yes, light and air is right. if you simply stretch down from your shoulder, you will be able to touch your toes and get more of the shoulder stretch and rib cage opening that is central to the pose (increasing circulation between the heart and lungs.
in addition, if you engage more at the core, your head will be on the same plane as your chest and then you will be able to rotate the spine without turning the posture into a backbend as it is in the video.
yes, light and air is right. if you simply stretch down from your shoulder, you will be able to touch your toes and get more of the shoulder stretch and rib cage opening that is central to the pose (increasing circulation between the heart and lungs.
There are some common misconceptions about how this pose should be done. One of these and maybe the biggest one is to place the fingers between the big and second toes. It really does depend on each person's body. I for example have arms that are significantly longer (by inches) than most.
More important is leg placement, weight distribution, correct elbow placement plus ability to keep the lift.
Wait... so you're not touching your finger between your big and second toe because your arms are too LONG?!
That's not a misconception, that's the form of the posture.
Your shoulders are clearly tilted. They should be one on top of the other, with fingers stretching up and down apart from each other. If you fixed your shoulders, you would easily touch your fingers.
yes, light and air is right. if you simply stretch down from your shoulder, you will be able to touch your toes and get more of the shoulder stretch and rib cage opening that is central to the pose (increasing circulation between the heart and lungs.
in addition, if you engage more at the core, your head will be on the same plane as your chest and then you will be able to rotate the spine without turning the posture into a backbend as it is in the video.
sarayogaportsmouth 1 year ago
yes, light and air is right. if you simply stretch down from your shoulder, you will be able to touch your toes and get more of the shoulder stretch and rib cage opening that is central to the pose (increasing circulation between the heart and lungs.
sarayogaportsmouth 1 year ago
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momayle 2 years ago
Hi, thanks for leaving a comment.
There are some common misconceptions about how this pose should be done. One of these and maybe the biggest one is to place the fingers between the big and second toes. It really does depend on each person's body. I for example have arms that are significantly longer (by inches) than most.
More important is leg placement, weight distribution, correct elbow placement plus ability to keep the lift.
Namaste :)
HotYogaDoctor 2 years ago
Wait... so you're not touching your finger between your big and second toe because your arms are too LONG?!
That's not a misconception, that's the form of the posture.
Your shoulders are clearly tilted. They should be one on top of the other, with fingers stretching up and down apart from each other. If you fixed your shoulders, you would easily touch your fingers.
But hey, maybe you know better than Bikram...
lightandair 2 years ago
Beautifully done!
bikramist 2 years ago
Nice music! Looked very windy (but hot!). Tnx for the demo.
raizscanlon 2 years ago