Day 6 l 94 to go
I did Hatha yoga back in the 70's. When I was living on the farm I tried to maintain my practice from memory. Cobra pose I practiced often as it was easy to remember. A cousin has photo of me giving yoga lessons to my young nephew outside on bright English August afternoon.
My lower back is probably the strongest part of my entire body. Could be why.
Yoga tip of the day: Bhujangasana Cobra pose. Lie on your stomach, arms relaxed at your sides. Place the palms down on the floor, fingertips beneath your shoulders. Keep your arms close to your body. Inhale as you start to slowly arch your back. Arch your neck back, look up and back wit hyour eyes. Open you chest with your lower back muscles. Keep pelvis, quads tight, legs locked one solid structure from pelvis to the top of the toes, flat on the floor. Lift your palms one inch of the floor. The cobra needs no hands. Use your lower spine muscles, not your arm strength, to raise your self up and down like the Queen of de Nile.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Tinker Tailor Soldier Why?
Labels:
100 day Bikram yoga Challenge,
100 Day Yoga Challenge,
Bhujangasana Cobra pose,
Cleopatria,
Cobra Pose,
English August afternoon,
lower back,
Queen of the Nile,
Yoga tip of the day
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Is rolling around nearly naked good for business?
The dreaded 9:30am.
An appointment to meet with a new client at 8:30 am.
Showed up nearly naked in yoga clothes so I could roll to class right after the meeting.
We drank coffee. Yum! Lots of busy, fun work ahead. TMI in my head - in class - falling out the result. Don't try so hard. Try so easy.
The Days in Row shows rolls onward with no rhyme or reason.
Yoga pose plus tip day: (Do not drink coffee before class.)
Bhujangasana Cobra pose. Center yourself on the floor with a firm idea of your hip alignment. Stretch in every direction. Up with your spine, back with the tops of your feet, up to the ceiling with your chin, back with your neck and you our eyes, as you lift up from the small of your back, push down on the floor with your hips. Use your hands like training wheels. Do not push on them, allow your eyes to guide the posture.
Labels:
Bhujangasana,
Bikram Yoga 100 Day Challenge,
Cobra Pose,
Coffee,
Rolling around nearly naked
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