Should you lock your knees in Yoga? by Leslie Kaminoff

[bipbopwhale]

I took a bikram yoga class over the summer and every day my instructor would say, "lock the knee! lock the knee!"... usually when we were in warrior 3. I can still hear her saying it in my mind. I started taking yoga classes at another studio a few months later and I have not once ever heard any teacher tell us to lock the knee... so I've always wondered about this. Thanks for the video

[monadesai]

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[TheHazel44]

So we lock the knee pull up the knee and engage the muscles around the knee. But we should never hyper extend the knee because it can also lead to a damaged knee right how?