- New Beginnings, recovering from a set back.
- The art of listening to the gentle healing voice, and not heed as much the louder yapping ego voice.
- Teaching & Technology, People wanting to come back into the room. The difference of teaching for a streaming class to a camera, vs teaching to a live class with living human beings.
- Creating an art form that feeds your own personal passion, vs a passion that other people (public) wants.
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- On the cusp of getting knee surgery, Greg opted not to get a surgery for torn meniscus, with doing Avita yoga, the knee has improved.
Joints Love Pressure.
- The immense as yet, unseen value on our bodies (joints, tendons) that an Avita practice can have.
- Marcia speaks about her wrist injury, and how to manage tendonitis in her hand.
- Cortisone is a longterm painkiller, it does not promote healing. An alternative consideration for getting a cortisone shot: When pain is too intense, a shot makes the pain tolerable so we can investigate the discomfort, which is valuable feedback.
Too much — too fast — is called injury.
- Virasana for the Hands:
Live hand work, example shapes to address tendonitis in hands.
Live hand work, example shapes to address trigger finger stiffness. - Jeff talks about gripping the strap, and normal healthy joint development from when we are babies.
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- Any movement we make is not only about the joints, but about all the muscles and tendons involved.
- Many neck turns in class.
- Spine health.
- We are going for freedom of information flow in the body.
- The leading cause of pain is the lack blood flow.
- Turning your head is calming; it stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system.