Garbha Pindasana Modification (Womb Embryo Posture)
A Guide to the Primary Series • 1m 45s
If you can't do Lotus Posture no problem, you can do a nice version of this difficult posture by simply leaning back and weaving your arms through a cross legged position, and then proceed to round back into a nice spinal flexion and roll back and forth tracing a circle. Next I give you you step by step instructions for taking the arms through the legs that are folded into Lotus Posture. Be careful to proceed patiently without straining or forcing. By practicing day by day you will develop flexibility and win ease in the posture.
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