What a strange pose !( what was in the water that day) any one gota any clues, can use strap, but without very difficult cheers
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Posts: 116 (02/04/07 14:59:04) |
try rolling the shoulder of the binding arm back as much as you can. in the beginning i also helped bind with the free hand....
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Posts: 885 (07/28/08 00:16:32) Lady Governess |
Ok, so I only got this today and I accept that the first time trying a new pose (especially a tricky one that I've never played with outside practice) can
be a bit wird, but what the hell is it all about? I can't even bind my toe!!! With my teacher's help I managed to just skim it but it was too sweaty to
hold (eew, I know). He then had to haul me up and of course I lost both toes in the process.
Sigh. I suspect this is going to be a long process, so any tips would be mucho appreciated.
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Posts: 23 (07/29/08 14:01:39) |
This really is a weird one. I played around with it a lot out of practice, but it's risky 'cos I find you need to be really warm to pull this one off.
I used to bind the toe first and then roll back over my arm (much bruising) I wouldn't really recommend it but it helped me get the feel of the bind. As
Mousebell said, helping with the other hand is good, as is moving the straight leg out to the side while you scrabble around for the toe!
Once you get the bind - these are my top tips: bend the straight leg into position before you begin to come up and then rather than thinking of rolling up, think of going kind of 'up and over' with that same knee. It feels like my back almost arches a bit and I just kind of land seated, but maybe that's just me. As for keeping the bind, keeping the head down, chin to chest ( I fix my eyes fiercely on the hand, as if daring it to let go!) all the way through the transition. That head position helped me nail holding the heels coming up in Urdhva Mukha Paschimattanasana too. Prepare for weeks of evil elbow bruising...... |
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Posts: 887 (08/06/08 00:25:24) Lady Governess |
Thanks for the advice, yoleus. This is what seems to be working for me right now:
I pull my leg into the deepest half lotus I can. Then I try to wiggle my shoulders together like I do in shoulderstand (when I want to straighten up my shoulderstand, I wiggle the shoulders with my arms straight down and hands on the floor). This seems to give me more room for taking the arm behind the back. Right now, my teacher is helping me grab the toe. I then bend the knee of the straight leg quite deeply, take my free arm around the outside, and even though it's not kosher, my teacher has me grabbing the arch of my foot (inside) instead of the toe. This gives me more stability and today I could roll up for the first time, on one side only and with his help but hey, it's a start. The bruising is not fun though! |
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Posts: 891 (09/04/08 00:35:24) Lady Governess |
Cybertantrum: I hate this pose, I can't do it, I will never be able to do it, my arms are too short and I'm just too damn fat.
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