sandeyeMy Routine: 6. Trikonasana
November 7th 2007 19:50
Standing with feet apart, approximately twice as wide as your hip-to-hip span, turn your left foot to the left, whilst leaving your right foot facing forwards. As you inhale, raise your right arm vertical and straight, whilst extending your left arm straight but horizontal - level with your shoulder height. Some manuals suggest you take the pose and then inhale, but I personally prefer to inhale as I am taking the initial position.
Whilst exhaling, tip to your left, also a little bit forward so that your ribs and hips don’t crunch. Ease your left hand downwards along your leg, until you can tip no further with comfort. Keeping your right hand extended, straight, turn your eyes to your right hand. Try to ensure that your legs remain straight, and your hips face forward. Rest at this point for a couple of breaths, before taking it an inch further if possible, remaining two more breaths, then slowly rising back to a standing position. Repeat with left as right and right as left.
I find that tipping to my right, I can reach to just below my knee, whereas tilting leftwards, I can reach my ankle on numerous occasions. I have also found that when I initially commenced this exercise, a few months ago, I would wobble, feel mildly dizzy on rising, and tended to get stuck bent over - needing an effort to rise again. I firstly put this down to stiffness from lack of mobility, and not having done much exercise for a while. I no longer have these problems now that I am more practiced, except that I do still sometimes get mildly dizzy when rising out from the pose - but this is only if I am suffering from a sinus problem.
Whilst exhaling, tip to your left, also a little bit forward so that your ribs and hips don’t crunch. Ease your left hand downwards along your leg, until you can tip no further with comfort. Keeping your right hand extended, straight, turn your eyes to your right hand. Try to ensure that your legs remain straight, and your hips face forward. Rest at this point for a couple of breaths, before taking it an inch further if possible, remaining two more breaths, then slowly rising back to a standing position. Repeat with left as right and right as left.
I find that tipping to my right, I can reach to just below my knee, whereas tilting leftwards, I can reach my ankle on numerous occasions. I have also found that when I initially commenced this exercise, a few months ago, I would wobble, feel mildly dizzy on rising, and tended to get stuck bent over - needing an effort to rise again. I firstly put this down to stiffness from lack of mobility, and not having done much exercise for a while. I no longer have these problems now that I am more practiced, except that I do still sometimes get mildly dizzy when rising out from the pose - but this is only if I am suffering from a sinus problem.
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