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Learn Beneficial, Safe, and Dangerous Poses for 100 Common Conditions

Master Safe, Beneficial, and Risky Poses for 100 Common Conditions in One Guide

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Learn Beneficial, Safe, and Dangerous Poses for 100 Common Conditions

Master Safe, Beneficial, and Risky Poses for 100 Common Conditions in One Guide

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A Valuable Tool for Therapists, Teachers, Practitioners, and Physicians

Click on a condition, or many conditions: see poses that are harmful, poses that are safe, and poses that are helpful

Click on a pose: See who shouldn't do it, who can do it, and who should do it

Revolutionize your teaching and personal practice with this simple tool for aligning the direction of your yoga with the state of your body.

Real Benefits Combined Yoga and Medical Wisdom

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Practice Safer Yoga

If you have medical issues, check out the conditions' unsafe poses to be sure you're not endangering your health. Use yoga to improve your health by just clicking on "Beneficial poses" for the same conditions.
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Design Classes

Put in an entire class's medical conditions and see all the poses compatible with all the conditions in an instant. Then see which poses are helpful for which conditions.
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Focus Individual Sessions

Find all the poses that will help your or your client's conditions by clicking on the conditions and checking 'Beneficial Poses'-design your practice accordingly.

Welcome

100+ poses with contraindications and 108+ medical conditions at your fingertips.

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Poses

Contraindications and Benefits of each pose.

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Conditions

Select Medical Condition(s) to see Contraindications for the set. Also Workarounds and Videos.

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Condition Explanations

Explanations, Contraindications, Benefits, and References for each condition.

Meet Your Experts

Yoga injury prevention is backed by over 130 years of collective experience.
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Loren Fishman, MD

Founder
  • Physician and daily yoga practitioner for 40+ years.
  • Asst. Clin. Prof., Columbia University Medical School
  • Three years in India, one with Mr. Iyengar
  • Associate Editor, “Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation.”
  • 11 Books and 97 Publications
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Victor Oppenheimer

Co-founder
  • Certified to teach the Iyengar style of yoga by BKS Iyengar
  • Attended yoga intensives with Mr. Iyengar in India on alternate years for 20+ years
  • Yoga teacher and practitioner for 40+ years
  • Taught computer science at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Creator of Yoga.com
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Carrie Owerko

Co-founder
  • World-Renowned Yoga Teacher and Therapist
  • Senior Iyengar Teacher
  • Master Analyst of Postures and Kinetics in Many Styles
  • Major Creative Force in Contemporary Yoga
  • Global Experience in Leadership and Teaching

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