Hi Elizabeth, Knowing you're an experienced yogi I'd say the side-veering elephant pose you discovered sounds like a fine alternative, and it can even still be called triangle pose even if you rotate your pelvis to face toward the floor. Other than that - wow, triangle is such a complex pose. I think different people get very different things out of it. I mentioned in this class that the two main target areas for my purposes were the side-body and the hamstrings. What I didn't mention is that there may also a satisfying side bend around the sacrum, which your pose may not provide, in which case you could add banana pose or mermaid to your sequence. Triangle with one or both knees bent, and/or feet rotated different ways, can be friendlier for some people's bodies. Finally, you may want to play around with doing triangle next to a chair for your bottom hand to rest on. This can be magical! Let me know if any of these ideas are helpful!

Hi Jan, There are two other main yin postures that target the glutes and make good alternatives to Square and Shoelace. Figure 4 is my first suggestion. Next I'd recommend you experiment with Sleeping Swan. There's a class in the 10 Days of Yin program that explores Sleeping Swan pose and the part you'll want to watch starts 15 minutes into the video. Please check that out and let me know if it helps you find something that works!

Received and going on the December calendar!

Post banana bliss - ahhh. Loving this reflection from you, Cindy!

A good modification - well done, Laura!

Thanks Susan, happy to help bring some peace into the midst of the craziness!

I love picturing you blissfully content at this moment, Cindy 💜

Inspired by my own resistance to staying still! It works though, eh?

Holy moly, Elizabeth, you're conjuring up some memories from waayy back!

Awesome, Suzanne!