How to do the elbow balance in yoga
Read about the steps I took to try to learn to master the elbow balance, and follow my progress as I share my successes.
The elbow balance is an inversion, which requires flexibility in the shoulders, strength in the shoulders and arms, and which stretches the abdominals.
Jan 10, 2012: The beginning
Today I started trying to master the elbow balance by first doing a headstand and then lifting up from the headstand into the elbow balance.
While the lift was successful, I’m still having difficulty finding balance, so will be working on that in the next few days or weeks.
Jan 29, 2012: Started finding balance
After practising the elbow balance every single day for the past weeks, I finally started finding balance this week and in particular today, when I was able to hold the pose for a few seconds.
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