Maya posted a picture recently of her latest backbend and I suggested that it looked good enough for working on dropping back. She seemed skeptical in her response, so this post is just to explain why it was I said that.
Here's a picture of my own backbend, I don't think it's much deeper than hers, it's nice enough but not out of this world, not talking Susan or Kino here.
Now here's my backbend as I take my legs and hips forward and bend a little at the knee. The bend in the back is the same the rest of the bend is spread through the length of the body,
...as you see in the video a half decent backbend begins in the toes and ends in the fingertips.
It takes work of course, getting the hips forward and remembering to keep them there, working on controlling the breath is hardest of all, stopping yourself from panicking a little, exhaling all the way down and inhaling all the way up ( for a long time I would snatch at the inhale and find myself half way back up with my lungs already full).
Laughter Yoga ?
And now for something completely different. Seeing as I had this stuck in my head all through practice (thank you Abi) I thought I'd share it, laughter yoga?
3 comments:
Grimmly! You rock, man.I see what you mean about the legs and feet. But I don't know, the psychological dropback is a heck of a lot harder than the physical one. Maybe if I have someone holding me I could try. *panics and runs screaming from the room*
Owwwwwww. Man, you will nail it soon.
My pleasure Maya. Agreed the psychological stuff is the hardest part, struggling with that now with the tictac project. But dropping back to the wall is good, working a little lower each week. I liked the arching back and then taking one arm behind to the wall and hanging for a bit before switching arms. then of course there's the dropping back to futon approach. Of course you need a nice strong Urdhava Danurasana or it'll all end in tears.
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