Angry in Rabbit

Hello Redbull
(which I hope you don’t drink before class 😉 )

It is unusual to feel such a strong emotion in Rabbit, but not unheard of. You are constricting the throat, it may be difficult to breathe easily and of course your body is all curled up. Irritation and anger are sensations that would mostly be associated with muscle tightening and tension.

As you say, vulnerability is often felt in Camel, and for the most part people usually feel emotionally quite safe in these big forward compressions where the spine rounds.

So, from a technique point of view I wonder if there are some things you can tell me about what has been happening in your body on these occasions. Where did you feel the tension? Arms? Shoulders? Pressure on/in the head? Feet? Which part of your back do you mostly feel when you are in Rabbit? Lower? Mid? Upper?

I hope you don’t mind, but I thought we could look at this and see if we can discount the physical pose.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Hi Redbull

Yes you are most certainly placing too much pressure on your head.

Make sure you:
* keep the chin tucked
* pull with firm grip against RELAXED feet
* push down hard through your knees and shins
* continue lifting the hips

Doing all the above, the weight on the head should lighten. And a very good indicator of this besides obviously taking the pressure off your head and neck, will be a shift of that great opening stretching feeling to either be located at the lower back or more evenly distributed through the back (to definitely include the lower back).

There are other notes in other Rabbit threads. Take a look at: Cannot reach my feet in Rabbit

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