Free Ashtanga Yoga Vide: Chakrasana

http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles Chakrasana pose demonstration by Lucas of YOGABODY Naturals. Learn to roll backward smoothly, without hurting your neck in a backward roll.
THE SETUP
This posture is very simple, but people get a little carried away with it and try to go too quickly. Youll see children on the playground doing backward rolls all the time and never hurting themselves, but over-eager yoga students tense up and try to make this into more than it is its very simple.

1. Lie on your back
2. Hand under shoulders just like in wheel pose
3. Roll your feet over your head and touch the ground with your flexed toes
(note: if you cant touch your feet, youre not ready for this transition posture)
4. On the 3rd trial roll, rock a little faster, push hard into your hands, and go all the way over

TIPS
1. Do NOT allow your body to roll to one side or other other its all the way over (straight)
or nothing
2. Dont hold your breath or grit your teeth
3. Just relax and let your body be limp

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[grimmly2007]

Thanks for posting this Lucus, have been really struggling with it for the last couple of weeks.