Q&A Part 2 - June 19, 2020 (Transcribed & Indexed)

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• Snapping Hip Syndrome [3:33]

  • Angular Standing Poses [6:04]

  • Practicing on Floor to get Femur Heads into the Hip Socket [6:54]

  • Angular Standing Poses at the Trestle

• Frozen Shoulder [13:32]

  • Rope One [15:51]

  • Using a Column/Doorway with Two Assistants [18:52]

  • Severe Neck and Shoulder Problems at the Wall [20:18]

  • Seated Supported Urdhva Hastasana [21:22]

• The Gunas (Tamoguna, Rajoguna, Satvaguna) & Pranayama Practice [23:13]

  • Building Good Pranayama Habits [28:25]

• Using a Wedge/Props for Limb Length Differences [30:00]

• Students Transitioning from Beginner (Ignite) to Intermediate [31:29]

  • Teachers Encouraging Students to Practice [34:56]

  • Beginners Need Movement to be Present [35:19]

• Scoliosis and Lumbar Curve

  • Rope Adho Mukha Svanasana [36:43]

  • Doorknob Adho Mukha Svanasana [40:05]

  • Bharadvajasana Seated in Chair with Height [40:25]

  • Paschimottanasana on a Bolster with Blocks Under Elbows [42:15]

• Eye Issues (Vitreous Detachment) [44:10]

  • Avoiding Sudden Jerky Movements [45:30]

    • Art of Head Wrapping: Vol. 7 of Astadala Yogamala & Lois’ Women’s Book [47:03]

      • Head Wrap Twist for Glaucoma, Migraines, Headaches [47:52]

      • Removing the Head Wrap [50:51]

    • Rope Sirsasana with an Incline [51:35]

• Basal Thumb Joint Pain (De Quervains Tenosynovitis) [54:32]

  • Filling the Venus of the Palm [59:34]

  • Urdhva Dhanurasana at the Wall [1:00:21]

• On Recommending Yoga Solutions to Non-Practitioners [1:03:54]

• Low Back Clicking (Worn Away Facets) [1:06:33]

• Poses for Nausea [1:07:49]

• Poses for Anxiety and Panic Attacks [1:08:41]

• We are Yoga Practitioners (Sadhakas), Not Yogis/Yoginis [1:11:28]

• On Non-Iyengar Subject Matter Experts Advising on Yoga Poses [1:14:29]

• Wall Rope Measurements & Ties [1:18:24]

• Cooling Poses: Salamba Purvottanasana, Viparita Dandasana, Cross Bolsters, Sirsasana [1:19:20]

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Q&A Part 1 - June 19, 2020 (Transcribed & Indexed)

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• Feet Baddha Konasana [2:57]

  • Nothing Should be Forced: Sattva, Raja, & Tamo Guna [3:23]

  • Teaching Beginners from Urdhva Prasarita Padasana [7:23]

  • Advanced Practitioners Outer Foot Away [12:17]

• Lifting the Organic Body in Sirsasana [21:08]

  • Standing in Tadasana with a Block [22:06]

  • Three-Fold Blanket in Sirsasana [26:44]

    • Hand Placement & Back of the Head Releasing Down with a Three-Folded Blanket in Sirsasana [28:12]

    • Postmenstrual Practice with a Three-Folded Blanket and a Block in Sirsasana [29:02]

    • Thyroid Gland: Occiput/Lunar Plexus Releasing, Bridge of the Nose Up [31:15]

      • Using a Block at the Wall for Thyroid [31:52]

• Spinal Injury and Numbness [33:51]

• Using a Plank with Spondylolisthesis in Rope Sirsasana [34:37]

  • Ringing in the Ear Related to Neck and Shoulders [35:57]

  • Shoulder Issues: Using Blocks at the Rope Wall for Sirsasana Two [38:45]

  • Box Shape of the Arms in Sirsasana [40:42]

• Differences Between Pasasana and Malasana [42:17]

  • Groins and Abdomen Soft in Balancings [43:44]

  • Sacrum Spreading in Malasana - Back Pain [46:52]

• Family of Asanas [51:26]

• Importance of Assessing Students with Problems [58:19]

• Hips Squared in Virabhadrasana One and Hanumanasana [59:06]

  • Using a Height in Hanumanasana [1:01:16]

  • Extending the Inner Legs to the Foot in Hanumanasana [1:04:49]

