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Fascinating Fascia

I've been reading about Fascia lately. No longer is fascia a mysterious tissue, it's now seen as a dynamic communicative integral part of the body. 

Activate those hands

Using your hands in Ashtanga Yoga

Hello Hands!!

each hand contains, approx

29 major & minor bones

29 major joints

At least 123 named ligaments

34 muscles, move the fingers & thumb

17 in palm of hand and 18 in forearm

48 named nerves

3 major nerves

24 named sensory branches

21 named muscular branches

30 named arteries and nearly as many smaller named branches

I went through a period of bad hand alignment. I even bought a wrist support. It took time to heal, it was painful, frustrating and I did all sorts of modifications  [I used blocks so my hands curled over the sides ] which allowed me to carry on practicing.

Here is a a short video of Maria Villella who teaches in Los Angeles, Santa Monica.  

You can see how active her hands are and how she pushes them into the mat, distributing her weight evenly.

Click here - Maria Villella

So are you fully using your hands? 

Sky 

Arrived: Los Angeles

Hi everyone, I'm here in Los Angeles for no less than 3 months. First off, I have joined YOGAWORKS which has studios in LA and NY. I managed to get an incredible deal that