2019-04-01_Australian_Yoga_Journal

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april 2019

yogajournal.com.au

32 BADDHA KONASANA

Bound Angle Pose

Hold for 8–10 breaths

33 SETU BANDHA SARVANGASANA

Bridge Pose, variation

DYNAMICALLY

PRACTICE THIS

Lift up on each

inhalation; lower down

on each exhalation.

Then hold for 8–10

breaths.

TARGETED RETURNS

In this all-important section we shift emphasis from efforting

to its opposite—the return to centre. Here, we dial down the

effort with specificity, releasing the body from the efforts

required to move into peaking. This is not a random

cool-down; it’s specific to the effort that you just made.

Here, the backbend is the return to centre because of all

the forward bending you’ve done.