Hi,
At the end of a good Vinyasa workout, my teachers will sometimes come to us while we are in Corpse pose and pull our neck out. I suppose this is to lengthen our spine. I should probably ask them but just thought of this again this morning.
Is this the reason?
Do you mean that they lift your head up and stretch it, lengthening the neck? The phrasing of ‘pulling the neck out’ seems like it would be some sort of chiropractic move.
[QUOTE=suryadaya;82596]Do you mean that they lift your head up and stretch it, lengthening the neck? The phrasing of ‘pulling the neck out’ seems like it would be some sort of chiropractic move.[/QUOTE]
yes. what you said better describes it. Lengthening the neck.
Its probably common for teachers to help adjust you while in poses. While in corpse my teacher has actually stretched out my legs and arms pulling my shoulders away from my neck, it made a huge difference in how I felt. My shoulder are very tense at times.
Savasana is a yoga posture. In that respect it is akin to Trikoasana, or Sirsasana. When the student is askew or misaligned then it may be appropriate/helpful to have the alignment adjusted by a qualified teacher so that the energy of the pose flows more freely.
Traction of the cervical spine in Savasana is not what I would consider one of the five basic adjustments. However when there is a strong student-teacher relationship (I know the student’s practice very well) this can on rare occasions be helpful.
Just as there are boundaries or parameters with other pose adjustments there are ones here as well. But that is to be conveyed during teacher-training, not on an internet forum
[QUOTE=InnerAthlete;82609]Savasana is a yoga posture. In that respect it is akin to Trikoasana, or Sirsasana. When the student is askew or misaligned then it may be appropriate/helpful to have the alignment adjusted by a qualified teacher so that the energy of the pose flows more freely.
Traction of the cervical spine in Savasana is not what I would consider one of the five basic adjustments. However when there is a strong student-teacher relationship (I know the student’s practice very well) this can on rare occasions be helpful.
Just as there are boundaries or parameters with other pose adjustments there are ones here as well. But that is to be conveyed during teacher-training, not on an internet forum[/QUOTE]
Thank you.
@Shu
You are welcome, of course.