Dream Pose?
yogibella
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Is there a pose that you dream of or aspire to accomplish?
There are so many poses I have yet to master but when I first started yoga and saw the firefly pose (Tittibhasana), I thought wow, one day I would love to be able to do that! Turns out arm balances are my weakness but...:P We all have our challenges. Share yours!
Firefly pose
There are so many poses I have yet to master but when I first started yoga and saw the firefly pose (Tittibhasana), I thought wow, one day I would love to be able to do that! Turns out arm balances are my weakness but...:P We all have our challenges. Share yours!
Firefly pose
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Is there a pose that you dream of or aspire to accomplish?
There are so many poses I have yet to master but when I first started yoga and saw the firefly pose (Tittibhasana), I thought wow, one day I would love to be able to do that! Turns out arm balances are my weakness but...:P We all have our challenges. Share yours!
Firefly pose
I doubt I would ever be able to do that :bigsmile:0 -
I doubt I would ever be able to do that :bigsmile:
never say never, right?
it's like when you first learn downward dog and they tell you it's a resting pose...yeah right! But it turns out that it is! And it keeps on evolving...until your heels are on the ground, etc:) trust me, baby steps to get there! 0 -
I doubt I would ever be able to do that :bigsmile:
never say never, right? it's like when you first learn downward dog and they tell you it's a resting pose...yeah right! But it turns out that it is! And it keeps on evolving...until your heels are on the ground, etc:) trust me, baby steps to get there!
DOWNWARD DOG IS A RESTING POSE????
I GUESS IT IS...:huh:
I LIKE CHILD POSE :bigsmile:0 -
There are some tricks to Tittibhasana - a pose at one time I thought I wouldn't be able to do - but you do have to have a certain amount of flexibility to get there.
I have a couple of goal poses, though I never learned how to put pictures in posts.
Mayurasana - peacock:
http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/2495
Kopatasana - king pigeon:
http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/2469
and Parivrtta Parsvakonasana- Revolved side angle(back heal to the floor, hand to the floor):
http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/876
but every pose has stages, right? So I can still work on these poses without doing the full pose. I can do mayurasana with my feet against a wall, Kopatasana over a chair, and Parivrtta Pasvakonasana with a block. I know what you mean by dream pose, though - getting up into the pose is a major accomplishment.0 -
those are all amazing poses! I haven't seen anyone do the king pigeon yet...looks painful but probably feels amazing to some:D
yes I agree, stages and small victories!! What are the tricks to firefly? Though my arms and core are not there yet at all....one day!0 -
yes I agree, stages and small victories!! What are the tricks to firefly? Though my arms and core are not there yet at all....one day!
Can you do Prasarita Padottanasana with your head completely on the ground? Some flexibility is needed in the groins and hamstrings for Tittibhasana.
How about Bakasana and Bhujapidasana? It takes the abdominal lift from Bakasana and the leg press of Bhujapidasana (though you don't have to be able to do Bhujapidasana, but the action should be there).
Once you have those actions, the following will help. Use two blocks underneath your hands - place them sticky mat distance apart (wider is easier than directly under the shoulders). Do a short Prasarita Padottanasana, hands to the blocks, legs closer together than usual. Continue to walk the legs closer to each other and bend your knees. You will kinda squat over your shoulder/upper arm. Bend your elbows slightly to give your legs a perch. Inch your feet forward and lift them up one at a time, squeezing the upper leg into the arm. The main help is the blocks and the width of the arms. I found a photo from a couple of years ago when I first did the pose. I'll put it on my home page so you can see.
Another thing that might help: if you sit on the edge of a chair in a squatting position, fold forward and work your legs toward your shoulders. That should help your body remember the pose shape and stretch you out.
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Thanks so much for your help! I can do Prasarita Padottanasana with my head on the ground and Bakasana but my hold wavers so I gotta keep working on that. Still not strong enough:(
I did have a teacher put blocks under me, to get my shoulders back in the starting position but not so wide. Will play around with it until I can learn to lift my legs!
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KING PIGEON POSE
http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/2469
oh how I wish I could do that and just breathe it ............ maybe in another Life???? : )
Posted the photo in link form because I don't know how to just put a picture in here.0 -
King Pigeon
To post pics: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/104076-posting-pictures-on-the-boards-tutorial0 -
isn't that just GORGEOUS! thanks for the photo posting link. : )
I'd also LOVE LOVE LOVE to be more open in the hips in order to do gomogasana or even double pigeon pose. My knees just don't come near touching each other, no less resting peacefully together. A lifetime of chair sitting.... oy!
Or, can I blame it on genetics??? ; ) still, wish someday the hips would open some. THANKS for the link. wait, I already said that.0 -
thought I'd revive this thread:) Are you working on any specific poses?
Right now I'm working on my forearm stand...I'd eventually like to be able to do it without the wall or someone holding my ankles
Feathered Peacock Pose:
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any handstand poses would be awesome! I too would like to stand on my own without the support of the wall.0
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I'm working on Pincha Mayurasana (feathered peacock) away from the wall. I can balance for a bit, but not as long as I can hold it at the wall. If you move away from the wall, make sure your shoulders are quite open. If you fall backwards in handstand, you end up in urdhva dhanurasana (full backbend), but if you fall backward (which you are more likely to in elbow balance), you land in a deeper backbend.
I'm working on abs and arm balances for the next few weeks. I'm going to a senior teacher yoga workshop, a guy famous for his arm balances. This is him back in the 1990s - the purple unitard is not his normal outfit, this was a performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-00_IEskpQ 0 -
Not sure if they're my 'dream' poses but the ones I am eager to improve at this point in my practice are bird of paradise and crow.0
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Well, she's close to the pose (it's still a great pose, but I wouldn't call it scorpion). I also would recommend having a chair against the wall, to practice with - you can bring your feet to the back of the chair, then to the back of the chair seat, then to the front of the chair seat, etc. Sliding your feet down the wall can be a little dangerous, imho.
The classic pose has the feet on the head:
http://brigette108.blogspot.com/2012/06/project-vrschikasana.html
I went to a workshop last weekend where this was taught. The teacher said, "it's a giant leap from the back of the chair to the seat of the chair, then another giant leap to the front part of the seat, then another to the edge of the seat, then another to the head". Two people in class could get their feet to their head, but they are both really strong and flexible in their backs.
I remember once my gym was doing "40 day challenges". The group fitness director put as a sample challenge "in 40 days I want to master scorpion". :laugh: 40 years more like - she didn't do yoga, she was just trying to get the ball rolling - but it still cracks me up to this day.
I guess I had a lot to say about that pose :laugh:0 -
wow that Scorpion pose is just beautiful! Which one is Bird of Paradise?0
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