• Inner Knee Pain - Lotus Pose Not Blooming
    Inner Knee Pain - Lotus Pose Not Blooming

    Author David Keil

    Pain on the inside of the knee seems to be the most popular and is almost always associated with the leg being in a half or full lotus position.
  • Got Sit Bone Pain-What to do with that hamstring
    Got Sit Bone Pain-What to do with that hamstring

    Author David Keil

    Although not my regular advice, the most common way people are told to deal with pulled hamstrings is to bend their knees in their forward bends. The idea is that by bending your knees you shorten the hamstrings. By shortening the hamstrings you reduce the amount of pull or tension placed on them. It sounds good in theory.
  • Mulha Bandha Anatomically Speaking
    Mulha Bandha Anatomically Speaking

    Author David Keil

    As an anatomy teacher I do try to bridge the gap between the subtle esoteric aspects of the energetic system and the practice of yoga and put it into western terms of anatomy.  In the area of bandhas, I am careful to not too strongly make it into a physical anatomical thing. Instead, I acknowledge that bandhas are both, energetic and physical as is our entire body. We are not just energy, not just emotions, not just spiritual, not just thoughts, not just physical, but all of these at once.