Hi Bernie, hi Yinsters,
I had my participants doing saddle pose (1 leg at a time) the other day and one participant had the impression that her knee was about to tear. I asked her to try sitting with one block in Virasana to see if it was better for her knees and if she could feel a stress in her quads. Her knees was still hurting. With two blocks, no pain in her knees but no stress in her quads either.
So... My thought process was 1) to find another pose to affect her quads but not her knees. Any ideas? Second thing, is it a good approach to suggest her to spend some time with two blocks between her feet in Virasana to make her knees feel good, then, get a block and little towel and see how this goes and reabilitate her knees even if she doesn't feel a thing in her quads. Then get back to one block and maybe by that time, her knees would feel better and she could find the stress in her quads?
Thanks a lot for your insights!