Why can't I do this?

Thank you Anat, I have read about these differences but your presentation was so well presented and made it clearer. I will do more research on other bones differences for my first upcoming Teacher Training. This is so good for future teachers to know. Thank you again.

Excellent. Thanks so much, Anat. Such a clear explanation. I now feel a relief. I feel let off the hook. Can just let it go and shrug and say, it is just my bones. Can't do a thing about it. Thanks once again.

Thank you so much for this beautiful bit. As a teacher, it's a lovely reminder. Always enjoy your classes! Small suggestion; to have specific videos for teachers related to such subjects. Thanks again. Bless.

Great clear explanation and demonstration. Thank you Anat, especially love your comment about this awareness bringing freedom :-)

Very nice explanation, Anat. I think this is something that is often overlooked, as a lot of students (and teachers) are even angry not getting into the perfect posture or avoid doing postures in class because they cannot perform them in the 'right' way (according to their view).

Thanks for this video. Is lotus pose also a pose I might not been able to do because of my bones? I have tried so hard, but my right hip is so different from my left one.

Very clear and very very helpful ! Thank you so much Anat

A really good enlightening info! NOW I understand why I can´t lift my arms behind me and lift them upwards (I do manage to interlace my fingers) as much as I would want to. Thanks a lot for this video, Anat! :)

Thanks Anat! That was a very useful and interesting little talk. Namaste, Cathy

Thanks Anat! That was a very useful and interesting little talk. Namaste, Cathy

Thank you Anat! Do you have the same talk on the hip joint and structure? I'd love to see that too. So appreciate your classes!

Good explanation and wonderful practice advice, thank you, Anat. I'm not going to worry anymore about the 'perfect look', but instead I'm going to enjoy the function of the pose. Anat, can you make a video on how the psoas work and where you can find it in the body? Also, I experience that my SI joints and my sacrum hurt whenever I do forward bend asanas. Can you explain why that is? Do you have a video how to work on the SI joints?

Dear Anat, thanks a lot. Found this video very helpful. Like you said, there are so many different bones in our body which could be the reason(s) for not being able to do what we think we “can” we “should”. Would love to see more such examples if possible :-)

Excellent explanation, thank you!

Thank you Anat. I have a student that finds it very hard to stay in downward facing dog for more than a few seconds, and she says its her shoulders that are restricting her. Could this be the reason? We have tried modifying the pose in various ways without much relief. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you so much xxxxxxx

Very useful explanation and so simply put. Thank you for reminding us to enjoy a posture whereever we are in it, and that we can benefit from it. :)

Hi Anat, I had just finished a class with Esther where she was explaining that because of the limit of the internal rotation of her leg bones, she would never get her knee to the floor in a prone side twist. To then watch your talk really helped emphasize the fact that we all have such different bodies and it's not just about how often or how hard we practice, sometimes our limits are the way we were born. I love how this takes the - self-imposed- pressure off and allows acceptance, stops us pushing too hard and just allows us to be. Thank you!

Thank you, very interesting Anat. x

Thank you Anat, it was very informative and very useful to recognise these subtle differences . I am filled with respect and compassion for my body :-) Namaste

Very clearly explained! Thank you Anat

After doing yoga with you for some time now here on Ekhart Yoga, I have learned that if my body never goes into a posture, it is alright. I stopped competing with other yogis because of what you always explain about the bones. Forward bends are like this for me, and even when I realize this might still change because of muscle, after so many years of my body still high when I bend forward, I no longer care if I will ever lie flat on the ground. And I do feel freer because of thinking this way.

Toda. very helpful and encouraging

Thank you Anat for this enlightening video, would be wonderful to have more Yoga anatomy on Ekhart..and possibly asana variations for people with shoulder..knee etc injuries...Namaste Gabriela

Thank you Anat!Really helpful!

This was so helpful Anat! I struggle with my shoulders & exactly the asanas you used as examples. I've been doing yoga pretty much every day for 6-7 months now & have been wondering...why am I not advancing further with these asanas? This is a great lesson & also a great reminder to be friendlier to oneself & more accepting of what may change & what may ultimately be a difference in my asana as opposed to others' asana. Thank you! I will keep trying but with a greater understanding & acceptance :)

Thank you Anat for this clear explanation and good advice!

Well done... Could you do the same "lesson" with the pelvis and some postures which are not possible and why? Like lotus etc... T.Y. Chers. Françoise

Thank you Anat! So well done with such a positive message in accepting the differences in our bodies. As a teacher i found this information so approachable and now have a new way to express these ideas to my students. If only we had a means of studying our own bone structure and build our practice around that!

That was such a useful talk Anat. I now understand why some postures will never happen for me. Now, instead of feeling bad about not being able to do something and then not practise for a while, I can relax and enjoy the 'limited' posture. As you so beautifully put it ' it will give me freedom'.

Thank you for a great explanation! This is a very interesting and clearly!

Hello Anat, thank you for this great demonstration. If the head of the humerus clearly rolls forward when trying to interlace the fingers at the back, would that be a sign that the shoulder can't roll back because of the acromion process?

very helpful. Thanks.

Dear Anat, Amen on your video! I'm teaching yoga and have had a double hip dysplasia as a baby and broke my t12 bone couple years ago (and have a mild scoliose cause of that). I love your explanation technically, but also emotionally. Beautifully said: the knowledge (and acceptance) of the constriction in the body will give you freedom. Looking forward to join a life class with you in September (I was informed you are back by then). Love & light, Femke

Hello Anat. Thank you for this video. One of the surprising gifts this talk has given me is more compassion and understanding of other yogis!!! I have my own challenges with postures and have been puzzled for some time as to why people struggle with different things. I would love to see something similar in terms of lower body anatomy, or even muscular imbalances and weaknesses that people are born with.

thanks so much, really clear and nicely said! I'm curious about the forward bends (especially seated), I can see almost no progress no matter how long I try (I'm practicing few years already). I am still hardly leaning forward. If you could one day address this in a talk, that would be terrific :-)! thank you!

Thank you Anat for your very helpful talk.

How enlightening! Thank you!

Thank you so much for this information! I'm going to be much more accepting of how I look in poses and to focus more on how I feel in the poses. You're the best, Anat!

I was wondering about downdog and my heels not touching the floor (for some years now). Can this be related to bone structure too?

Super, thanks!

Thank you, very nicely explained. Love it :)

Wonderfully clear. Love your emphasis that, it's not whether we look like a photo in a yoga book, it's whether we accomplish the function of the pose.