My theme for this year’s #atozchallenge is – 26 Yogasana. So brace yourself for 26 days of stretching, backbends and inversions, as I take you along my upside down evenings, sincerely hoping that you will find these posts helpful 🙂
Bakasana or Crow Pose
My husband never lets me practice this pose in the living room for the fear of me crashing into his precious TV 😛 . This is the first pose that made me realize the importance of gaze. You need to look few inches away from the fingertips, if you look too far, you might end up frog jumping (and thus the crash) and if you look down, you might end up falling flat on the face (experience my dear friends).
Bakasana or Crow pose is a great starter to arm balances. If practiced regularly, this will strengthen your arms and core, which will help you to achieve other incredible arm balances. This yoga asana requires you to round your back and engage the core to lift the hips.
For Beginners – Rest your knees above elbows, and raise one leg – drop it and raise the other one. Practice like this till you are comfortable in this pose.
Here’s a variation of Crow Pose called Baby Crow.
Disclaimer: I am not an Instructor or Yoga teacher, only a regular Hatha Yoga practitioner who is passionate about fitness. I am writing this series to detail my learning and experience during the practice. Please consult a Physician/Doctor before starting any exercise regime as some of the poses might contradict with your existing medical issues, for example injuries related to spinal cord, knee, ankle, wrists, neck, medical conditions like Migraine, Diabetics, Asthma etc.
Stay Strong and Humble! Namaste.
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Crikey, that IS hard! I think I’m a bit too old – I do gentle yoga sometimes before TM, which is soothing before meditation, and readies for relaxation. It’s a lovely discipline. Liz
C is for Edith Cavell #AtoZ Blog Challenge
you know that i’m staring with my evil eye at you, right? RIGHT?
*cries into bag of potato chips*
Is this also called the frog jump? I remember in school during PT we had to do something like this and I always sucked at it!
It’s really very difficult asana. But, you made it awesome. Enjoyed your instructions of performing this yoga. Loved the theme you choose for the challenge.
That looks incredibly difficult and I don’t think I have the arm strength to accomplish that. You’re a marvel, girl!
Wow you are so perfect in doing at it reflects your hardwork
motivating for me to be fit
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This is a difficult one, I couldn’t manage to reach even half way. How flexible are you..and that core is a tough one! Super!!
Lemme try this one more time and see if I’m still a bot:
So, is there something that comes before the baby crow? Like a crow egg?