Hip – Healthy Asana

As a longtime yoga teacher and physical therapist, I simply cannot imagine a better book than this one to guide yoga teachers and students toward joint health. It opens our eyes, hearts, and minds to the fact that true yoga practice is not about pushing oneself to be better. Rather, it is about allowing compassion to shape our asana practice as well as our minds, so that we can create healthy hip joints and healthy lives.

HE MIND-BODY BENEFITS of daily yoga practice are unquestionably positive, but as yoga has become more popular, an increasing number of yoga   practitioners of all ages are suffering from hip and lower back pain and intense sacroiliac joint (SI) discomfort. The urge to push yourself too far, too fast, can result in  hip pain or injury. The key to protecting your joints and maintaining healthy hips   for the long term is to cultivate strength and stability rather than focusing primarily   on flexibility.

Hip-Healthy Asana is the yoga practitioner’s essential guide to fully understanding, preventing, and relieving hip pain in asana practice, along with practice tips, modifications, and sequences that enhance hip strength and stability for a sustainable practice that can last through every age and stage of life.