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Yes, I feel more okay about it now that I know the reason - thank YOU Bernie!

Bernie, that you so much for the carrying angle article in the latest newsletter! (I know it's a excerpt from your upper body book; I still need to get that one.) I have never heard this term, but it makes a lot of sense to me. I believe I have a wider-than-average carrying angle. In the past I've s...

I was wondering what "Pink Cuts" could be - love that it's Pink Floyd!

Thank you for this clarification. The instructor I went to did talk about the different layers of connective tissue, although she simply called them superficial, middle, and deep. Looking back at my notes, some of her references included Tom Myers and Neil Thiese. I did read your article, and althou...

First, let’s make sure we define yin appropriately in this context. Yin Yoga practices involve long-held, static stresses which are passive. By passive, we mean that we are not engaging muscles to create the stress but using the posture (and the body’s weight or sand bags) to generate the stresses....

All this is just to say that, maybe what you consider to be a deep lordosis is simply the angle of your sacrum! Bernie, I'm sorry I never responded to this very helpful post from a few years back! Thank you - it's interesting to think that the shape of my bones (sacral slope) might be the key. I ha...

I went to a yoga anatomy training this past weekend. While I really liked it overall, I walked away confused about where yin fits in with the information I received. First, she talked about two types of stretch: 1) Passive - no muscle engagement 2) Actively loaded - joints stable, muscles engaged Th...

My general philosophy is that physical health has three main axes: strength, endurance and mobility. This closely aligns with Dr. Baxter Bell & Nina Zolotow's book Yoga for Health Aging . The four qualities they name are strength, balance, flexibility, and agility. I know they talk about endurance ...

I was thinking about planning a class that would focus on helping students learn how they can adjust their own bodies in poses/chose different poses that work best for their bodies. To do this, I was thinking about including one pose from each of Grilley's archetypal poses, so the class would be jus...

Bernie, sorry about the delayed recognition of your response; I very much appreciate your analysis! I appreciate Jenny's work too, but sometimes I think she argues points that no one was making. For example, her assertion that "you can't target fascia in an isolated way" - who said that you could? A...

Not a blog but a YouTube video from Jenni Rawlings "debunking" myofascial claims:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foDXe69YuFI

I have a follow up question. I have a deep lumbar curve, which I think is part genetics (my bottom is larger and sticks out, exaggerating my personal S curve) and part a pattern of anterior pelvic tilt. Fully reclined saddle has always been challenging for me, as I can't seem to find a position that...

On further reflection, I have a follow-up question. I have a bit of lumbar lordosis, some of which I think is my natural body shape (ie, I have a larger bottom that protrudes, so this tends to make my S shape more exaggerated) and some of which I think is an anterior pelvic tilt that I've developed ...

Bernie, I appreciate all the tips! I think revisiting McGill's work is a great idea.

Bernie, thank you so much for your recent blog post about scoliosis! As always, your wisdom is much appreciated. I've never been diagnosed with scoliosis, although I had one of my own teachers ask me this once. I have been told (by an orthopedist) that my left leg is slightly shorter than my right. ...