New Perspectives [Open Arm Balance Challenge!] From 11/18 Til We Get Bored

[raptron]

I posted this in my thread, but anyone can join in on this as well. 12 Days of Yoga Flows! 

 

You start with doing the day 1 pose on the first day, then the day 2 pose + the day 1 pose on the second day, then the day 3 + day 2 + day 1 pose on the third day -- just like the song. They do not have to be directly connected, you can flow through whatever poses you like between each pose as long as you get through them in sequential order eventually. For ones with an option, you can choose between any of the options and change it up between days if you like. Feel free to modify any of the poses as well! Your pigeon can take off and fly if you like.

 

Day 1 - partridge in a pear tree: tree pose

Day 2 - two turtle doves : pigeon pose

Day 3 - three french hens: rooster pose or crosslegged sit or frog pose 

Day 4 - four calling birds: crow pose or crane pose

Day 5 - five golden rings: wheel pose or table

Day 6 - six geese laying: egg tripod 

Day 7 - seven swans swimming: boat pose or swan pose (hamasana) 

Day 8 - eight maids milking: COW POSE

Day 9 - nine ladies dancing: dancer pose or warrior III

Day 10 - ten lords leaping: lizard pose or pose dedicated to sage koundinya II

Day 11 - eleven pipers piping: cobra pose 

Day 12 - twelve drummers drumming: goddess pose 

 

I'll make one of those cute graphics or whatever to put on instagram as well maybe? 

[Nymeria]

I played around with flying pigeon transitions today:

 

Flying pigeon to crow:

 

and Headstand to flying pigeon:

 

 

[raptron]

Yesss, awesome.  

[Mad Hatter]

Nice control!!

[Mad Hatter]

No video, but I had fun playing around with these crow variations so I thought I'd share.  

 

 

[Ryuu1011]

Is there a difference between Flying Pigeon and Flying Crow? 

[Mad Hatter]

Just now, Ryuu1011 said:

Is there a difference between Flying Pigeon and Flying Crow? 

 

Yes, in flying crow you rest say your right knee on the right elbow. In flying pigeon you have an additional point of contact - so you rest your right ankle on the left elbow (as well as the right knee on the right elbow). It requires a bit less strength but a bit more hip flexibility in order to externally rotate the hip.

[raptron]

3 hours ago, Mad Hatter said:

No video, but I had fun playing around with these crow variations so I thought I'd share.  

 

 

HEART EYES EMOJI.

 

Also today is day 3 in the yoga flow days of christmas! Hope you guys are joining along, but if not, feel free to do it whenever. I did not get my shit together to make an instagram challenge picture post.

[Mad Hatter]

32 minutes ago, raptron said:

HEART EYES EMOJI.

 

Also today is day 3 in the yoga flow days of christmas! Hope you guys are joining along, but if not, feel free to do it whenever. I did not get my shit together to make an instagram challenge picture post.

 

She's amazing.

 

And thanks for the reminder about the yoga challenge, completely spaced out on that one! 

 

[Nymeria]

5 hours ago, Ryuu1011 said:

Is there a difference between Flying Pigeon and Flying Crow? 

 

It depends.  A lot of yoga teachers and yoga programs will use them interchangeably, both meaning the flying pigeon move with the ankle supported on the opposite arm.  Heck, I even technically have it "wrong" in my tutorial, since I'm doing flying pigeon, but call it flying crow.  ;P

 

Here on NF, we use the terms as Hatter described above.  At least that way, we're all on the same page.

[Mad Hatter]

Yeah good point, it's kind of like crow and crane, they are also very frequently interchanged. But they are different postures, both looking at their sanskrit names and the mechanics, even if it can be easy to get the names confused. Too many birds in yoga.  So if you ever take a class or look at a tutorial it's definitely a good idea to double check what the teacher is actually doing.   

[Kishi]

Well, no video yet, but I'm getting to a point where I can hold a freestanding handstand for a second and some change.

[Elastigirl]

Reading @dragons4lessa thread, I was inspired to try to push from a headstand to a handstand. She used some bolsters to raise her head. I put some yoga blocks under my head, which enabled me to kick into the headstand-yay! Then I tried to push from a headstand into a handstand. Failed a few times. Tried again, and made it, but fell right away. A few attempts later ,and I was actually able to hold the handstand. I love stealing borrowing ideas from others threads and being inspired by them.

