Yoga Poses: How to do Forearm Balance with 3 variations
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Yoga Poses: How to do Forearm Balance with 3 variations
Watch Alisha break down forearm balance with 3 different variations: Traditional, Hollowback, and Scorpion!
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Forearm Balance is an advanced Yoga pose, categorized as an arm balance. This is a pose that should only be attempted by experienced Yoga practitioners who have built up the strength, body awareness and understanding of alignment principles necessary to safely practice this posture. This is a pose that should be done towards the end of a Yoga practice and would be categorized as a peak pose. To properly warm up for this pose, please include the types of poses below to ensure that the body is ready to attempt forearm balance (pincha mayurasana) or scorpion (vrschikasana).
Yoga poses to prepare the body:
Sphinx
Dolphin
Forearm plank
Plank
Chaturanga
Cobra
Locust (shoulder openers)
Upward facing dog
Downward facing dog
Standing Split
Warrior I
Humble Warrior
This video should be practiced after warming the body with a vinyasa flow practice focusing on shoulder and core strengthening, shoulder opening and back-bending. Please make sure you practice for at least 30 minutes before practicing along with this video. If you are simply wanting to learn more about this pose, how to break it down and understand different modifications, then it would be appropriate to watch this video without warming up beforehand. Safety is our highest priority.
Advanced arm balances help challenge the experienced Yoga practitioner to further explore their practice and the limits of their bodies and minds. Working up to a pose like pincha mayurasana takes time and requires a great deal of commitment but what a great feeling it is to finally stick the pose in the center of the room, while maintaining a slow, deep breath ratio and a calm, clear focused mind. And remember to not get attached to the results!! Do not compare your personal self-worth with your ability to do a Yoga pose (asmita). We practice and then let go. Have fun and enjoy the ride!!
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