Lift your belly in and up and draw
your tailbone down to create space in the lower back.
Pull core up and tuck
tailbone down to heels to round back.
How to: Lying on your stomach, lift your torso off the floor and press
your tailbone down, keeping your butt and abdominals firm.
Scoop
your tailbone down and forward.
As you did in the previous two poses, engage your gluteal and hamstring muscles to prevent the back thighbone from moving forward as you move
your tailbone down and forward.
Draw the navel into the spine and
the tailbone down toward the earth.
Lift your abdominals away from the floor and send
your tailbone down toward the floor, anchoring the pubic bone.
It is more important to keep the length in the back, with
the tailbone down and the abs lifting, than to push up high.
Pull
your tailbone down while lengthening through the crown as if some thread has been suspended from your crown.
This is where I introduce my terminology which is «lengthen
the tailbone down (or sometimes I say imagine pulling the tailbone towards the pubic bone), pull the navel in and up as the ribs pull into the midline, broaden through the collarbones, feeling the shoulder blades spreading across the back.»
Lengthen the lower back by pressing
your tailbone down and forward; at the same time, and lift your pubis toward the navel.
Notice if your ribs are starting to puff out — draw them in and root
your tailbone down toward the ground.
Tuck
your tailbone down facing towards your heels in order to work the lower abdomen.
With your hips facing forward, see if you can gently lengthen
the tailbone down towards the mat to find a neutral positioning of the pelvis.
Place your hands on your thighs and draw
your tailbone down as the pubis lifts.
Then, reach your sternum away from your navel and drop your pubis and
tailbone down toward the floor as you did in Tadasana.
As you begin to release your thighs slowly toward the floor, rotate them internally, press your shins and feet back against the wall, and firmly move
your tailbone down and in.
Lengthen
your tailbone down towards the earth, inhale and slowly start to peel your chest off the floor.
In a standing pose like Warrior II, you've probably been told to tuck
your tailbone down and not let your butt flare out.
(make sure your hips are lifted and
the Tailbone down, lengthening down towards the heels).
You might also think of sending
your tailbone down toward the floor to keep the lower spine long.
Pull your belly in and up, and draw
your tailbone down.
Draw your belly in and
tailbone down to stabilize your lower back.
Keeping your hips square, draw
the tailbone down and gently pull your belly in toward your spine.
Stabilize your lower back by firming the abdominal muscles and drawing
the tailbone down toward the floor.
Try not to tuck
the tailbone down toward the floor.
Draw
your tailbone down as you lift your lower belly up.
Begin in Mountain Pose (Tadasana), rooting
the tailbone down and pressing through the soles of your feet.
Place your hands on your hips, encouraging
your tailbone down and your lower belly up.
Not exact matches
The back of your baby's head, which is the hardest part, pushes
down on your spine and
tailbone, pressing on the nerves and causing pain.
It does not matter what it is made from as long as it is soft and will cradle the baby's head and
tailbone while he or she is lying
down.
Relax your shoulders and feel your
tailbone moving
down toward the mat.
Avoid letting your elbow drift away by tucking your
tailbone underneath you, keeping the shoulders
down and engaging the core.
Exhale to tuck the
tailbone under and begin to roll back
down smoothly so you are lying on your back.
Inhale and curl your
tailbone under, scooping the abdominals in, and roll
down towards the mat.
Ab shredding move of the day for all you Ab - shredders: Start in a hollow hold position - which is arms by your ears and legs up off the floor core engaged with
tailbone tucked under, low back pressing
down.
Start in a hollow hold position — which is arms by your ears and legs up off the floor core engaged with
tailbone tucked under, low back pressing
down.
On exhalation, lengthen the
Tailbone, lifting your hips back and away from you, pressing the body back into an upside
down v.
Inhale and drop your navel
down toward your mat as you tilt your head and
tailbone toward one another.
Create your foundation: Internally rotate your thighs, move your
tailbone in and
down, and press
down firmly through your thighs.
Press firmly through the inner edge of your left foot and move your
tailbone in and
down.
Elongate your spine as if a string was pulling the crown of your head towards the roof and another was pulling
down from the
tailbone to the ground
Tuck that pelvis in and point the
tailbone straight
down while keeping the abdomen directly above the hips.
From Tadasana, bend the knees and drop the hips, drawing the sitting bones back and the
tailbone slightly
down as you fold the upper body forward over the thighs.
With your hands lift the base of the skull away from the back of the neck and release the back of the neck
down toward the
tailbone.
Once you are on your elbows, place your hands on the back of the pelvis and release your lower back and upper buttocks by spreading the flesh
down toward the
tailbone.
To help you visualize it, Pace says, «Imagine that there's a rope tied to your
tailbone, and someone is pulling it
down.»
«Think about a string on top of your head bringing you up, and a laser beam on your
tailbone pointing you
down so you get the impression that you're getting taller,» she notes.
Pull your ribs
down and think «proud chest» and «long spine» so your
tailbone is tilted up slightly.