The rope is further pulled by the hands to extend the legs perpendicular to the floor. The other end of the rope holding the above foot is pulled with the hand to increase the pressure on the upper leg. This rope would be attached to a hinge point on the wall whose one end will be on your right hand in front of your chest. Make sure the doors or wall that you are using as your base for rope yoga is strong and reliable enough for it. Dr. Geeta S. Iyengar on Yoga Kurunta YouTube video with Dr. Geeta S. Iyengar on the use of ropes for the practice of yoga. I also have over a thousand photos of Iyengar Yoga prop use at my Pintrest account, which includes many yoga rope wall poses. Wheel pose (chakrasana) is another backbend of the Iyengar yoga rope wall poses. Stand with back towards the wall and taking the suspended rope in front of your waist.

Stand separating legs wide apart placing the outer edge of the left feet pressed against a wall. From there bend the torso forward over the rope, bring the heels over the wall and lower your head to the floor. From there reach lean forward from the torso and take your heel to the wall with toes remaining on the floor. Practicing with these aiding props like wall and rope configurations makes yoga exciting, exhilarating, and guarantees enhanced benefits. Practicing inversions like suspended headstand in rope yoga taking support at the back improves blood circulation in lower back and doesn’t even compress the crown of the head. I did find braided polypropylene rope in 5/8″, but it’s stiffer than the nylon and doesn’t have as good a feel. The one thing they uniquely have in common is they spend much of their lives hanging upside down. Like the bats and sloths hanging upside down, this releases tension from the joints and deeply stretches the entire muscular-skeletal body. Therefore, besides other benefits, its various therapeutic uses like are one of its kind. For example, the top ropes should be no higher than you can conveniently reach, and the middle ropes should be high enough to give you good suspension in poses like downward facing dog.

Do not let your stiffness or level of practice stop you from getting into advanced poses by choosing rope yoga exercises. Yogacharya B.K.S Iyenger advanced this concept of rope wall yoga. Almost all yoga poses can be modified and performed easily using wall ropes. They are highly effective in practicing poses that require agility and strength and have the capacity to hold heavy weights without any damage. This diversity in the regime of yoga poses develops a new style of yoga called Rope Yoga. Headstand is quite popular among rope yoga exercises, as using rope wall make it even more rejuvenating and increases the duration in this pose. Lift your feet and slid them on the wall to bring the shins and top of the feet to the wall. The back is then stretched to lean towards the legs and touch the forehead to the shins. Practicing upward facing intense west stretch in rope yoga intensely stretches the hamstrings, ankles, and back muscles. They retain their shape once you finish practicing with them. For practicing cobra pose with ropes suspended on the wall stand between the ropes with back towards the wall.

This eventually gives more time for focused breathing while practicing yoga to reach higher consciousness. Sit in a chair with a back that you can easily reach over. Extend your arms to reach the floor and stretch keeping the core engaged. The arms can be left extended to the floor or overlapped over the head with alternate hands reaching the elbows. Pushing the hips to the floor open your chest holding the ropes with the hands arching the neck and lower back. This is followed by lowering the head towards the floor and reaching the floor with the palms arching the back and neck. The left leg remains firm on the floor with the left ankle stacked under the left hip. The left leg is kept straight with the foot pointing forward. Repeat this four to five time inhaling while stretching into cobra and exhaling while bending forward. Fold forward at the hips halfway towards the floor and start to walk backwards towards the wall. It uses 2″ eye screws attached to the wall by drilling into wall studs found in wood framed walls. Anything larger than 2″ is difficult to find and probably too big to use with standard wall studs.