by Jules | Jan 15, 2015 | Articles, Yoga Biomechanics, Yoga Teacher Training
Last week, I was enjoying the afternoon with one of my favorite people and fellow body nerds, Trina Altman. Over lunch and a long walk, we got to discussing the world of research vs. the world of blogging. They are quite different in format. Research, is long, drawn...
by Jules | Oct 22, 2014 | Articles, Yoga Biomechanics, Yoga Teacher Training
I finally did it. I completed my literature based research and successfully defended my thesis to the evaluating committee – I am officially peer reviewed. I honestly never thought it would end. There were times I just wanted to walk away. I had already...
by Jules | Apr 19, 2014 | Articles
A few blog posts ago, I promised to talk more about range. Here it is. In mechanical terms, range is how much strain (deformation) a material can withstand while stiffness is how much stress (load) something can withstand. Basically, range is how far something can...
by Jules | Mar 29, 2014 | Articles
You can still be “flexible” and have mechanically stiff tendons and ligaments. If you read my first post on the topic of biomechanical stiffness, you may remember this statement: The problem is that when we use stiffness in a casual manner, it...
by Jules | Mar 7, 2014 | Articles
Somehow stiffness got a really bad rap. We are always griping and complaining about stiffness: “I have stiff neck,” “That long car ride left my back and legs painfully stiff,” “My shoulders are so stiff I need a massage,”...
