I can not bend over very good in sitting forword bends. It looks like my hips roll back. Is these any thing or asanas to help me with this.Thanks
People crawl
before
they walk, and walk
before
they run.
Yogis sit, tailbone plugged into the floor, crown of head stretched toward the ceiling with legs straight and heels extended toward the wall ahead
BEFORE
they stretch open the distance between vertebrae as they breathe in and lift themselves up, and lift themselves up
BEFORE
they begin to lean forward with a straight back, like a jackknife closing.
Some babies start out running, but most crawl for quite a while. See if sitting upright with legs extended on the floor in front of you stretches hamstrings, lower back muscles, challenges lower abdomen strength. This is actually quite a challenging position and prepares the yogi for a deeply open forward bend.
Breathe in, extending spine upward and breathe out, letting a tiny microbend occur forward. Imagine these breaths as tiny slaves carrying the bricks that are building the Great Pyramids of your perfect yoga asana. Someday, each breath’s tiny contribution will add up to something wonderous and impressive in your yoga practice. After at least five breaths, or when it seems optimum to you, allow yourself to relax your shoulders and head toward your knees, and your arms to drape toward the floor.
brother richard,
Who is instructing you please? What is your yoga background?
Which poses are you referring. How ald are you and what is your health status?
These are critical question even if a computer chip answers you rather than the human beings visiting the board.
We can’t see your practice so we are relying on YOU to provide a verbal picture through words.
the short answer, though not a fully correct one, is do not do those forward bends until you develop the appropriate alignment and actions and/or do them with props (or bent knees). But again, all this, and more, should come from a teacher.
Hello my friend
Looking for a teacher seems to be a very good idea, but still what migth help is avery small thing for the beginning.
Lay on your back. bend one knee and place the foot on the ground.
From the streched leg draw the foot towards the body. exhale, draw the belly in and lift the leg streched up . (only as much that there will be no pain in the leg and teh lower spine) hold one or twa breath. Imagine someone is giving a resistance to the leg with a hand. breath into the upper chest and slowly move the leg with this inhalation down again.
Repeat on every side two to three times first.
Later on you can repeat it slowly up to ten times.
All the best
Lars