This is a short workshop with Savvas Giantsis focused on finding the right body position when doing bent or straight arm Baksana (crow/crane). Wow he makes it look easy but he also gives some great tips for finding that ease yourself.
Pashasana is the first posture of the Ashtanga Intermediate series and can be quite a challenge. What to focus on bind or heels down? Matthew Sweeney has some useful tips and even talks about the transition out of it.
In this video Iain Grysak discusses how people with different postural alignments of the pelvis should approach forward bending postures.
Stu digs deep into Marichyasana D from an anatomical perspective.
This posture is featured in the first third of the Ashtanga Intermediate Series. It requires a lot of leg strength but you can build it up gradually with some use of blocks.
This is such a tough posture when you are new to Ashtanga. Just to get you legs crossed around your arms seems to defy gravity. Then once you can do that someone tells you to bring your head to the floor. What? And then come back up again. No Way! But somehow through magic and such like things change and one day you think what was all the fuss. Hope this little video helps where ever you are on your…
Never has been my favourite posture. But with a bit of care it can be ok.
In this video Josephine Selander gives some good information for both students with limited and excessive range of motion in forward folding postures.
Josephine Selander looks at healthy shoulder position in Downdog.
So happy with this workshop I filmed with Joey Miles it is just full of useful detail to get you past your sticking points in Supta Kurmasana. You can bet there is going to be a lot more to come from Joey!