The following principles will help you establish a comfortable routine. Adjust your body for comfort first, regardless of “looking good like a yogi should.” Always make an effort to extend your spine. Relax the physical and psychic effort required to hold the posture. Make a conscious scan of your body to relax all those

When a person's nervous system has not learned to relax during motion, the muscular tension can cause damage to the cartilage or joint capsule.

I encourage students in my classes to tell me where they feel the poses for two reasons. First, I want them to be practicing self-observation as much as possible. By focusing your attention on yourself, you are more inclined to self-adjust and lessen your tension. Second, I want to protect them from hurting themselves or working in detrimental ways

insights into how adjustments through Hatha Yoga to relieve subtle postural tensions can sometimes bring people into an immediate experience of their own innate Presence of Yoga.

Contrary to popular belief, muscles do not stretch. Rather, they relax as a neurological reflex in reaction to the contraction of their opposing muscles. What we feel when we say we are stretching is the release of residual muscle contraction and the stretch of the fascia fibers surrounding the muscle tissue.

By focusing your attention on yourself, you are more inclined to self-adjust and lessen your tension. Second, I want to protect them from hurting themselves or working in detrimental ways.

The right way will alleviate the sources of your stress and physical tension. The right way just plain feels good. Where you feel the poses will vary according to your postural imbalances, your strength, and your flexibility.

Since I know anatomy and yoga better than most of my students, I know where the safe and unsafe places are in every yogasana.

Bringing attention to the strengthening needs as well as the relaxation needs around postural imbalance is required before sustainable change is possible.