Alginment Ideals
In Chromatic Yoga we look at alginment from the standpoint of bennefits and drawbacks wrather than right or wrong. There are thousands of alignments that are excellent and only a few that have the potential for harm that we would likely opt out of. In the case of down dog – because most students have been told to relax their shoulders whenever their arms are over head there are tons of shoulder impingement issues in the Yoga community around the world. This is why I created this video to help you avoid impingement so you can continue to practice comfortably in your body. There are many ways to avoid shoulder impingement but many of them are complex and challenging, this is perhaps the simplest and easiest to attain in your practice.
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Patrick's Top Tips
Peak Postures to use:
Adduction: Frog, Wide Legged Forward Fold, Crow
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