by Dr Monica Gauci | Jan 4, 2020 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation
As a carry-on from my last blog ‘Back Pain – Is it coming from my SI joint?’ let’s look at back pain that is potentially arising from one of the discs between the vertebrae in the low back. When we consider that 70% of our weight-bearing compressive load is taken...
by Dr Monica Gauci | Dec 4, 2019 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation
Frequently I receive emails from yogis asking for help with their back pain. Without a physical examination it is difficult to make an accurate diagnosis of what is causing the pain, however, specific information can often differentiate between back pain that is...
by Dr Monica Gauci | Jun 15, 2019 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Asana, Ashtanga Yoga
Maybe. And maybe not. It depends on a lot of different things: the shape of your hip joint, the orientation of the joint socket; the torsional angle of your thigh bone; the laxity of your ligaments; the postural tension in your low back and the flexibility of your...
by Dr Monica Gauci | Feb 16, 2019 | Ashtanga Yoga, Teaching
New Podcast with Monica Ashtanga Yoga – Lost in Translation The Ashtanga Vinyasa system is a great starting point and it’s only an experienced teacher who can really gauge whether that person is or isn’t a good person to modify things. Perhaps this is where it’s...
by Dr Monica Gauci | Dec 7, 2018 | Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Teaching
One of my biggest frustrations with being associated with Ashtanga Yoga is that other yogis perceive that my asana practice and thereby the asana I teach must adhere to what is known as the ‘traditional’ form (I place tradition here in inverted comas to refer to the...
