Triangle Pose

I actually like the triangle pose - I know that it's "all downhill from here" and that if you're actually able to participate it means you haven't given up and are lying on the floor!

I do have a continuous problem of not being able to do it correctly though. I tend to collapse into my lower back ( a common theme of my practise) but managed to master it last session thanks to being on the front row and following the lead of a visiting instructor from Madrid.

I found the key is not to have your elbow make contact with the edge of your knee, your elbow should be an inch higher up, your knee should be bent more and you have to look to the ceiling and turn your head so that your side profile is visible in the mirror - something I struggle to remember to do.

One more thing...engage the foot of the leg which isn't bent, it can take more pressure than you think and is the key to not falling forward.