My Yoga Online has posted a new Yoga anatomy article by Kreg Weiss addressing wrist safety and alignment in common chest opening yoga stretches. The anterior shoulder and pectoralis muscles present great challenges to our postural health as these muscles tend to be chronically tight. Yoga stretches utilizing interlaced fingers can be an effective method of breaking down this muscular tightness and expanding the heart center. However, these chest openers are often performed incorrectly presenting potential injury for the wrists.Read More about how to prepare and align the fingers and hands to effectively stretch open the chest and shoulders while preventing stress from occurring in the wrists.
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