tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post8535821016068597920..comments2023-05-08T04:14:52.129-07:00Comments on THE RELUCTANT ASHTANGI: WhompKaivalyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706519542278960007noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-91400558320737068042011-07-08T15:48:31.544-07:002011-07-08T15:48:31.544-07:00dear Kai
Pincha is challenging for me too. i usual...dear Kai<br />Pincha is challenging for me too. i usually need the wall for comfort. I do Karandavasana with a three point headstand base if there is no one to assist.<br />hugs<br />ArturoArturohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10971352220152467379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-16204612043851412342011-07-06T20:41:12.754-07:002011-07-06T20:41:12.754-07:00I think I'm the same - 10 years plus and I sti...I think I'm the same - 10 years plus and I still can't/don't do handstand! I feel like I lack strength (and definitely balance)! But I have been practicing doing that dolphin pose to build strength and stability for quite a while. <br /><br />If it wasn't for the fact that I'm just coming out of a few weeks off yoga due to a meniscus tear I'd think I should have another go. But maybe I'll leave it for another few weeks!susiegbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11676716409243787432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-40050349214983877172011-07-06T18:02:06.829-07:002011-07-06T18:02:06.829-07:00@Ragdoll
Yup, 10 years. I retraced the chronology ...@Ragdoll<br />Yup, 10 years. I retraced the chronology in my most recent post. I can almost guarantee it will get easier. Hang in there!<br /><br />@serene<br />*waves enthusiastically* Thanks!<br /><br />@Nobodhi<br />Yup, I've been doing the pose pretty much non-stop at home, between the classes I teach - anyplace I can find a wall. And my teacher has me working exactly as you suggested. I need to develop more endurance now and find that balance. Thanks for all the great advice!Kaivalyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08706519542278960007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-58325306425792104222011-07-06T16:55:57.396-07:002011-07-06T16:55:57.396-07:00Have you thought about practicing Pincha Mayurasan...Have you thought about practicing Pincha Mayurasana against the wall at home? Once you kick up to the wall, work on your alignment (lift up out of the shoulders, tuck in the lower ribs and the tailbone and stretch up through the balls of the feet) then slowly bring your feet away from the wall to balance. <br />I think the body needs to get a firm sense of how to balance in this pose first, it needs to KNOW the balance and what it feels like to be there before you can kick up straight into that perfect balance spot (otherwise your body doesn't know what its aiming for when it kicks up).<br />When the balance starts to come with your feet slightly away from the wall, you can move your arm base a short distance away from the wall and try kicking up straight into the balance (knowing the wall is there to catch you if you over shoot). I remember this helped me enormously - one of yoga's lessons is that we need to build a strong foundation from which to grow from - that applies to learning a new pose. <br />A strap just above the elbows can help stabilise the arms and shoulders when you're learning this pose too.<br />Hope this helps...nobodhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471854227560555251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-86991268132236034582011-07-06T13:22:21.791-07:002011-07-06T13:22:21.791-07:00Glad you're blogging again... sounds like quit...Glad you're blogging again... sounds like quite an adventure!!stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058168113722446790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-45573213024201940012011-07-06T11:06:40.068-07:002011-07-06T11:06:40.068-07:00Oh boy Kai, This post was more helpful than an ent...Oh boy Kai, This post was more helpful than an entire workshop. The gift of inspiration: Priceless. I confess I was just as scared reading your play by play at DT's :-) well told!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796354866116498246.post-34684907015931022792011-07-06T04:22:43.534-07:002011-07-06T04:22:43.534-07:0010 years to learn headstand? I can't do it (wo...10 years to learn headstand? I can't do it (won't do it?) after maybe 2 years of serious attempts, and it's so good to read that from you - I was really beginning to think I was some kind of freak.So of course I'm not glad that you've had similar fears, and are going through it all over again with the new one, but there is that relief in finding I'm in very good company!<br /><br />I also really get what you're saying about being scared and keeping on doing it. I've never been like this with anything before. Anything else, I would have given up by now. But somehow, if it's part of the practice, we keep going and commit, no matter how long it takes. For me, there's definitely stubborness, and a desire to do things properly. The closing poses include a headstand. So I do a headstand - whatever kind of crazy excuse for a headstand that is for me on any given day.Ragdollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845879995128960872noreply@blogger.com