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  • 659. Wednesday Q&A: Motivating Movement, Training for Equestrians, Pain During In-Person Classes, & PNF

    659. Wednesday Q&A: Motivating Movement, Training for Equestrians, Pain During In-Person Classes, & PNF

     

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

     

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about how to motivate people to move, training for equestrians, why pain is coming back during in-person classes, & PNF. 

     

    Your questions:

    • I feel like I’m surrounded by inert people – my husband, my family, my coworkers… I’m not a teacher but want to ask how to encourage others in your life to get off their bums and move. Signed, frustrated and concerned for humanity.
    • Our pony injured himself. He’s okay and he’ll be fine. But his recovery will take months and all that we can do regarding exercise and movement in this time will be walking on flat, solid ground. There will, of course, be lots of cuddling for him and carrots, gentle stretching, mobilization, fascial release, silly tricks, etc. I got him. But what about me? I need to substitute our regular movement, which is riding, walking, running together on varied ground for me. I want to be ready when he comes back from his injury, I estimate that we’ll slowly start back mid-June again. I want to use this time to explore and improve across the movement spectrum. His injury frees up two of my resources, time and energy. No planning for his training, taking care of him, etc. etc. So what do I do? Both specific suggestions and general advice are welcome and have fun with it. I have lots of ideas, but I know that you’ll have excellent advice and I’m looking forward to your perspective.
    • I feel so much better after ten months of LYT. My chronic neck and back pain is gone. My question is that I notice when I go to in-person classes, whether it’s yoga, pilates, strength training, I tend to get a little bit of the pain again afterwards. So is this in my head or how do I deal with this? Up my LYT to four times a week? I’m currently doing 2 to 3 times a week. I will do whatever, would be fine with more LYT but was just thinking I needed to add more different classes in my routine, but maybe not? Second guessing it.
    • Thoughts on PNF? I’m very familiar with this technique, however, strongly depends on who. I’m asking this since my colleague who’s a yoga/pilates instructor, not physio, offers this as a private for 60 to 90 minutes. It’s popular and clients seem to like it. But my physio brain doesn’t. Doesn’t seem safe to do it for so long nor necessary for the whole body and for virtually anyone. Thoughts? Clients are just average people and not athletes.

     

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  • 657. Wednesday Q&A: Knee Pain, Spinal Rotation, Protective Tension in the Body, & Neutral Pelvis/Triple S While Running/Walking

    657. Wednesday Q&A: Knee Pain, Spinal Rotation, Protective Tension in the Body, & Neutral Pelvis/Triple S While Running/Walking

     

     

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

     

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about knee pain, the risks of spinal rotation, holding tension in the body from previous injuries, and how to move around holding neutral pelvis and spine.

     

    Your questions:

    • My question is about my partner who recently developed pain in the front inside of his knee. He has just started training for a half marathon and after just a couple of runs he noticed the pain while he was running. He cycles, plays squash and football. And I think quite importantly as a photographer, which means he often finds himself in awkward positions trying to get the shot. For example, he often has to lower his body into a kind of low lunge with the bottom knee hovering and then stays there for a while while he shoots. He has an inkling that some of these awkward positions might have something to do with the knee pain. I think it’s also important to note that in early 2021, he fell playing football and the fatty tissue of his knee was swollen for five months. I thought it would be a good idea to ask, number one where you think the supposed pain might be coming from. And number two, any ideas for him to continue training for the half marathon without encouraging more pain or at worst, creating further injury?
    • In all LYT classes we do spinal (I mean, all segments of the spine) rotation, whether it’s in the reset, in supine, or in sequences. Over the last year, I have heard from a few students that they’re osteopath or physio or even integrative doctors are telling them to practice these rotational movements sparingly as they lead to build up sometimes more tension in the body than the benefit we usually credit them, not in LYT by the way. Have you heard of any similar recommendations or client feedback? 
    • In some classes, yoga, meditation, etc. there’s an invitation to observe where we feel that our body might hold tension. One of my students, 56, had rotator cuff surgery a few years back, and I notice that I keep reminding her a couple of times to relax her right shoulder. She said that she feels like her shoulder got stuck in a sort of defensive position that translates in this tensed-up way of holding as it was before the surgery. And also since then, she was inwardly thinking, “Oh, I don’t want to hurt my shoulder,” “I should be careful of my shoulder,” etc. I feel like there might be something to it as it seems really unconscious. But I was also wondering if it’s also related to suboptimal posture, habits, and brain wiring. 
    • Can you talk about neutral pelvis and Triple S while walking, running, etc.? How does it work when one has to look down to avoid tripping on things or falling on uneven ground?

