When you can't do surya namaskar...

[Guest guest]

Hi all,<br>I've just injured the top of my foot,

nothing serious, but it needs rest. Right now any

attempts to flex it are accompanied by enough pain to

suggest I shouldn't do it.<br>This seems to me to

effectively rule out sun salutations, with the work the feet

do flexing and bearing weight.<br>So what do I do

for practice- just go straight into the standing

postures, which I should be able to do ok (except maybe for

ardha baddha padmasana) and the number of seated

postures I can usually do (leaving out virasana, which I'm

still working on as a preparatory pose)?<br>Or should I

try to adapt the sun salutation to accommodate the

fact that my foot can't flex or bear weight while in

down dog? Do you have any suggestions on how to do

this?<br>Right now, part of me (probably the lazy part) wants to

think that if I can't do a sun salutation, there's no

point in trying to do an ashtanga practice.<br>Thanks

for any ideas you can give me!<br>slainte, lm

[Guest guest]

Try just dropping your knees to the floor for the postures that hurt your foot.

That has often worked for me when some part of me isn't up to bearing my full

weight.<br><br>Vita

[Guest guest]

Dear Bodysings,<br>Sit in one position, close

your eyes, salute the Lord Sun in Namaskar posture

(folded hands) and tell your mind that your foot is now

feeling better and it is coming to normal. The pain is

now vanished and you are walking normally. Keep

telling your mind at fixed time twice in a day , and

experience the wonder. I think you will be able to get out

of pain in about three days.<br>Tell me your

experience.<br>SHASHIKIRAN VAZE - Vastu Consultant

[Guest guest]

Hey there,<br><br>I stubbed my toe trying to do a

vinyasa on like, the 2nd week of Ashtanga, so I couldn't

do the toe roll from upward to downward. I just

stepped into it and favored the other foot. at a certain

point into the practice I just didn't do the vinyasa

for a few times, just to give the foot a break, and

then went back to them for the later poses.<br><br>I

do know that a really good callisthenics-type

stretch for the calves is essentially a downward dog, but

with one foot off the ground and kinda pushing into

the calf/foot on the ground. Some people rest the up

foot on the floor foot too. You could do something

like that, maybe, and then not hold DD for any counts,

just pass through it. <br><br>Christina