Reach the block and heel away from each other with your weight centered over your left ankle. Keep reaching your chest forward and if you are balanced here, lift your left arm up with the block. Shift your weight into your left foot and lift your right leg behind you to hip height. Reach your chest forward into Ardha Uttanasana (Half Standing Forward Bend Pose). Keep your weight balanced between the balls of the feet and your heels. Place the blocks on the floor arm’s-length in front of you on the tallest height. Fold forward into Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend Pose), using the blocks as an extension of your arms. Hold a block in each hand and lift your hands into Urdva Hastasana (Upward Salute Pose). The whole time you are lifting through your head trying to reach the block on your head to the ceiling.Īfter 10 seconds, grab the block, draw your knee fully into your chest and then release your leg slowly back to Tadasana. Squeeze as much as you can safely for 10 whole seconds. This will get your hip flexors working in a shortened position. To fit the block, you usually need to lower the knee away from the chest some to fit the block then lift the knee again. This can be done to the front and to the side. Squeeze the block between your thigh and your abdomen. Lift your right knee up like a modified version of Utthita Padangusthasana (Extended Hand-to-Big Toe Pose), but keep your knee bent. Stand in Tadasana and place your block on your head. Repeat this three more times taking the arms into the various arm positions while in Utkatasana as slowly as possible. ![]() Then take your arms in front of your chest and press into the block and finally up and overhead. Take your other block behind your back so that your arms come into extension. Squeeze the block between your thighs and also pressing your thighs away without losing the block the same way you did standing in Tadasana. Take the block off your head and place it between your thighs as in step 2 and the other block will remain between your palms.įrom Tadasana sit back into Utkatasana (Fierce Pose) by hinging back at your hips and slowly bending at your knees. Once you have your arms overhead, continue to press into the block and try to lift the block that’s on your head up to the block between your palms for axial extension. Did your block fall off your head because your hips and lower back move a lot when you lift your arms up? ![]() Lift your arms up and overhead while pressing your palms into the block. Now take the blocks out and place one on your head (can you balance it there?) and the other at its widest width between the palms of your hands. Does this create more muscular engagement along the sides of the hips and legs almost like your being stretched like taffy? Press your feet and your legs away from the blocks without losing contact. Does it remind you of water shooting straight up from a fountain’s spout? Then, try the opposite. Squeeze your inner feet and inner thighs into the blocks and notice the effect that has on your body. Balance evenly between the balls of the feet and your heels. ![]() Place one yoga block, at its narrowest width, between your feet and another, at its narrowest width, between your thighs. For this short standing sequence, you will need two blocks. This short standing yoga sequence using blocks generates valuable proprioceptive awareness throughout the body as well as develops concentration from the constant feedback from the blocks. ![]() Blocks are instrumental in giving your body feedback.
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