Moving on to stage 3

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lilitamz
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February 21, 2011 at 9:01 pm

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#2061

Hello everyone,

I am quite comfortable “lying down” on the floor with my head down, shoulders down, hips down BUT my knees tend to pull themselves away from the floor. Should I stay on stage 2? or just keep trying to “nail” the knee down to the floor?

Thank you!

Liliana

Robert Scanlon (Webmaster)
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February 23, 2011 at 1:46 pm

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#8373

Hi Liliana – sorry for the tardy reply! Gabrielle is away running some workshops and so we only just got a chance to discuss your issue & reply!

Basically you should just be staying in stage 2 (ie don’t force the knees) until you can keep your knees down with only moderate effort or preferably, not even thinking about it.

Something you CAN experiment with though, to assist this process is to widen the knees to allow you to get from stage 2 to 3 without the knees popping up at all. Same applies on exit – it’s OK to widen the knees (leave the head hanging back) as you come back out.

It can be a tough pose on the knee joints and you don’t need to add any extra pressure!

Hope that helps – if not, keep asking the questions!

Namaste

Robert

lilitamz
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February 28, 2011 at 7:18 pm

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#8390

Thanks Robert,

I will then stay on stage 2, still resting on my elbows while I work on my knees. Although, I should say that I don’t feel restriction on my knees on this pose.. the resistance is coming from the innerthigh. The stretch is quite satisfying even if I go to stage3, but the knees still want to come off the floor.

Liliana
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