Inner Balance: Eka Pada Koundiyanasana I
Neesha teaches a short workshop on Eka Pada Koundiyanasana I, a pose that strengthens the arms and wrists while toning the belly – something we all look for during this season of abundance:) Happy Holidays!
@barelylegalpigeons hi, Thank you for the feedback. I realize that I should have mentioned that it is a level 2 pose/ and or “intermediate Anusara” I assume that in such a pose, people have the basics, including Anusara specific jargon that does not instruct exactly what to do. In my basic classes, I define terms like: “side bodies long” and teach the mechanics of “melting the heart”. I will do better next time!
Rub it in, with the Tetons in the background. Is your studio in Jackson?
FUN! Thanks, this is a new variation for me. Adding it to my practice. For those of us with wrist issues, doubling up your mat under your hands helps a lot.
Come on man, esotheric yoga speak, is bloody exclusionary, people need to know exactly what muscles to focus on… “melt your heart” and “side bodies long” is just an abridged way of saying “do movements, x, y z,” in a specific sequence… No one’s psychic, so you need to use english, especially when you’re getting people to balance on their arms with their faces an inch away from the floor.
stuff like “side bodies long ” “melt your heart”…is gibberish…Seriously, when you first learnt to do these poses, no one said to you “side bodies long” and melt your heart” and you went “oooooh i totally 100% understand the mechanics of exactly what that means.”
in order for most people to learn how how to do parvsa bakasana, they need to understand the body’s alignment before pressing up into this armstand. “bringing your arms to the left side of your body” is insuffiencient detail. You have to explain “where are you toes and hands are facing prior to fully acheiving this asana (i.e., angles and inches of width or ).
Soulsearch8,
instead of going for the full poses, work on the foundation of your hands firmly planted in poses like downward dog, plank and chaturanga. Keeping your hands steady, work the muscle energy of pulling your forearms toward one another and using your biceps to widen the upper arm bones away from one another. This will line up your arm bones to set the conditions for tennis elbow to heal.
neesha.. wow… just wow…
is there a modification for parsva bakasana, in case one has tennis elbow? is it even advisable to do the pose, with tennis elbow?
Did this practice and it lifted a heavy depressed feeling! cant do the full eka pada koundiyanasana, but I can do the initial arm balance before going into it..”something to work towards” to quote Duncan Wong. I still need to memorize the sandscrit names of the poses..
thanks for this workout!
heehee, “which leg is that?”
I wish I could do those poses.
huhucant seem to find a man who ill treat me like a princess
Thought that was an awesome pose for bboy. Cool vid. Reminded me of the “baby freeze”