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WALL WORK: 😁 I love doing posture stuff at the WALL & ive been working on a lot of movements with the arms behind the body. This is a great way to wake up the upper back muscles & counter balance all the time we spend with arms in front of the body. 💪I am always amazed at how difficult it is to create force with the arms behind the body 👈😲 . 💥press the back of the skull into the wall 💥elbow straighten and PRESS the pinky back into the wall💥 keep that pressure and step the body forward away from the wall 💥 add a tiny snow angel movement 👼 . . . . . . . Tag @Yoga_At_The_Wall in all of your yoga explorations at the WALL to be reposted! Lets show the yoga community how versitile the wall is as a prop & why we should USE MORE WALL!! . . . . . . . # Lauragyoga #lauragoellneryoga #posture #shoulderextension #wallangels . . . . . . . #wallyoga #yogawall #yogaonthewall #yogaatthewall #yogatherapyatthewall #wall #props #yogaprops #accessibleyoga #usemorewall #thewallisyourfriend #yogabook #ebook #yogapracticemanual #wallstretch #yogawall (at Hummingbird Yoga NJ) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxqbLZahJOp/?igshid=4n3iaucii1tf

DETAIL + DEPTH | This version of Utkatasana focuses on the side body, and how it relates to gravity. The feet and hands both have more small bones and joints than anywhere else in the body (26 and 54 per appendage, respectively!) This allows for nuanced movement to create balance, stability, and mobility. Because the side body is unlike the hands and feet in that there isn't a network of bones, joints, and muscles designed for sustaining posture on the side, doing so can challenge the balance of front and back bodies in a unique way. This is most obviously felt in Anantasana. Utkatsana on its side, however, has the advantage of pelvic, knee, and dorsi-flexion to prevent the body from falling forward. Take the pose without resting the legs on the floor of the feet on the wall, then it's a different challenge (and a more advanced variation!).⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ To take this version, place the feet on a wall with the body in a relative Utkatasana shape. Because the hips are wider than the width of the feet side by side, place the feet up the wall as if the feet were on the floor, at the center of hip-width. Place a wide block (or two medium blocks if the shoulders are broad) between the hands. With flat fingers, press the hands into the blocks. Stay and breathe.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Next, to emphasize side body engagement and length, lift the block and bottom shoulder away from the floor. Move up and down with the breath, and then sustain the lift for a count of 3-10 breaths, depending on individual capacity and comfort (discomfort?). Rest, then switch sides.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ © 2018 Ellen Huang Saltarelli⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #detailanddepth#alignmentyoga#yogaalignment#Yoga#yogapractice#iyengaryoga#utkatasana #chairpose #fiercepose #yogaforeverybody⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #puppypose #propyourpose #yogaprops #propyoga #wallyoga #sidebody (at Eagle Rock, Los Angeles) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrSsoGzBHhD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=p41kh4sbgays

DETAIL + DEPTH | Next in the sequence toward Utkatasana, we take the pose on the back. What is interesting and challenging about Utkatasana is that it combines both forward fold and backbend aspects: flexion in the pelvis, and spinal extension and shoulder flexion in the upper spine. To do these simultaneously means different parts of the spine are doing different things.⁣ ⁣ To take the pose on the back, place support under the mid/upper thoracic spine, with an even higher support for the head. With the hips down and knees bent, start with the feet flat on the floor. Hold the arms overhead, stay and breathe. (Slide 3)⁣ ⁣ Next continue to approach the final shape of Utkatasana by lifting the feet and pulling the toes up toward the shins. This will engage the hip flexors and tibialis anterior muscles, just as we do in the Standing variation. Optionally, hold a resistance band between the hands and lightly pull the hands apart. Stay and breathe. (Slide 2)⁣ ⁣ Last, place a #coregeousball or a rolled up blanket at the lower abdomen, and pull the legs into the belly. Drop the heels lower than hips, but continue to lift the toes up into the shins. This final supine pose resembles Standing Utkatasana with emphasis on backbending in the upper thoracic. Stay and breathe, then rest.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ © 2018 Ellen Huang Saltarelli⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #detailanddepth#alignmentyoga#yogaalignment#Yoga#yogapractice#iyengaryoga#utkatasana #chairpose #fiercepose #yogaforeverybody⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #bridgepose #propyourpose #yogaprops #propyoga #wallyoga #sidebody (at Highland Park, Los Angeles) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrVRuALhWfY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3r7in1a9v9x0