Advancing to Forearm Balance
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In this shoulder opening practice, you will begin to warm up and educate your body to approach our peak pose, forearm stand. This exquisitely powerful inversion is similar to handstand, but also requires both heart opening and strength through the upper back and shoulders. Note: You will need a wall to do the practice.
This can either be done as a stand-alone class or as Day 4 of Rachel's 7-Day Inversion Challenge.
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"7-Day Challenge" my butt; I'll be working on these poses for a long time!
But even the exercises preceding the forearm balance itself feel great, those backbends are a godsend after a day at the desk. To be honest I couldn't lift my leg too far up in that final pose - I'd guess it was about horizontal, although I of course couldn't actually see it -, something just seemed to block any further movement. As I said, lots of work to be done. And I'm looking forward to it!
Not just awesome. Simply brilliant! I’ve tried doing this pose in various yoga classes in the past, but nobody has explained it in such a clear, concise and effective way as you. It’s so much easier now. Wow! A BIG thank you from Prague!
Dolphin is a tough pose and I loved the process to get to the final pose with lots of cues and guidance along the way.
Thanks again, Rachel, for a safe and challenging practice.
I got a lot less sleep than usual and was thinking I might find this class too strenuous but the strength and stability moves provided so much stretching that I had some energy left over to do Rachel’s 15 min pick me up after, which was a great complementary class to have an hour with Rachel. Thank you! And the next time I do these for my “Rachel week-treat” I will do them with her 7 day fundamentals classes.