• Iyengar Yoga is Not Alignment, it is Systematic Intelligence of the Layers of the Body [59:48]

• Fingers, Hands, Wrists in Sirsasana [1:05:57]

• General Issues of the Digestive System [1:08:39]

• Crossed Bolsters - Setu Bandha Sarvangasana [1:10:03]

• Pavanamuktasana with Chair Support [1:12:17]

• Yoga for the Respiratory System [1:15:45]

• Discussion on Seizures [1:22:12]

• What Category of Poses are Hanumanasana and Mandalasana? [1:25:21]

• Stenosis - Angular Standing Poses at the Trestle [1:26:23]

• Pregnancy & Diastasis [1:29:21]

• Brain Aneurysm Example: Asking Questions & Assessing Students [1:31:54]

• Make them Fall in Love with Yoga [1:40:43]

• Tight Shoulders - Shoulder Balance [1:41:43]

• Chatush Padasana Wide Setu Bandha Bench [1:44:58]

• Lifting Back of the Head and Neck [1:46:43]

  • Arm Positions for Head and Neck [1:47:01]

• Groin Work in Backbends [1:48:12]

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Q&A PART 2 - JUNE 5, 2020 (TRANSCRIBED & INDEXED)

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• Groin Savasana [02:49]

• Niralamba Sarvangasana [05:16]

  • Action of the Inner Leg [6:34]

  • Going into Sarvangasana from Arha Halasana (LOY) [07:01]

  • Importance of Neck OFF the Blanket for Beginners in Sarvangasana [07:44]

  • Importance of Blankets and NOT Flat on the Floor [08:15]

  • Feeling C7 Vertebrae Rubbing (Not Lifting) [08:35]

  • How to Get Into Sarvangasana [09:06]

  • Upper Spine Lifting Arms Overhead, Lower Spine When Arms are Up [10:31]

  • Benefits to Thyroid Gland [10:50]

• Spondylolisthesis [12:50]

• Vertical and Horizontal Expansion in Yoga [13:55]

• Urdhva Dandasana [18:40]

  • Belt on Middle Buttock [18:44]

  • Urdhva Dandasana on Trestle [20:04]

• Adho Mukha Swastikasana on the Rope Wall [26:51]

• Urdhva Dhanurasana with Low Back Pain [29:07]

  • Belt & Block Between Top Thighs [29:37]

• Janu Sirsasana for Beginners [32:57]

• Paschimottanasana in Light on Yoga [37:04]

• Janu Sirsasana in Light on Yoga [38:50]

  • Osteoporosis Setting in When the Spinal Column Goes Down [40:38]

• Actions in Akarna Dhanurasana [44:12]

• T-Shape Poses with 2 Bolsters [47:54]

  • Supta Baddha Konasana [48:28]

• Eyebrows Forward in Paschimottanasana [50:16]

• Savasana for the Uterus [52:36]

• Rolling “Cone” with Sticky Mat [54:20]

• Supported Sarvangasana [55:20]

• Concave then Convex Poses in the Post Menstrual Sequence [56:24]

• Sirsasana Low Back Pain: Hanging on the Rope Legs Straight Slanting Plank [57:40]

• Iyengar Yoga is Not All About Alignment [59:51]

• Labral Tears [1:01:19]

• Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana Quarter Round Against the Wall, Raised Heel Supported [1:05:05]

• Knee Problems [1:07:04]

• Adho Mukha Vrksasana Leaving the Wall [1:10:19]

• Plantar Fasciitis [1:13:18]

  • Horizontal Spreading of the Belly of the Calf Muscle [1:17:36]

• Ekapada Mulabandhasana [1:18:19]

  • How to Double the Rope [1:25:01]

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Q&A Part 1 - June 5, 2020 (Transcribed & Indexed)

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• How to Pose Context-Informed Questions About Students [4:24] 

• Pregnant Women & Placenta Previa [3:28]

  • Pregnancy & Supported Standing Poses [7:26] 

    • Prasarita Padottanasana [10:46] 

  • “L-Shape” Poses [12:37]

    • Using Props at Home in Lois’ Woman’s Book [13:43]

    • Upashraya sthiti [14:07]

  • Rope One & Rope Actions [14:57]

  • Ustrasana [16:48]

• Low Back Pain & Spine [19:05]

  • Cervical Vertebra [21:01] 

  • Extreme Hip Pain [21:38] 

  • Herniated Disk [22:28]

