Research explains why you feel gains in flexibility immediately after static yoga and stretch classes.

REASON #1 that you feel more flexible immediately after a conventional yoga class: The sequencing inherent in too many yoga classes builds your muscles tolerance to the act of pulling on them which desensitizes your nervous system to pain.

Desensitization to feelings of pain causes sensory-motor amnesia (SMA) and develops body blind spots reducing #proprioception-- your 6th Sense. 

Why Bypass The Stretch Reflex if It's Crucial to Survival?

Humans are creatures of habit. Some habits are good. Other habits, not so much. We are what we do as much as what we don't do, and over time, our muscles get stuck in a feedback loop of unconscious reflexes. Integrating advanced stretch (“no-stretch”) techniques such as dynamic movement and dynamic and active stretching that are not commonly practiced in conventional yoga practices, work with– not against the Somatic Nervous System reflexes. Adding these techniques to any style of yoga or exercise routine will balance the over-firing of the Gamma Feedback Loop permitting you to become physically unstuck from the cycle of ​unconscious muscle bracing​. The Gamma Loop is a circuit that controls muscle tone and posture. When Gamma motor neurons fire excessively, it can result in muscle stiffness, spasms, limited range of motion, and pain. At Yoga Somatics, our trainings rebalance muscle tone to a normal base level of tension.

This info may push your buttons.

I invite you to let go of some of the yoga anatomy and stretch techniques from yoga styles such as Hatha, Ashtanga, Iyengar, Power Flow, Yin, and all the stuff that you’ve learned, have taught or are still teaching. You may feel as though a lot of what you’ve been told about flexibility was incorrect. Somatic exercise techniques use cutting-edge muscle science for more efficient and embodied methods that help you benefit more from your sacred yoga practice. This information is here to inspire you, offering tools for you to incorporate Somatic Nervous System anatomy into your practice, and advance your teaching and sequencing skills with somatic movement principles.

So, the word “Somatics” has become a buzzword… Here’s the reason I created Yoga Somatics.

Why you knead a daily self-myofascial release Rock N Roll out too!