[Ryuu1011]

On 12/17/2016 at 2:01 PM, Elastigirl said:

Reading @dragons4lessa thread, I was inspired to try to push from a headstand to a handstand. She used some bolsters to raise her head. I put some yoga blocks under my head, which enabled me to kick into the headstand-yay! Then I tried to push from a headstand into a handstand. Failed a few times. Tried again, and made it, but fell right away. A few attempts later ,and I was actually able to hold the handstand. I love stealing borrowing ideas from others threads and being inspired by them.

Wow! that sounds awesome! Can you link to the post from dragons4lessa that you are referencing? I might just have to try that when I get home

[Mad Hatter]

23 minutes ago, Ryuu1011 said:

Wow! that sounds awesome! Can you link to the post from dragons4lessa that you are referencing? I might just have to try that when I get home

 

I bet since you can press from crow you can press from headstand without any blocks.  Just give it a go!

[Elastigirl]

2 hours ago, Ryuu1011 said:

Wow! that sounds awesome! Can you link to the post from dragons4lessa that you are referencing? I might just have to try that when I get home

https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/92683-dragons4lessas-triumphant-return/#comment-2068715

 

The press video is in her instagram, which is in her signature.

 

[raptron]

Yaaaa crow to press drill thing~

 

Surprisingly killer on the hip flexors and quads, actually. Maybe I'm over-recruiting them? I also noticed in my videos that as soon as I tried to lift my toes off my wrists, I lost all tension in the hip/butt/core, haha. 

 

I also was able to press from headstands into forearm stand really easily (!) which is already an improvement over last month when I was playing with them. Sage II into figure 8 happened on both sides but my camera was tilted too high up so you could only see my shoulders and that does not make for a very riveting video. Tried some handstands down into crow for giggles and wound up with some really nice piked straddled holds while trying to transition down. 

 

I also found that if I did something in crow right before I tried a handstand hold, the handstand went really well and I was 100x more likely to actually be pressing into my fingers instead of trying to find my balance further up in my body. 

 

I love this stuff. <3 

[Suzaqu]

That crow press is so cool! I have to keep that in mind when I get to that point (i.e. in a good long while  )

[Mad Hatter]

1 hour ago, raptron said:

Surprisingly killer on the hip flexors and quads, actually. Maybe I'm over-recruiting them? 

 

 

I don't think so, think you're just actively compressing. Think about when you do seated leg lifts on the floor. Either way I'm super impressed. (need to get to work, grumble, grumble)

 

1 hour ago, raptron said:

I also found that if I did something in crow right before I tried a handstand hold, the handstand went really well and I was 100x more likely to actually be pressing into my fingers instead of trying to find my balance further up in my body. 

 

I've noticed this too! Ok, not that the handstand goes reeeally well, but better. For me I think it's because I use my core a lot more when moving in crow, something I struggle with in handstands.

[dragons4lessa]

On 12/17/2016 at 2:01 PM, Elastigirl said:

Reading @dragons4lessa thread, I was inspired to try to push from a headstand to a handstand. She used some bolsters to raise her head. I put some yoga blocks under my head, which enabled me to kick into the headstand-yay! Then I tried to push from a headstand into a handstand. Failed a few times. Tried again, and made it, but fell right away. A few attempts later ,and I was actually able to hold the handstand. I love stealing borrowing ideas from others threads and being inspired by them.

I'm just now seeing this.  This is so awesome!!!   Great job!!!!

[raptron]

STILL DOING STUFF

 

Hope you guys are too  

[tourennatrix]

7 minutes ago, raptron said:

STILL DOING STUFF

 

Hope you guys are too  

 

Duuuude.

I am working on getting back into this (I held crow for a few whole seconds!). I really need to get some core stuff going again so that this stuff can be a little more possible  I'm hoooping to do be able to post some sort of update on this stuff about once a week through my next challenge, but I'm not holding my breath

 

[raptron]

12 hours ago, tourennatrix said:

 

Duuuude.

I am working on getting back into this (I held crow for a few whole seconds!). I really need to get some core stuff going again so that this stuff can be a little more possible  I'm hoooping to do be able to post some sort of update on this stuff about once a week through my next challenge, but I'm not holding my breath

 

Definitely don't hold your breath -- yoga is all about breathing.

[Mad Hatter]

14 hours ago, raptron said:

STILL DOING STUFF

 

Hope you guys are too  

 

Man you're strong! Have you tried working on the one arm lever without transitioning into first? I bet you'd find the stability if you did.

[raptron]

I haven't just tried it on its own. I was planning on going just to a regular elbow lever but my weight was too far shifted to the other side so I just went with the one-armed attempts.