Guest guest Posted September 16, 2002 Report Share Posted September 16, 2002 Yes, you can hurt your knees a lot if you are not open in the hips. Take is slow. Bad knees are hard to fix. ashtangayoga, "Santiago C" <santiago_c79@h...> wrote: > Can you get hurt in the knees doing padmasana, or half bound lotus? I know some people that got hurt doing these asanas. I personally feel a little pain in my right knee after practice. What can I do? > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 practise sitting on the floor with your knees out to the sides and the soles of your feet together, dont force your knees down but feel the movement from your hips, sit like this as often as you can,try not to use chairs as often as you would, it really helps to open up the hips and makes half/full lotus much easier to achieve. ashtangayoga, backbayyoga <no_reply> wrote: > Yes, you can hurt your knees a lot if you are not open in the hips. > Take is slow. Bad knees are hard to fix. > > ashtangayoga, "Santiago C" <santiago_c79@h...> wrote: > > Can you get hurt in the knees doing padmasana, or half bound lotus? > I know some people that got hurt doing these asanas. I personally > feel a little pain in my right knee after practice. What can I do? > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2002 Report Share Posted October 5, 2002 The last thing you want to do is force yourself into padmasana. Apart from the possibility of doing yourself an injury it is against the spirit of the practice. As others have said the opening has to come from the hips. Send me an email and I will email you back a document on how to prepare for padmasana. Cheers Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2002 Report Share Posted October 18, 2002 Dear Dale, Could you kindly send me as well (ilmatar2002)the instructions about how to prepare for padmasana? Thank you and have a nice weekend! Anu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2002 Report Share Posted October 25, 2002 ashtangayoga, "Anu Paavola" <ilmatar2002> wrote: > Dear Dale, > > Could you kindly send me as well (ilmatar2002)the > instructions about how to prepare for padmasana? > > Thank you and have a nice weekend! > > Anu This is how you prepare for Padmasana: Practice 6 days a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2002 Report Share Posted October 27, 2002 I do... that is how I got my knees bad in the first place.. Could somebody give a few pointers how to make my hips more "loose" so that I would not stress my knees to much. Or should I just avoid the padmasana, until my knees recover and let the yoga loose my hips eventually. Kristian ashtangayoga, "tinazym" <tinazym@h...> wrote: > > This is how you prepare for Padmasana: > > Practice 6 days a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2002 Report Share Posted October 27, 2002 have you tried pegion flows? www.youryoga.com has a tape by the amazing stephine keatch that has great hip openers....try her......... let me know Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2002 Report Share Posted October 27, 2002 Hi...Ask any orthopedic surgeon - the knee joint is not supposed to rotate. If you can practice it without pain, go for it. Perhaps you have more natural ability than the next guy. If you are like me, it may take you years, or it may never happen. Don't push it, unless you want to be like alot of "experienced" (older?) teachers, who have to go in frequently for steroid shots into their knees... When God designed the knee, s/he must have been smokin' too many tea leaves! To put a joint that isn't supposed to rotate in between the hip and ankle, is nuts! ...for us yogi's, anyway! S ashtangayoga, "Kristian" <kristiansalo> wrote: > I do... that is how I got my knees bad in the first place.. Could > somebody give a few pointers how to make my hips more "loose" so > that I would not stress my knees to much. > > Or should I just avoid the padmasana, until my knees recover and let > the yoga loose my hips eventually. > > Kristian > > > > ashtangayoga, "tinazym" <tinazym@h...> wrote: > > > > This is how you prepare for Padmasana: > > > > Practice 6 days a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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