Hello happyyogachik
Yes, most definitely this is normal! This is one of the intense abdominal compression poses. There you are curled up as tightly in a ball as you can be. One of the visualizations I use is asking students to imagine that their entire abdomen contacts their spine. And you get even greater leverage on the curl by using the force of the hands and feet against the floor. It certainly sounds as if you have the greatest intention in this pose. So keep it up.
What I would like to remind you of is that you make sure you pay attention to your hip alignment. You don’t mention whether the pinching sensation is symmetrical on each side of this pose. Anyway, pay attention to squaring your hips to the wall and the floor by careful weight distribution to help facilitate even greater compression and benefit.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂
