Follow us with the blue letters on it! In yoga poses, sometimes minor adjustments that may seem insignificant can make a big difference, making you feel much more comfortable and stable.
For example, your big toe.
You may feel that they are particularly disobedient, just aware that they have not yet been sent there, especially when used as a single leg standing balance.
But where to bring more focus and awareness, constantly adjusting, your big toe will bring you a revolution in alignment and balance, feeling a sense of grounded stability and grip.
Next time you do a standing forward bend, pay attention to the feeling of your weight on your feet.
Most of us move our hips back and focus on our heels.
This will cause your bones to be out of alignment, affect your stability, and cause tension in the back of your thighs and pelvis.
However, a simple and focused big toe adjustment can create stability in bones, ligaments, and muscles, strengthen physical and mental connections, and create a safe foundation and comfortable and stable posture for you.
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From an anatomical perspective, what does it look like? The ligaments and bones supported by the muscles of your big toe create the arches of your sole.
A healthy arch (as opposed to a collapsed arch) is like a buffer that transfers kinetic energy up the ankle, up to the knee, and up to the entire body’s kinetic energy chain, affecting alignment, joint health, and muscle strength.
Weak big toe flexor (the muscle used to bend the toes) will change the strength and effectiveness of Gluteus maximus.
Gluteus maximus is very important in most postures.
If the muscles of the big toes work well, they can protect your body from impact and instability.
They need dynamic stability, which means they should respond and cooperate with changes in movement, center of gravity, and balance.
There is good news, the muscles of your big toe can be exercised.
Just like bending forward while standing, evenly press the flesh of your big toe onto the mat.
Don’t try to control your big toe, on the contrary, imagine yourself gently pressing a button with your big toe.
After pressing this button, it will strengthen the flexor muscle of the big toe, awaken the kinetic energy chain of the muscles behind the thigh, and bring the ankle and hip to an upright position.
After strengthening the flexor muscles of the big toe, you may want to stretch them using poses like four pillar support, or downward dog pose.
Both can stretch and enhance the dynamic stability of the toes.
Becoming increasingly familiar with the anatomical structure of your sole, also known as the sole surface, will help improve your consciousness, understanding and applying how to activate the big toe
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