Hypermobility on the Yoga Mat : A Guide to Hypermobility-Aware Yoga Teaching and Practice

Glenny, Jess; Mitchell, Jules (FRW)

ISBN 10: 1787754650 / ISBN 13: 9781787754652

Published by Singing Dragon, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hypermobility on the Yoga Mat : A Guide to Hypermobility-Aware Yoga Teaching and Practice
• Publisher: Singing Dragon
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787754650
• ISBN 13: 9781787754652
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book is an exploration of the neglected area of yoga and hypermobility. Hypermobile people are generally over-represented in yoga classes, yet often go unrecognised and receive little guidance about how to practise in hypermobility-friendly ways. Many yoga teachers have received little or no training about how to work with this vulnerable population.

The book considers what hypermobility is and offers teachers general guidelines as well as specific practical techniques for including hypermobile students safely and effectively in classes. For hypermobile students themselves there are lots of suggestions for making a yoga practice helpful and beneficial.

Also including information about co-existing conditions, the intersection of hypermobility with neurodiversity, and much more, Hypermobility on the Yoga Mat is the go-to resource for both hypermobile yoga practitioners and yoga teachers encountering hypermobile students.

About the Authors

Jess Glenny is a Yoga Register Teacher (Elder) and C-IAYT yoga therapist. She mentors yoga teachers one-to-one and runs mentor groups for yoga teachers. She lives in London, UK.

Jules Mitchell MS, CMT, ERYT500 is a Las Vegas based yoga educator, yoga teacher, and massage therapist. Her unique approach blends the tradition of yoga with her extensive study of biomechanics to help yoga teachers develop their craft, and empower them through education. It is her passion to share the most useful and applicable findings from exercise science with the yoga community, and to build confidence in students and teachers by giving them a well-grounded understanding of related research. She leads her own advanced teacher training, teaches workshops and immersion courses worldwide, and offers an ongoing selection of online education and mentoring programs. As an adjunct faculty member at Arizona State University, she serves as a yoga consultant on various research studies measuring the effects of yoga therapy on special populations including pregnant women, women with depressive symptoms associated with perinatal loss, and patients with cancer. Her future research goals include studying the effects of asana on tissue adaptation, and bridging the gap between research in exercise science and the practice of yoga.