DrewABQ

i’ve always felt my balance ‘explode’ when i tried to bring my head to my knee in standing head to knee pose. one thing my teacher pointed out was that my hip position and consequently the weight distribution on my standing foot were incorrect. say you are kicking your left leg out, standing on the right. really try to stretch your left heal towards the mirror in front of you, while pulling the toes of the left foot back towards you. let your left hip feel the fwd pull and move forward. if your hips are in the right place, you’ll have much better luck at staying in the posture. the next thing i learned is that i was leaning much of my weight on the outside edge of my standing foot. try distributing more weight to the ball of your foot under your big toe. this will aid you in kicking your heal forward as well as giving your a better footing while going into the posture. another thing that helps is to ‘walk’ your vision starting at the toe of your kicked out leg, and slowly moving it down your leg until your head is naturally resting on your knee and you are looking into your stomach. good luck!! it’s not the easiest posture.