wanted to mention two points and ask your opinion. - During the first interview, you had mentioned...

This study , presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America on November 29, 2023 shows that steroid injections can actually worsen knee arthritis over time. Better is hyaluronic acid injections. They are equally effective at reducing pain but don’t lead to increase...

Cowface/Gomukhasana/Shoelace: is it internal or external rotation of hips? This is a question that comes up rather frequently. Are the femurs in Gomukhasana (aka Cowface or in Yin Yoga called Shoelace) internally or externally rotated in the hip sockets? The correct answer is — external rotation. Le...

That all sounds very good, Liz. Thanks for your feedback.
Cheers
Bernie

Hello Beth Part of what you are considering a “deep lumbar” curve is often a more horizontally orientated sacrum. Some people (human variations!) have a sacrum much more horizontal than others (I talk about this in the book Your Spine, Your Yoga …see the online appendix called Pelvic Parameters and ...

Hi Liz. The estimate of the amount of force generated by the “superman pose” comes from the work of Stuart McGill. I don’t think he has ever studied Bow Pose, however, so I can only estimate what that would be like. In my opinion, as the hands are holding the feet and the posture is not maintained s...

As you have discovered, we are not symmetric, and that is okay! My latest book has a whole section on asymmetries and how they may or may not affect us or our yoga practice. Many people have one leg slightly shorter or longer than the other, but this asymmetry does not require addressing: we can be ...

Hi everyone ... as those who have been taking the Welcome to the Yinside weekly online classes already know, each week we offer a Spotify playlist to accompany the class. Below is a listing of the playlists in case you would like to see them all in one place. Yin Yoga — Moby Yin Yoga — Classical Yin...

Hot off the press: Many yinsters know about piezoelectricity...the tiny currents of electricity created when we stress our tissues (tension or compression). Well, here is an interesting study for all the kneedy people (people with knee issues): University of Connecticut researchers have regrown knee...

Hi Claire This is an interesting topic. Often students who have had a gall bladder removed have a similar question. First, let's remember that the acupuncture meridians are bilaterally symmetric, which means you have two—one on each side (you have a "back-up" :wink:). Second, the Organs in the Daois...

I was recently asked the following question regarding low blood pressure: Are there any resources, advice you could give or information on teaching Yin to people with Low Blood pressure. The root course has not been diagnosed yet but likely to be cardiac related, practitioner is awaiting an appointm...