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Balancing in Standing Bow.

2008-03-06T09:46:44Z

Posted by beauxx

Hi Gabrielle,

I just posted a message to this forum but it seems to have vanished.
With this pose I experience balancing difficulty—although some days I can
hold it for the duration.
Can this pose be broken into parts as you did
wiht head to knee pose? Are my hips supposed to stay facing the mirror
or turn to facilitate the turning and hiding of the rear shoulder as I go down? This
part of the pose I struggle with and sense it is the part that throws off
my balance as it constitutes the setup-sometimes I move my standing leg/foot around
in the pose to prevent falling out—I also try placing my standing leg/foot a bit
to the right or left to control my balance from the outset. Mentally I fight with the thought that I will fall out when I head down as I am unclear how to properly move/hide the rear shoulder.Lastly as I start down into the pose if I conciously start by kicking up and back my held leg my extended arm remains higher more easily.
I am 6’ 4”—185 lbs and have long arms and legs if this is part of the equation.

In gratitude,

BL

cant grab my leg!

2010-01-24T11:19:06Z

On my right side, I can’t grab my right foot. I keep trying every day, the whole minute, both sets and its still not possible. I saw other people use a towel, but I dont want to get dependent on anything. Is there anything I can do to be more successful?
Jessica

Lower your body

2009-11-20T20:56:09Z

Why do teachers tell you to lower your body in this posture? All the pictures that I see do not have someone with their torso lowered. I am afraid that I will fall forward and I see other students losing their balance when they try to do what the teacher asks them to do “Lower your body”. This makes no sense to me and I think a curved spine is so much more beautiful with the leg up.

Chin to the shoulder??

2008-04-16T17:21:57Z

Hi there

How important is the chin touching the shoulder?? I notice in the pictures you have posted on the other site that neither of the yogis have their chins touching their shoulders. I do this pose well, but every time, my teacher corrects me to do this. I am curious how important this is. I have also been told to rotate the axis of my head so that my face is straight on in the mirror.

Thoughts??

hyperextended knee

2009-03-28T05:49:26Z

Hi,

Here’s my struggle… my standing leg is so hyper extended in that pose. (see my profile pic) I’m trying to correct it but seems like it’s always that way. Any tips?

Rotating shoulders

2009-05-27T00:46:12Z

Hi you all,

I was surfing in the net and found a video of international yoga asana championships. I watched the men’s winner doing standing bow. When starting the pose he very strongly rotates his shoulders before reaching for his foot. Is this right?

I tried it yesterday in the class and it actually helped me.

In our class the teacher says first to grab your uplifted foot and after that the shoulder rotates back due to the foot pulling. What do you think? here is the link if you want to watch it

http://www.yogacup.com/men.html

Feenix

Painful knee in the bows

2008-12-23T08:47:53Z

Hi Gabrielle,

Lately I have been experiencing a sharp pain in my left knee only when I do either of the bow postures. It happens when I try to deepen the pose and I feel a twinge that makes me come out of the pose or back off.
My doctor diagnosed me with Patellofemoral Syndrome, so I have trouble with pain when my knees are bent for a long time and they snap, crackle and pop like crazy! He says exercise and pain pills is about all I can do to treat it.
The funny thing is that it is only in my left knee. I notice when I’m doing the Wind-removing pose that when I bend my left leg up, it tends to turn inward at an angle, whereas my right leg bends fairly straight.
I have a feeling the pain must be because of improper alignment, but I’m not sure how to correct it.
Do you have any suggestions?

Many thanks! tracey

is there a relation…?

2008-03-06T10:03:46Z

Posted by subyogi

i just started bikram yoga…it has been my 3rd time. Since then i have been experiencing diarrhea. At the same time i have been experiencing my jaw bones hurting me. I have no dental work needed to be done in my mouth. I was just wandering if this has any relation to the heat in the room?

just can’t hold on

2008-03-11T04:35:39Z

Hi. I have been practising for about 6 weeks, 4-5 times a week. By the time we get to standing bow, I am so sweaty that I can not get a decent grip & hold onto my ankle or foot for the pose. I have a small towel, which I often use to wipe my hands & leg, but it doesn’t help that much. It doesn’t seem that any one else suffers from this problem. Also, it is the foot or ankle I am supposed to be holding onto. Different teachers seem to give different instructions re foot vs. ankle. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Cannot reach my feet in standing bow

2008-03-06T08:25:13Z

Posted by Ela

This one is even worst than Dandayamana Janushirasana (see a post).
Is this my lack of flexibility?

Ela