Yesterday I while teaching a beginners class on Hatha Yoga. I learned that doing a variation on an asana which is easier for the novice to accomplish, was more difficult for me then I expected.
The asana I was teaching was Vrksasana (Tree asana.) The student was unable to put her foot on her thigh with comfort, without putting presser on her knee. I sugested that she move the foot down so that her toes were just above her anckle. At this point I also move my foot to just above my anckle too.
After we had been in this asana for a few breaths, I noticed that a muscle that I was not really used to using, was 'talking to me.' That really made me smile, now I am going to add that to my class 'mix.'
The other thing that happend to me, happened when 'the room' was teaching me. I was working on some hip openers. I was doing Agnistambhasana (Firelog asana,) and I have been working with that asana for some time. It is not an easy one for me, but I do it most sessions. Yesterday I put a blanket under my 'up knee.' This allowed my leg to get some support, and it almost imediatitly relaxed. The leg then droped down quite a bit twords my down leg. I laughed!
The funny thing is (for me) that I do not think twice about using blankets and blocks during other asanam. For some reasion, I did not think of it for this ansana...
The asana I was teaching was Vrksasana (Tree asana.) The student was unable to put her foot on her thigh with comfort, without putting presser on her knee. I sugested that she move the foot down so that her toes were just above her anckle. At this point I also move my foot to just above my anckle too.
After we had been in this asana for a few breaths, I noticed that a muscle that I was not really used to using, was 'talking to me.' That really made me smile, now I am going to add that to my class 'mix.'
The other thing that happend to me, happened when 'the room' was teaching me. I was working on some hip openers. I was doing Agnistambhasana (Firelog asana,) and I have been working with that asana for some time. It is not an easy one for me, but I do it most sessions. Yesterday I put a blanket under my 'up knee.' This allowed my leg to get some support, and it almost imediatitly relaxed. The leg then droped down quite a bit twords my down leg. I laughed!
The funny thing is (for me) that I do not think twice about using blankets and blocks during other asanam. For some reasion, I did not think of it for this ansana...
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