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Category: Wednesday Q&A

  • 368 | Wednesday Q&A with Kristin Williams | March 17, 2021

    Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!

     

    Your questions:

    • Lately, when I get up into a handstand and nearly fall out, reaching my right arm forwards, I find myself having better balance in this awkward right arm forward diagonal position and can hold it there long. I know this probably isn’t correct or good for the body. What do you think might be causing this, and how do you correct it?
    • My hands are cupped, and I can’t get them flat. Any suggestions?
    • Pain around the ilium: What can make it worse or better?
    • I have bone spurs in my low back. Is the movement the same as with bulging discs and arthritis?
    • Are there any stretches or movements that I can do to keep the knees mobile?

     

    Do you have a question?

    • DM me on Instagram: @lara.heimann
    • Email me at lara@old.lytyoga.com
  • 365 | Wednesday Q&A with Kristin Williams | March 10, 2021

    365 | Wednesday Q&A with Kristin Williams | March 10, 2021

    Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!


    Your questions:

    • What do you think about custom shoe inserts?
    • Can right-sided low back hip, upper hamstring, scapula, and trapezius pain all be related?
    • Tips for down dog at the wall?
    • What do you think of inversion tables for back pain?
    • Do percussive massage guns work?
    • Is it okay to do LYT™ with a history of hip dislocation? What should I look out for?
    • I’ve had twelve years of SI pain from yoga seated twists. Poses to modify, avoid, and how to strengthen?


    Do you have a question?

    • DM me on Instagram: @lara.heimann
    • Email me at lara@old.lytyoga.com
  • 362 | Wednesday Q&A with Kristin Williams | March 3, 2021

    362 | Wednesday Q&A with Kristin Williams | March 3, 2021

    Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!


    Your questions:

    • How do you prevent the upper traps from overfiring in down dog with the arms overloaded?
    • Can you discuss your take on belly breathing vagus nerve pelvic floor pressure?
    • Does the plyo work you incorporate have the same effect on cartilage as running?
    • Any advice for tabletop swings?
    • Any thoughts about starting PT through telehealth without a physical exam first?
    • What’s your favorite part about teaching?


    Do you have a question?

    • DM me on Instagram: @lara.heimann
    • Email me at lara@old.lytyoga.com

  • 359 | Wednesday Q&A with Kristin Williams | February 24, 2021

    Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!

     

    Your questions:

    • Any tips for helping your posture when you compete in a sport or work that affects it?
    • What are your thoughts on following a LYT training track versus pursuing a yoga therapy certification through IAYT?
    • Why is my back twinging in certain poses?
    • What happens when I experience back pain after a core workout?

     

    Do you have a question?

    • DM me on Instagram: @lara.heimann
    • Email me at lara@old.lytyoga.com
  • 356 | Wednesday Q&A with Kristin Williams | February 17, 2021

    356 | Wednesday Q&A with Kristin Williams | February 17, 2021

    Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!


    Your questions:

    • Can posture make you have a hump at the top of your spine, and if you correct your posture, will it fix itself?
    • If yoga is used to move the spine in ways to improve posture, doesn’t it also work with the muscles to improve one’s posture in a muscular sense, and does movement in a yoga practice train the nervous system to bring our bodies into a proper posture?
    • I’ve heard that massage can also help improve posture through manipulation of the muscle tissue. I’ve heard it’s especially helpful for people with rounded shoulders. Is this true?
    • What is the root cause of dorsal kyphosis?


    Do you have a question?

    • DM me on Instagram: @lara.heimann
    • Email me at lara@old.lytyoga.com

  • 353 | Wednesday Q&A with Kristin Williams | February 10, 2021

    Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!


    Your questions:

    • Why do you do handstands or something similar in nearly all of your post?
    • I struggle with posterior tilt of the pelvis, your yoga helps a lot but my biggest problem is when I sleep. I sleep on my stomach and find my low back hurts if I keep my legs straight. It helps to bend one leg out to the side, but is there anything else I can do?
    • Poses to avoid in lordosis or any adjustments we need to make?
    • Where can I get more information about your training?
    • What stretch is good for my tired nape, the base of my skull? Is it stress related?
    • How to help someone modify Goddess pose when they can’t tuck their tailbone?

     

    Do you have a question?

    • DM me on Instagram: @lara.heimann
    • Email me at lara@old.lytyoga.com
  • 350 | Wednesday Q&A with Kristin Williams | February 3, 2021

    350 | Wednesday Q&A with Kristin Williams | February 3, 2021

    Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!


    Your questions:

    • Do you teach/recommend any mind exercise to heal the body, for example lower back pain?
    • If you could only do one activity for the rest of your life besides yoga, what would it be?
    • Can you talk about functional movement off the mat?
    • Posture form tips for snow shoveling?
    • Have you ever been injured? What was it, and how did you overcome it?


    Do you have a question?

    • DM me on Instagram: @lara.heimann
    • Email me at lara@old.lytyoga.com
  • 347 | Wednesday Q&A with Kristin Williams | January 27, 2021

    347 | Wednesday Q&A with Kristin Williams | January 27, 2021

    Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!


    Your questions:

    • Please talk about running and your professional opinion on it as exercise?
    • How do you organize your work/schedule?
    • Secrets to staying motivated and upbeat during this pandemic?
    • Headstands versus handstands? Pros and cons?
    • Does hip opening yoga work for teeth grinding?
    • I can’t get my head to the wall in neutral with the SSS, how can I lengthen my neck?


    Do you have a question?


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