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Wild Thing Yoga Pose: How To Do Camatkarasana

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In this practice

Key teachings

Correct alignment for strong back-bending poses
Understanding muscular engagement in Camatkarasana
The concept of 'heart opening' in yoga

Ideal for

Practitioners wanting to master Wild Thing Pose (Camatkarasana)
Intermediate to advanced yogis refining their backbends
Students of Young Ho Kim's Inside Yoga Alignment

Lesson

Instructions

This video is a part of Young Ho Kim´s Inside Yoga Alignment course.

Wild Thing is an asana that has many names: Rock Star, Flip Dog, or its Sanskrit name Camatkarasana. The word Camatkarasana can be translated as "the ecstatic unfolding of the enraptured heart." This is a pretty good description of the strong back-bending yoga pose since the open chest does not only open your heart, it also gives you strength and confidence.

You can read more about the Wild Thing Yoga Pose in our Magazin

Young Ho was born in South Korea and moved to Germany as a teenager. After a very impressive career as a Martial Artist, he fell in love with yoga. He established the biggest and most renowned studio in Germany, Inside Yoga, based in Frankfurt. Young Ho’s non-dogmatic and scientific approach to Yoga blends with the clearness and simplicity of Zen Buddhism.

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Steps

Outward arm rotation for shoulder stability
Engaging the inner edge of the foot for hip lift
Shoulder blade integration for chest opening (pushing mat away)
Using hand behind head for deeper back muscle engagement

Benefits

Increases spinal flexibility and strength
Opens the chest and shoulders
Cultivates strength and confidence
Enhances body awareness and alignment knowledge

Transcript

[Music] put your hand on your mat now before you come up outwardly rotate your arm and your hand bend your elbow gently from here lift your shoulder up to your ear and then move it backwards I will do auto-rotate outwardly rotate your arm and now straighten your arm first now come up lift your buttocks up it's very important that you push with your inner edge of your foot down to the ground so you can lift your hip up in order to bring your shoulder to your ear you have to push your mat away not only your hand on the on your mat but also other shoulder both shoulders up to your ear outwardly rotate your arm and now lift your heart up great now strong legs strong legs lift your heart up great from here you can bring your other hand behind your head elbow narrow now push with your back hat against your hand so you can engage your back muscles and now straighten your arm again bring your both great you see you see the difference bring your ball shoulders to your ear auto-rotate more now lift your heart up and now touch the ground excellent now come back oh this was wild [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you

Practice summary

Level: all levels
Duration: 2 minutes
Equipment: yoga mat
Target areas: spineshoulderschesthipscorelegs
Energy: balancing

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