Hi Joe
You and I have been corresponding over at the the blog about how to avoid sore hamstrings, and how to do Standing Separate Leg Stretching pose.
Here’s what I wrote to you over at the blog:
Do you manage to get your hands under your feet with bent legs for Hands2Feet Pose? And still keep bent legs? Then what I can suggest is to is start there and start moving your feet outward to the side. You may need to bend the legs more or less as you widen the stance. Your hands will shift slightly in angle. But if you can do that pose then you can 99.99999% of the time, do this one too.
Please tell me how you go
Please note that it’s not essential to get the whole length of the fingers under the feet. It’s really a leverage point in order to find the traction. Fingertips will do!
If you cannot do Padahastasana (with bent legs and chest on thighs) then let me know. You really don’t want to have hands on the floor because you miss out on the actual mechanism to this pose. It’s not just about gravity stretching and nothing much good happens if legs are straight and back is rounded. So let’s keep working on this!
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂
