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Monday, November 8, 2010

Plow pose

Several days ago I found that I could not bend to the extent that I normally do during plow pose. This is easy for me to measure because when I am doing this position, my feet will touch the floor. Pushing harder only caused pain, and I am not sure of how much pain one should create in order to get the most out of a Yoga session. So my feet did not touch while doing this pose. Several days later, I found that my body was at ease during the entire session. The positions were relaxing and I found myself going into them with ease, confidence and strength. The inversion was shoulder stand which was followed by plow pose. My feet easily touched the floor with little or no pain. I guess that all of the leafs that I raked up during the interval between these two classes made me more flexible or maybe just more tolerant to pain.
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  1. PramilaNovember 9, 2010 at 6:18 PM

    I find there are two ways to make the plough pose easier to do. One that works for me, is when I am able to lift much of my torso off the floor and hold my back high up with my palms. Then my feet easily touch the ground. Second, when I go into plough pose after I am in shoulder stand for a brief while, I do not feel any strain.

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