Whenever Bob does Triang Mukha Eka Pada Paschimottanasana (pronounced tree-AWN-guh moo-KA-eh-ka-paw-duh , POSH-ee -MO-tun-ASH-anna) his ankles complain bitterly. When Bob does Triang Mukha Eka Pada Paschimottanasana he places one shin on the floor with his foot next to his hip and his other leg is extended straight ahead. He needs a lot of flexibility in […]
Do you ever wonder why sometimes your wrists hurt when you do Upward Facing Dog and that other times they do not hurt at all. What is different between one time and the next. How can you adjust yourself in the pose to always avoid the pain in your wrists. What is upward facing dog […]
Upward Facing Dog is one of the positions in the Sun Salute. As you can see in the picture your arms are straight with your shoulders over your fingers and your legs straight out behind you. There are several ways that you can injure yourself in this pose if it is done incorrectly. Where can […]
Look at a suspension bridge. There are two high towers and two low towers. The suspension cables go from the low tower up to the high tower and then the cables hang down between the two high towers. Upward Facing Dog looks a lot like a suspension bridge. The arms are the high tower The […]
“Ugh! Not another Sun Salute!” thought Alice. I really enjoy the flowing nature of a Sun Salute. How you move from one pose to the next in series as you breathe in and out. But there is one pose in the series that really bothers me. Every time I do Upward Facing Dog my neck […]
