Breathing in a locust pose

Hi Nicolai

I think the approach for you may be to let go of the expectation of what SHOULD be happening beyond key milestone actions. On your inhale push your arms, hands and shoulders into the floor and strengthen your legs. Then on your exhale just do what you can to lift those straight locked legs up.

Breathe as deeply as you need to without thinking about any ridiculous (yep, you read right) formulas. They will only confuse you and will not improve your practice.

Let me know if your shoulders are actually touching the floor. Sometimes people attempt to get their arms as close together as possible. Is that what you have been trying to do? I would like to know as often I need to check on technique details.

Namaste
Gabrielle 😉

Hi Nicolai

Just what I suspected! :cheese:

That script screwing up good technique. It is not important to your ‘pinky fingers touching’. What is important is that your arms are underneath and your shoulders are as flattened onto the floor as much as is possible for you. That may necessitate a space between your hands, and it may not.

So your mission … should you choose to accept it … is to bring your arms under your body and with beautifully externally rotated shoulders forming a platform on the floor, notice where your hands are. You may be surprised how close they’ll be, even touching. But the setting up with this different focus will make it much easier AND much more effective.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Nicolai :cheese: I am very happy for you! Thanks for reporting your success

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