Bad grip in Standing Head to Knee

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Stefan
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January 31, 2009 at 12:58 am

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#1310

After years of practocng my grip is still so bad… even if I am not sweath, my fingers easily slip put and I losse the interlocked grip.

I have seen a photo of a young Bikram himself nog interlocking his fingers…

My problem is maybe due to my right arm being 1.5 inches too short, due to an accident when I was 12 and fell down a tree (trying to impress on a friend how good I was climbing tress…)

Any tips on how to properly grab the foot and hold it?

fraseram
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January 31, 2009 at 1:36 am

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#4157

I had this problem too…. I found getting in the webbing of the fingers was the trick for me!!! also….. what are your thumbs doing?

Stefan
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January 31, 2009 at 1:45 am

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#4158

I am so sorr, but what does “getting in the webbing of the fingers” mean? (My main language is Swedish)

My thumbs are under the foot.

I had this problem too…. I found getting in the webbing of the fingers was the trick for me!!! also….. what are your thumbs doing?

Gabrielle (The Hot Yoga Doctor)
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January 31, 2009 at 7:49 am

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#4161

Hi Stefan

I imagine you may not remember because it has been some time. But on March 6 2008 I posted many tips for you concerning your grip in quite a number of poses including Standing Head to Knee. I just want to give you the link here so you can go and check it out. Because one arm is longer than the other if you try to interlock your fingers I do believe you are going to create quite a large imbalance in this pose.

Anyway go and look at your original posting: One arm 4cm (2 inches) shorter than the other.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Stefan
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February 1, 2009 at 1:38 am

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#4163

I can interlock fingers, and that feels as OK as your suggestion, which is a very, very good suggestion.

But I want to interlock… it feels better. or maybe just

But in forward ben, I onöy grab right heel, but only sometimes. Due to my back problem (disc compression) I M a stiff bending forward, and can not really grab from behind.

Maye in head to knee hold the way Bikram himself used to hold…? page 199 in his new book.
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