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June 4, 2026

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✎ Essay · Practice

how does compression work help you find concavity without fighting your hips?

This is Ashtanga Yoga Tech Support. Real questions from the yoga community, answered. The Question I've been thinking about using compression work with my legs parallel so I can find the concave quality in my stomach while letting my hips move naturally. Does that make sense as a way to work? — from a MJH note Our Response Yes. That's exactly the direction.Compression work with parallel legs gives you a container. You get to feel what your abdomen does when your hips aren't externally rotated, when there's no flinch pattern steering you away from the midline. --- Read more: https://ashtanga.tech/tech-support/how-does-compression-work-help-you-find-concavity-without-fighting-your-hips/ All content: https://mjh.yoga #ashtanga #yoga #ashtangayoga #techsupport #ashtangatech

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