Giselle Toner shows how to move from shoulder stand into plow pose and roll down your spine one vertebra at a time. She emphasizes this is only for experienced, flexible practitioners without neck problems, not for beginners.
Questions this video answers
Sarvangasana (shoulder stand) and Halasana (plow pose).
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February 3, 2017.
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Hey, everybody, it's Giselle Toner, and I am on the ground right now because I am going to be showing you something that is a certain way to come out of a yoga position. Now, I'm doing this because one of my former yoga girls, who I absolutely love, she's phenomenal. She doesn't live here in Florida with me. She was one of my clients and my students in New Jersey. But she is a wonderful, phenomenal person. And she actually went to become a yoga teacher. She took my training course and became a yoga teacher, and she's doing fabulous. I'm really proud of her. But she wrote to me the other day and said that she didn't remember exactly how to come out of plow pose. Now, I go into shoulder stand, which is sarvangasana, and then take that into plow, which is halasana, and then I take it down a certain way. Now, I must caution you, if you are not familiar with yoga, if you are not really flexible, please don't try this. This is just for people who have been practicing yoga for a while, who are very flexible, who have no problem with a nice slow roll down with their spine coming down. And again, it is not for everyone, even if you've been practicing yoga for a while, if you have any neck issues.
So.
So just a word of caution here. Plus, you may have better ways to come out of your halasana. I love this way. It's been working for me beautifully and I feel beautiful with it. But again, this isn't for everybody, so please take your time with it. Be cautious.
Okay?
I'm sure that I will have a lot of people that will be saying, oh, don't do it that way. You know there's a better way. Well, that's great for you.
It's good for you.
Whatever you want to do. If you feel good with it, do it your way. This works for me and a lot of my students and clients, so I'm going to show it to you again. Don't try it if you're brand new to yoga. This is not for beginners. Okay, so I'm going to start out lying down, and I'm going to be going into my shoulder stand, which is sarvangasana. Then I'll take my toes way back, which is plow pose, which is halasana. And then I will be rolling down one vertebrae at a time, holding my legs very close to my body and lifting my chin as I come down to keep the back of my head on my mat. You don't Want to lift your head while you're coming down. So we're going to start in a lying down position. Okay. Remember, your breathing is always deep and steady. When I go into my shoulder stand.
You will not see the tops of.
My feet, probably, but that's okay. So now again, we're very careful here. We're going to start to prop yourself up.
Okay? Now adjust your shoulders. You always want to adjust. And just staying here for a few seconds, really feeling that blood flow coming down into your face slowly. Now, once you're here, you may want to bring this into plow, which is halasana. The knees will come towards your head. You will slowly take your toes behind you. And now this is where a lot of people have a problem. You may not be flexible enough to get your toes on the ground. You may be here. That's okay. So we're just going to hold this a few seconds and adjust and breathe. Give the body some time to really adjust to this new position that you're in. Now this is where it gets interesting. A lot of people will come down with their hands on the floor and that's perfectly fine. But I'm going to have you hold your ankles, take a deep breath in. And on your exhale, I want you to start slowly rolling down, but keep your legs plastered your body. And as you come down, start lifting your chin so that the back of your head stays on the ground. You're coming down slow. You must hold those ankles tightly because your legs are very close to your body. So coming down very slow, keeping your chin lifted so that your head stays on the floor.
And then the low back goes down. Now my head is still on the floor. Look at how high my chin is right now.
Breathing in.
Now I can adjust my chin because now my back is flat. Just hug your knees for a couple.
Of seconds here and then you can.
Start to release it and extend and take a deep breath.
Inhale, Exhale. Good.
Now, I hope that came out okay. I know how it's going to look when I finally see this finished product. But all I can say is that this is another way to come down out of your halasana, which is plow pose. Keeping the back of your head on your mat and lifting your chin slightly as the vertebrae come down one at a time. It gives you a really good stretch in your back, a great stretch for your hamstrings. But again, it's not for everyone. So, so hope you enjoyed this video. I'm going to be having it on YouTube and I'm posting it on Facebook also, and I'm going to be sending it to my favorite client, the girl that I'm making this for. Okay? So if anybody has any questions, write it in the comments, give me some opinions, give me your, you know, your little thoughts, your feedback or whatever. Okay? So love you all.
