Protect your wrists in Vasisthasana
Of the 800 or so poses or asanas of hatha yoga this may be my least favorite. It requires intense pressure and flexion on my damaged wrist which causes intense PAIN.
Do you need to protect your wrists in poses like side plank?
Starting in table, stretch your forearms down with your elbows and forearms touching the mat. Then straighten your knees into down dog with forearms firmly planted in the mat and hips raised up to the sky, legs are extended and straight. This is Dolphin.
For the Vasistansa variation, tip over to one side (elbow) and raise the opposite arm up to the sky. If you want to come into the posture with a little more ease, bring the upper foot forward and down in front of you as if in a tripod, then extend your arm up.
For full extension reach down with the extended arm for the upper foot and pick up your big toe in joy!
I love yoga
Bill O’Connor CWE
boconnor@bakerdistributing.com