In the modern era of practicing yoga, we’ve come to terms with the reality that alignment alone is not the sole consideration when it comes to preventing yoga injuries. Today’s episode draws from Jason’s recent webinar, The Yoga Injury Matrix, and focuses on eight best practices for minimizing yoga injuries. The talk dives into the following ideas:
- Mindful, skillful alignment
- Pace, duration, and intensity are key
- Intensification adjustments and their role in modern yoga
- Well-rounded sequencing matters
- Helping your students prioritize self-regulation
- The role of stabilization techniques
- Emphasizing functional strength and active ROM
- The body is a stress-distributing device
More Yogaland episodes to help troubleshoot yoga injuries:
Ouch! How to handle your sore sacrum
Backbend cues for tweaky knees or hips
Q&A How to avoid common yoga injuries
How to troubleshoot knee pain in yoga
The five compartments of the hip — and how to strengthen them
Yoga teachers: Should you ask students to disclose injuries?
Q&A: Sacroiliac pain, tailbone cues, and wonky knees
Pain, injury, and knowing what you don’t know
Yoga is good for you. Most extreme things are not.
