I am curious to know -- does he have knee or joint issues. Recently somewhere i was reading, and some article talked of yoga gurus and teachers who have had knee replacement and such.
I was looking up for yoga postures that are contraindicated for back pain. Strangely, all the postures that came up in various articles are the very same ones that are recommended to help lower back. So i am now confused.
(Background. Last year while getting two wisdom teeth extracted, i was sitting in the lobby going through a huge coffee table Yoga book at the dentist). Some exercises mentioned that they were not to be done if one had back pain. I did not pay attention.
Recently, my back pain came back, so i have started doing a lot of yoga postures to improve it. Cobra, Sphinx, child's pose, etc. So i had wanted to know what to avoid. Google hasn't been my friend in this case)