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This episode discusses the implications of yin yoga for students with hip labral tears and offers practical anatomy knowledge for yoga teachers.

Many yoga teachers think of yin yoga as a universally gentle practice, but for students with hip labral tears, the deep hip flexion and sustained holds that define the yoga practice can be genuinely problematic. Understanding the difference between yin yoga and restorative yoga, why the hip labrum is vulnerable to certain kinds of loading, and what alternatives you can offer your students is the kind of practical anatomy knowledge that changes how you teach. This episode gives yoga teachers a...

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