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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442      | Fee - it takes some time for some of us to get up and over on our own. Part of it is that for women, we have a lower center of gravity and that makes the initial "up and over" part a bit harder. If you have a longer torso and carry weight more on the hips (*sigh* like me...) then you have a bit more work to do. But all is not lost! First of all, don't think about getting your feet to the chair (or floor). Think about getting your knees into your chest. Then you can give a little boost with your hands and quickly straighten your legs and that will sometimes make it work. You can also position yourself close to a wall so you can walk your feet up the wall. That's what I had to do for quite awhile. Practice coming out of the pose very slowly, keeping your shoulders down on your blankets, knees to chest and legs straight. That will help you develop the muscles needed for going up. Most of all you need to relax your throat and not hold your breath going up. Being tense sucks up a lot of the energy you need to get you up and over. Congratulations on being upside down! I don't know if it actually makes you younger, as they say in the texts, but it sure makes me *feel* younger  | ||
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| Thanks Tourist. Yes, I'm overweight and my legs are long compared with the rest of me so the centre of gravity thing's certainly an issue. I find it difficult to get from the legs at 90 degrees stage so your tip on curling up and then straightening the legs makes sense, as does the controlled descent. Funnily enough, I found the wall version more difficult than the chair, but that may have been due to the wall being my first attempt and the chair my second. Being in the position is hard on my breathing. I get enough lift in the torso, and am lying back on blocks but my chest still constrains my throat (we're back to practising bra-less at home here being better than bra'd at class  ). As I'm claustrophobic, all seated forward bends also give me this issue. Guess I have to keep working on that surrendering into the pose thing, right?! Fee Edited by Orbilia 2006-04-05 11:36 AM | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442 | Fee - I heartily dislike the wall version (where you are close to the wall) of sarvangasana myself, but if you go far enough away from the wall, you can just use it as a tool to walk up and then go over onto the chair. Remember to press down the outer shoulders (where the shoulder seam of a shirt is) and make a bridge for your neck. Also do press your head into the floor a little. That helps create some breathing room also. I don't think we EVER get enough lift in shoulderstand. Perhaps when we reach the level of levitation, that will be enough  | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442 | Yes, we do tend to sound alike, don't we? I tell students that if I were to turn the room upside down while they are in shoulderstand they should land perfectly upright balancing on the balls of their feet  Mary's site is gorgeous! Check it out for the photos of the partner down dogs on the huge rocks. | ||
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She's pretty gorgeous too.  I know the photo you mean.... it's totally ace and reflects the way she occassionally slips in a balletic partner yoga pose for use to do in class. She teaches at various workshops and retreats all over the planet. It's best to contact her though as I know the list on her site is not complete. Since going to Italy with her earlier this year, she's been trying to persude me to go on the Brasilian trip next Spring :-) Fee | |||
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