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Leg position and rolling: I watched a few people roll and playing with it got me this thought. I roll from my natural position with legs at 90 degrees to each other or I relax the hips and knees to allow my body to reach this position. Some roll with both feet pointing toward the roll and as they move their upper body towards the ground a natural tension starts and the position of the body is such that the head will get likely hit. If your natural stance is that with both feet forward and you want to roll from that you can avoid harming the head or roll on the spine by simply placing or directing the hand you guide the roll through either between your legs and forward or completele to the side. Both offset positions will casue your body to roll over the shoulder and avoid that head trauma. Grass and mats may be forgiving but hard floor is a good teacher. Try this and stay well.

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  1. This is an excellent entry, cause I have the same problem. I always practice on hard stonefloor and oftentimes either bumb my head or roll on my spine. Lately, I added a little jump like movement to it, which just comes out of the ankles of my feet. This way I overcame the tension that build up when leaning forward with the feet pointing straight forward. Please elaborate the idea a bit more, so I can profit from a more smooth and better roll.

    All the best and many thanks

    Phil

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  2. I have made a good experience with this hand position:

    1. I stand on my knees and slowly breath out.
    2. Now I put my left arm flat on the ground along my right side with the hand directing backwards and basically parallel to my right foot.
    3. with the rest of my breath I slowly roll over and either finish in a lying or sitting position taking a breath in.
    4. The same works on an in-out breath

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