Jen O'Sullivan of Sati Yoga Dr. Ariele Foster (physical therapist and yoga teacher) of https://YogaAnatomyAcademy.com sat down to discuss the reasons why or why not to practice yin yoga with a special emphasis on the limitations of "listen to your body".

In short, we do not have the capacity to distinguish between sensation in muscle, ligament or tendon.

As Jules Mitchell says, "In simplest terms – stretch your collagen fibers past 4% elongation and they become weaker, not longer."

And more research and reading for those who need to know more:
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
- https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/sp...
- https://www.outsideonline.com/2408467...
- Concept of hypostability - creating additional range of motion through long static stretches without muscular control in that new range of motion
- "In contrast to static stretching, dynamic stretching is not associated with strength or performance deficits, and actually has been shown to improve dynamometer-measured power27,62 as well as jumping and running performance." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
- This article articulates why longer static stretch holds greater than 60 seconds are most detrimental https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/...
- Stretch doesn't do what we think it does. Also, it doesn't do much. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...

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at minute 8 we start talking about hypermobility
around minute 20 -- how to handle (or not?) hypermobile students in your classes
minute 31 - how or how not to rely on self-report of sensation
Minute 44 - What's going on in the joint and ligaments during yin
minute 53 - reasons not to practice passive stretches
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