Active Yoga

21/04/2017

¿A qué se dedica?A hacer más llevadero a otros seres humanos el camino hacia su destino final.Enfermos terminales.Intento paliar su sufrimiento, ayudo a bien morir.Se llama cuidados paliativos...

04/04/2017

La importancia de aprender a soltar

Las instrucciones básicas del Buda para practicar atención plena de la respiración.

22/12/2016

What is Fascia?
Fascia is tough connective tissue that creates a 3-dimensional web extending without interruption from head to toe. Fascia surrounds and infuses every muscle, bone, nerve, blood vessel, and organ, all the way down to the cellular level.

The fascial system affects every system and function in your body- musculoskeletal, neurological, metabolic, etc. The white, glistening fibers you see when you pull a piece of meat apart or when you pull chicken skin away is fascia.

What is Fascia made of ?
Fascia consists of a complex which has three parts:
1. Elastin fibers - This is the elastic and stretchable part of the complex.

2. Collagen fibers - These fibers are extremely tough and give support to the
structure.

3. Ground substance/matrix: A gelatinous like substance that transports metabolic
material throughout the body

What does fascia do?
The fascial system generally supports, stabilizes, and cushions. Fascia creates separation between vessels, organs, bones, and muscles. It creates space through which delicate nerves, blood vessels, and fluids can pass.

What are Fascial Restrictions?
In a healthy state, the collagen fibers wrap around the elastic fibers in a relaxed, wavy configuration. Trauma, repetitive motion, inflammation, or poor posture can cause the fascia to become solidified and shortened. These thickened areas are referred to as a fascial restriction. Fascial restrictions have the capacity of creating up to 2,000 pounds of pressure per square inch in a restricted area. That crushing pressure can compromise any physiological system in the body resulting in pain and dysfunction.

The fascia throughout the body is all interconnected like the yarn in a sweater or a complex spider web. A restriction in one area of the body creates tension throughout this web pulling on other distant structures. This explains why some people may have pain that appears unrelated to their original injury. Furthermore, myofascial restrictions do not show up on common standardized tests such as x-rays, MRI, CAT scans, etc.

Fascial restrictions can pull the body out of its normal alignment, compressing joint surfaces and bulging disks, resulting in pain, loss of motion, and weakness.

Info collected from Spine - Health, Mayo Clinic, NIH & Medterms
Art by Dan Beckemeyer

25/02/2016

Secuencia Yin para el invierno!

Restore vitality and vibrancy with a practice that focuses on Kidney and Urinary Bladder meridian pair, primary organs that move water through the...

14/02/2016

Buenísima esta entrevista!

Join Anatomy master Stu Girling as he interviews Maty Ezraty. Maty speaks about her approach to Ashtanga, The differences between the Iyengar and Ashtanga tr...

11/02/2016

Muy interesante la conexión entre fascias y cuerpo energético!

La fascia se puede entender a groso modo, como la unión entre el cuerpo físico y el sistema de energía del yogaL. La filosofía del yoga enseña que hay diversos niveles de energía sutil o prana que nos unen a un campo expandido de conciencia. Este cuerpo de energía alberga nuestra fuerza vital y la …

30/12/2015

Un interesante diálogo

In a lecture series Professor Thurman, Richard Freeman, and John Campbell compare and contrast the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and the Brilliant Illumination of the Lamp of the Five Stages. Bob and Richard discuss the first few verses of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. They discuss atman, raja yoga, mahasiddhas,…

28/10/2015

Sólo con 20 min de saludos al sol ya marca la diferencia!

It turns out, you don't have to commit to a full hour of yoga practice to reap its many benefits.

25/10/2015

Pues manos a la obra no?!

Reina sobre tu mente, o ella te dominará a ti.

06/09/2015

Interesante! Cada vez me encuentro más problemas relacionados con dolor en el sacro

Some of us have more mobility in the sacroiliac joints which can create potential problems. Certain things you do in a yoga class can make it much worse.

08/06/2015

Muy interesante trabajar con la respiración para evitar el dolor de espalda en backbends

Here's how to protect yourself in backbending yoga poses to avoid pain and injury, but still reap the asana benefits.

31/05/2015

Un placer acompañar a Xuan-Lan Yoga en esta masterclass!!

Xuan-Lan, Bea, Carolina y Antoine, los profesores de que han guiado esta maravillosa 2015. Muchas gracias a todos por formar parte de este gran movimiento yogi