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• 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.
• Bringing attention to the strengthening needs as well as the relaxation needs around postural imbalance is required before sustainable change is possible.
• The asanas of the Structural Yoga Therapy™ model come from a kinesiological analysis of basic Iyengar Yoga poses.
• These 24 fundamental poses were chosen because they contain all the directions of joint motion and thus can be used to strengthen or relax/stretch the major skeletal muscles.