EPK I has a secret entry. Keep sliding to find out what’s my tip to make this arm balance easier to practice 🔑
Here’s how it works:
🏁 Start in Ardha Matsyendrasana
⬆️ Rise up onto your bottom leg shin. Keep the top leg twisted, stay in that rotation
🔀 Twist across your top leg and plant your hands on the ground, tucking the toes of your bottom foot under makes this easier
➡️ From that twist, begin to lean forward slowly, with full engagement, tipping the weight of your body into your hands
⬇️ The lower your shoulders go, the lighter your legs become. This is the counterbalance working. You’re not forcing anything. You’re tipping into it.
Here’s the thing, you never have to lift that bottom leg. Keep it on the ground as your security. Use the tipping action just to feel what it’s like to load into your hands. Maybe you tip a little today. Maybe one day you tip enough that the bottom leg floats. Maybe one day both legs extend straight.
Eka Pada Koundinyasana I starts here. In the t...
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