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I don’t know if any statistics have been gathered on what percentage of the population can comfortably sit in Burmese pose (one foot in front of the other) or any Lotus variations (one foot on top of the opposite leg) but I am not sure that knowing the numbers would really matter. What matters is wh...

Hi...the link has been fixed. You can visit that page here. As to my thoughts on Lotus Pose, you can read this article and this article if you have knee issues.

Cheers!
Bernie

That's great, Trish. Keep on Yinning!
(and be prepared for many bad puns)

Hi Trish

Your question is a good one, and one that gets asked from time to time. Rather than repeat all that has been said, perhaps I can point you to this thread. Let us know if you still have questions after reading it.

Cheers
Bernie

You are welcome, Amy. Another option, or little "trick" we can play as teachers is to subsume the instructions for pregnant students inside a list of considerations. For example, you could say for Sphinx, "If you ate before coming to class, or have any stomach discomfort, cramps, nausea, are pregnan...

Hi Dennis It is helpful to put a name to your condition. One theory was trochanter bursitis, and as you know, this thread had some suggestions for that. I am happy that Bananasana seems to be helpful! Postures with external rotation and a lot of abduction could be creating compressive stress on the ...

Hi Amy During the first trimester the mother to be is not as restricted in range of motion so can do most postures, but what you may want to consider is not so much which postures to avoid, but how to do any pose. A general point of advice from teachers who have been pregnant and who are both prenat...

Hi Anna Yes, certainly and unfortunately, we can do too much of anything. Too much sitting is definitely not great. We also need to get up and move. However, if you have to sit, then sitting on the floor is better than sitting in a chair. But, as you noticed, sometimes you just have to get up off th...

Hi Anna If while doing Windshield Wipers (WW) you feel nothing in your quads, then they are not a good posture for you. However, for me and many others, there is a lovely stress there. Functional yoga suggests having an intention for a pose (such as a targeted area to receive an appropriate amount o...

Good plan! Good luck!

Hi Dennis Many people have restrictions that prevent them from being comfortable in externally rotated hip postures, but the experience of pain is a red flag. The first step is to try to figure out why it hurts and then secondly why you are restricted. My first question is — have you seen a health c...

That is good to hear. Thanks, Kathleen.

I suggested the Sit-Rise test only as a way to mark progress in improving mobility. If at the start of his training his score was, say 3 for example, but after 6 months he scored 6, that would be excellent progress. There is always danger in training for the test, in which case he only gets better a...

I was recently asked the following question: I’m wondering what you think of “muscle scraping.” I have a 21-year old friend who is into weightlifting, and I have just recently heard about these muscle scrapers, like the Sidekick Tool. Is this a bona fide therapeutic tool and technique? Thanks so muc...

Hello Jo. The fact that your client has a diagnosis leads me to believe that she has seen a health care specialist. So, my first question would be — what did she suggest? A calcified tendon (also called calcific tendonitis ) can happen anywhere, but most commonly it occurs in the shoulder. It is cau...