Yoga Journal Singapore - June-July 2018

21

june / july 2018

yogajournal.com.sg

ILLUSTRATIONS: MICHELE GRAHAM

Four versions of neutral

Take a moment to consider if one of these positions supports your health and helps you find a sense of calm:

Can you feel yourself fully resting comfortably and happy? Or, are the neutrals you experience in some of these postures

not really neutral for you—therefore creating anxiety and draining your energy?

FIGURE A

FIGURE D

FIGURE B FIGURE C

FLOATING NEUTRAL

The position you’d take if you were

totally relaxed under water, like a fetus

in the womb or an astronaut in space.

ANATOMICAL NEUTRAL

You’re lying horizontal, resting out of gravity,

and fully supported with your arms open.

NEUTRAL STANDING POSITION

You’re resting upright, stacked

in gravity, and bearing weight on

centered, balanced feet.

ATHLETIC NEUTRAL

You’re alert, weight is resting slightly

on your toes, knees and hips are

flexed, and arms are in front of your chest.