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Assisted Drop Back into Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana - Anusara Yoga Pose Demo - How To

Anusara Yoga · 3:40

In this practice

Key teachings

Anusara's 'Attitude, Alignment, and Action'
Importance of proper alignment in advanced poses
Building trust and communication in assisted yoga practice

Ideal for

Advanced yoga practitioners
Anusara yoga students
Individuals seeking to deepen their backbending practice
Those interested in partner yoga and assists

Lesson

Instructions

At Samavesha 2017 in Merano, Italy, Certified Anusara® yoga teacher, Piero Vivarelli, assists Certified Anusara yoga teacher, Ezgi Fischer, into an assisted drop back into dwi pada viparita dandasana.

Samavesha is Anusara School of Hatha Yoga's (ASHY) annual global gathering where yogis from around the world join together to practice Attitude, Alignment, and Action. The 2017 Samavesha theme drew upon one of ASHY's core principles - "Unity within Diversity."

ASHY is a heart-centered, kula-driven, non-profit, global organization that offers yoga teacher training at the 200 hour and 300 hour levels as well as advanced teacher training and certification. Learn more about ASHY at

Video thanks to Anusara Certified teacher Will Doran.

Steps

Assisted Drop Back
Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana (Two-Legged Inverted Staff Pose)
Use of yoga blocks for support
Utilizing a wall for assistance

Benefits

Increases spinal flexibility and mobility
Deepens chest and shoulder opening
Builds confidence in executing advanced backbends
Strengthens core and back muscles
Enhances body awareness and proprioception

Hatha Hatha Yoga Asana Ama Dandasana Block Anusara Yoga

Transcript

On the floor, one leg up, now bend the knees, other side, squeeze the block and bring the blocks for the wall, no no no, other side, the block, ok, I'll show you, no no no, I'm not. For the wall? Yeah, the wall, I mean exactly how we can do that, actually it's very sheer, right, yeah, you won't bend, you're going, that, in that direction, not, see, that, that, can you see, that, after that, I'm going to bring the baby, and I'm going to bring the baby, maybe I'll touch you, I think, oh, oh, what are you, what are you, what are you, what are you, what are you, oh, I love that, Yeah! More more! more! Now you have to hear it! If you are being raised in a mid -silvage, bring your hands up over. So you can decide at the wall, in the middle, with a partner, by yourself.

Practice summary

Level: advanced
Duration: 3 minutes
Equipment: yoga matyoga blockswallpartner/assistant
Target areas: spinechestshouldersquadricepscore
Energy: balancing

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