TheHotYogaDoctor

Hiya,

When I do this pose, if I move my arms underneath my body as instructed my hip bone really digs into my arms to the point where I have to move them out to the side.  Am I doing this wrong? Should I try and carry on with the arms underneath even though it’s painful?! Or is it ok to do this pose with the arms flat at the side of the body?

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Namaste.
Mel.

keep trying with arms underneath ....... try to get then to the inside of the hip bone ( I had the same prob ) this way the arms are resting on it

Thank you! I will try that tonight and keep at it.
Mel.

Hey Mel

It’s OK to play with the placement of the arms. Move them in or out but keep them symmetrically placed. You’ll find sometimes your arms will even feel as if they’re bending to get around the problem (while on the floor) and then with the effort of the pose they will straighten up!

Namaste
Gabrielle

Hi Mel - if it’s any consolation, it took me ages to get my arms further in enough that my forearms were not constantly “bruised and sore” from my hips digging in!

I remember it well in the first few weeks of practice, and then suddenly everything came together ... that was 10 years ago and despite some rather long absences, it has never happened again.

One thing that I am pretty sure helped me was putting a lot more thought into really pushing into the floor with my hands (even in the single leg lift) - I guess it also has a side effect of relieving a bit of the pressure of the forearm on the hip, even htough your aim is to have them touching.

Then before long, you’ll have the forearms inside the hip bones and nice strong arms & shoulders ... and it will all be in the past!

Keep us posted ...

Thank you all for your advice.  I tried at last nights class to get my arms in past the bone which was fine when I was doing the single leg lift but I just couldn’t keep them there when lifting both legs.  I will try again tonight and also focus on pushing into the floor with my hands and see how I go.
Thanks again, I really love this site. I even managed to last throughout Triangle without slipping after putting my weight back into my heel after reading it on here!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!
Mel. 

I just cant seem to get my arms and hands in the correct position, it really hurts the writs to turn them like this, any helpful advice?

Hi Marilyn

Don’t be concerned at this time about having your ‘baby fingers touching’. If it is excruciating then you adjust your arms.

Move them in or out but keep them symmetrically placed.

Come back and tell us if you’ve tried doing that and if it helps you at all.

Namaste
Gabrielle

I can barely get my arms under the side so fingers touching isn’t happening!
I just wondered if there was any helpful advice or if it is just something that takes
a while and how long it usually takes people to do this.
Marilyn

I used to think, a little haughtily, I think, oh, my boobs are just too big for me to do this pose correctly.  I won’t even tell you how many years it took for me to realize it wasn’t that my boobs were too big to get my arms side by side, it was that my shoulders were too tight!

Suddenly, one day, I just realized the boobs magically weren’t a problem anymore and the arms were together and I could push my “heart to the floor,” as somebody here mentioned, keeping my arms straight, and it just all seemed to come together.

So, keep on trying and it will happen, one day!