I believe our bodies have the ability to heal themselves
What are you doing to support that?
The bone building process is a bit complex. Yoga for Bones provides you with a community of like minded souls to support your efforts to safely get strong and live better in your body.
Exercise is an important element to build and maintain strong bones. Using the tools of the physical practice of yoga we will be following the Fishman method to practice effectively and safely. There is a library of classes at all levels. The yoga poses we do in the classes will be featured in the “Pose Library”. These videos are a tutorial of the pose with different variations. This is a place to come if you are new to yoga or want to find a variation.
“Osteoporosis is silent. Often times we don’t know we have low bone density until we fracture a bone. Bones build slowly but it is never to late to improve your bone quality.”
Learn about the 3 Pillars to strong bones
Our bones will adapt to the weight under which they are placed
We know from Wolff’s Law that our bones will adapt to the weight and stress under which they are placed and will remodel and become stronger to accommodate that stress. Yoga is weight bearing and your bones will benefit from the interesting angles of the body when in a yoga pose. Yoga also challenges your balance - an important element if you have bone loss.
Stress can be harmful for your bones
Stress can change the endocrine system, the system that produces hormones that help to regulate cell activity. This can lead to an excretion of calcium. Sustained high levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, can lead to increased health issues including osteoporosis, anxiety, and depression. Yoga has been shown to have significant impact in reducing cortisol levels.
Yoga for Bones addresses this with meditation classes, breath practices and restorative yoga.
Your bones need more than just exercise to stay strong
Vitamins and minerals are also an important component to strong bones. Does your body have the building blocks it needs? You may be taking calcium and vitamin D but what is your gut doing with them? Yoga for Bones has suggestions to help maintain a healthy gut.
Knowledge can be helpful when discussing with your health care provider so we have provided some areas to explore if you are puzzled about the root cause of your bone loss.
Yoga for Bones Community
We are here as a supportive community. Having a community of like minded people is good for our overall health. At Yoga for Bones you will be able to reach out to fellow students, a place you can both share and support one another.
I will also be offering live stream classes each week, with a short “chat time” at the end and beginning of class.
Even though we will not be together face to face I recognize you might also want to check in with me to adapt your practice for some other health reason. I will be available for virtual privates.
Reasons why you don’t practice on your own
Not sure of how to build bone strength?
Don’t know if you are doing yoga right?
Not motivated to do it on your own?
Yoga for Bones is more than just an online yoga class, it is a community where you can practice yoga safely, get strong, improve your balance, reduce your stress, learn tools to support your gut health and feel supported by a community.
We have classes of various lengths and levels to accommodate your time frame and capability. Our virtual Bone Strength class is offered weekly and is an opportunity to practice together in real time.
The pose library features individual videos of each pose with benefits of the pose and alignment instructions to ensure effective use of your time and ensure safety.
The section on Stress is there to offer you yoga practices which help to reduce stress; Meditation, Breathing practices and Restorative yoga.
Just getting started?
Yoga for Bones will be with you step by step if you are new to yoga to help you feel comfortable and confident in your practice.
Can’t get down on the floor? No problem, we offer chair yoga classes, as well as chair yoga demonstrated in the yoga pose library.
This is your opportunity to practice yoga safely with a trained Yoga Therapist, C-IAYT who has spent years focusing on yoga and bone health.
For as little as the cost of one “drop-in class” in most studios, Yoga for Bones gives you all of this.
What are you waiting for? Your bones build slowly so time is of the essence. Now is the time to start living better in your body.
With over 25 years practicing yoga, trained as a yoga teacher and then becoming a yoga therapist, I am passionate about the tools that yoga has to offer.