Heather looks very composed, ....relaxed here, kind of follows on from my previous post.
She hardly seems to be using her arms, no pushing and pulling herself into these deep backbends which is what I would have to be doing to get this deep. So (note to self) don't aim this deep right away, for such a full expression of the pose but rather find where's comfortable and work there throughout our body, following the breath, then take it just a little past our edge and work there....
She hardly seems to be using her arms, no pushing and pulling herself into these deep backbends which is what I would have to be doing to get this deep. So (note to self) don't aim this deep right away, for such a full expression of the pose but rather find where's comfortable and work there throughout our body, following the breath, then take it just a little past our edge and work there....
Here's a link to my earlier post on Heather and her backbending DVD
http://grimmly2007.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/practicing-with-heather-mortons-back.html
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MIght be worth posting her earlier 'cobra upper back opening' one, that she did a few months back. I'm pretty sure it's the foundation to all these. Oh, and the notes that she writes on the YouTube page are essential info too. She's amazing!
Hi Steve. Will see about fishing it out later and adding it. Eight limbs yoga has been posting a lot of heather over on my blog list, didn't want to tread on his blog toes
http://eightlimbsyoga.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Heather%20Morton
Don't be silly Grimmly, work away. Don't worry about posting up any heather-related articles or videos etc...
:-)
Hi, In the sequence the arms at not used to get yourself into the pose. The main muscles are the legs, upper back and widening the chest. It is helpful to remember to lift up and create SPACE between your last rib and the upper pelvis. Staying there and learning to watch your breath is essential to releasing internally and going further. Even if you have already met your edge, lift upward and roll your shoulders down. Men MIGHT find it more difficult due to wider shoulders but a stiffer lower back. Still believe it or not the legs empower the pose. Keep them strong!!
Thanks for posting it.
HI Heather, thanks for stopping by.
Yes, that was my point or at least of the previous post I'm referring too. We kind of know it's not about the arms but, too often, still end up trying to push through the arms force that extra inch to get the feet to the head, or perhaps a teacher will try and pull 'adjust' you into the posture. In the earlier post I showed Darby not using his arms at all to fold in paschimottanasana, that the whole action is done at the groin, and with the bandhas and he says the same thing I think for the forward bend, lifting and creating space, the arms are just guiding and i guess , here in raja kapotasana,, merely for stability.
Interesting about the wider shoulders, haven't thought about that.
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