YogaDancer - 2004-04-15 11:03 PM
Good job, girlie!
Try this:
As you're pulling your foot up, also draw it back into the hip socket. With a straight
(not hyperextended
) standing leg, this causes a kind of counter balance. Plus, integating your femur into the hip socket more solidly can help you lift the leg higher, more easily.
I love that pose. It feels so great on my lower back! Janu Sirsasana is meant for sciatica
(among other things
) but the standing version is the only time I feel it in that area. I don't really feel it anymore sitting, I guess. Huh. Hadn't thought of that.
Congrats, though! a split second is a split second!