Yoga for Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers

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Comment by Karina Braun on February 23, 2013 at 1:33pm

The other day I received a question about someone that had sustained a groin injury from doing Bikram yoga. In our society, yoga is used as more of a physical system instead of a means to relaxing the physical body. Sometimes yoga can be used as a competition instead of going within. Adductor strains can be caused from going beyond your stretch point or twisting too far in Triangle pose. In this blog, I explain how to do Triangle Pose correctly. igetintouch.com

 

Stay healthy!

Karina

Comment by Karina Braun on February 8, 2013 at 6:53pm

What do you get from for your Personal Yoga practice?

Yoga can picks my mood up and energizes me, helps me be more positive, and clears my mind so my thoughts are more organized.

On the physical level, practicing yoga can open energy meridians and chakras which can lead to better health, and give your body increased flexibility and strength. Never underestimate the power of yoga and what it can do for your body and your life.

I like to practice at least 3 times per week to keep my body supple and my mind relaxed. 

Comment by Karina Braun on December 23, 2012 at 9:44pm

So glad you joined Viola. I also became a Yoga Teacher to help my clients. No one taught yoga in the town I lived in. Reiki, Yoga, and Massage work in such a complimentary way. It is great to see these disciplines grow the last 15 to 20 years!

Comment by Viola Crowder-Moger on December 20, 2012 at 1:22pm

Interesting - I just found this group.  I recently became a Registered Yoga Teacher - Yoga Alliance 200 RYT - and find Yoga extremely beneficial for myself and for my clients.  I have been a LMT and Reiki Master/Teacher for 18 years.  Yoga Therapy is a growing profession and fits right along with what we do.

Comment by Karina Braun on December 10, 2012 at 4:53pm

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Comment by Karina Braun on December 10, 2012 at 4:51pm

Hi Tiffany. I agree and that is why different classes fit ceratin body types, previous injuries, etc. I believe a personal practice is very important so you can go inward and practice what our inner guidance tells us.

Gordon- love the comment and agree...only thing is we live busy lives and sometimes have to take classes to fit this time in. It does come naturally and we should listen to the wisdom of our bodies.

Comment by Gordon J. Wallis on December 7, 2012 at 2:44am

Cats stretch.  They dont need to take classes.  And they never do it wrong.

Comment by Tiffany Dominguez on December 7, 2012 at 12:20am

I've encountered grey area's whenever I attend yoga classes. I've been with an ankle that I sprained about four to five times throughout my lifetime and it has not healed 100%. In yoga classes most of the instructors have "fixed" me while I do certain poses and since my ankle is painful at times, it's difficult to explain that to the instructor while their teaching the class.

With that said; I believe that yoga is a very sacred and spiritual gift for each individual. Each person has their way of posing therefore compromising muscles will always take affect.

Comment by Zia Nath on November 5, 2012 at 10:29pm

Nice Info Karina. Really Yoga is also helpful for our body than Craniosacral therapy.

I agree with you.

Comment by Karina Braun on November 5, 2012 at 6:38pm

In response to Zia:

I believe yoga therapy should be taught by a licensed yoga teacher if you are going to use the word yoga. I think what the term yoga massage therapy means is yoga stretching which is a lot like Thai massage. Cranial sacral therapy is much different. Very gentle work with specific holds working with the Cranial sacral system and does not do physical stretching. What do you think?

 

Travis: I think Yoga for Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers is a great course to help with alignment while working and prevent injury :-)

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