TheHotYogaDoctor

Hi Gabrielle,

We talked in another thread about half moon and possibly just pulling on my wrists instead of arms pressed to ears. I have figured out why it hurts. If I bring my arms slightly forward the pain is gone. It is the axis (?). Does that make sense? I forget all the terminology from my personal training days.

Does this compromise the pose to much?

Hi LFB

I hope you don’t mind me asking for some clarification but I really am not sure what exact movements you are making here. Are you saying that you don’t feel the pain when your elbows aren’t lifted as high? I don’t want to guess because I could throw you and others off track. Things to think about telling me about are what you are doing on the inhale or the exhale, is it elbows or shoulders, is it position of your fingers at the neck, stuff like that.

I would love to be of more help, so over to you my yogini friend!

Namaste
Gabrielle

Hi gabrielle,
Sorry. I was a little vauge. So, instead of pressing my arms to my ears I have my arms slightly forward. They are straight, palms together, just not pointing straight up, but slightly forward. The tightness in my neck and choking in throat comes when my arms are straight up agaist my ears. I did what you said in earlier post and released my shoulders and let scapula slide down my back and that helped enormously as I realized some of the choking came from my shoulders being up around my ears too!! I still find it hard to breathe however in this pose.

I had another question for you : have you ever had anyone complain about sore feet? Ever since my first class, by the second standing pose my feet are killing me! Sometimes they cramp but mainly just ache right until the end of standing poses. I do have high arches. Not sure if that has anything to do with it.

Thanks again. Your feedback is priceless

Hi everyone!

This thread was originally posted under Pranayama! So that should explain the confusion I had! Woopsie.

Now it is in the right place.

@looking for balance
I don’t think you were vague as much as I was thrown off by the posting under Pranayama.

I think I would much rather you have your elbows a little bent so that you can drop the shoulders down and back as well as get your arms back. This is far more advantageous than bringing your arms forward. I also think that your chest will be more open in this position rather than a slight collapse. I would love to know if your breathing eases up a bit when you do so.

I will get to your feet tomorrow.

Namaste
Gabrielle

Looking for Balance:

I too have high arches in my feet and have learned a lot about that from Gabrielle’s video about feet.  You’ll find it somewhere on this site.  it’s well worth watching.

Bonnie

Hello

Thanks Bonnie for recommending the video. To make it easier here it is: Great Posture from the Ground Up!

That will do for starters

Namaste
Gabrielle

Thanks Gals! The video is great.

My feet pretty much start aching before i get out of bed.

I have tried something that helps:  ‘yoga toes’. The are like the thingys they put between your toes when you get a pedicure, but are almost like a casing that goes around each toe and separates them A LOT!

My feet feel sooooo good when i take them off, and the daily aching is disappears right when i put them on, however, it is only temporary.

I’ll practice walking correctly, as suggested in video.

Any other suggestions would be great; as i said, the pain starts right around the second set of breathing, the first pose!!