Workshop at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Kobe, Japan.
I’m helping this student realign her elbows. Her carrying angle will hamper her efforts to lift all the way up through her shoulders and hips. When I remove my feet from her elbows, she has to move them back toward the wall herself. She also has to move her shoulders forward.
Gripping her hips firmly between my feet, I am rolling this student’s shoulders back.
Amit Pawar, Prana Homoeopathy Yoga Center, Pune, shows us how its done! He instructs one of his teachers how to make a similar adjustment, but here he draws the upper torso forward as he moves the student’s shoulders back. She is less likely to jam her lumbar spine this way.
Roll your upper arms in and pull your arms back into the shoulder sockets as you allow your pelvis to slide down the wall.
Maintain the entire backs of the legs from pelvis to heels, parallel to the ceiling.
You get more leverage when your feet are against the wall, and you can hold onto some ropes. Press your feet into the wall and move your inner groins back.
Krounchasana. Stay toward the middle of the sit bones and raise the anterior spine.
Eka Pada Sirsasana. Keep your hips level with each other as you bring one of your legs forward and down.
Sarvangasana. To get a better, sharper grip, spread your fingers and thumbs, palms facing the floor, place them between two ribs, and lift!
In addition, clip the outer shoulderblades in and roll the outer, upper arms down.
© 2020 Bobby Clennell.
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