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Best Yoga for Contortion (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/yoga

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There's no circus contortion studio near where I live, so I was thinking yoga might be a good alternative. I know next to nothing about yoga, but I'm more interested in contortion aspects.

My studio has the following,

Yin
Hath
Ashtanga Vinjasa
Kundalini

Which one would be the closest to contortion?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which contortion aspects?

I’d find a Hatha instructor and tell them you’d like to focus on twists. Possibly also go for a Yin routine to increase your lower body flexibility.

Ashtanga is about stamina and Kundalini is more about trance.

Yoga is very different to circus fitness, so YMMV.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I need help with certain aspects of lower body flexibility (side splits, hip flexor), shoulder flexibility and upper spine. I'm looking or things like scorpion and bridge improvements.

Lower body, I just want someone to watch and correct the positioning. For upper, I'm looking for someone to help me with safety in the beginner phase for some of these things. I haven't done much upper body because I'm afraid of hurting myself.