Wild Plum

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Part ONE of THREE.

Most yogis (and yoga teachers) think we cannot do yoga poses because of tension in our bodies. But what if there was a MUCH more obvious reason why some can't do a yoga pose, but another can? What if many of us are wasting our time trying to do poses?

Before you spend time in master classes or perfecting a yoga pose, come join me to learn the fundamental knowledge to know how to distinguish if you can or cannot do yoga poses.

This episode is best on my youtube channel so you get some visuals....

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i treat sciatica and hip pain quite a lot in my acupuncture clinic. often i give patients a stretching routine between treatments. come see what I offer for those with really debilitating, painful sciatica.

this episode is best on my youtube channel so you get some visuals....

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i recently offered a free workshop entitled the 3 promises of yoga, the 3 big things we all should be getting out of our yoga practice. I've bundled this workshop into a podcast episode where I ask what are the 3 big promises of yoga, and why do so few seem to realise them?

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I used to practice yoga with rules of alignment. In fact, this approach is the dominant way to practice postural yoga today; there is a safe and an unsafe way to to do yoga poses, there is a right and a wrong way. There are cues that yoga teachers give students on how to do poses well and there are assists that teachers can give to students to help them.   

But what if the assumptions of alignment yoga are all wrong? I found out they are: come join me.

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acupressure and myofascial release are getting more and more popular in yin yoga and yoga in general. as it becomes more popular, weird and just plain wrong claims are being made on social media about what massaging or placing massage balls on these places will do.   

in this short episode, i talk about claims like these are erroneous, even dangerous because they leads yoga teachers to make spurious claims about the power of acupressure.

massaging these places is actually really great, but not for the reasons claimed.

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i continue to be shocked by how bossy yoga teachers are. 

i continue to be appalled by how inconfident many yoga students are with exploring yoga poses (placing THEIR OWN hands and feet WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE to put them) and disobeying cues by yoga teachers.   

in this episode i list a few very obvious examples of movement outside of yoga that break the alignment cues we hold so dear and that many yoga teachers enforce.

if others break our rules. why can't we?  

teachers need to stop telling people they are doing poses right & wrong.  

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yoga teachers... don't say press ABC point to fix XYZ problem.

i recently saw an acupuncturist post by a yoga teachers that made me squirm, "massage this point and it will help this problem."

As soon as anyone talks about chinese medicine this way, they are WRONG!

here I talk about what chinese medicine is and then talk about some things that yoga teachers really shouldn't say (and things they can say) if they're gonna talk things chinese med.

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meditation is about being your best friend... no matter what.

this simple idea is empowering. no spirituality, no super powers, not even necessarily liking it all the time... but is nurturing an ability to be there for yourself... no matter what. 

This episode I talk with Paul Grilley on his finding of and understanding of the Taoist Teaching of the Nei Jing Tu - a visual guide to the yogic experience.

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yoga is often seen to be a lot of effort. sometimes, we even boast to others (and ourselves) how much effort we have put in. we wave around certificates and accomplishments. but really, yoga is the opposite. it doesn't have to be hard. it should be really obvious. come join me to consider the lazy way...

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