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Yoga and the Neck Smart Yoga Tip

Duration: 2 minutes
Level: All Levels
Views: 2231

Keeping the neck healthy in yoga. This SmartYoga video tip focusses on techniques for maintaining length and strength through the neck and cervical spine while performing various yoga postures.

Tags: Yoga Tips, Yoga, neck, smart yoga

Teacher - Jesse Enright

Jesse Enright

Location:  Vancouver, CA

Seeking a deeper connection to myself through my physical being, I began actively practicing yoga fifteen years ago. My studies in yoga have included the systems of Sivananda, Ashtanga Vinyasa, Iyengar, Anusara and Vijnana Yoga. It's my...

Comments (6)

  • bpinto
    bpinto

    Posted on June 5, 2010 at 3:45 am

    jessie you have a gods given gift for teaching. my rotator cuff is torn what can I do ? please help. blanche

  • Robina
    robina

    Posted on May 3, 2010 at 9:28 am

    what you say makes total sense Jesse.. I always wonder why all these ancient yoga texts show backbends with the neck pinched back? BKS Iyengar's Light on Yoga demonstrates it this way. Is it ever ok to do it this way?

  • dtpbach
    dtpbach

    Posted on March 18, 2010 at 5:00 pm

    Please please please can you film more anatomy videos! You have this gift of making this so interesting and easy to understand and retain. Rock on Jesse!

  • ehaskell
    ehaskell

    Posted on March 14, 2010 at 5:44 am

    great explanation. i did some "upward facing dog" or "serpent poses" yesterday and my neck feels a little out of whack. now i know why. thanks for the tips, jesse.

  • bpinto
    bpinto

    Posted on March 13, 2010 at 2:40 am

    hello jessie, you are an excellent teacher. please make your classes last atleast 1 hr. could you give 1 hour class of restorative yoga. thankyou in advance. blanche.

  • newtoyoga
    newtoyoga

    Posted on March 7, 2010 at 12:14 pm

    Really helpful. Thank you

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