Ardha Chandrasana one of my favourite poses in yoga. It looks easy but it is not! Much core abdominal strength is needed and balance is required.
However today’s power yoga class, the teacher has added yet another dimension to this pose. He calls it the Flying Half Moon. How’s that? The sequence has it when we are in Warrior 2, we move slowly into Flying Half Moon. The hand that is in front in Warrior 2 is held near the ear ( not stretched out, hence will not touch floor in the half moon pose ) and then move slowly and lift and extend the back leg into the half moon pose. The other hand will be stretched behind and much like pushing and invinsible wall behind ( similar so for the lifted back leg yo be pushing at the wall ).
Woo! I like… 
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November 6th, 2006 at 9:11 am
aloha! which direction does the other (ie. back arm when in warrior 2) hand stretch towards? Mahalo
November 6th, 2006 at 6:25 pm
heeelooooo! Aloha to you too!
Must share photos when you are back, my dear!
The back hand is straight out and pushing the invisible wall behind too. Much like the back leg pushing against the invisible wall. Try it, pretty fun!
November 11th, 2006 at 11:28 am
oooo….. i just tried. quite fun, haha. hmm, where’s the drishti?
November 11th, 2006 at 4:34 pm
drishti as if you are doing the normal Ardha Chandrasana. For me during this flying one, I had hard time balancing, so I kept my drishti on the floor slightly ahead of my palm on the floor.