I don’t know about you but for some reason even though I have been practicing Ashtanga for ages I still have trouble figuring out what I am meant to be doing as I leave Utkatasana and Warrior II. Who better to call on than Laruga Glaser to demonstrate what it should look like, allowing for individuality of bone structure, tension patterns, girth and such like of course 🙂
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Ed Clark has been teaching a very nice handspring version of this transition for a long time. As for the video above – rather her neck than mine, why not relax the neck and shoulder muscles a bit more?
[…] I caught up with her recently in India and we filmed 3 shorties (this is one of them, Transition out of Utkatasana is another) and a great interview (here), which includes a superb demo and explanation of the key […]