Thank you for sharing your experience with us. It is completely normal to experience emotional releases while practicing yoga. Any yoga posture will effect not only our physical body but also our emotional body. Emotions get stored in our bodies and as you start to break up physical tension through yoga postures you will also release emotions that have been stored in that tension. Brave yogi indeed! The best thing you can do is to let the emotion move through you. Emotions are a form of energy and they need to flow. When we restrict their flow, they get stuck in the body and can be held for a very long time. When you let the emotion free through your willingness to feel and allow it to move through you, you are clearing yourself out and making space for a new experience. Eventually, once the hips have cried all their tears, ankle to knee will no longer make you cry.

emily