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Why do you think bikram attracts dedicated followers and deflects complainers? Rules and Guidelines for Yoga student conduct are clear for you to see, within one of his schools. They may be stated on the web site, bulletin board, or in the studio, for all participating Yoga students to read. You do not have to guess what the rules are.

Regular attendance to Yoga classes is encouraged, and students are told why. In truth, all Yoga practitioners benefit from regular attendance. Can you imagine learning any valuable skill twice a month? Why do some students think they will see progress with a half-hearted effort? It is because we allow it to happen.

Do all Yoga teachers have to become bikram Choudhury? No, and the world is doing fine with just one bikram, but all Yoga teachers can learn a lot from observing him. Discipline is needed, just as much in Yoga, as it is in martial arts. Otherwise, students will not discipline themselves at home for continued practice.

In fact, it is a lack of discipline which has led to many of the problems in society today. Undisciplined students will eventually not return to your classes, no matter how much you give of yourself. They will easily encounter health problems, if they do not establish regular preventative health habits.

many Yoga teachers are natural born givers; this is wonderful, but give to those who appreciate it. If you invest your energy into students, make sure they pre-qualify themselves. Yoga students need to make an initial commitment toward complete health and they must really want to change. their body can be their best teacher, but they must see a Yoga instructor, Guru, or swami, as a guide to get to that point in life.

Copyright 2007 paul Jerard / aura Publications

paul Jerard, E-RYT 500, has written many books on the subject of Yoga. He is a co-owner and the Director of Yoga teacher training at: Aura Wellness Center, in Attleboro, MA. http://www.riyoga.com He has been a certified Master Yoga Teacher since 1995.

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Patients with lower back pain often have hip flexor tightness. The hip flexor that is very easy to locate is the sartorius due to its strap-like form stretching from the outer aspect of the hip to the medial aspect of the knee joint. This muscle allows us to sit in the taylor sit position or the lotus position.

The sartorius muscle flexes the hip as well as rolls the hip outward (external rotation). It is also a knee flexor.

To test this muscle, the patient places the heel of the tested side on the opposite knee. Patients with pain and tightness of the sartorius tend to have difficulty placing the heel on the opposite knee.

However, difficulty in performing this function also depends on presence of pain and spasm in the lower back muscles, hip extensor muscles, hip abductor and internal rotator muscles. Tightness and shortening of these muscles will produce difficulty performing this motion which is also called the FABERE testing (this is a combination of ability of the hip to flex, abduct and externally rotate).

Nerve supply: Femoral nerve
Spinal segments: L2, L3 and L4 nerve roots
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Jennifer Chu, M.D., founder of eToims Soft Tissue Comfort Center is also President and CEO of eToims Medical Technology LLC, a medical device company with training programs in eToims Twitch Relief Method. She is an Emeritus Associate Professor in the Department of Physical medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of pennsylvania, where has been on faculty for more than 30 years. www.stopmusclepain.com

Jennifer Chu, M.D. emeritus professor of Physical medicine and Rehabilitation, school of medicine, University of pennsylvania, pioneered eToims Twitch Relief Method that utilizes surface electrical stimulation to locate motor points (trigger points). The motor points are then stimulated to induce strong local muscle contractions, termed twitches. This results in reduced muscle pain and discomfort in the areas that were stimulated. The involved pain/discomfort-relieving mechanism is thought to include local muscle exercise and stretch effects.

eToims Soft Tissue Comfort Center specializes in diagnosis and treatment which ends muscle discomfort and pain.