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Learning to anchor your mind to a deep state of relaxation is one of the most useful and practical tools I use and teach. Anchoring your deep state of relaxation with a scent, word, mental picture, song or tool of your choice can instantly take you out of stress and create calm. I used this technique to cure myself of my driving anxiety panic attack. You will have to experiment to see which one works for you. then the tool has to be reinforced.

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With love - Troy Cox 

Tools to Empower

Don't do Child's Pose

Balasana or Garbasana (usually a different form that is done upright with feet behind head): Child's Pose is a popular posture for teachers to start their class in.
Below I state reasons that you should not do childs posture unless your warmed up and in great health. For as many reasons as you hear to do this pose I suggest otherwise. I never start in this posture and find it very unwise for most students to begin here.
I am used to being out spoken as an individual and as a Yoga teacher I find that true as well. My main concern is safety first for my student.  A teacher should create a safe environment for a students own  growth.  A teacher should know exactly why they are teaching what they are instructing to their students.
When considering the benefits of a Yogapose the question should be asked, why not do a posture?  Below I list the reasons not to do this posture for the majority of  students considering that the students are not all fit 20 year olds. I've found in twelve years of teaching all body types that the majority of students are ill equipped for  this pose, myself included.

Garbasana (Child’s Pose)

 Kneel on the floor. Touch your big toes together and sit on your heels, then separate your knees about as wide as your hips or as wide as your mat.

Exhale and lay your torso down between your thighs.

Lay your hands on the floor alongside your torso, palms up, and release the fronts of your shoulders toward the floor. Or extend your arms out shoulder width with palms  down.

Purported Benefits

Gently stretches the hips, thighs, and ankles.  Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and fatigue.

 REASONS NOT TO DO CHILD'S POSE

Most of the population have tight  ankles from wearing shoes and not stretching. This position hyper flexes stiff ankle joints and connective tissue. Ever twist  your ankle? This is essentially what your doing to the top  of your foot with your body weight pressing on  delicate bone.

Tight knees and injuries to the knee joint can cause a myriad of issues for the majority of the population. Shin splints, runners knee, Achilles tendinitis, floating knee cap, swelling around and behind the knee are just a few of the external issues that can be compounded by the pressure in this pose especially on a cold joint. Internally the potential of a twist in the joint leading to a meniscus tear is enough warning in this position to warrant not being here cold. A meniscus surgery can potentially require a cadaver transplant.

We haven't even made it to the hips yet. The potential external rotation of the hips with the added body weight pressure can cause an inflammation of bursitis and sciatica. The compression of the femoral artery and contraction of the hip flexor can cause numbness and loss of blood flow throughout the legs. Most of the population have tight hamstrings and this posture creates a sustained hamstring contraction making things tighter.

Wait there's more (as the ever popular info commercial likes to remind us). The extended arm version can create a contraction of  tight neck and shoulder muscles aggravating the upper body. Rotator cuff injuries are so common in most individuals.  In this posture we are irritating tight shoulders and potentially adding stress to the delicate rotator cuff tendons  and tissue. To compensate most students will lock out their elbows. Tendinitis is another common ailment. Even with the hands back by the feet version of this pose there is a rotation in the forearm to turn the palms up which is a major irritant of tendinitis.

To the low back this posture generally cause a bowing of  the back due to tight back muscles. This pulling can culminate in your sacral and lumbar area. Never allow someone to push or try to straighten out your back in this position especially if your not warmed up.

I find most students place pressure on their forehead causing compression in the back of  their neck,  another common sight of injury. As a neck injury survivor I find even with my chin tucked in this position unbearable for very long.

Another supposed benefit is stress reduction. However when we have pressure in our chest and abdomen it can be difficult to breath. This posture puts most students in an abdominal contraction with rounded shoulders and tightened ribs making it very challenging to take a deep or prolonged breath. Yoga should start with a deep centering breath technique not available with a compressed abdomen. For a student suffering from panic attacks or claustrophobia this is a frightening posture to begin in.

I will skip the contraindications for pregnancy. Suffice it to say CHILD'S posture is good for children. An average individual, new to Yoga or not probably will find this posture uncomfortable and potentially damaging especially when it is the first shape they are asked to assume with a cold, tight and stiff body. All the top ten sports injuries can be aggravated by this  'restful' posture. For these reasons and more I will never start my Yoga classes from here.

I'd rather have you facing me so I can see your smile as you sit upright and breath deeply with me. Safety First smiles all around. See you on the mat.
- Yogi Troy Cox

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Hello,  Happy 2002. That's when I started my Yoga journey. After ten years of meditation and spiritual questing I was introduced to Yoga. I was instantly hooked as I had a moving meditation experience my first Yoga class. I couldn't even lift my arms over my head for long as a body builder but my meditation training clicked with the Yoga flow and I barely remember that first class because I was so in tune with the postures and my buddy in that first class that time seemed to skip by.  Now it's 12 years later and I've completed three levels of Yoga Fit teacher training, three levels of Core Power teacher training and six Amrit Yoga Teacher Trainings, completed Pramahansa Yoganamdas home study course been mantra initiated with Amma and attended countless workshops with  major American yogis leading trainings, traveled the world taking and teaching Yoga and meditation and own a studio that specializes in helping others practice safely for Mind Body Longevity and raises money for a wide variety of charities every year.  Nothing pleases me more than sharing my passion with others. Helping others to achieve a safe path to health and well-being is the greatest reward. I've graduated three classes of certified teachers who are out there helping others now with their own unique voices. The branches of the tree keep growing. I've found training ten teachers at a time keeps it authentic and cultivates relationships and uniqueness. I look forward to our next training in March and the amazing guest teachers we will have sharing their talents.  By helping me spread the word about our training you could be helping future students of our teachers by ensuring they are trained safely. Thank you in advance for circulating our flyer and posting or forwarding anywhere and to anyone who may be interested. Thank you for helping me spread the word about our next teacher training program.  As always please feel free to contact me with any of your Yoga or health and wellness questions.  Thank you Troy Cox Sun Fit Studios -a boutique fitness studio.  Sun Salute Yoga (949) 371-6097 Http://www.sunsaluteyoga.com Sunfitstudios@Gmail.com 24582DelPrado#G Dana Point Ca.92629

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