them ol'backbends...

[Guest guest]

... i've been practicing yoga for a while now but i am fairly new to

ashtanga... practicing the back bends has become a little troublesome as i

have developed a tightness accompanied by what feels like a bruised

sensation in my lower back... one of my vertabrae feels slightly larger than

the others right at the base of my spine... i used to do urdva dhanurasana

quite effortlessly but now i have to work into it to get over the tight

uncomfortable feeling in my lower back.. should i just stop doing back bends

until the pain goes away?... or should i consistently work through it?...

does anyone else have a slightly larger vertabrae at the base of their

spine?.. my teacher says i have a very flexible back and thats the

problem... i need to bend without collapsing in the lower back... i try..

but always the discomfort and tightness when i try to bend forward later in

the day as i go about my usual activities... any ideas, suddestions, shared

experience would be most appreciated... mart

 

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[Guest guest]

hi....

 

one important thing that my teachers taught me is to use the thigh

to lift up during backbends....by rotating the thigh inward.... by

doing so you can check whether your buttocks is soft. Most of us use

our buttocks to lift our backs, and that is not good for the lower

back.

I used to have a sore lower back and my teacher suggest me to do

some warming up.... cobra, camel and virasana. but one more pose is

a headstand backbend, it strengthen your shoulders that will help

you to lift out. In that way you won't use your lower back anymore.

So when you do a spinal roll (keep the thigh rotated), when you lift

up going to full backbend, move your head inward and position your

arm as if you are doing a headstand....

 

hope that helps...^___^