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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]

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

  • 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]

  • 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]

  • 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]

  • 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]

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