Neck Safety and Yoga Inversions

My Yoga Online added a new yoga anatomy article by Dr. Robin Armstrong, chiropractor, titled Neck Safety and Yoga Inversions. If your yoga practice includes, or may one day include yoga inversion postures, than read this important safety article.

Turning the World Safely Upside Down-The Safe Practice of Headstand and Shoulderstand Yoga Poses

Yoga inversions can be a joyful, empowering, perspective-altering experience. They require us to do things with our body that we might not have experienced since childhood. What makes yoga inversions so exciting is the fact we are using our arms and heads in ways we do not normally do. We can also make them high risk, leaving us susceptible to injury. Our necks, in particular, can bear the brunt of injuries in certain inversions.

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