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🔵 How to Fly Your Astavakrasana [Top Tip]

Yogi Flight School · 0:52

In this practice

Key teachings

Inner thigh engagement is crucial for stability in arm balances
Effective use of ankle hooking to create leverage and length
The importance of a 'vice grip' action around the supporting arm
Lengthening the legs away from the torso to maintain the pose

Ideal for

Practitioners struggling to master Astavakrasana
Intermediate to advanced yogis seeking arm balance refinement
Students looking for specific technique breakdowns
Those interested in arm balances and inversions

Lesson

Instructions

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Steps

Astavakrasana (Eight-Angle Pose) specific cues
Inner thigh squeezing technique for arm balances
Ankle-over-ankle hook with flexed feet
Core and upper body engagement for support

Benefits

Improved stability and balance in arm balances
Enhanced understanding of complex pose mechanics
Increased strength in core, arms, and inner thighs
Reduced struggle and frustration when practicing advanced poses
Greater confidence in approaching challenging yoga postures

Forearm Stand Asana Pincha Mayurasana Mayurasana Astavakrasana Vinyasa

Transcript

this tip will save you hours of struggle in your aoca two things you really need to know about this pose the pose stays together because of your inner thighs squeezing so take your legs up stick your arm in between them squeeze the legs around your arm and hook your ankles together and try to vice grip this arm so firmly that it's not going anywhere you'll need to be doing this vice grip action in the pose to keep yourself from swinging tip number two ankle over ankle and then flex your feet and hook them together use that hook to lengthen your legs away from your torso and squeeze yeah the way it all comes together I'm not going to break down the rest of the pose but as my ankles come together I lengthen my legs away from my body squeeze the inner thighs and that's what keeps me in position

Practice summary

Level: all levels
Duration: 2 minutes
Equipment: yoga mat
Target areas: corearmsshouldersinner thighships
Energy: energizing

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