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in reply to: Elbow Pain #8637
Sorry for the late reply, I fell out of Yoga practice for awhile, but am back again (as I always seem to find myself)
I am now day 3 into a 30 day challenge, and haven’t been putting my hands to feet at all, mainly because of the fear of pain (I’ve finally got my arm to a good place pain wise and I’m scared to do anything to aggravate it) I will over the next few classes look at moving to putting my hands to feet in one set, and see how it goes.
The other positions i have trouble with (with my arm) is the standing bow, being that my arm doesn’t rotate as fully as the right, i find this position uncomfortable, I try to do one set of this one.
also, the Cobra & Locust Positions, my left arm is almost sticking right out and just won’t go any further. With my right arm i can get it to parallel to my body but not under, I’m worried that it isn’t helping being so uneven with my arms?
In general is it better to stand a position out rather than do it just on one side?
in reply to: March 30-day challenge #8636Today is day 3 of my 30 day challange… A lady from work and myself are attempting to complete 1 class a day for 30 days. We have mapped out what classes we will go to and what times etc and are motivating each other which is great.
I have a few injuries both old and new that limit my practise, but this mornings class I got through all the positions that i’m allowed to do. Normally I have to sit a number of them out.
Today’s class I found very confronting… the instructor was a bit more involved I guess you would say, it was a smaller class and she was more one on one with the students. She called me out on a few things and I found myself in tears for the first 5 positions during the floor series… I’ll be interested to see how I go tomorrow morning after a good nights sleep, see if that makes any difference to my emotions during class.
Some things i’ve noticed…
– I am REALLY struggling to drink 3 litres of water a day… I find water very
boring! (no flavour etc)– I want to eat more during the day
– I’m craving salt
Namaste,
Rhiainin reply to: Elbow Pain #5886Hi,
I did a Bikram yoga last night and had a thorough look at how I am doing this posture. The starting point where you are kneeling with your hands in your lower back and bending backwards is fine, putting my right hand on my foot is okay, (with the thumbs on the outside) its twisting my left arm to get the hand on the foot with the thumb on the outside that hurts. Once it’s there and I’m pulling on my feet pushing my hips forward its uncomfortable and I have a large twinging pain in my left elbow.If I could put my arm so that the thumb was on the inside (eliminating the twist of the elbow) it would be much better but I’m unsure of doing the position incorrectly?
Rhiain
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