     

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  • 655. Wednesday Q&A: The Posture Episode!

    655. Wednesday Q&A: The Posture Episode!

     

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

     

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about if it’s possible to improve your posture, how your feet impact your posture and vice versa, feeling tension while holding “Triple S”, regaining good posture after being compacted, and how Lara and Kristin’s posture has improved through practicing LYT. 

     

    Your questions:

    • I know I have really terrible posture and it makes me feel sad, but I don’t even know where to start. Is it possible to improve my posture? Or am I a hopeless case?
    • How do I distribute weight uniformly on both feet? My worn-out footwear tells me that my weight is falling to the big toe side.
    • Will the tension in “Triple S” lessen the more I put my body in that position? Will my muscles loosen and adjust to Triple S eventually? Will it become more my normal stance? Because right now I’m feeling tension in Triple S directly where I hold my stress.
    • If I’m in a car for a long period of time, in a compacted state, and I get out, if I improve my posture over time, will I be able to get back up and out of that contracted state a little bit faster?
    • How has your posture changed with LYT?

     

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  • 652. Wednesday Q&A: 90/90 Lunge Hip Pain, Deep Squats, & Overtraining

    652. Wednesday Q&A: 90/90 Lunge Hip Pain, Deep Squats, & Overtraining

     

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

     

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about hip pain in a 90/90 lunge, how to work on your deep squats, and whether overtraining is really a big problem for women. 

     

    Your questions:

    • I recently stepped up how much LYT I have been practicing from maybe a couple of times a week, postpartum classes. Building myself back up to now, practicing every day. It feels great. However, I have recently started to feel an ache just in front of my right hip where the femur head meets the acetabulum. I figure it’s hip impingement, so I’m going less deep into my squats and lunges and really focusing on pelvic positioning. I only practice LYT, so don’t do any sinking forward hip-opening stretches. I feel a squeeze anteriorly if I do a deep flex, but the real irritation comes at the extension end when I do a 90/90 lunge. When I hang out in slight anterior tilt with no glute engagement, against all your advice, I know, it feels fine. But when I draw my pubis up and engage my glute, it really feels like it’s driving my femur head forwards in the labrum and pressing into it making it sore. I’m refraining from curling my toes under at the moment, which seems to take some of the pressure off. I don’t feel this discomfort in any other postures except for similar reasons in a high crescent lunge. Could it be that I’m overdoing it with the glute activation and actually going into posture tilt? Or do I just need to back off for a while and let the tissues recover? If so, are there any LYT classes that would be suitable for the hip impingement recovery period, or alternatively, ways to modify where it wouldn’t put pressure on that area? 
    • Recently, Lara posted an Instagram story in which she does a viral fitness challenge that I’ve been noticing, popping in a few variations for a while. The challenge consisted of going from standing with ankles cross to a cross-legged seated position to high kneel then springing back to low squat, all without using hands. It really is driving me nuts that I can’t do this because I feel like it highlights some weakness and restriction. I’ve been struggling with low squat for years. I suspect one part of my problem is ankle dorsiflexion because if I place a lift under my heels, I can do a squat. Low squats usually feel bad in my knees, even with a heel lift. Add in the cross ankles, I just like to plop, no control in lowering. The kneeling part is a piece of cake, but popping back into a squat, that seems an impossible feat. I have problems with getting my hips up high enough in poses like crow or even happy squat. I have some knee problems. Double pigeon feels great to me, as do all external rotation moves. I recently, a year ago, had a torn meniscus in the knee, ruptured popliteal cyst, and average arthritis. Doing LYT has all but solved my knee issues except when I try to do those low squat squats. Probably not relevant, but I did break my right femoral neck in an accident two and a half years ago. I think it’s fine now. Any advice is appreciated. 
    • I was wondering if you could share your thoughts about overtraining. I feel like I’ve been seeing a lot come by lately on social media stating the disastrous effects of overtraining, particularly for women with hormonal balance and all due to exercise creating a stress response in the body without actually going into detail about anything. I feel like only very little of us will actually run into this problem. Could you elaborate a little on this? Symptoms, for example. How much of an issue is it really in our society? I feel like lack of movement is the bigger issue, at least in my community. I feel like the social media post just kind of send out this message that some women are weak and should focus more on resting, which is something I just don’t align with at all for many reasons. I’d be curious to hear your thoughts about it.

