Relax Your Face

It sounds funny, but for some reason, relaxing your face and maybe even curling up the sides of your mouth into a smile actually makes the pose a little easier.

Ashtanga ABCs Day 21 {Relax Your Face}

Challenge Pose: Navasana

If you’ve never done Navasana Ashtanga style, you’re really in for a treat. I remember when I first learned this pose from one of the assistants at the shala. I finished the pose and started to jump back. She’s like no. Again. So I did it again. Phew! Now I was really ready to jump back! She’s like no. Again. She made me do this 5 times! I literally thought she was messing with me. But it turns out that’s just the sequence.

5 Navasana, 5 breaths each with a lift in between.

By the 5th Navasana I was looking like a constipated otter 🦦(as I still probably look when I’m not posing for photos). Cue my favorite line ever. “Relax your face.”

You’re not using your face muscles to do the pose so why frowning?

It sounds funny, but for some reason, relaxing your face and maybe even curling up the sides of your mouth into a smile actually makes the pose a little easier.