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Okay, in this episode we are going to be talking a little about workout safety. So, I will just demo a few things and show you what to keep in mind in terms of alignment in order to not hurt yourself.
So the easiest place to learn alignment is in standing poses. So I will demo Virabhadrasana II - Warrior II posture. So, what is really important here is to know what is at risk, and what is at risk in this posture is the knee in the low back. Very common areas for people to have injuries, very common in places for you to be injured in this posture. What is really important is to make sure that your body is stacked properly and you are not placing undo stress on any particular area. In a way to do that is to make sure your knee is over your ankle in this posture. And to make sure that you are not arching your low back too much. That is your maintain natural curve in a low back.
Typically what happen just people are not flexible enough to make themselves look like the photos they see. So they try and do some shape that they saw in yoga journal or something right. And they end up hurting themselves because their body is not built the same way as the person that was in that photo. So you have to know, where are you bending from, you have to know how your body stacked and if you ever feel any pain, you just stop, you back off, that is the rule number one actually is, if it hurts do not do it.
So, again Warrior II knees stock over ankle, you are not over arching your low back it is a nice natural curve. Another thing that people typically do is if they are standing in the middle of the room with their arms over head which is very common in yoga, they might really arch their lower back because they see people moving their hands behind their head a lot. In yoga, you are not supposed to, you are not supposed to try and look like the photos. This is a shoulder opener and that means you have to move from your shoulders. Do not move from your low back. So, if you cannot get your arm behind your ears then you cannot get your arms behind your ears. You do not arch your back. Maintain a natural curve in your spine, pretty much all the time.
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