ashtanga yoga neck cramping

[Guest guest]

Perhaps try looking straight ahead rather than at the ceiling, assuming

that's what you're doing now.

[Guest guest]

I have been praticing ashtanga yoga for 11 plus years.

I would like to say that after 11 years I am still

finding new ways to have a tall spine and a lifted

chest, and to completely engage the whole spine

and the bandhas in up dog. the last couple of weeks

I have been playing with keeping my chin level (rather

than throwing the head back) in up

dog as well as backbends. this is not a permanent

change is is and exploration. When I focus on

drawing the hyoid bone back (in a gentle way) and

keeping the gaze straight foward, i find much more

lift and

opening in the chest. then when I finally add the

head

the neck feels much more stable and less

compressesd.Teachers of other styles use this

technique, just not something you would commonly

practise in a traditional ashtanga class. My advice,

for what its worth, is to be very cautious with neck

issues. I know many ashtangis, myself included,

that often deal with sore necks and pain in upper

back.

my work with up dog in this way has been very

stabilizing and healing for my neck

 

 

 

--- tramo1973 <tramo1973 wrote:

> when coming into the upward dog i seem to be

> experiencing a

> cramp in my neck. how can i ease the cramping or

> stop it all

> together. when coming in to the pose i always make

> sure that my

> spine is long but i still have the cramping.

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