{"id":1723,"date":"2026-04-06T16:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jazminali.com\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:08:32","slug":"spineless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazminali.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/spineless\/","title":{"rendered":"spineless"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just saw one of the worst and most shocking things I\u2019ve ever seen on IG. In terms of yoga at home.
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It was a woman attempting a highly advanced transition from standing wide-legged forward bend, direct into halasana<\/em>.<\/p>

She didn\u2019t land it, hurt her neck.<\/p>

While she\u2019s \u201cokay\u201d this could have potentially caused her paralysis or even death.<\/p>

I\u2019m not joking.<\/p>

Now I love a good yoga challenge. When I was starting a home practice I kept my motivation high by participating in yoga challenges on IG. It helped me feel, as someone pretty isolated, a part of community and like I was learning with people.<\/p>

But the rule I followed was to not f\u2014k with the spine. <\/h2>

By the time I was trying more advanced postures I had been attending classes for a couple of years around four times per week. I hadn\u2019t booked a private but I attended labs on proper posture as well: because I knew from my first class I was going to teach.<\/p>

If you do not have a dedicated practice with a teacher who knows your body well, or are teacher trained yourself do not f\u2014k with advanced poses and transitions that could potentially kill you.<\/p>

Guys<\/p>

It\u2019s for a photo. It\u2019s not that important!<\/h2>

In all yoga practice, and this is coming up as my private practice starts to incorporate more asana once again, if you don\u2019t have a \u201cguru\u201d who has met you and seen you move a lot, stick with beginner poses by yourself.<\/p>

Thanks ever so x<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just saw one of the worst and most shocking things I\u2019ve ever seen on IG. In terms of yoga at home. It was a woman attempting a highly advanced transition from standing wide-legged forward bend, direct into halasana. She didn\u2019t land it, hurt her neck. While she\u2019s \u201cokay\u201d this could have potentially caused her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazminali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazminali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazminali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazminali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazminali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jazminali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1724,"href":"https:\/\/jazminali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions\/1724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazminali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazminali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazminali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}