Balance? Tips for getting up and staying up?

I stretch my whole body up, tighten my abs, tuck my butt under, tighten my quads and lock my knees, just before going downwards, and even going downwards I keep my torso up as high as I can and abs tight the whole time.

All the above tips are great … and … remember your toes have muscles too!

So unless you’ve been a ballerina in a previous life (though I see in your interests you list motorcycles – some toe work their depending on what you ride! Gabrielle & I love bikes … used to race ’em) you’ve probably not had a lot of opportunity to strengthen ankles/feet/toes.

It took me quite some months to get up high – and even now, the only way I’ll get my feet up on my toes as high as Gabrielle can is by wearing her high-heels.

But that’s another story … 😉

So I’d say, follow the advice & tips above and recognize that you are doing some degree of strength training and for that reason your progress may be gradual – and therefore harder to track. I’d suggest take a photo of your “best pose” now … and then again in 3 months time. You’ll be surprised!

Robert

PS. As a Private Member you DO have access to an excellent Pose Clinic on this pose, which I hope you have watched!

https://www.hotyogadoctor.com/index.php/site/comments-vip/hot-yoga-online-video-masterclass/

Hi Bonnie

You gave some good tips. I do want to point out something that rang some alarm bells. You should NEVER under ANY circumstances point your toes in Rabbit pose. Let’s transfer any questions about this to the Rabbit pose section if this goes any further. Putting energy in your feet like this changes the pose in a variety of ways not least of which is causing tension in areas that should be relaxed including arms and back.

I know you have the Hot Yoga MasterClass so please go and review Rabbit (pages 260-265) and check out the feet! :cheese:

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