standing up from Urdhva danurasana

[Guest guest]

First off, Tina, have a wonderful training with Tim &

be sure to tell us all about it.

 

I'm working on standing up from urdhva danurasana &

the trickiest part seems to be getting enough weight

in the legs, not the arms. In the Mysore classes I've

attended, the instructor has me do 5 backbends on my

own (not standing up) then spots me, while I drop back

three times, then go back halfway 3 times with hands

crossed on chest and finally dropping back again all

of the way, walking the feet in and grabbing ahold of

the ankles, before assisting me up. This seems like

it's a prescribed sequence, as I've sen him spot

others with this same sequence. Does anyone know if

there is a particular way that Guruji teaches this

and/or introduces standing up/dropbacks?

 

Thanks!

 

--Megan