Asana Kitchen: Heal Hamstring Injury with David Garrigues

http://www.davidgarrigues.com   / davidgarriguesyoga     / davidgarriguesyoga   One common yoga injury is to strain or overstretch the hamstring up near the sitting bone at the insertion of the muscle. This frustrating condition can be quite debilitating and take a long time to heal. Also it is often difficult to pinpoint what to avoid and what positive actions to take to promote healing or at least prevent further strain. In this video I offer several helpful, practical ideas on how to heal or at least manage the condition including: 1) Learning to provide healing resistance to straightening your leg in all poses that call for extended legs 2) Learning to create a neutral pelvis and to avoid excessively tipping your pelvis forward when forward bending or doing other poses. 3) Wrapping a tie around your upper thigh to take pressure of the muscle. 4) Working in a variety a of ways with a seated forward bends including finding fulfilling, wholesome actions in upright positions, varying the position of your arms and hands, resting your head on block or a chair, and planting your feet at a wall. 5) Learning to pull your focus away from the offended area near the sitting bone and enlist more participation from your entire body in the expression of your pose. Enjoy! David David Garrigues is an internationally recognized yoga teacher and creator of the Asana Kitchen video instruction series that is one of the leading online yoga learning resources on YouTube. David travels extensively throughout the US, Europe, and India offering workshops, in depth studies and retreats. David also writes passionately and eloquently on the subject of yoga. He has written Vayu Siddhi: Secrets to Yogic breathing, King of Asanas: Mastering Head Balance and Inversion Principles, and Maps and Musings. David has numerous online courses, podcasts, and writings on his website that students around the world utilize to progress in their hatha yoga studies. For almost 30 years David has maintained an enthusiastic personal practice that is dedicated to asana and pranayama study in the Ashtanga tradition. His intense dedication to practice and to teaching inspire his students who form a diverse soulful, open hearted, and serious global learning community. KEYWORDS: HAMSTRING INSERTION INJURY HEAL YOGA HATHA YOGA FLEXIBILITY FORWARD BENDS STANDING POSTURES FORWARD FOLDS ASANA KITCHEN DAVID GARRIGUES TAPAS YOGA POSE YOGA POSTURE ASANA PRIMARY SERIES BEGINNER YOGA FOR BEGINNERS HOW TO VIDEO TRIKONASANA TRIANGLE UPA VISTA KONASANA WALL YOGA TEACHER INSTRUCTOR SAFETY