Understanding your sacrum!

The bones of the lower back include this very important bone -- the sacrum. It is a triangular bone at the bottom of the spine, which is tucked between your two hip bones. You can check out this brief overview of the sacrum on Wikipedia.

So why is it important to better understand my sacrum, you may ask yourself, and how might this understanding impact my yoga practice? Well one good reason is that many of us suffer from lower back pain, and in some cases that pain is caused by an "out of whack" sacroiliac joint, the point where the sacrum and the pelvis join. This very nice article in Yoga Journal by Judith Lasater helps explain both what can cause sacroiliac pain and how your yoga practice can also help heal the problem.