tipping point

[Guest guest]

okkie, (I prefer that to mother John)<br><br>The

catch may be the "tipping point"- to get over the fear

of smashing your nose into the matt before snaking

the feet out from underneath you. <br>Once I started

to play with the tipping point and not worrying

about the legs, my upper arm strength grew and I could

"hang out" there in a balance. Finding that balance

point allows you to use the bandas for the feet

scraping, I mean, the feet floating.<br><br>I'm still

working on the jump back- the jump "throughs" from

downward dog still need a heck of a lot of work. I can't

do them with straight legs to save my life (lots of

fear about tangled toes forcing me to roll over in a

somersault from a standing position) so I cross the legs,

jump "up" as far as I think I can go without doing a

head plant or falling over backwards (fear, fear) and

"jump through" to where my butt is where I want to sit,

BUT, I don't put it down yet. I uncross the legs and

unfold them to straight and then place the lower body

down. Talk about a banda and arm workout- try lifting

yourself with legs straight out. Yeehah!<br><br>Man, there

was so much else I wanted to write about- thanks for

that reprise. I should tell you, though, that a

uniboob is not a contraption that will help alleviate

asphyxiation from hulasana. Rather, it's what causes it (hint

hint) and what women want to avoid having. I've been

fortunate that yoga has decreased my "overall" size, so

I've trimmed down in that area as well. Might I

suggest, women with large chests, to move your chin away

from your chest, lengthening all the time. This helped

me. In general.

[Guest guest]

gabita, i'm working on a lot on your suggestions.

it helps. now that i've finally gotten to the point

where i can lift my butt up in tolasana and hold

everything off the ground for a few seconds, i've learned

something surprising to me--that's not near enough. without

a lot more ab strength and endurance, i'm going

nowhere. even when i try to tip forward like you

suggested, i don't develop enough clearance. our instructor

today gave a take-it-up tip: prior to trying to press

up with the hands, draw the knees up close to your

shoulders with ankles crossed and held close to the abd.

then press up and do the rest. i find i can't hold my

feet anywhere near my abd as i try to lean forward.

it's also hard to 'pull' the butt up in the air with

no ab strength. still doing better than i used to

though. thanks for all the advice

[Guest guest]

okkie,<br><br>Glad to be of (some) service. I

understand your trials, it took me a while to get to the

tipping point. For others, they can just do it right

away. Annoying. <br><br>I'm going to be in San Diego

over new years. We should meet up at Tim Millers'

shala. I'll give more info closer to the date.<br><br>G