Down Dog: You know how in Down Dog a lot of us walk the feet forward a little bit so that our heels can touch the floor (or maybe to feel more grounded)? If this is true for you, play with keeping the feet where they started and not walking the feet forward. If you have to round your lower back to bring the heels down, then allow your heels to be off the floor so that you can really lengthen your low back. Often times after walking the feet forward, I see a resulting hyperflexion (roundedness) in the lower back and decreased openness in hips and legs. Keeping the feet where they are gives you more opportunity to lengthen the spine, open the hips, and free the backs of the legs - even if heels never touch the floor in Down Dog. I apply this practice to Dolphin and Turbo Dog, too. If you’d like, play with this for a while, and notice how your core and legs change through the course of letting the heels be off the floor (and lengthening the low back) instead of making them go down. The first two images demonstrate an extended low back. The third image shows a rounded lower back, which could, over time, weaken the hamstrings and pull on the sacrum. #downdog #turbodog #forrestyoga #lengthenyourspine https://www.instagram.com/p/B8MBiMnpEBt/?igshid=1jsr6eamhneet
