Does anyone have any experienced techniques to share in backbending asanas for both seated and standing series? Is it due to tightness of pectoralis major, rectus abdominis and psoas muscle? Or could it be the tightness in hip and quadriceps muscle?
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It depends on your question, however, our awareness should be focus on lengthening of the spine in backbending. Therefore our deep back muscle plays a major role. Pectoralis major has four actions which are primarily responsible for movement of the shoulder joint. Tightness in this muscle will restrict the opening of the chest and shoulder. Which will restrict our arm thrusting backwards reaching the floor in urdhva dhanurasana.
Tightness of rectus abdominis does restrict the elongation of the spine into back bending but this should be hardly the case as most of us have weak core. Ideally we should have strong and lean core to be able to elongate our spine and to hold our upper body when we lean backward as in ustrasana.
Tightness of psoas muscle will restrict the lower spine (lumbar region) during back bending. It will also restrict moving forward of the hips during ustrasana.
Tightness of the hips or quadriceps should not play a major role during backbending.
However, strengthening of the quadriceps is important to lift our hips up during urdhva dhanurasana and hips forward during ustrasana.
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Thks Alverd. This is definitely a good reference. I will figure it out by Svadhyaya. I would also like to share below that I've read from the online yoga journal.
(i) If we stand in tadasana with feet together, lift one of our leg backward (do not bend both knees) without leaning our body forward, then we actually contract our SUPERIOR gluteus muscle intensively that stop us (in certain extent) to bend further. however,
(ii) If we stand with toes together and heels 6 inches apart, by doing the same thing, we actually contract our INFERIOR gluteus muscle and this allignment helps us to bend more.
I've tried it in standing backbending posture, it is true. Accodingly to the comment posted, it is an Iyengar allignment.
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Jesy, I will ask you that question for your assessment.
aiyo...im like killing myself for the anatomy. the more I practice, i have more to ask wor :p
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