NEW - 2024 Adriene's 30 Day Yoga Journey

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Autumnleaves Jan 2023 3:19pm, 3 Jan 2023 18,874 posts	0 Autumnleaves Also fine
Sharkie Jan 2023 3:21pm, 3 Jan 2023 21,086 posts	0 Sharkie They can help with anything where you need the ground nearer to you I find! That's as good an explanation as any (although I still don't understand the knees closer to the floor! Without testing I think 'surely it raises your knees UP'. Am obvs crackers. Must investigate!) I will buy one at Aldi tomorrow.
Autumnleaves Jan 2023 3:30pm, 3 Jan 2023 18,875 posts	0 Autumnleaves I have to say I don't understand it myself, but it works. Something to do with tight hips I guess.
DoricQuine Jan 2023 3:31pm, 3 Jan 2023 8,243 posts	0 DoricQuine Late to the party but just done Day 1. Actually ties in nicely as my gym has stopped doing Flow classes for now and I had just finished when the phone ran and it was Nuffield gym offering me a pace on their 12 week Joint Pain Programme starting at the end of January. So that's me fixed for flexibility classes for a while!
Badger Jan 2023 3:38pm, 3 Jan 2023 15,915 posts	0 Badger I think that's right, AL. For me, if I sit without a block, I need to use my core hard to pull my upper body far enough forward to balance, working against my hip joints. With a block, the natural range of motion of my hips lets me keep my back upright and body balanced, then I can just relax my legs and let my knees spread.
Badger Jan 2023 3:39pm, 3 Jan 2023 15,916 posts	0 Badger So it's quite possible my knees are further from the floor, as well as further from each other, when I use the block, come to think of it.
Autumnleaves Jan 2023 3:41pm, 3 Jan 2023 18,876 posts	0 Autumnleaves Yes that makes sense Badger
Sharkie Jan 2023 4:00pm, 3 Jan 2023 21,087 posts	0 Sharkie I was intrigued (all matters biomechanical do that to me!) So I experimented with Raffo watching the angles! On a block knees stay in the same position but thighs will now be at a right angle with the torso. And you CAN sit up out of the hips without rounding over. I'm thinking a lot about stuff like this right now because I'm trying to STOP sitting/sinking in the supporting side (hip) when I have the weight on that leg. As per it's as much about control and strength and faulty movement patterns as it is about flexibility.
Sharkie Jan 2023 4:01pm, 3 Jan 2023 21,088 posts	0 Sharkie Will shut up now. Just needed to understand the mechanics.
GetOutTheDoor Jan 2023 4:02pm, 3 Jan 2023 297 posts	0 GetOutTheDoor I just use books as blocks. Either under my butt for sitting cross legged so my hips complain less, or so I can touch the block instead of the floor in lunges. Means I can get into modified positions with dodgy hips......