Richard Freeman Ashtanga yoga The Intermediate series DVD
HOW THE HELL DO YOU GET BACK UP AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Much happier with my final KaranD position. Shoulders are a little further from my hands and it feels more comfortable. I still need to make my lotus tighter and deeper and curl it in closer to my arms but that will come.
I've also been coming down slower and with more control, though not so much in the video below, which was around my sixth this morning and I was getting tired. I wanted to do a close up though and from this low angle, so I could look at it more closely.
I've tried to bring the shoulders up, tried moving back through, Tried Susan's, bringing the knees towards each other, pushing down on my hands........ nothing moves, it's all locked up.
I've been watching the YouTube video's I listed earlier over and over, but can't see where the return motion begins. What info I do find on Karandavasana online is pretty scarce and mostly deals with getting down into it rather than getting back up. The most you get, as usual, is the ubiquitous "engage the bandhas" ...... OK, then what?
But shouldn't complain, am actually more than happy with where I am now and wont be too disappointed if I don't get it. It will come, and that will be a good day. In fact am becoming confident enough now that I'm able to come away from the wall, couldn't have imagined that a week ago. So thanks Richard for the motivation.

2 comments:
Jason, over on what is now Yuku's Ashtanga board (the former Ezboard) kept saying that controlling the descent is essential to the ascent (I tell people that in inversions). He recommended, I think it was, coming 1/2 down, then up, then 3/4 down, then up, and so on, sort of doing Karanda situps.
Thanks Patrick, will try to find that thread. I agree about controlling the descent being Key, I use the Swenson approach of opposing forces and it seems to work well. I've had a go at that coming down and back up in stages, it's a good idea and worked for me with Kapo. Can come down and get back up about 2/3 of the way but any lower than that and I'm commited. Once I've landed it I'm locked up. It'll come but may take a while....that said, I remember thinking I was miles away from coming up from Kapo and then one day it just happened and part of me is hoping the same thing will happen here before Saturday.
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