Yoga Asana:
How Not to Wreck Your Hips in Yoga

How Not to Wreck Your Hips In Yoga

​And learn how to safely strengthen them once and for all!

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​​Is yoga bad for your hips?

As a registered Kinesiologist and C-IAYT Yoga Therapist Trainer, I get this question a LOT.

​There can be such a tug of war — between the desire to do your favourite “hip openers” and go for a deep, juicy stretch that makes you feel better…

… And the consistent persistent pain in your hips and lower back which makes you think, “Hey, maybe this yoga isn’t all that good for me.”

You can’t help but wonder if there’s a way to do your practice without pain and actually feel better instead of the same or even worse!

​​​​​​​​Did you know? Most common yoga injuries are in or related to the hips.​

Many yoga classes speak about the benefits of “hip opening” and “better hip function”.

Yet surprisingly, the most common injuries in yoga are related to the hips – back pain, QL (quadratus lumborum) issues, piriformis syndrome, labrum tears, SI Joint and knee issues, and more.

This begs the question – what are we actually doing in​ yoga?

It is a mind boggling, ​to consider the number of yoga teachers who have tension, tightness, aches or pain in their hips and shrug their shoulders and say, “that’s just the way it is”.

But that’s not true. There is another way.

You can love yoga and save your hips! ​

However, most yoga teachers don’t know how to teach you how to do that.

That’s because most 200-hour and 500-hour yoga teacher training programs don’t show teachers how to help their students improve their hip function.

In fact, most of the cues and modifications that are taught will increase hip dysfunction!

I’m talking about cues such as:

  • "Soften your bum!"
  • "Relax your glutes!"
  • "Contract your glutes!"
  • "Use mula bandha!"
  • "Contract your pelvic floor!"
  • "Pull your knee caps up!"
  • "Lift your arches!"
  • "Flatten your back!"
  • "Core tight!"
  • "Pull your navel to the spine!"
  • "Knit your ribs in!"
  • "​Draw abdominals In and Up!"
  • "Lengthen your tailbone!"
  • "Square your hips!"
  • "DON’T square your hips!"

. . . sound familiar?

When applied incorrectly, all of those cues will cause way more problems than they solve!

This is where I can help​

I have worked with ​thousands of yoga teachers over the years who have tried “everything” to ​improve how they move their bodies during their practice (not to mention their daily life) and to get out of pain once and for all.​

​To help them – and you, if you find yourself in the same frustrating situation – I have created a ​2-hour online program designed to teach you ​how to move through the classic key yoga poses in a way that honours and improves your hips.

​What you will learn:

  • The huge structural role your hips play in how you move.
  • The huge structural role your hips play in how you move. ​​
  • How to use your cues effectively.​
  • Learn how to communicate with your students so that they improve their hip function, reduce pain, and enjoy the practice.
  • Simple ways to build strength and improve hip function.
  • Discover how to improve your students’ awareness, stability, strength, and hip function (as well as your own) while honouring the principles of yoga.
  • We'll walk through key yoga poses – including triangle, halfmoon and warrior 1, and warrior 2 – and I will show not only where those poses break down, but how to use them correctly to build yourself up.

​HOW NOT TO WRECK YOUR HIPS IN YOGA

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Get lifetime access to this training

This two-hour video training will always be available for you, so you can come back and review the teachings ​whenever you want.

"​​I was one of those teachers who thought pain was normal. After learning from Susi, I felt different - almost weird - because I had no pain".

- ​ Collette

I am Susi Hately, your Instructor

I have a BSC. Kinesiology and have been helping people reduce and eradicate pain for 25 years. I have also been a bridge between the medical world and yoga. Two of my programs have been studied at the University of Calgary and both showed benefit for supporting people and their wellbeing. I am also the author and presenter of I Love Anatomy and The Power of Pure Movement: Hips.

I have been training teachers and health professionals in yoga therapy since 2001 and am the lead teacher in the highly successful C-IAYT Accredited Functional Synergy Yoga Therapy Program.

As a young student of yoga, I began to combine the ancient practices of yoga with my BSc. Kinesiology at a Vancouver pain clinic. Soon after I was asked by Olympic sports teams to help their athletes optimize their function for better performance. By designing therapy programs that utilize sound anatomical principles of kinesiology with the time-honoured practices of gentle yoga, I have enabled people to find pain relief, feel good, and rediscover vitality in their lives.

"​​I've been practicing all the principles + after doing a 60-90 minute practices all week + moving w/ease + breath, I feel like I’ve just been moving + breathing, I don’t feel like I’ve “practiced.” Prior to this course usually something is hurting, strained, overused, but I’ve interpreted it as “I’ve worked out.” It’s just so strange to go thru my day + night “pain free” …..that I feel like I haven’t “done” anything, so my brain is catching up with the novelty that I can do a strong practice + not feel pain. AND I am making progress in areas where I was weak /tight/both or lacked mobility. Hope you understand what I’m saying, it’s just plain weird to not have twinges, tension during or after “practice”. This is how it’s suppose to be... that "functional synergy" kind of thing."

-​​ Online Participant

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How not to wreck your hips with yoga includes:

  • Anatomy and Mechanics of the ​Hips. ​You’ll understand ​how massively important the hips are to the overall structure of your body. ​
  • W​hy Most Yoga Cueing Doesn’t Improve Hip Function ​– and ​how to cue more effectively.
  • How To Recognize Compensation Patterns. ​And what you can do about them.
  • How To Retrain Your Full Body So The ​Hips Can Be Happy In Yoga. ​ ​This is when you will start to feel so much better.
  • How To ​Be The Best Teacher For Yourself and Your Students. to help you and them ease pain, improve range of motion stability and strength​

​HOW NOT TO WRECK YOUR HIPS IN YOGA

$97 + applicable tax

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the entire program accessible online?

Yes! You can sign in and access Solving the Pain Puzzle training resources anytime. All you need is a computer and an internet connection.

Yes. People from all over the world have participated in previous sessions of this program – across Canada, US, Australia, Africa, Europe, UK, Mexico, Guatemala, and more.

If you have a friend or peer who wants to join, they are most welcome to register on their own, so you can have fun comparing notes as you complete the program together! But your registration is for your use only.

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