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| Dear Friends, I have very long legs (over 75% of my body are legs!), and I cannot pass the legs through the arms when making Vinyasa, due to this. There are so much variations to do Vinyasa, but I think its very difficult to me to do this. That recommend to me that does, in a future to be able to pass my feet through my arms? Best reggards.  | |||
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| Dear Jonnie, I take a good note of your interesting information. Have you found an Ashtanga teacher in Spain yet? Yes, there's a Certified teacher, in Oviedo (just at the opposite direction of my residence), and another ones in Barcelona and Madrid. I'm trying to take a initiating class with an expert teacher... but think that I only have practiced for three months... and any similarity of my asanas with which Darby or Scott, or the teachers do or explain, is pure coincidence! I'm only a very interested beginner, with too many questions about this interesting way of yoga. Thanks for your information, Jonnie. Edited by Yogui-bubu 2006-11-18 7:44 AM | |||
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    Location: London, England | Hi Rafael, The ability to bring the legs through is dependent on so many factors-strength, flexibility, ability, proportions, fitness, etc. Well, you cannot change your proportions, but you can use the other factors to effectively optimize the shape of your torso, arms, and legs so that lifting through is easier. For example, students often bend the arms at exactly the moment they try to lift off the floor-I was pointing this out to someone yesterday. This action means that the action of triceps is emphasized, in that the triceps are then used to lift the torso off the floor. By keeping the arms straight, the bandha are emphasized-very difficult, but ultimately the way to go. It also means that the height is set at which you want to lift the feet through-otherwise you are trying to attain height at the same time as you are trying to lift through-best get the height first, by keeping the arms straight. Of course, the reason this is difficult is usually because people are usually weak in the abdominals-but the abs will strengthen. To do this, the spine must be kept close to neutral as possible. If the spine is kept in neutral, you have the added benefit of being able to keep the shoulders 'down,' the arms are effectively longer, and the legs and feet are drawn towards the front of the torso-if the spine rounds, then the front of the torso is effectively being pulled away from the inside of the thighs-not useful at all! Keep the back as straight as you can! This helps with the rest of the movement, as you try to extend your spine to bring your feet towards the ceiling or back into chaturanga dandasana. Failing that, can of popeye's spinach may also prove effective The website below is full of useful tips on training with parallettes-these are a very useful training tool for those who wish to learn to vinyasa. You have to register on the site, but it's free-lots of training tips! If you can master the parallette-well, the chances of a worthwhile vinyasa are much greater-no promises! Nick | ||
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Location: London, England | Hi Johnnie, It's a great website, isn't it-I'm trying to set one up for astanga yoga with lots of video clips, but it's going to take a while, I fear Nick | ||
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Location: London, England | Hi Johnnie, There's a hell of a lot of exercises on that website that have me going "I wish" Like you say, the parallettes are great for training the lift up-but again, I think that because you are faced with basically doing a dip, in order to straighten the arms, it may be that you then attempt to lift in the vinyasa by attempting to use the arms-when I use parallettes, I try to keep my arms straight as I lift off the floor-you really feel it in the abdominals, and it helps to pre-brace them so that you do not over-flex your lower back as you attempt to lift off the floor with your legs out in front of you (obviously also helps the lift up in vinyasa). I also think you have to be careful not to end up with hip flexors which are shortened, or perhaps only strong at a certain length. Take care Nick | ||
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| I think all ideas are interesting... principally if there comes from who has practised much more... Failing that, can of popeye's spinach may also prove effective Nick I think it will be my last option... Tks for your interesting notes... | |||
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Nick - 2006-11-19 7:37 PM Hi johnnie, Ooops! Sorry! http://www.american-gymnast.com/tt/index_140.cfm Nick Very interesting...  | |||
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| i don't know if my legs are too long, but my arms are definitely too short at first, it seemed impossible to me too... it took weeks, but one day, it just happened (what a thrill !) and it keeps getting easier and easier... so don't give up Yogui-bubu ! Understanding that I had to lift my hips made a big difference. Now I have a similar problem (arms too short  ) with upluthee, that part of the finishing sequence where you're supposed to sit in Padmasana (i'm only in half lotus) and lift yourself... I know you're supposed to use your bandhas, but for the moment, I'm just not getting the feel for it... any tips anyone ??? | |||
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| Hi Nick, This would have been another excellent answer, if I hadn't just read about you peeing on your mat. Reeeeeeally, how can I take you seriously now  | |||
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Location: London, England | Sorry Jonnie, Didn't mean to bring down the tone of the board Nick | ||
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| That's ok nick, I forgive you. And as a token of good faith, I'll order a bottle when you start selling it. I can't promise to use it though | |||
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Location: London, England | Hi Jonathon, Do you want still, or frothy? Take care Nick | ||
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Location: London, England | Hi Jonathon, I hope to god know one else is reading this Getting back to the vinyasa, I find it often helps if I can get students to engage their glutes-this is difficult, because, the hip flexors are contracting, and the hip is flexing-the more the better, to lift the knees higher-of course, sartorius must also play a large part. So I try to encourage a co-contraction of the gluteal muscles, which has the effect of lifting the sitting bones away from the floor, and a better posture in general for lifting off the floor. you will notice that the pelvic floor, abdominals, diaphragm (all components of core stability) are also active. Because the glutes are active, the hip is more externally rotated, bringing the knees closer to the chest. Also, because the fibres of gluteus maximus merge with the contralateral (opposite side) latissimus dorsi, the lats then pull the pelvis away from the floor more strongly. This is because tension at one muscle will result in changes in another muscle, especially if their direction of pull is the same. The lats also serve to lift the hips above the head and extend the spine. Furthermore, because the lats serve to extend the arm, they help to prevent the bending at the elbows that is a common mistake (in my humble opinion), as discussed earlier. Take care Nick Edited by Nick 2006-11-22 1:36 PM | ||
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