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Tag: William Broad

  • Is Headstand Risky for You?

    Is Headstand Risky for You?

    One of my students, Julie, recently decided to avoid headstand. She’d just read William Broad’s book The Science of Yoga, which investigates yoga’s purported benefits. Hmm, I read that book when it was published in 2012—and I recall its numerous accounts of serious injuries. The case studies typically involved extreme…

  • Yoga injuries: who’s at fault?

    Yoga injuries: who’s at fault?

    Ever been injured in a yoga class? Chances are, we’ve all felt a twinge in one class or another. So, who’s at fault? The teacher? The student? Or are occasional tweaks simply part of being active and exploring our limits? Since William Broad began writing about yoga injuries in the New York Times and on…

  • Are men really less flexible than women?

    I recently read two articles on that apparently rare specimen: the male yoga student. In an undated Yoga Journal article, “Where Are All the Men?” Andrew Tilin, considers why men aren’t naturally inclined toward yoga. In a December 22, 2012, New York Times article, “Wounded Warrior Pose,” William Broad investigates whether men risk injury doing asana.…