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Contradictions:
Those with extreme knee pain or injuries will need to skip this exercise. This pose will help knees become healthier for those with simply stiff knees. You can start by sitting on a yoga block if a must, but full benefits come from holding without sitting on a block. Never move side-to-side twisting the knee if you have knee problems. Be slow and aware.
How to remove the egg?
Relax your muscles fully and gently pull out the egg using the string.
What if the egg string breaks or if your egg has no predrilled hole for a string?
Do not worry. It can’t get lost in there. The vagina is small and closed off by the cervix. First, just try using two fingers to pull out the egg while you are in any position.
Do garland pose as a Yoni egg removal pose
It can be faster to just squat in garland pose to allow the egg to drop out. We need to stretch and open our hips anyway. Do the pose while relaxing and the egg will slide out. Make sure you are over a soft surface or try to catch the egg.
Like I have said before, the vagina is not a bottomless place where the egg or a tampon can disappear. We should worry more about how clean our lover’s fingers or penis are before touching our yoni rather than letting society tell us touching our vagina is dirty, right?? Yoni egg practice is also about loving our body and not thinking it is dirty or shameful.
Garland pose is a great pose to do daily for 1-2 minutes.
Doing garland pose for Tantra Yoga:
This pose is done WITHOUT the egg in. You can try it sometime with the egg in to see if you can squeeze and hold for curiosity’s sake and vagina weightlifting. However, having the egg inside is contradictory to the benefits of Garland pose relaxing of the pelvic floor. For the actual pose, remove the egg.
Benefits:
- Feel more empowered
- Improve blood flow to yoni and uterus
- Stretch the hips and pelvis area
- Release tension in the pelvis along with releasing emotions stored
- Helps remove any pressure of the colon resting on the vagina
- Feel grounded and strong
- Help with lower back and straightens spine while in pose
- Stretches the ankles
- Strengthens the abs
Squatting is done in India and Asia for hours at a time working or even playing cards. It is unfortunate that most Westerners can not hold it for 8 seconds.
How To Do:
- Place feet wider than hips with toes pointed out however works for your body best (play around with it if knees or hips hurt).
- From seated or standing, squat as low as possible- keep your butt off the floor. It should take no muscle effort like the a workout. Relax in the pose. If you are not flexible then sit on a block or firm cushion for support.
- Press your elbows against your inner knees or thighs, bringing your palms together in prayer hands
- Straighten the spine upwards, tailbone reaching downwards. Resist any urges to move around after you settle in.
- Breathe deep. Breathe out tension. Breathe in renewal.
- Think about stretching and releasing tension
- Breathe like the breath is going in and out of the vagina. You can even add squeezing mula bandha (or vagina) halfway through inhale and relaxing it with each exhale. Inhale, squeeze, inhaling, brief pause, then exhale/relax vagina.
- Exhale out any old, bad energies or emotions. You can breathe tension out down into the earth releasing it
- Then, end my inhaling the loving Mother Earth energy.
- Hold for 30 seconds if a beginner or terrible knees. 1-2 minutes otherwise.
- Afterwards, shake out or stretch hips and legs any which way you like.
Yoga Journal is a great resource if you have questions about the pose itself.