{"id":401,"date":"2013-02-18T22:49:50","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T22:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sianrule.com\/?p=401"},"modified":"2013-02-18T22:49:50","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T22:49:50","slug":"strength-in-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sianrule.com\/?p=401","title":{"rendered":"STRENGTH IN YOGA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sianruleyoga.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/biceps.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-407\" alt=\"Man Flexing Biceps\" src=\"http:\/\/sianruleyoga.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/biceps.jpg?w=300\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sianrule.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/biceps.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sianrule.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/biceps-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sianrule.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/biceps-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sianrule.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/biceps-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Saturday saw a group of yoga teachers in south east Wales having a brilliant yoga day&#8217;s training on how to bring strength into yoga, and why it&#8217;s so important. We all know yoga is great for increasing our flexibility, but without strength, flexibility can mean joints aren&#8217;t protected and injuries can happen.<\/h4>\n<h4>Our experienced teacher, Zoe Knott, gave us simple yet effective exercises based on anatomy, to help strengthen thighs, feet, arms, abdominals and wrists. With these areas strengthened, the whole body is covered!<\/h4>\n<h4>And unlike muscle building exercises that build just the middle part of the muscle, yoga strengthens the whole of the muscle right down to the connective tissue, which\u00a0protect joints so effectively.\u00a0 Zoe also covered ways in which we can enter and exit\u00a0yoga poses safely and strongly,\u00a0keeping the back in neutral and protecting the sacro-iliac joints which often suffer from general wear and tear.<\/h4>\n<h4>Yoga classes around Wales will be benefitting from safe, strong yoga\u00a0at the same time as getting\u00a0flexible &#8211; and when you know\u00a0that strength in\u00a0body also means strength in the mind,\u00a0just imagine what we&#8217;ll be able to achieve!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday saw a group of yoga teachers in south east Wales having a brilliant yoga day&#8217;s training on how to bring strength into yoga, and why it&#8217;s so important. 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