Bikram Yoga Countdown; Day 8

Suptavajrasana

Fixed Firm

Some people can do this posture the first time they try it, and others take months, even years to complete it.  It doesn’t matter, as long as you’re feeling a juicy stretch  and there’s no warning pain in your knees. This is one of the postures in the Bikram Yoga sequence where Less is More.

In yoga you want to feel a muscle stretch as opposed to joint pain, which is potentially damaging. Joint pain is a message from the body that you’ve gone too far. Work gently, patiently. Yoga postures are a microcosm for anything you tackle in life – apply patience but be persistent.