Practice Point #81 - Prasarita Padottanasana
/I received a question from Sandhya from the India. Their question is...
While practicing prasarit padottanasan I find difficulty in touching head down to floor. Why it happens? I am practitioner of Iyengar yoga from last 6 years.
Without seeing an image of you in the pose it will be hard for me to advise.
I will give you some general things to try to improve your posture.
Instead of taking the head down between the feet practice the posture taking you head forward and down onto a bolster, so the upper body is in dog pose and the legs in prasarita paddotanasana. This will help to lengthen the spine which is required in this pose.
Notice your abdominal pelvic region in this posture. Is your tail bone moving down to the floor or up to the ceiling. Try lengthening the tailbone back behind you to free the pelvis which will free the spine.
Lastly noticfe your abdomin and if it is hard and pushing down or soft and sitting back. Concentrate on softening at the groin crease/fold. “
