60 - 90 Mins
Challenging Your Standing Position: Forward Extensions
In this session, we explore a small part of the latent potential in our legs and feet in the standing positions: that of standing forward extensions.
Although this may be done as a stand-alone session, it fits in very well with a a few other sessions on forward extensions that were recorded in a series
Level: Experienced Beginners, Intermediate
Duration: 60mins
Props needed: a yoga strap, access to a wall
If you are an Intermediate level practitioner, recommend following it up with the following two sessions:
Forward Extensions: From Simple to Deeper - as a follow-up
Forward Extensions: What to do When it Comes too Easy
If you are an an Experienced Beginner, we recommend preparing for this session with the following two sessions:
Forward Extensions: Preparing through Dynamic Actions
Forward Extensions: the 'Concave Back' Action
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If the only way we have experienced standing is being upright, we have missed a large part of the intelligent dynamism of your bodies. While all parts of the body are adaptable, dynamic, this is especially true of the feet and the legs. All that we can do while still being on our legs is quite astounding: from climbing trees to dancing on our toes. In this session, we explore a a small part of this variety of actions in the standing positions: that of standing forward extensions. The category of forward extensions extends from from gentle. restorative actions, to deep and intense asanas. Here, we challenge the legs to be firm and steady, as we start extending towards the front.
