So if you’re interested in making a daily yoga commitment, but not ready to commit to a daily shoulder stand, this stretch is a great place to start. In both cases, rotating the upper arms out, clasping the hands and pressing them towards the floor creates active support for your neck and shoulders and prevents you from slumping in the pose. More than that, this simple stretch has a direct relationship to the way we work our shoulders in shoulder stand.Ĭlasp your arms behind you with your elbows bent and you are taking exactly the same arm position as you do when you prepare for shoulder stand in Setu Bandha (bridge pose) or in the clasped hands version of Halasana (plow pose). Suddenly, I could hook my fingers into each other with room to spare. I was used to having my fingers just touch when the left arm was up and the right arm down. Imagine my surprise when my tight right shoulder, which seems to have been stuck in the same place for years, was suddenly not so tight. Then one day in the midst of a longer practice, I did Gomukhasana, (cow-faced pose). Sometimes I’d incorporate a standing forward bend, sometimes I’d reach my chest up and my head back and see how far I could take it into a backbend. Then you move your inner shoulder blades deeper into your back ribs and down.Īll summer long I found myself doing this stretch, especially at times when other parts of my practice fell by the wayside. It’s simple enough: you clasp your hands behind your back, roll your upper arms out, and straighten your arms. Today’s Five-Minute Yoga Challenge is a possible solution. “My shoulders are tight, so I need to do preparations, and if I don’t have time to do them, the pose won’t feel good or be good.” “I’m interested in your shoulder stand commitment, but I don’t think I can do it,” she said. ![]() It’s precisely the issue Allison posed after class on Tuesday: ![]() New life will flow into him, his mind will be at peace and he will feel the joy of life.”Īh, shoulder stand: the mother of asana, and not coincidentally, the creator of strong and flexible shoulders.īut here’s the conundrum: if you have tight shoulders, it’s hard to do the pose. “It is no over-statement to say that if a person regularly practices Sarvangasana he will feel new vigour and strength and will be happy and confident. Want to transform your shoulders without help from a magic frog? Read on.
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