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Forearm Variation Of Wheel Pose
(Urdhva Dhanurasana)
Wheel Pose is an energising and invigorating pose. As we move through
our lives, we may not be aware of eternity, only the material world, as we
go through our cycles of birth, life, death and rebirth. Performing this pose
we have the opportunity to connect with a deep, unchanging aspect of our
nature, allowing us to let go of unnecessary holding and listen to our heart.
This pose helps us to understand how to observe our life without reacting
to it, to be witness to our emotions rather than subjected to them, to allow
our heart to fully open and simply embrace whatever it is saying to us, to fill
our lungs with oxygen and teach us how it feels to breathe. In the traditional
variation, the arms are straight and the palms are pressing on the floor, as
well as the souls of our feet. In this variation, we are standing on our forearms
allowing the ribcage to expand more and developing a stronger connection
to the mat. We are standing on our tip toes, lifting the hips higher to the sky,
playing with balance.
“Performing this pose
we have the opportunity
to connect with a deep,
unchanging aspect of our
nature, allowing us to let go
of unnecessary holding and
listen to our heart.”