yogis: what pose(s) do you struggle with the most and do you have goals for working toward them?
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I'm just getting back to being a regular - I've always had tight hamstrings and lower back - so seated forward fold I don't really fold at all, I'm very rounded. Laying down I can't lift my legs straight up - when everyone else is at 90 degrees I'm at 45.
I'm also struggling with lightheadedness! Reverse warrior I almost pass out and have to break the pose by lowering my arms and straightening my front leg.0 -
I practice Bikram Yoga....been doing it for 10 months now....most of my forms are not correct, but they keep getting better.
https://www.bikramyoga.com/26-postures/
I struggle with all of the balancing poses, but I keep trying.
Can't do toe stand (yet)
Can't do locust pose (my legs go about 1/2 inch off ground)
Fixed firm hurts my knee (but I am almost able to get my tush on the ground....this pose is getting better)
Rabbit - I can curl up, but I can't get my legs and knees at a 90 degree angle (yet)
I am surprised at how much I love Bikram yoga.....I have never liked yoga. But....now I am older and my flexibility is pathetic, so I need to do this. My mental clarity afterwards is what makes me keep going back.1 -
Anything involving more than a minimum of ankle, hip or hamstring flexibility. So, a lot.2
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As simple as it sounds I can't do downward dog. Such tight hamstrings. It always makes me sigh when our teacher calls it a rest pose. For me, it's more like holding in plank.2
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The wheel and the crow.
Downward dog I cannot do without a wide stance without my feet flat. Ugh.1 -
cerise_noir wrote: »The wheel and the crow.
Downward dog I cannot do without a wide stance without my feet flat. Ugh.
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Here's to all the crow strugglers...
Never have done a successful crow- maybe my toes cleft the mat for 1.5 seconds. Have not attempted it for a long time so didn't even think of it1 -
Child's Pose! Seriously. The easiest of poses and I absolutely cannot do it, my butt does not get even remotely close to seated. My quads are insanely tight! Some people want to run a marathon, I just want to do child's pose.
I do, however, have super flex-y hamstrings and love doing downward facing dog and forward bends of all kinds. I'm definitely working on correcting this imbalance, but it feels like I never make any progress! And worse, my practice is on hold because of both a knee and shoulder injury...2 -
This thread is really encouraging. It helps to hear that other people are struggling with things I can do, and yet are able to do things I can't. It just shows how different all of our bodies are, and that success isn't measured by just one pose.3
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This one. I never can stack my knees quite right, probably because I have short legs.1 -
I hate to cheer my own thread but MAN this is encouraging. So much variation!!7
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Being in my 50's, a relative newbie and non-daily yogi, there are many I have never tried but would desire to accomplish, including wheel and crow. In my dreams (where I'm 25 again) I'd be able to do a headstand and any version of scorpion.
I recently conquered the high crescent lunge and plow, but cannot do them every practice. It depends on frequency and how flexible I'm feeling at the moment. I did try the crow today in my hot tub. I figure if I can get the position down in the water I might be able to do it on dry land someday. LOL For now, I'm just happy as can be to do most of the basic poses and hold the tree pose for several minutes at a time.1 -
I've been focusing on downward dog lately, working with my instructor on my form. Holding triangle or warrior 2 results in a burning near my back ankle - not quite my calf, rather the five inches above my ankle bone. Perhaps my stance is too wide?0
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It is a fun read! Thank you for starting this OP @Sabine_Stroehm1
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Halasana - plow pose. Have struggled with this for YEARS. Don't know if it's my (fairly ample) boobs, my extremely large rib cage, or the slight feeling of claustrophobia....but it's a challenge. Ironically - it's supposed to be a resting pose, but I swear it gives me agita...
I enjoyed reading the posts in this thread - don't see a lot about yoga on MFP. Found it interesting how people struggle with yoga in different ways...it was the challenge of yoga and the fact that it can really never be "mastered" that drew me to it in the first place.0 -
Been trying to work on upper body strength3 -
smile_laughter wrote: »I practice Bikram Yoga....been doing it for 10 months now....most of my forms are not correct, but they keep getting better.
https://www.bikramyoga.com/26-postures/
I struggle with all of the balancing poses, but I keep trying.
Can't do toe stand (yet)
Can't do locust pose (my legs go about 1/2 inch off ground)
Fixed firm hurts my knee (but I am almost able to get my tush on the ground....this pose is getting better)
Rabbit - I can curl up, but I can't get my legs and knees at a 90 degree angle (yet)
I am surprised at how much I love Bikram yoga.....I have never liked yoga. But....now I am older and my flexibility is pathetic, so I need to do this. My mental clarity afterwards is what makes me keep going back.
I only like bikram. I never liked any other forms too!0 -
May I also ask....what's your strongest pose? One that you just naturally melt into? I was in a class once and a guy who struggled in many poses suddenly did a perfect gomukhasana (seated with knees completely crosses in front- pictured in above post) and everyone was so impressed (very small intimate class) and he said that it just came naturally to him.
While again, for me front folding and hamstring flexibility is my bane...side bends are my heaven. I can just melt deep into standing side bends and triangle is my all time favorite.1 -
My favorite "melt into it" pose is probably pigeon. I get kinda giddy when I know it's coming.
Humble warrior comes very easily to me, though I know some really struggle with it.
And anything that is more "core" focused I excel at, usually.1 -
Natural feeling poses?
gomukhasana I was not even sure I was doing it right, I don't feel anything. My legs do that naturally.
butterfly, the seated pose with knees bent and feet together, probably because of years of ballet my knees go to the ground.
And Triangle has always felt really good. Whatever that stretches, it feels nice, it feels strong, it's easy to look up, hand goes to the ground no problem, teachers always say "beautiful" but it came easy.2
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