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[vicarz]

"Folks with serious joint laxity should not only contraindicate certain yoga poses, but also modify others so that they’re training stability short of the true end-range of their joints. Unfortunately, most of the people you’ll see in yoga classes are hypermobile women; you see, they like to do the things they’re good at doing, not necessarily what they need to do."

Fantastic quote from a gym site that applies to pretty much everything.

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[vicar.livejournal.com]

I just have sinned this particular sin too much myself, am happy I recognize it, and encourage others:
Doing things you're good at doesn't make them, or you, good.

I have always been anti-sports, but in current struggles over teaching methods, I've hard some cries to let children fail and struggle because that will teach them how to overcome adversity, how to toughen up and not be hurt by failing a first time, and learning strategies to get better. I've heard a lot of people talk about sports this way, to teach overcoming failure (and working as a team / social skills) through physical activity when the real lesson applies to other arenas. I like the lesson, to face failure and not be deconstructively harmed by it (whether I think sports are an effective place to learn that - jury is out).

While the reference is about yoga, I love the idea that the best practitioners may be blind to the fact that what worked for them was not the best for everybody, or necessarily even for most.