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Hello!
I have a terrible time with both dandayamana poses. I tend to transfer all of my weight to the outside edge of my weighted foot such that only the outside is connecting with the floor. My legs have a substantial curve. When I stand with feet together, there is a 3-4 inch gap between my knees. Athletically, this has never beena problem but I think it’s contributing to my difficulties with these poses. I’m wondering if anyone has had the same problem. If so, what did you do about it. I’ve been practicing for about a year and I’ve made very little progress in this area.
Thanks,
JD
Hi JD
Without seeing you or knowing more about how you approach the poses it would be difficult to say what exactly is going on. So allow me to pose some questions.
For example I would need to know whether you kick out in Standing Head to Knee. Are you doing this in the first or the second set? Do you go to the 2nd, 3rd or 4th part? Have you got any difficulties with locking out the leg, either leg?
Do you go to a Bikram studio where you are following ‘the dialog’? If you are then I would have an idea of what’s happening in both of these poses.
Let me know!
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂Hello all,
I just started my 5th week of (Bikram) yoga, and just recently discovered this amazing website (thank you Gabrielle!)
Among tons of other problems (totally new to yoga at all, a background as a dancer which messes up the mind, 10 years out of any exercise except the one of making kids :roll:), well, I have also this one: bowed legs (with knees about 1 1/2 inches apart). And yes, just like jamesdbll, I have to concentrate very hard on moving the weight from the outer edge to the middle of the supporting foot, trying consequently to straighten the leg. Doesn’t help with the focus required from this kind of poses :(.
I’ll guess I could answer myself the questions above!?
Here we go: 1)yes, I’ve been kicking pretty hard lately; 2)in both sets; 3)I only dare going to the 3rd part and 4)I find very difficult to lock either knee, both psychologically (I still cheat myself thinking it’s not THAT important!) and physically (I feel like I still have NO muscles to lock); 6) the teachers at my studio follow ‘the dialog’ but also move freely around it, with their own thoughts and suggestions.
Thank you and…beware! if you answer this, I could decide to start with the other 2349 questions!
Cheers,
AlexHi Alex – well done and welcome to the forum! As you can probably guess by her signature, Gabrielle is currently running Teacher Training in Costa Rica (until June 16) and *may* not get to this as promptly as she normally does!
However … it’s entirely possible that the large contingent of teacher-trainees (which includes some existing teachers) AND a handful of Gabrielle’s graduates from last year (who are also on site) might wish to contribute … which brings me to …
What exactly is your question hehe?
What specific issue would like like help with first? (in Standing Head To Knee I assume?)
Thanks!
Robert
Hi Robert,
I guess I’d like to know if this particular legs’ shape requires a specific kind of posture adjustment to find the right balance and lock the knee properly.in standing head to knee and in all the others standing/balancing postures
Thank you for getting back to me so soon and notice how my mind is still very confused 😉
Bye, AlexGreat, thanks Alex!
I spoke to Gabrielle about your question and they may use it as a focusing point for issues such as this in about 5 days time at Teacher Training (when they begin to cover standing balancing poses).
In the meantime, your focus should definitely NOT be on getting to “stages 3 or 4” in head to knee for example, but working on the foundational balance and setup.
Concentrating on tightening the quadriceps (even when you are standing in a queue) will help to make your stance strong, making sure your kneecap is not only pulled up, but that it is inline with your foot (ie pointing directly along the foot) and that your foot is perpendicular to the mirror.
From there, we recommend that you don’t “bend down and pickup the foot” but rather, bring your knee up first (still standing up vertically) THEN round over and bring your hands together under the foot to clasp them.
This way you will really work on your strength, poise and balance.
I hope that’s a start! In pretty much all the standing balancing poses, it’s all in the setup, and going slowly and deliberately to go further and with more stability, really pays off.
We’ll be back again soon – in the meantime, if you have further questions, just post-away!
Robert
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