backbending and emotions

[Guest guest]

Can anyone educate me as to why backbending can open up so many emotions? -

especially tears<br><br>thanks in advance

[Guest guest]

Perhaps backbending opens up the heart?

Certainly, backbends are especially intensive postures, so

the emotions they set free may be particularly

strong.<br><br>Backbends do have their following of enthusiasts. I can't

say that I'm much of a backbending freak myself,

though. In fact, the most frequent emotion I feel when

bowing up into urdhva dhanurasana is a sense of nausea -

due to the extension of the liver. Maybe.<br><br>As

for the tears - what really makes me want to cry:

that I'm not yet able to drop backward into urdhva

dhanurasana from a standing position (rather than pressing

myself up from the floor), because that's really

something I would like I can do one day.

[Guest guest]

Wow that sounds really intense. Nothing that

profound ever seems to happen in my practice, backbends

included. It sounds like a really healthy, cathartic,

resolving thing - clearing away old emotional

toxins.<br><br>I guess the way we live, office work etc.,

encourages bad posture and a closure of the heart centre

which gets 'cracked' open to use one arch criminal's

phrase.<br><br>Namaste<br>MrM

[Guest guest]

Backbending opens the heart chakra and thus can

bring up some intense emotions. There is a book that I

have at home and will look up the author's name and

the title...<br><br><br>El Senor Pinche Wey, Ole!

[Guest guest]

gracias senor

[Guest guest]

There is a school of thought which says that

emotions are physically stored in the muscles, hence the

saying "that person is a pain in the neck". Given the

physical release that muscles go through in the practice

of yoga the same may be said for the emotional

release. As for backbends, I vaguely remember reading

about elements of trust and fear being addressed

emotionaly when doing backbends. It sounds as though you

have made quite a breakthrough with your practice.

Good luck<br><br>Dale