I also can’t touch my foot to my head in dancer pose anymore (a feat that took me years to accomplish, but never actually felt that good in my body no matter how much I tried to convince myself otherwise), but I feel a lot stronger than back when I could. While my five-years-ago self would have been disappointed that I’d “let my practice go” to such an extent, my priorities are just different now. Still, I gave it my best shot, and while I do still have a decent amount of hip and hamstring flexibility-mainly due to some combination of genetics plus years of dance, I suspect-my standing archer of today was nowhere near as “picture perfect” as it once was.
“You know? I don’t think I can do that anymore,” I replied.
The pose he was referring to is trivikramasana, also known as “ standing archer pose” or sometimes “standing splits.” 'Hey, can you do that cool bow and arrow pose you used to practice all the time?' my boyfriend, an avid photographer, asked-we were hiking through a park and he was eager to test his brand-new camera out.
