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April 9, 2018April 9, 2018 | YogaMand

What have Berlin, Stuttgart & Bad Gögging in common?
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Sorry for late posting today. In times of hosting a challenge I prepare my post the evening before and even draft it so that I - ideally - only have to hit the send button. Guess what? When I wake up I always edit my caption because I have a better idea 😂 ⠀ Day 8 of #Yogissentials is #ChairPose aka #FiercePose or #Utkatasana ⚡️ ⠀ When I started with yoga I learned that in Chair Pose your knees should be only that far forward so that you still can see your toes (when heels down). ⠀ For the traditional variation the feet, knees, legs are together as if you have one giant leg. ⠀ From Tadasana (we did that on our first day) fold into half with bent knees and raise your upper body. Don’t unbend your knees. Arms lift sideways until the hands meet over your head. If it’s too much for your shoulders open the arms or grab your elbows like I did here. The middle of the palms fits perfectly over the bone of your elbows. Create a frame, pull your hands apart and open up your windows. ⠀ You don’t have to but for me coming onto the balls of my feet is supporting the backbend in this pose. In foot reflexology and in TCM the balls of your feet are related to your lungs. In coming onto the balls of your feet you are activating that area. It’s like a booster. And guess what you need to bend back? You need your lungs available. If you look closely you will see a nice fold in the hips and the backbend in the upper body. ⠀ A big shout out to each and everyone of you. I loved watching your sun salutations. You all did so great (and I still haven’t seen all posts in the gallery). You make us hosts really happy 🤗 ⠀ Check out my wonderful co-hosts Cristina, Brian & Ray later today to see their variations ❤️ ⠀ Your Hosts: @bchanwarrior @highonyoga @raymurse_yoga @yogamand ⠀ our Sponsors: @byoganow @moonchildyogawear (gifted mat & outfit) @ohmmeapparel ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #SunSalute #balance #tippytoes #alignmentmatters #education #everydayyoga #yogaphotography #startsomewhere #yogaforbeginners #newtoyoga #yogatips #practicepracticepractice #yogateachers #yogaposeoftheday #yogapractice #enjoythejourney

I dreaded this day 🙈. No joke. I never did a tutorial or a ‚Do this and not that‘ post’ because discussing this pose is like fighting over politics or religion … futile 🤣 ⠀ It’s Day 6 of #Yogissentials and I want to show how I practice & teach #DownwardFacingDog or #AdhoMukhaSvanasana 🐕 ⠀ 🐕 My DownDog is never still. I’m always wriggling and moving and organizing myself. 🐕 My dog is a happy dog, wagging it’s tail. 🐕A happy dog is sniffing around so he knows who’s been already here. Always sniffing to see what’s coming. If the dog sniffs its own rear … well, you know what that means 🙊😂 🐕 My DownDog never tucks his tail because only a diminished or a beaten dog will tuck the tail. 🐕 My dog lifts a leg every now and then and twists his body in every direction. 🐕 My dog uses all four limbs. 🐕 My dog wants to play with others. 🐕Sometimes my dog shortens the stance to scratch his back. ⠀ I want to be that happy dog, jumping through the fields, ready to rock my world #dogsjustwannahavefun ⠀ Please know that there is no such thing as right or wrong. It’s about joy and terror. ⠀ If you want to know how my metaphors translate into the physical aspects of this pose let me know in the comments. ⠀ The only thing I want to add is that „my“ DownDog is always about a long back and there should be no angle between the arms and the torso. The shoulders will thank you. Aside from that I see this pose as an equilateral triangle (60° triangle). All three sides are equally long and my measure is plank pose. ⠀ Show us your happy dog and I’d love to hear what makes it your happy dog. ⠀ Check out my co-hosts Cristina, Brian & Ray to learn what they have to say about their dogs ❤️ ⠀ Your Hosts: @bchanwarrior @highonyoga @raymurse_yoga @yogamand ⠀ our Sponsors: @byoganow @moonchildyogawear (gifted mat & outfit) @ohmmeapparel ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #beadog #haveoptions #trustthemeasure #becurious #trianglelove #SuryaNamaskar #vinyasa #alignmentmatters #education #yogaeverydays #startsomewhere #yogaforbeginners #newtoyoga #yogatips #yogateacher #katonahyogametaphor #katonahyoga #katonahyogateachers

Hello Sunday. Time to wake up the front body. ⠀ Day 5 of #Yogissentials is #UpwardFacingDog or #UrdhvaMukhaSvanasana 🐕 As a bonus I offer a good ol' #CobraPose or #Bhujangasana 🐍. Both poses are a lovely stretch of the chest and lungs, shoulders, and abdomen. ⠀ The most obvious differences: legs & pelvis are well off the floor in Up Dog legs, pelvis, and even my lower ribs stay on the floor in Cobra with my elbows bent. I prefer a max of 90 degree. pull yourself forward and up while the toes ground you. The lower body has to to the same work as in UpDog. ⠀ The traditional way to get into UpDog is to lower down from Plank to Chaturanga * hover over the ground * roll over your toes * slide through your arms and up (imagine you follow the inside of a sphere or a ball) * press into the top of your toes like crazy (find your pinky toe) * engage your thighs * navel in & up * microbend your elbows * chest moves along that sphere while your toes anchor your fully engaged body ⠀ Please avoid * Hanging in there * Arms locked * ‚Turtle Necks’, visible collarbones * ‚Wet Noodle‘ legs * head thrown back * double chin ⠀ I prefer a long neck but feel free to tilt the head slightly back, gaze forward. always move in two directions #polarityrules You can use blocks under your hands ⠀ I did a #BeginnerTutorial on this pose some time ago. I will share it in my story/highlights for easy access. ⠀ Check out my co-hosts Cristina, Brian & Ray with his bonus vids. I love what they teach me ❤️ ⠀ Your Hosts: @bchanwarrior @highonyoga @raymurse_yoga @yogamand ⠀ our Sponsors: @byoganow @moonchildyogawear (gifted mat & outfit) @ohmmeapparel ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #SuryaNamaskar #vinyasa #backbend #alignmentmatters #education #backbend #everydayyoga #startsomewhere #yogaforbeginner #newtoyoga #yogatips #yogateacher #katonahyogateacher

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