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Even after several years of Hoy/Bikram yoga I still have a problem with the triangle pose.
To me it feels much more physically demanding than almost all the others and when I come out of the pose I nearly always feel dizzy, very short of breath and have to sit out for a while.
If I come out of it early it’s OK but holding it for the full period just gets me every time.
I suspect it may be to do with breathing, I know that I tend to hold the breath when I’m coming out.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks
PhilI take an inhale stretch up and exhale come out of lunge and stand inhale with arms still up exhale lower arms and enjoy standing corpse pose. I hope that makes sense and that it helps if you need more clarity let me know good luck
oh ps of course the whole pose taking deep belly breathes in and out and slowHi Phil
Yes, it could be breathing that needs to be modulated. And I wonder if you are feeling tired in it for any other reasons. Where do you feel the most weight? Is it in one leg over the other, and even one set of toes more than the other? Are you feeling more pressure in your front knee, do you feel as if you are going to fall over? Or are you rock solid feeling comfortable but just don’t have the stamina? Do you feel as if your legs are going to slide apart? Do you feel an imbalance in the front to back direction or do you feel as if you are having to hold your body off the floor?
You may need to read these questions and then go off to class!!! Looking forward to hear what you find out.
Namaste
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If I do the triangle on its own (outside of a class) it is fine. It seems that by the time I’ve done all the one legged postures my legs are a bit tired.
I think there is a bit too much weight in my front leg and this may be becuase my feet dont feel fully secure on the (by then) sweaty mat
generally, I feel I’m in right position but it just takes a lot of effort to stay there for the full 30s and when I come back up after just one side I have to take a break.
Thanks
PhilHave you tried taking a break before triangle to see if that helps?
Try this technique and see if it helps. In the set up, focus all of your energy on yourself in the front mirror, stare at yourself right between the eyes (at your Brow Chakra) listen to the teachers instruction word for word surrendering to the words and breathing smoothly though your nostrils, as you prepare to bring your arms down take a huge breath of air in through your nose and slowly exhale gently through your nose on the way down, keep your spine straight. While in the posture do your best to remain focused on gently inhaling and exhaling via the nose and try to keep your chin locked to your shoulder with only your profile of your face visible in the front mirror. Now when exiting the posture take a smooth long inhale breath in as you come back up with control. Arms up, feet back together and large breath out(try to break out of your clothes you breathe so big)…
Also, you say your mat is sweaty…Do you put a towel down over your mat in practise? We are told to step to left of our mats and towels and some students turn their towels horizontal and stand on them to prevent slippage on the floor or mat. This can help tremendously if you’re slipping between postures and a slip could be very dangerous.
Hi Phil
Ah yes, feeling tired in your legs it can be difficult to move on. Yet it does offer the most exquisite opportunity to be present with your body. You can come out because you are tired. But it is at that moment when you decide to stay in that you really can let go of the dread and the thoughts and find yourself in the moment.
There is another side to feeling tired. Is at all possible that you are using too much effort or struggle in your poses? Surrender is difficult for many students (and more often difficult for men where the muscle factor can come into it). I have no idea of your practice but I offer you some things to think about.
Another side to the tiredness is a slight imbalance in your weight distribution. A small adjustment in your stance may change that. For example you say that you feel extra weight in your front leg. Mostly what happens is the weight feels more strongly on the front foot and then even more than that it falls into the toes. The result is feeling as though the foot could slide away from you. Did you happen to read the post on slipping and sliding feet? Or the one entitled What should I be trying to achieve in triangle pose?
I do recognize that your original post was about breathing and you have had some fine suggestions from Jeff. I do know from my own evolution through knowing this pose that this pose can transform from a tiresome, angst-inducing pose (pant, pant 😉 ) to one of energy, vitality and strength with what appears to be small almost imperceptible but significant changes.
Come back to us for clarification, more questions, revelations or news!
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂Thanks for all the ideas.
I’ll certainly be working on
1/ reducing the mental chatter/anxiety that leads up to the trikonasana
2/ balancing the weight between both feet and keeping off the toes
3/ no trying to hold it for the full 30 seconds but build up to over (more) timeThanks again
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