Sorry, All! I've been delinquent in my posting. I'm still here - pluggin' along!
I've been focusing on back strength this week, and I'll continue next week. My brother did something to his back, and landed in the hospital! This has made me conscious of the importance of back strengthening exercises - yes, all those back bends, Cobras, etc. I've shied away from offering these poses because I didn't really know how to help people avoid compression. Now, I do! It's all about length throughout the spine and relaxation of the buttocks. If we squeeze the glutes when doing a back bend, we'll cause compression of the sacral and lumbar spine - and cause pain. Conversely, we need to keep the cervical spine long and just lift with our erector spinae - the muscles in the middle back along either side of the spine.
As I said, I've been focusing on this all week and I'm beginning to feel those muscles engaging and taking pressure off the low back. I hope my participants are feeling the same benefits!
Be well!
Namaste,
Iffet
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