Hardcore!

[flexagon]

Pose of the month at my yoga place for July is galavasana. If I were naming these things, I'd have called it Levitating Pigeon... but then, if I were naming things, pigeon itself would be called Burning Outer Hip Pose, so no I wouldn't have.

I love arm balance months. It's a good thing my thumb is better.

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[nevers.livejournal.com]

yay your thumb is better!!

i am going to go to my doc for my shoulder i think. grrr.

[flexagon]

Oh, that is so sucky, especially with all the recent handstand stability. My thumb just needed a week off and some intense massaging (mauling) with the other hand, as it turned out. I hope you post about the shoulder so we know what happens...

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

That is a killer pose. Probably literally, as well as figuratively. Can't wait to see you bust it out. I really wish my wrist/elbow weren't so bad, now I'm soooooo close to that yoga place.

[flexagon]

Oh, is it hurt? I didn't know. That sucks. :(

Galavasana's not as hard as it looks... which I guess doesn't make it easy either, but it doesn't require an antigravity belt like some poses do.

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

It would be the whole getting my foot up there thing that would be the problem. My hips are REALLY tight right now.

I've been thinking about building a splits trainer, basically, I'd love to work on my center splits but because of my wrist I can't support myself for very long. I'm picturing a long center board with adjustable blocks at each end for bracing my feet at whatever separation distance I want, thus allowing the muscles to relax without relying on wrist support so much. What do you think? I don't think it would be too hard to build.

[flexagon]

I understand. For that very reason my right galavasana's way better than my left one. With the left one, my balance is fine, but my hip can't open properly so I put my left knee up by my left armpit and my left foot back by my right elbow. Levitating Crappy Pigeon Pose.

Center splits... your idea for a trainer sounds okay for saving your wrists, but if you're at least as flexible as me in that direction (and I bet you are) it shouldn't be hard to support yourself on your forearms instead of your wrists. I suck, and even I can do that (and when I sucked even more, I sometimes started by putting elbows on a coffee table...) To me, the nice thing about your trainer idea is the "allowing muscles to relax" part. If you build it I'd definitely love to come over and try it. :)