What am I supposed to be feeling?

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ettielou
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June 29, 2010 at 8:37 am

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This may be a silly question but in wind removing pose I really cannot feel what I think I’m supposed to be feeling.

I think I have the technique right as my instructors have told me my leg positioning and shoulders etc. are all good, but I really can’t feel the “pinching sensation in the hip joint” or whatever it is we’re supposed to feel! I am pulling as hard as I can and my knee is only about 10 cm away from my shoulder.

I think maybe the ligaments in my hips are too flexible to be feeling anything? Does anyone else experience this?

Any advice would be appreciated!

Gabrielle (The Hot Yoga Doctor)
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June 29, 2010 at 11:09 am

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Hi Juliette

Don’t be concerned. Just because you don’t feel that ‘pinch’ in your hips doesn’t mean you don’t have this pose. What you want is a feeling of surrender through both your legs, no muscle tension, relaxation through and across your hips, the feeling of some kind of compression where your leg moves into your torso (abdomen area). The pinch happens for some who have tightness there. I felt it for quite some time after I had our girlie until my pelvis returned to a more ‘normal’ position, and I feel it a little at the moment as I am doing a lot of computer work and mixing up my hot yoga with power yoga (and hence lots of warrior poses). It’s not a necessity, it’s a kind of heads up to some students to let them know it’s OK when it happens!

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂
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