  • Supta Padangusthasana & Creating Space [23:04]

  • Angular Standing Poses [23:34]

  • Supported Forward Bends [25:38]

• Flat Lumbar Spine [28:39]

  • Spinal Twists: Bharadvajasana, Marichyasana Three [30:17]

• Approaching Back Pain [34:29]

• Hyperextended Elbow [35:00]

• Adho Mukha Vrksasana Belt on the Forearms [37:21] 

• Blocks in Adho Mukha Svanasana [41:00]

• All Yoga is Therapy & the Progression of Yoga Medicine [48:29]

• Developing Sensitivity & Feel for Yoga Therapy (Skin, to the Muscle, to the Bone) [52:25]

• Leg Vericose Veins, Spider Veins & Gomukhasana [55:44]

  • Ghomukhasana Arm Actions [56:53]

• Virasana with a Rolled Mat for Varicose Veins [58:22]

• Virasana Toes & Ankles Up On Bolster [59:50]

• Hip Opening Lateral Standing Poses: Trikonasana, Parsvakonasana, Virabhadrasana Two & Ardha Chandrasana [1:01:30]

• Prop Setup for Supta Virasana [1:02:35]

• Popping Knees [1:08:03]

• How To Help Them: Get Them to Fall in Love with Yoga [1:08:45]

• Urdhva Prasarita Padasana At the Wall for Beginners [1:11:37]

• How to Teach Beginners on Day One [1:13:45]

• Teaching Beginners Trikonasana [1:16:26]

• Defining “Older” and “Younger” Students [1:19:10]

• Asanas for Hemorroids [1:21:50]

• Blankets to Support Unevenness in Seated Forward Bends [1:22:32]

• Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana with the Chair Setup [1:24:10]

• Stiff Hamstrings [1:25:31]

• Hip Flexor Problems [1:27:49]

• Practicing as we Age [1:28:21]

• Hand Grip & Arm Action in Padangusthasana [1:30:11]

• Achilles Tendon in Malasana & Parsvottanasana [1:31:29]

• How to Teach Parighasana [1:32:43]

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Q&A Part 2 - May 22, 2020 (Transcribed & Indexed)

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• Arthiritis - Hands & Feet - Cold Condition [2:59]

• On Practicing Yoga Outside [7:44] 

• Teaching from the Courses in Light on Yoga [8:47] 

• Propping Heels Up in Upavishta Konasana & Knee Hyperextension [9:26]

• Dandasana Heels Up [11:33]

• Observing the Calf Muscle in Arda Chandrasana [12:08]

• Acid Reflux and Uttana Padasana [12:59]

  • Barret’s Syndrome [15:22]

  • Schatzki’s Ring [16:16]

  • Acidosis and Jalandhara Bandha in Uttana Padasana [19:21]

• Belt Around Upper Thigh in Savasana [21:17]

• Scoliosis & Thoracic Curvature, Urdvha Dandasana [24:31]

  • Parsva Dandasana using a Door [28:33]

• Athsma of the Skin - Psoriasis, Eczema [31:30]

• Uttana Padasana on the Trestle [33:07]

• Tight Hips & Hamstrings [37:09]

  • Uttanasana [39:30]

  • Supta Padangusthasana, Upavistha Konasana, Baddha Konasana, Virasana [40:05]

• Practicing & Vertigo [41:43]

  • Lifting the Organic Body - Ear Ringing [45:13]

• Understanding the Source of a Problem - Pancreas Example [46:52]

• Getting Students to Breathe Through the Nose [47:58]

• Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow/Golfer’s Elbow) & Shoulder Savasana [50:47]

  • Parsva Hastasana, Urdhva Mukha Svanasana at the Wall [52:19] 

• Poses for Students with Grief [55:27]

• Enlarged Thyroid/Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis - Elongation & Roundness of the Neck [56:02] 

  • “T”-Shape Poses (Supta Virasana, Supta Baddha Konasana, Supta Swastikasana, Matsyasana) [57:25] 

• Opening the Hip Flexor - Eka Pada Rajakapotasana, Goraksasana, Matsyasana [1:00:07] 

• Pops and Cracks in Knees After Supta Virasana - Knee Book - Knee Rods [1:02:06]

  • Utthita Marichyasana One on the Trestle [1:03:43] 

  • Padmasana Keeps the Knees Healthy [1:06:49] 

