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sanjaya	Vatayanasana	Lead	[-]
Posts: 252 (04/11/08 07:19:23) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I've been struggling with this pose for a while. Tips on balancing? Is it purely a bandha thing (the official answer) or does it have something to do with the placement of your foot? How do you keep a high half lotus during the vinyasa? Whoever said the poses after karandavasana were easy is surely a big joker.
YogaVane		#1	[-]
Posts: 835 (04/11/08 10:01:31) Lady Governess Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I was given this pose the other day; it just seems impossible to achieve! My teacher insisted a lot on foot placement of the non-lotus leg. But as it is now, I don't understand anything about it. If this changes, I promise to report back.
sanjaya	Vatayanasana	#2	[-]
Posts: 253 (04/11/08 10:15:12) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	That's awesome, YV. Seven headstands looming on the horizon.....
YogaVane		#3	[-]
Posts: 836 (04/11/08 11:26:36) Lady Governess Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Not until I get past this retarded pose!
yogamummy		#4	[-]
Posts: 55 (04/12/08 14:25:08) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Really pressing the half lotus foot into the crease of the hip seems to help, and also not worrying so much about how wonky the rest of the vinyasa looks/feels - at least at first.
JLafitte		#5	[-]
Posts: 26 (04/13/08 07:32:03) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The ideal is to have the heel of the standing foot contact the knee. The closer they get the harder to balance though, so you can get stability by putting some distance between them. Facing the torso in the direction of the standing foot will also improve stability. One thing I've noticed about bandhas in this asana -- if uddiyana is unfocused and engaged all the way up to the ribcage, breathing becomes more restricted and getting the torso vertical is a lot harder.
sanjaya		#6	[-]
Posts: 254 (04/13/08 11:31:09) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Yeah I really can't balance with my foot touching my knee, but discovered that if it is a few inches in front of the knee sort of pointed diagonally with the heel slightly off the ground, I can balance for a few breaths (if I simultaneously pray to Patanjali). My teacher didn't say anything about these modifications, although he looked at me with raised eyebrows. The half lotus did not unravel during the vinyasa this morning - keeping the foot pointed and pressed into the upper thigh really helped. The bandhas are indeed key to getting a vertical torso. There also seems to be a bit of a backbend involved. Exhausting pose though. I had no idea.
yogamummy		#7	[-]
Posts: 56 (04/13/08 13:32:25) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	You probably do this already... but I find that a key to balancing is getting my arms in position as soon as my hands leave the ground, and then just pulling upwards with everything I've got.
uqnnyl		#8	[-]
Posts: 176 (04/14/08 17:26:46) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	In the beginning i would keep a few inches between (the heel of) my foot and the knee of the half-lotus leg, and also point the foot that's on the mat more diagonally rather than exaggerated outward turn. Those modifications made balancing a lot easier. Over time, you can turn the foot more and/or bring the foot and the knee closer together. Try to think of lifting your pelvic floor as you do the "hand thing" it's really about the bandhas but for some reason thinking specifically about the pelvic floor is more obvious to me. And as you look up and breath, think about pointing your sitting bones DOWN to provide a stable base. Being more awake and not hungover helps too. :-)
sanjaya		#9	[-]
Posts: 255 (04/17/08 06:02:02) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	JL, YM and Lynn - great tips. I also found that it's much easier to balance if the toes are right on the hip crease. Still working on bringing the foot closer to the knee. I saw someone balancing on her foot with her knee just touching her ankle, and she was completely vertical. Freaky!
yoleus		#10	[-]
Posts: 22 (04/28/08 12:31:28) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	focus on a spot on the wall, 8 ft high or so as your drishti ( i know)! it helped me get this one down. I don't mind it at all now. Have a go...
JLafitte		#11	[-]
Posts: 28 (04/29/08 09:00:16) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	One other thing -- the effort in getting the torso vertical is mostly in the lotus-leg hip. I've found that getting that hip really straight prior to folding the arms works nicely, since the arm lift is very disruptive if done at the same time as the torso lift.
tat tvam amasi		#12	[-]
Posts: 2145 (08/11/08 06:54:50) Forearm Modulator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	For some reason, jumping the foot all the way forward to between the hands from the Lotus/Downward dog (as opposed to halfway to the hands) makes a major dfifference in stability for me. I now feel stable enough to turn my attention to the hands and drishti. doug
Vagabond		#13	[-]
Posts: 1 (08/04/09 06:37:46) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Sanjaya - I was told to focus on making the torso as vertical as possible. My problem was leaning too far forward over the non-lotus leg; thus, it ended up looking kinda like utkatasana with one leg in lotus. Another teacher advised me to focus on the stretch thru the hips in supta vajrasana, which also seems to have helped make some progress in this pose.

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