Keeping the
arms alongside the ears, wrap your elbows back toward your feet, so your shoulder blades are spread wide on your back.
You can take your arms all the way
up alongside your ears as long as your chest stays broad and your neck is not gripping.
With your knees in your armpits and your
legs alongside your ears, you can tune out sights and sounds and spend quality time dropping in.
Ideally, the arms
come alongside the ears, but if that causes your front ribs to jut forward, then take the arms slightly forward for now.
Once you're stabilized, lift arms
up alongside the ears, reaching your upper torso up and back slightly while keeping your hips low.
Extend your
arms alongside your ears and bend your knees to lower your hips, as if you were sitting in an invisible chair.
Lift your arms up
alongside your ears and press your palms together.
At the same time, raise your arms up
alongside your ears, fingers pointing toward the ceiling.
Keeping your elbows elevated, retract your scapula and pull the rope directly towards your face, separating your hands as you do so, until your hands are
alongside your ears.
Inhale and swing your hands,
alongside your ear, over your head.
In Virabhadrasana III the arms extend outward,
alongside the ears.
It gets an extra 20Nm of torque (now 560Nm),
alongside an ear - splitting 8,700 rpm redline.