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Remember to have fun!!įollow these steps: Crow, Tops of the Feet on the Wheel Here are two flavors of Bakasana or Crow Pose using the yoga wheel!! The first one is definitely easier and is a nice way to experiment with getting the feeling of balancing on your hands with your feet up.

With a breath out, curl the shoulders up, reaching the wheel up, and repeat 10x.Īfter this core work, you’ll be well prepared for the arm balance…coming up next!.

A practical tip with this one is to make sure you have a strong grip on the wheel with your hands so you don’t drop it on your face!

Lie on your back with legs straight up, and arms up holding the wheel.

This pose also helps regulate blood flow in the body, relieve tired feet, legs & mild backache, and improves concentration.” Adding the yoga wheel gives us the bonus of strengthening the arms. According to Sherie Sloane, “This pose tones the abdominals, but its biggest benefit is working the entire core and its 4 layers (rectus abdominis, external and internal obliques and transverse abdominis), hip flexors, spine extensors, hip adductors & abductors (which includes the glutes). Next up is some core work with a Double Straight Leg Reach, or a Variation of Viparita Karani, commonly known as Legs Up the Wall Pose. The wheel really helps you keep the hips high and to get feedback on whether your hips are square or not. Inhale and take your leg back up toward the sky. Inhale and hold here, and then with your exhale, take the top leg out in front of you.

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Extend your top leg toward straight into Full Vasisthasana II. Stage 2: From this lovely supported Side Plank, SLOWLY bend your top knee and hold onto your big toe with your left peace fingers.Stage 1: Extend your left leg straight with your foot on the floor and extend your top arm up.Lean onto the wheel with the right hip, and place your right hand down into a Side Plank arm, grounding down into the mat.

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You’ll really need to engage through the midsection to make sure you don’t roll off! Here’s how to do it (watch the short video to get a feel for it): The first core exercise you can try is this version of Side Plank, leaning your hip on the yoga wheel. So listen to your body, do what you can, and have fun!! Let’s roll!!ġ.

Video clips are featured to help you picture what we’re doing and try it out. J ust like any yoga prop, when the yoga wheel is a part of the practice, things can get both harder AND easier. Without further ado, below are 8 postures using your yoga wheel to strengthen your core (and more). If you don’t have a wheel yet, I prefer the original Dharma Yoga Wheel, which you can get here. (Just FYI, this is an affiliate link, which means if you make a purchase using the link I may receive some love in return!) I hope these yoga wheel moves help you feel the same way! When I practice these, I feel strong, free, and balanced…like I can take on the world. But….I do think core strength is actually really important to overall strength and staying out of pain.Īs I’ve entered my 40s, my low back pays the price if I neglect good-old-fashioned core work, as I’ll collapse into my lumbar curve. Also, I am a bit obsessed with arm balances and inversions, and core work is KEY to developing the strength to tackle these postures. There, I said it. I almost hate to use the word “core” because I feel like it’s so fitness-based and overused. This accumulation of poses focuses on strength building through the center of the body. I was guilty of this until I took my first yoga wheel workshop and got comfortable playing around with it, and now I use my wheel for a lot more than just draping myself over top in a yummy backbend (which IS really nice, I’m not gonna lie). But, there are TONS of other ways to use your yoga wheel, and it’s super fun to get creative. Got a yoga wheel? Looking for ways to use it, instead of letting it accumulate dust in your prop corner?