could you do a practice on how to do halasana. I am too stiff to bring my legs to the back and even when I use a chair i can't bring my arms close - they tend to go in a 45 degrees line from my body. thank you
If u r stiff in hamstrings, you can also try bending the legs and taking a version of karnapidasana (keep feet on the chair). For the arms, this is because of tightness in the shoulders. You won’t solve this in Halasana, you need to practice other asanas to help loosen up the tightness. That said, you can place a bolster or a rolled mat so that your elbows touch down on something when the hands are on your back.
Loved this sequence showing how to work up to a very hard pose! Very useful!
thanks for the invitation to Ekapada Koundinyasana ...what do you mean by sliding the floor away?
Try to engage the muscles as if u could push/slide the floor forward under your hand, but without actually moving the hand.
This similar set up for dragonfly too, right? Just the top foot goes on the thigh?
Sorry I’m not familiar w dragonfly. Do u know the Sanskrit name?
could you do a practice on how to do halasana.
I am too stiff to bring my legs to the back and even when I use a chair i can't bring my arms close - they tend to go in a 45 degrees line from my body.
thank you
If u r stiff in hamstrings, you can also try bending the legs and taking a version of karnapidasana (keep feet on the chair). For the arms, this is because of tightness in the shoulders. You won’t solve this in Halasana, you need to practice other asanas to help loosen up the tightness. That said, you can place a bolster or a rolled mat so that your elbows touch down on something when the hands are on your back.