BLOG: Mysore Yoga Strap: Soaring to Great Heights

Fasten Your Seatbelts For a Wild Ride

Meghan Loggia who demonstrates this next sequence is not your average yoga teacher. She is also a trapeze artist and trained aerialist. There is little wonder that she can do things I will never be able to do and it would be unsafe for me and quite possibly you to attempt. This material is for your entertainment and information only. Some poses are easier than others. Always know your limits and be careful.
That said, Meghan does some things that are beautiful to look at and great exercise. Please enjoy this visual seminar in Advanced Mysore Yoga Strap Flying. Familiarity with the material on these pages will enhance your experience on this page: Beginner Mysore Yoga Strap Moves and Intermediate Mysore Yoga Strap Flight Plans

Mysore Yoga Strap: The Goddess of Flight Welcomes You!

Yes she greets you and like any goddess worth the name she teases and taunts you with impossible goals. It took me days to figure out how she managed to get into this posture and now that I know how I’m still too timid to try it. Hail to the goddess may she forever soar.

Mysore Yoga Strap: Namaste Pose

This pose is sort of advanced intermediate. Once you are very comfortable on the strap you may want to attempt it. There are two or three tricks that help. 1) Put the tops of your feet into the strap, not your toes. 2) Pull your upper body through the strap carefully. Too fast or far and you will tip forward and that could get ugly quick. 3) Once safely through, feel the exquisite balance as your feet, thighs, and arms lock you into place. 4) Don’t forget to smile. Namaste.

Mysore Yoga Strap: Suspended Power Crunch

In the Suspended Power Crunch, once you’ve figured out the balance of the strap behind your calves, reached to just below your knees and curled up, you get to the hard part. Having enough fortitude left to come down slooowly. And you better take it easy since your head will be the first thing to suffer if you don’t!

Mysore Yoga Strap: Forward Bend with One Leg Up

One way to do this pose is to start with a regular Backward Hang or Forward Hang. Once you are comfortably hanging entwine what will be your upper leg in the strap as firmly as you can, then bring your other leg through the strap and down by your face. If this sounds too complicated or scary you are not ready for this pose.

Mysore Yoga Strap: Suspended Head to Knee Pose

This is another advanced intermediate pose. From a regular Forward Hang reach one leg up and entwine it in the strap, then reach the other leg down toward your face and pull it in. There is a high degree of safety since both legs are on the opposite side of the strap from your body. Still, entwining the upper leg takes some getting used to and the great flexibility is needed to make this pose to look as lovely as Meghan does. For those that do get here the benefit is a fully floated forward bend with no annoying gravity on the leg or back ;–)

Mysore Yoga Strap: Suspended Boat Pose

It is sometimes challenging to find equilibrium when your pelvis or waist is resting on the strap. That balance and the fact that raising your feet sends your head down is what this pose is about. The trick is to find enough balance to reach back and hold the strap with your hands before raising the legs and head.

Mysore Yoga Strap: Suspended T Position

This is a great pose for developing arm and shoulder strength and flexibility. It is advanced not because it is hard to get into nor dangerous to do but try holding it for more than a couple of seconds. Are you still smiling? If so you may be ready for the next pose!

Mysore Yoga Strap: Suspended Bridge Pose

Strength, flexibility, and endurance are all required to reach back and grab your feet from the supported T position to create this Suspended Bridge. I hope you are still smiling. If not go back and start over. ;–)

Mysore Yoga Strap: Suspended Inverted Bow Pose

This is another advanced intermediate pose. Once you are doing a Forward Hang you are practically in this pose. Your legs are already on the outside of the strap. You just have to bend them a bit and then let your hands leave the safety of the floor to reach up to the feet, while your face is inches from the rug. Your attention needs to focus on your waist and thighs to make sure the strap is firmly in place. If you have any doubt this is for you, it is not.

Mysore Yoga Strap: Suspended Inverted Split

Do not try this without your hands in place. It is our old friend Backward Hang with one leg coming forward and the back leg dropping. This makes the strap less firmly attached. Holding the strap in place helps.
Do Not Try This At Home – For Experts ONLY!!!

Mysore Yoga Strap: Suspended Inverted Flying Split Pose

I looked away for a minute and the next thing I knew Meghan was upside down with no strap support at all except the grip of her two strong hands. Yikes. Hail to Meghan, Goddess of the Strap.

Mysore Yoga Strap: Unimagined Uses Await You

So between the Beginner, Intermediate, and this Advanced blog post I’ve shared over 2 dozen ways to employ the Mysore Yoga Strap. On our Facebook Page there are albums with even more. Always remember, it is not how you use it but how you feel when you do it that matters. I’ll let Meghan sum it up as only she can.

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