full lotus

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hi. i've been practicing ashtanga for about six months now and various yoga

styles

for close to two years. I think i'm ready to beging practicing full lotus,

however i old

knee injuries force me to be carefull about the profer technique. where should

the

emphasis be- i know you're supposed to concentrate on opening in the hips, but

it

seems as if there are muliple ways that the hips sockets can rotate.

specifically

should you concentrate on having an outward rotation in the thigh, or does the

release come more in the gluteous muscles

 

thanks,

ana

[Guest guest]

this is hard to answer since one can't know what your individual

limitations and restrictions are. you are correct, the hip has many

ranges of motion, as illustrated here:

http://www.exrx.net/Articulations/Hip.html. in general, the hip is,

or needs to be, externally rotated as the foot is brought across the

midline. lots of people can accomplish that part of it if they hold

the lower leg up near their chest but if they then have to lower the

knee towards the floor, it won't go down all the way.

ashtanga yoga, "acsirianni" <acsirianni>

wrote:

> hi. i've been practicing ashtanga for about six months now and

various yoga styles

> for close to two years. I think i'm ready to beging practicing

full lotus, however i old

> knee injuries force me to be carefull about the profer technique.

where should the

> emphasis be- i know you're supposed to concentrate on opening in

the hips, but it

> seems as if there are muliple ways that the hips sockets can

rotate. specifically

> should you concentrate on having an outward rotation in the thigh,

or does the

> release come more in the gluteous muscles

>

> thanks,

> ana