Posted: 23 Apr 2020 03:56 PM PDT

Hi there, I have been practicing yoga for a year now. In that time I have hurt myself about three times where I was in a bit of pain and had to take time off. All the injuries happened suddenly.

For example, in Shoulder Stand, I really hurt the muscles in the back of my neck right up by my head (very painful for 2 weeks, 2 months to fully recover). In Worrior A, I jammed the muscles in my right hip which was really painful for 2 months. When I very first started I pulled the muscles in my lower back in Uttanasana (2 weeks off) and am still not sure how I did this.

I'm actually much better now at monitoring my body during practice and sensing if an area is under strain or in a poor position and I know to back off. I've avoided a few further injuries (I believe) by being much more careful this way.

Having started yoga in my 40s, I feel like I have needed to make up for lost years and I pushed myself quite hard last year (110% in class). But now that I know it may take me 3-5 years to do Primary well (I've just started Ashtanga) I am thinking "what's the rush". I also read somewhere on this forum that to practice Ashtanga more frequently (and sustainably) you need to pull back intensity to 70% of capacity in class.

So just wondering if there is anything more I can do to better avoid further injury? A comment was made in the post One Month In: The risk of injury can be significantly reduced if you approach asana practice scientifically and learn as much as you can about how to safely open the body.

Many thanks in advance - would really appreciate feedback.

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Viswamitrasana

Posted: 23 Apr 2020 11:17 PM PDT

Hello all ,

Can anyone tell me why this asana is named after viswamitra ?

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Make up for Moon Day

Posted: 23 Apr 2020 10:31 PM PDT

Out of curiosity, do you make up for the practice on Saturday or Sunday during the week with the moonday?

I never asked my teacher and I never did. Thank you!

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