belly flop

Body: 

Is the relaxing of the belly a complete flop down with chest up, or is it more chest up, belly kind of controlled? To those of us who have some additional weight, relaxing the belly seems very "heavy." Hope that makes sense. Just trying to make sure I am doing it correctly. Also are the knees kind of relaxed? In other words not "tight" but comfortable.

Forum:

I am also a heavier woman. Relaxed belly does not mean flopping out, although it feels that way when you are new to this. Don't force it out, just relax it.
Knees are straight, but not bowed back, so yes, that means relaxing them.