-
How should you teach someone to do a backbend?
-
Oooo part 2, awesome!
Thanks for the advice 😀 I do have what I affectionately refer to as t-rex proportions. I have short arms and although I’m 5’10 I have quite short legs for my height and a long torso and super long neck. Sooooo it might take a lot of work to get my feet on my head (if ever) but I will keep on at it! 🙂
-
It seems to me that men and Asian people are generally good at king cobra but I could be totally wrong about that 🙂 It never came too easy for me either.
I forgot to ask about the snake exercise, what is it that is stopping you from getting into it?
-
I honestly can’t even really explain it, but I think it’s because my arms are too short in proportion to my torso…
When I put my hands on my lower ribs as where yours are placed I can’t have my forearms at a right angle to the floor while still having the soft part of my elbow on the floor. I can’t move my hands further up my chest because my shoulders just can’t bend that far and still load bear (I struggle to hold my weight on this angle in the first place, my wrists twist in and it hurts them).
I also find it really hard to put my head back because it puts pressure on my wrists so much.
Is there a particular way that’s best to get in and out of this pose? I honestly can’t tell if I’m just not getting into it well or if I just don’t have the right proportions/strength for it.I am completely sure this isn’t a back flexibility issue, maybe it’s a shoulder flex issue? I’m hypermobile in my shoulders (as well as my knees, elbows, and hips) while the muscles are not that flexible, so perhaps that’s causing a problem?
-
Hard to say what it’s due to. The only way I know of how to get into it is to lift hips while shoulders still on the floor, then place the hands at the correct spot and move forward so that the shoulders don’t touch the floor anymore and you’re supported on the elbows and feet. I guess that’s the way you tried?
There is a passive variant of this one that is not dependent on the arms. Instead of your hands you will support with yoga blocks, preferrably on their high end so that the spot where you’re bending at is as defined as possible. But since this is passive and you don’t use force, you should stay in it much longer.
-
Yeah, it’s a tricky one. I got my boyfriend to watch me trying to get into the pose and I also got him to film me so that I could have a look as well, and neither of us can figure out exactly what’s causing the problem.
I plan on buying yoga blocks sometime soon so once I get the I’ll give the passive option a go. For now I’ll just keep working on my back and shoulders through the exercises I can do and keep progressing that way.
-
Great info Lina; thank you for making and sharing!
Log in to reply.