• Bolster Under the Calf Muscle in Paschimottanasana Against a Wall with a Chair (Earth Element in the Legs) [1:07:01] 

• Using Blocks for Wrist Pain [1:10:02]

  • Wrist Problems [1:10:36]

• Palms Out in Adho Mukha Vrksasana [1:11:24]

• Diastasis During Pregnancy - Utkatasana at the Wall [1:12:41]

• Developing Subjective Intelligence & the Importance of Having a Teacher [1:13:48]

• Vertigo & Twisting (Bharadvajasana) [1:14:38]

• Achalasia & Dysmotility of Esophagus - Supine Poses & Uttana Padasana [1:15:36]

• Back of Knee Pain in Forward Bends [1:17:03]

• Frozen Shoulder [1:17:54]

  • Shoulder Freedom [1:18:38]

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Q&A Part 1 - May 22, 2020 (Transcribed & Indexed)

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• Diabetes and Edema in the Legs (Peripheral Approaches: Inversions, Upavistha Konasana, Baddha Konasana) (3:41)

• Legs Squeezing in Supported Gomukhasana (4:46) and Classic Gomukhasana (5:45)

The circulation of the blood goes three times through the entire body in one minute. So that's why longer timings are good to have more circulation. (7:42)

• ‘Yoga Asana Anatomy’ By Dr. Hermann Traitteur (9:24)

• Sequencing Halasana, Setu Bandha Sarvangasana, Shoulder Balance Family (12:08)

• Incorrect Viparita Karani (12:33)

• The Pancreas and Twists (13:11)

• Twists in the Chair (14:03)

• Anantasana for Shoulder Problems (15:18)

• Hip Replacements (18:15)

  • Understand a Student’s Condition Before Prescribing Asana: Get More Information (20:39)

  • Make Students Feel Safe (23:17)

What is their limitation with the replacement device? How can you make them feel stable and secure in all categories of poses?

• Choking Sensation & Trouble Swallowing in Jalandhara Bandha (25:25)

• Hamstring Savasana & Avoiding Poses that Pull (28:21)

• Belt Safety to Avoid Cutting off Circulation (30:22)

• Subtlety/Sukshma in Tadasana (32:11)

• Trouble Sleeping After a Backbend Practice (35:14)

  • Citta Prasadanam in Backbends (36:34)

• Stiff Knees and Virasana Variations (40:33)

• Knee in Long Holds of Virasana & Plantar Fasciitis (45:34)

• Imbalances and Aging (46:58)

• Hip Bursa (49:54)

• Thyroid Problems (50:35)

• Hypothyroidism (52:19)

• Soft Throat and Neck in Trikonasana (52:55)

• Fractured Metacarpal (54:31)

• Strengthening Bones (58:10)

• Practicing with Imbalanced Issues on Left and Right Sides of the Body (1:00:37)

• Acceptance and Indifference (1:02:42)

• Deviated Septum, Polyps (1:05:37)

  • Unhealthy Mouth Breathing (1:07:06)

• Padmasana Ankle Pain - Knee Tightness (1:08:31)

• Classical Alignment of Ardha Chandrasana (1:11:35)

• Chaturanga Dandasana (1:16:54)

• Time of Day to Practice (1:20:27)

• Teaching without Detail for Mental Illness (1:21:08)

• Headache, Heavy Bleeding, Endometriosis, Fibroids, Anemia (1:23:38)

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Q&A Part 2 - May 1, 2020 (Transcribed & Indexed)

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• Sirsasana variations using a chair against a wall (00:23)

• How can I improve Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana for Junior two (1:15)

• Supta Padangusthasana classic (6:00)

• Urdhva Prasarita Eka Padasana pelvis and leg upward rotation (8:51)

• Virabhadrasana III for menstruation (9:41)

• Urdhva Prasarita Padasana (10:13)

• Eka Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana (Leg Up, Chest Down/teeter-totter) (10:27)

• Supta Padangusthasana One, Two, Three, Four (15:24)

• Supta Padangusthasana (one), Akunchanasana in Supta Padangusthasana (two), Parshva Supta Padangusthasana (three) and Parivrtta Supta Padangusthasana (four) (16:46)

• Sacroiliac Pain and Padmasana (17:01)

• Loose Padmasana (21:43)

• Hiatal Hernia (22:57)

• Utkatasana (24:26)

• Diastasis in Pregnancy (24:50)

