Taping my personal practice of Kurmasana (Tortoise Pose)
August 30, 2010 by admin
Filed under power yoga DVD
Taping my personal practice of Kurmasana and Supta Kurmasana. This asana tones the spine, stretches the shoulders, activates the abdominal organs, energizes the body and calms the brain.
Beutifully “performed” – a joy to watch. Thank you.
Thank you
Kurmasana is a very calming practice.
I’ll have to take your word for it. I’ve only recently started trying to improve my flexibility. Progress so far in about 4 weeks is to get my back less than 90 degrees from my thighs in a seated forward bend. I had trouble just sitting upright before so this IS progress!(Sorry, don’t know the proper name for it!) Very tight hamstrings I’m told. So I’ll enjoy watching you do this one for now. Maybe one day……
do you get adjusted by your yoga teacher in the spilts positions?
Not normally. When working in Upavishta Konasana (wide-legged seated forward bend) Iyengar teachers watch to make sure that the toes and knees are facing the ceiling and the wings of the pelvis (iliac crest) are perpendicular to the floor. If the hips roll back, teachers will instruct you to sit on blankets.
what about baddha konasana? mostpeople find it quite painful when teachers standon their knees> have u experienced that?
That would never happen in an Iyengar class. Any teacher worth their salt wouldn’t do it! I cringe thinking about it.
I know a lot of martial arts classes still do this, but it does more harm than good!
More info:
A passive way to open the hips in baddha konasana would be to place soft bolsters under the knees for support and then place 5 or 10 pound sandbags on the mid-thigh area. This allows a more gentle opening. To go deeper, hold onto the sides of a chair and gently bent forward.
Do this 2 or 3 times per week.
I hope this helps.
Om shanti.
Roberta
Thanks a lot for sending us this wonderful video. I can recommend it to every serious student of hatha yoga. Only watching this video helps already to get more calm.
Thank you
Really enjoyed watching it. You make it look approachable.
Thank you
Om shanti,
Roberta