Worried about yoga injuries?
Info:
Safe cobras:
How to adjust shoulder stand so as not to cause spinal injury:
http://www.huggermugger.com/blog/2014/shoulderstand-yoga-blankets/
How to position your arms for chatarunga:
https://yogainternational.com/article/view/how-to-avoid-shoulder-injuries-in-chaturanga-and-plank
How to actually do chatarunga:
http://www.dailybandha.com/2012/03/easing-in-to-chataranga-dandasana.html
Inspiration for this video came from teh book “The Science of Yoga”, which includes some details about the dangers of yoga. You can read an extract here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/how-yoga-can-wreck-your-body.html
I have sooooooooo much respect for all the Yogis, daredevil or not, doing these poses. Pushing their bodies to the limits. Iyengar lived to be more than 90, so obviously these poses are less dangerous for a lot of people than running with scissors. I just made a video about some of the risks in the hope of helping people avoid yoga injuries and maybe making them laugh. Check out the image sources! 🙂
Image sources (All these links contain Yoga related information):
Book: Iyengar – Light on Yoga
http://www.tracis.info/yogapregnancy.htm
http://www.theyogatutor.com/chakrasana
http://www.yogabird.co/blog/cat/poses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirsasana#/media/File:Shirshasana.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakrasana#/media/File:Chakrasana_Yoga-Asana_Nina-Mel.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirsasana#/media/File:Head_stand_side_view.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarvangasana
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