     

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  • 650. Wednesday Q&A: Carrying Angles, Calcified Ligaments, Advice on a Student, & How LYT Helps You Breathe

    650. Wednesday Q&A: Carrying Angles, Calcified Ligaments, Advice on a Student, & How LYT Helps You Breathe

     

     

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about carrying angles, calcified ligaments, advice on handling a difficult student, and how LYT helps you breathe better. 

     

    • I’ve practiced other forms of yoga for many years with specific pranayama. But I find for the first time that my breath is bigger, since starting LYT. I feel lighter and I’m more connected. Why is that, when I’ve been practicing pranayama for many years?
    • Lara, you posted on Mark’s carrying angle. What is that and when to be concerned?
    • How often do ligaments calcify?
    • How to kindly respond to the objection of a student who persistently complains that the class is difficult, even though it’s described as the most advanced class in the yoga center. The student refuses the proposal to attend less challenging classes because it’s too difficult for her. The student breathes hard and loud in class, but still always chooses the most challenging transitions and positions. With her dissatisfaction to fulfill some of her expectations that she couldn’t achieve, she spreads negative energy that others notice and even bothers them. 

     

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  • 648. Wednesday Q&A: Moving Better With Age, Yoga for Disc Herniation, & the Best Time to Workout

    648. Wednesday Q&A: Moving Better With Age, Yoga for Disc Herniation, & the Best Time to Workout

     

     

     

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about moving better as we age, LYT yoga for cervical disc herniation, and the best time of day to workout. 

     

    • From the Wednesday Q&A podcast regarding cervical disc herniation, if a client has a slipped disk at the cervical spine and was advised by her chiro to do soft yoga or gentle, needing to avoid down dog, is it okay if she continues our LYT yoga practice? At some point, I kind of know the answer, because that’s what we highlight in a lot of classes, that neutral spine position and definitely working with the cervical neck flexors to strengthen. But I would like to hear more insights from you both. 
    • Many people believe that aging comes with a decline in physical ability, but research and experience show that this does not have to be the case. Do you think that we can get better as we age? Learn our thoughts.
    • Is it better to workout in the morning or later in the day?

     

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  • 646. Wednesday Q&A: Challenging Injuries/Illnesses, Extreme Hands-On Adjustments, & One Thing You Can’t Live Without

    646. Wednesday Q&A: Challenging Injuries/Illnesses, Extreme Hands-On Adjustments, & One Thing You Can’t Live Without

     

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

     

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about Lara and Kristin’s challenging injuries or illnesses, extreme hands-on adjustments, and the one thing you can’t live without. 

     

    Your questions:

    • What’s the most challenging injury or illness you’ve had and how did you get through it?
    • I have seen many yoga studios and teachers posting on social media photos of doing adjustments to students in classes, for example, a seated forward fold, another person lying on the back for whatever reason, and some other adjustments and help when students are holding in poses. My question is, are we supposed to use our body weights on people or is it safe to even do any kind of these so-called adjustments? 
    • What is one thing that you can’t live without?

     

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  • 643. Wednesday Q&A: Adrenal Fatigue, Clunking Hip, & Oblique Release

    643. Wednesday Q&A: Adrenal Fatigue, Clunking Hip, & Oblique Release

     

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

     

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about what to do for adrenal fatigue, what is going on when you feel a clunk in your hip, and how to release tight obliques. 

     

    Your questions:

    • I have a long-term acquaintance who told me she has adrenal fatigue. She confided that long-term stress and life has brought this on. She’s approximately 60 years of age. Any suggestions? I would dearly love to help her and wonder what you might suggest. Does she need to get on top of her fatigue before we might be able to do some gentle LYT yoga? She is under medical and naturopathic treatment. She previously had been exercising, unsure what she was doing, but hasn’t done anything for quite a while.
    • What is the clunk in one hip that sometimes happens while doing ab work lying on the back?
    • Do you know how to release a contracted side oblique? It seems one has learned to hold very strongly and is only convinced to relax via exercises. 

     

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