sandeyeMy Routine: 12. The Desk Pose
December 5th 2007 18:02
Otherwise known either as Dwipadapitam or Dvipada Pitham, the desk pose additionally has two alternative common names: Two-Legged Platform and Dynamic Bridge. I am usually lowered into a preparatory position from my former asana, whether I unroll from the Shoulderstand or the Plow, by rolling out my spine, but then lowering my legs still bent at the knee. If you are starting the position from scratch, you would lie flat on your back and then raise your knees, bending your legs.
The manuals tend to disagree at this point, some suggesting you place your arms beside your body, palm down, whilst others instruct you to keep your arms straight and attempt to grasp your ankles. I tend to combine the two, by touching my ankles, but keeping my arms on the floor beside me, and straight.
Next, one raises ones backside whilst inhaling, keeping the feet and shoulders flat on the floor, but raising as much of what lies in between the neck and knee as is possible. Once again, various asana-guides offer differing instructions from here. Some merely require you to 'raise butt' after which you hold for several breaths before lowering on an exhale; others request that you immediately lower your butt slowly back to the ground whilst exhaling, and then repeat this in/up & out/down sequence several times. I tend to go with the former and to hold the raise for a few breaths before lowering, possible trying to push up just a little bit further on the final inhale before returning butt to the floor. Another difference I am aware of in my own routine, is that I tend to slip my palm-down hands inwards, under my rear before lowering it, so that I am prepared for the next pose with my hands flat on the floor under my butt.
The manuals tend to disagree at this point, some suggesting you place your arms beside your body, palm down, whilst others instruct you to keep your arms straight and attempt to grasp your ankles. I tend to combine the two, by touching my ankles, but keeping my arms on the floor beside me, and straight.
Next, one raises ones backside whilst inhaling, keeping the feet and shoulders flat on the floor, but raising as much of what lies in between the neck and knee as is possible. Once again, various asana-guides offer differing instructions from here. Some merely require you to 'raise butt' after which you hold for several breaths before lowering on an exhale; others request that you immediately lower your butt slowly back to the ground whilst exhaling, and then repeat this in/up & out/down sequence several times. I tend to go with the former and to hold the raise for a few breaths before lowering, possible trying to push up just a little bit further on the final inhale before returning butt to the floor. Another difference I am aware of in my own routine, is that I tend to slip my palm-down hands inwards, under my rear before lowering it, so that I am prepared for the next pose with my hands flat on the floor under my butt.
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