ADduction & ABductionResources

Balance of Effortless Effort in Adduction

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Floating Side Bends

(Extended arm side) Abductors eccentrically contract as you bend, concentrically contract to pull you back to neutral.
notice how floating the bottom arm impacts your core integration.

Krishna Pose with balanced concentric and eccentric work

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To begin exploring abduction, step forward, shift weight and let back leg cross mid line

Moving into more depth with abduction, we let the back leg drift further, opening hips and tracking the standing knee with toes

Let this balanced work guide you towards a pause in Dancing Shiva Posture

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Feel the spiral and un-spiral of the abductors as you come in and out of Parvritta Ardha Chandrasana