If I had to pick a part of the body that gets the most questions asked about it in yoga, I’d say the hips are the most popular. By “popular” I mean students seem to have the most questions about the muscles and related tendons, ligaments and fascia around this joint. Often, they’re not sure what the issue is but they have sensations that are unpleasant and they’re curious to know what they can do to alleviate the uncomfortable feeling.
As a yoga teacher, we can’t “see” in their body, of course, but we can help them uncover what might be the problem and offer some ides as to how they can investigate further. I always say that any student that has red alarm pain and/or pain that is high level, waking them up at night, ongoing throughout the day and getting worse needs to go to a physician. But for those students who experience it in yoga only or during other activities and it’s moderate, goes away after they stop moving and isn’t too extreme, this can be a scenario where we can help.
Teachers needs to first understand the anatomy of the hip in order to help students. This is kind of a “no-brainer” but sometimes even the most well-intentioned teacher will speak outside their area of expertise as part of a willingness to help. What we first need to do as teachers is to recognize where we need to supplement our existing knowledge with more knowledge so that we can better assist our students. Even for those students who don’t ask specific questions, as we build our knowledge, our confidence grows and our cues are more clear! The funny thing about building your knowledge of anatomy is not that we make things more complicated… we actually make things easier to understand! If you’re shaking your head, let me explain. You see, the more you know about something, the easier it is for you to share it in different ways, depending on the audience. Further, you can also break it down into easily understandable parts and explain it using “real language” not “inside language” that only those who share your level of knowledge understand.
So, back to the hips. In order to understand more about them, I want to invite you to my online MASTER CLASS happening February 26th, 2019 at 6 PM EST. This online workshop is LIVE and you’ll get to ask questions so it’s just about as close as you can get to doing an in-person workshop. I’m limiting this to ten teachers to ensure that everyone has time to ask questions.
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This is a one-time LIVE experience so don’t miss out! We will discuss all of the above and more!
See you then!