• Healing from Hernia Surgery (28:08)

• Virabhadrasana One Supported (30:24)

• Setu Bandha Sarvangasana on Cross Bolsters (32:04)

• Abdominal Surgeries (34:04)

• Virabhadrasana Three Supported (34:30)

• Ardha Chandrasana Fully Supported (34:49)

• Pranayama Sequences and New Levels (35:18)

• Pranayama Build-Up: Ujjayis & Vilomas (37:03)

• Nadhi Shodhana, Anuloma, Pratiloma, Surya Bhedana, Chandra Bhedana (38:42)

• Angular Standing Poses - Top Hip Back Bottom Hip Forward (40:36)

• Angular Standing Poses - Abdominal Effect with the Wall (41:53)

• The “Comfort Zone” in Iyengar Yoga (43:09)

• In Asana, how do you see or feel the femur head? (44:22)

• Parshva Hastasana at the wall (46:43)

• Menopause, Menses, Pregnancy Heating Conditions (49:04)

• Oiling the Hips in Supta Padangusthasana (50:08)

• 108 Surya Namaskars & Menopause (51:54)

• Forward Bends for Students with Back Pain & Sciatica (53:43)

• Sciatica & Lateral Standing Poses (55:39)

• Respiratory Sequence and Covid 19 (58:54)

• Chronic Vaginal Candida Yeast Infection: T-Shapes (59:25)

• Headache, Sirsasana & Facing the Wall (1:03:42)

• Sirsasana: Out of Order, Back Crown (01:08:19)

• Sarvangasana to Bhekasana Good for the Back (1:10:20)

• Yoga Rest for Groins (1:12:47)

• Respiratory Sequence & Six Poses to Maintain Healthy Organic Body: Sirsasana, Viparita Dandasana, Halasana, Setu Bandha Sarvangasana, Salamba Sarvangasana, and Viparita Karani (1:15:44)

• Angular Utthita Trikonasana for Hurting Femurs & Hip Dysplasia (1:17:56)

• Philosophy, the Yoga Sutras and Kantha Kupe (1:21:30)

• Adho Mukha Vrksasana & the Wall (1:22:39)

• Good Pain and Bad Pain (1:23:57)

• Labrum Problems & Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana at the Wall (1:24:59)

• Right Side Coming out of Poses on the Ground: Surya Nadis (1:27:45)

5/1/20 Q&A - Part 2 Full Transcript

Q&A Part 1 - May 1, 2020 (Transcribed & Indexed)

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• Malasana II (0:32)

• Akrana Dhanurasana (2:55)

• What is a good practice if you get the virus? (5:40)

• In Parsvottanasana is it better to use a wedge or board to reduce the space between the legs in order to find balance? (12:11)

• How to improve one-legged balances? (17:25)

• Chatush Padasana (25:20)

• How do you get into Salamba Sarvangasana without getting that painful compression in the lower back? (25:56)

• The Belt in Salamba Sarvangasana (27:47)

• Spine Lifting in Sarvangasana (30:44)

• Common Question: "What should we practice more?” (34:19)

• The Four Forward Bends (34:57)

• Joining the feet in Gomukhasana (35:53)

• Janusirsasana (41:30)

• Knee Problems (43:32)

• Knee Book (44:42)

• Torn Supraspinatus (44:56)

• Ardha Matsyendrasana shin and thigh (46:39)

• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (49:06)

• Hysterectomy (51:19)

• Salamba Sarvangasana lower back soreness (56:49)

• Back Bend Practices (57:16)

• Kapotasana dropping back (58:48)

• Scoliosis (59:53)

• Chronic rotator cuff issue (1:03:32)

• Shoulders in Adho Mukha Vrksasana (1:04:22)

• Shoulder Savasana (1:05:30)

• Arms and hands in Urdhva Dhanurasana (1:06:17)

• Varicose Veins (1:06:52)

• Gastric Reflux (1:11:00)

• Jathara Parivartanasana pelvis movement (1:13:40)

• Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana and the wall (1:15:11)

• Fibroids in the uterus (1:16:51)

• Hip Bursitis (1:20:00)

• Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana right leg up indication from the outside of the foot towards the hip, like in Baddha Konasana? (1:21:50)

• Folded blanket on top of a bolster for Niralamba Sarvangasana in the woman's post menstrual practice (1:24:38)

• How do I teach beginners Sarvangasana? (1:25:45)

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