Bending, Stretching, and Balancing with the Yoga Infinity Wheel

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2. Deepen your Backbends For many yoga enthusiasts, the first association with a yoga wheel is backbends. The Infinity Wheel presents an excellent opportunity to enhance your backbend practice in yoga. By prioritizing backbends, you can effectively unlock and expand the energy of your heart and throat chakras. Start by placing your Infinity Wheel at the base of your spine, with your knees bent and feet grounded into the earth at about hips-width distance. From there, release your head as far back as feels good. Take your arms to frame your face while keeping a soft bend in your elbows. For a more restorative yoga pose, take one hand to your belly and one hand to your heart. Start to breathe into your heart opening further. If you choose to tilt your head back, start to breathe into a deeper throat opening. Think of this as a supported bridge pose. This will help you set up for a full wheel pose.

3. Magnify your ability to Stretch Unlocking your shoulders and the backs of your legs, my top two stretches utilizing the Infinity wheel promise rejuvenation. Begin by positioning yourself in a tabletop stance, placing the wheel within reach in front of you. Extend your arms forward and rest them atop the Infinity Wheel, while simultaneously pressing into the tops of your feet. Shift your hips rearward and allow your chest to gently descend, akin to a modified puppy pose. Remain in this position for 5-10 breaths, directing your breath into the expanses of your shoulders for optimal release. To stretch the back of each leg, begin by kneeling with the wheel in front of you. Position your right heel on top of the Infinity Wheel while grounding your other knee for stability. Shift your hips backward and then forward, alternating the movement to extend the entire length of each leg. Repeat the process on the left side, holding each position for 5-10 breaths and focusing on breathing into the back of your legs. These exercises will enhance your flexibility, an essential aspect of yoga practice.

4. Strengthen your Balancing Capabilities For an extra balance challenge, try inversions on your Infinity Wheel. Plant your wheel onto your cork mat and grip on top opposite sides. Float and fly your legs into your balancing pose of choice. I would recommend practicing crow pose or a handstand. For crow pose, continue to grip the opposite sides, tilt your head down, and take your gaze forward. Bend your elbows and knees. From there, stack your knees on top of your triceps. From your crow pose, you can move into a headstand by starting to take your gaze more downwards and straightening through your elbows and knees to push your legs up. Balance is a fundamental skill in the practice of yoga.

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