Yesterday class was interesting. We did this pose called “flying dragonfly“.
What is this pose? ( I am trying to find the sanskrit for it… but cannot find… anyone who knows, please let me know! )
First of all, the hips need to be “opened”. Really open.
Sit with legs in front of you. Then bring one of the legs close to your body by bending. Move the leg back and try to put the foot of that leg on the tricep of the same side arm. In effect, you will have your foot “stepping” on your tricep. Then bring the leg on the floor to the back and place your arms in chaturanga ( all these time, the foot is on your tricep ). Finally go down into chaturanga and lift the back leg up. All the while, remember to keep the foot on the tricep tight.
The difficulty of the pose stems from the fact that your hips need to be really open in order to move the foot behind your tricep of your arm. I could do it on one side only. My dragonfly “fluttered” abit, lifted the back leg for a short instance before coming down.
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it’s an arm balance variation of yogadandasana. i think there isn’t really a sankrit name for it. one of those poses that have been adapted into variations. you can try getting into this pose from a one-legged utkatasana. say, balance on your bent left leg, rest your right outer ankle slightly above your left knee, shin is perpendicular (like prep for eka pada galavasana). place your hands in prayer position, twist to the left and place your right tricep in the sole of your right foot. stay for a while, twisting more on the exhale, then bend forward and place hands in caturanga, float into the pose.
i stand corrected! not sure if it’s a universal name, apparently, it’s called parivritta urdhva yogadandasana, perhaps, this is the name you’re looking for
http://yogashop.ru/photo//photo/443.html
http://www.sarawhitney.net/yoga/balancing.html
Yes that’s the one with the foot on the tricep. But the other leg is towards the back and lifted and not to the side like she is doing.
But nice websites!