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Regular Posts: 66  | Besides having horrific balance, laughable strength, atrocious form, and it's probably painful for the instructor to look at me, I am feeling I'm improving  The form that gives me the most problems of all is triangle. As a bit ofbackground, I've led a sedentary life, smoked a pack a day for 30 years, and generally treated my body like i didn't plan to be around long. 3 years ago I quit smoking and took up cycling. I now cycle 12-15,000 km a year the last couple years. That alone has given me very tight hips (along with tight hamstrings but thats another story). last winter i went down hard on black ice at 40 kmh and fractured my hip. Triangle when i go into it causes pain in my hips. More from tightness i feel than misalignment from my damage. If I keep my thigh at an angle to the floor instead of parallel I can hold the pose full duration. If I get my leg parallel to the floor I cannot hold for more than a few seconds without having to come out of it. Not just relaxing off, but I have to come right out. So my question would be what is the best interim position for me to get to while I practice this asana till I have the strength and flexibility to do it correctly. 1) keep good form in regards to upper body, elbow on knee, fingers almost touching toes but thigh not parallel, and hold full duration 2) leg parallel to ground, rest of body in correct form but only hold for 5 seconds, repeat over and over. 3) leg parallel, touching fingers to ground to help support myself, hold full duration 4) Leg parallel, holding forearm on thigh to support myself, hold full duration. Sorry of this seems to be an obvious question. I honestly dont know how i should proceed. Most other poses its obvious how to go easy on if needed. | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098  Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | I always loved the Bikram dialogue to this posture, it goes something like this: But first, did you know that Trikonasana is the Master Asana of the Bikram series???? The dialogue says something to the effect that this asana is one of the ones that you cannot cheat in it, no matter how you try to preform it, hahaha  But, there is a correct way and unfortunately, I don't think most Bikram teachers know how to teach this posture, correctly. Most of them just tell you to do it whether you are doing it correctly or not. What helped me was going to a regular yoga class and learning some basic alignment skills. Practicing all the Warrior series was really good for this. There is also a pose called "Power Pose", which is similar to Bikram's "Awkward" pose. Doing all these on a regular basis, along with Downward Dog and Pidgeon, opened up my hips bigtime to be able to handle the Bikram Trikonasana. Also, attending other yoga classes that focused on alignment helps too. Because it teaches you how to listen to your body and eventually, you learn how to perform each posture with alignment which is so important when doing these asana's. With all the heat issues and speed issues, it's kinda hard to get this in a Bikram class. | ||
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