On the way to yoga, you are either doing yoga or paying attention to yoga.
Let’s take a quiz first ↓↓↓ 1.
Do you feel that your body is too stiff and inflexible at some time in your daily life? 2.
Is it difficult to stretch your muscles when practicing yoga? 3.
Do you think you have muscle strength but lack flexibility? 4.
Can you touch your toes easily when you bend and fold forward? 5.
Do you often do advanced asana variants in yoga class? 6.
Do your joints collapse when practicing yoga? These questions test your flexibility.
The first three questions are for those who have strength but lack flexibility.
The last three questions are for very soft people.
You might think that one of the goals of yoga practice is to make you soft.
Indeed, however, softness also has a degree.
Beyond this degree, softness is meaningless and easy to get hurt.
This is the difference between “softness” and “excessive relaxation”.
Children with different exercise ranges have good flexibility at birth.
With age, flexibility decreases, including joints, muscles and bones.
As we grow older, our body will change a lot, may be injured, unhealthy exercise patterns, etc., which will make our body less soft.
We found that some people are just a little more flexible than others.
You can think of flexibility as a measure of “range of motion”.
Most people have medium flexibility, and a few are particularly soft or stiff.
There is a standard called “normal” activity range.
How soft is it too soft? Can it hurt your body? Many people practice yoga because they want to increase their flexibility.
However, is there the possibility of being too soft? The answer is: Yes.
However, here “too soft” means that the body is very flexible, but the awareness of the body is very low, which is easy to cause injury.
The connection between bones is called a joint and is connected by ligaments.
Ligaments are fibrous tissue that is difficult to regenerate if broken.
Therefore, it is important to protect the ligaments and activate the muscles around the joint to support the joint.
We should also keep moving these parts often to prevent scar tissue and other obstacles that hinder the scope of healthy exercise.
What is “excessive relaxation”? Some people “over” relax.
These are usually inherited, and the movement of joints exceeds the normal range.
Some students with excessive relaxation will deal with this situation with suitable asana variants, but some will intensify and force to stretch more muscles because of their lack of awareness and compassion for the body.
In this case, muscles, fascia and ligaments will stretch too much and it is difficult to maintain normal posture.
Holistic movement, so as a yoga practitioner, how can you practice to increase flexibility without injury? When the body moves, it should bring the concept of integrity.
Generally speaking, “integrity” refers to “adhering to the principle, maintaining the overall state and maintaining the state of no injury”.
We will find that “integrity” is used in yoga asana practice.
We should abide by the integrity of positive position and focus on asana “, instead of focusing on local points or completely extending some parts.
How to prevent injury due to excessive stretching? 1.
A stable foundation will reduce joint collapse.
In order to achieve foundation stability, it may be necessary to shorten the distance, use yoga bricks or increase the distance.
It may also be to ensure that the positive principle of asana is followed, such as joint alignment to maintain stability.
2.
Be aware of doing asana In asana, if you don’t focus on the feeling of the body, it will bring pressure to the joints and practice with your old wrong pattern.
Awareness means realizing the degree of our asana and observing the body’s response.
3.
Breathing is the key to maintaining awareness in each asana.
Holding your breath may force the body too much, and heavy breathing may be our over effort.
4.
Balance Muscle and stretching each pose requires a certain amount of strength and flexibility.
When practicing, balance the two, just like balancing the two ends of the balance.
5.
Nonviolence when we bring “nonviolence” (one of the five points in the “Prohibition” in the eight branch yoga) Practice with attitude.
We practice for health rather than comparison.
This will naturally bring more balance and reduce injury.
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