I am 65 years old. I started practicing yoga when I was 63. I am not the most flexible but I am amazed at what I am able to do and I have changed my mindset on what I am not able to do. For me it is the process that is giving me the confidence to practice yoga. I love it. You are so right. ❤
The little word "yet" is so empowering for me. It's reassuring to know that I will never hit a wall and progress is always possible as long as I keep trying.
I have also been practising yoga for 7+ years. I am 75. Best thing I have ever done for myself. I surprise myself ,other students and teachers. My success is all down to commitment and practise.
My mother is a yoga teacher..in her class there are people aged 70..yoga is not about gymnastics and all those stuff.. it's about calming the body and the mind
You are so encouraging! I’m getting back into yoga after a break and I’m trying to be patient with myself as I get my strength and flexibility back. This helps
I relate 100%. Through my yoga practice I learnt to be more indulgent then grateful to myself. I am happy with what my body is capable to do today. I try not to wait for a specific improvement, I am just thrilled to see an evolution and sometimes it simply stands in feeling more comfy in a posture. Thank you Charlie for your amazing videos.
I enrolled to yoga class for the first time 10+ years ago. Starting of as the youngest and least flexible in the class. 6 months later I improved immensely (could touch the ground while standling with strength legs, 30 cm lower than the first try) but was still the least flixible one. 10 years later, wandering around many yoga studios due to different circumstance in life, still always the proud least flexible one. 😊
I started doing yoga in march and I can already see insane progress! I am stronger and more flexible than I ever was. And even though I am still pretty inflexible, I am very proud of how far I have come 😍
I wish I could take a class from you regularly. Your voice and cadence and vernacular, all make for an incredibly soothing impact. You're well spoken and gentle in nature. I trust what you say and believe you have the best intentions for others.
Charlie, i started following your channel last August to help gain some mobility for my snowboard instructing. A year later and im still here and seeing little improvememts everyday. 1 year has gone by just like that. Thank you for everything. I hope your channel continues to grow!
@@CharlieFollows yes, I just hope you feel appreciated because so many people are falling in love with yoga and finding peace in their lives because of your channel. You make it accessible for everyone.
Yoga is wonderful. I've got a knackered spine and I've been practicing for 10 years. I've got my final lesson to finish and submit, then I'll be able to teach others. If I can practice, never mind pursue a career as yoga teacher, anyone can. All good things come to those who wait, love and light 🧘🏼♀️ 💜
What people don't understand is that yoga is anything but doing crazy poses. I am an Indian and literally born into yoga. Been doing it myself since childhood but I still don't perform the crazy ones.
One thing that I find to be so important but not often discussed is how your proportions can affect your ability to do poses or if they make it more challenging. Yoga is much easier for people who have longer arms and shorter legs than it is for people with longer legs than arms. If you are starting out and hav longer legs than arms , a block and strap will come in so handy until you build the strength and flexibility to hold poses. I’m 6’ tall woman and my legs are longer which made yoga challenging at first but over time and with using the right props I was able to overcome. It’s so much better to let the props help you. I notice many students are hesitant to try props so I incorporate them into my classes and give options to advance in the pose. Yoga is amazing and it’s so interesting to learn about how your body plays into your practice
That’s amazing love but I wish you had a different caption for this; It is the 7 years that got you where you are & we never stop learning; there are no shortcuts to experiencing something , let nature take its course ; No wonder you are so amazing at what you do, it’s all these years of experience that has added so much value and knowledge to your journey; Wishing you love & light, god bless ❤
Old guy here, some serious good wisdom here! I recently started following your channel. I love your classes and must tell you that I find your voice inspiring and soothing.
Interesting Charlie, I started exactly 7 years ago too, a full Icelandic practice in Reykjavik during the Summer Solstice ☀️😌it was my first class and all I remember is the instructor giving me the biggest smile because of huge pool of sweat on my mat! ;-) your are spot on, after so many years I'm still trying to get to the next level with headstands and flying crow!
I love following your videos. I include parts of them in my own flows, and I gain a lot from your energy and words. Thank you for putting all of this out there. You're lovely and totally strong!
Oh. And I love the way you explain and encourage. Not like … oh you can do it. Just modify it!! No. Modify it and get to this! You will get here! Just let the torturous poses readjust your body. Stick with it. Yoga is mind over body most times. Mind in control. The mind will give up before the body. Strength in mind is most important in my mind. Hold through the pain. Don’t be afraid to wobble. I love that I can see your muscles shake. And you wobble and don’t acknowledge just keep going
What you said is totally relatable. I was trying to do chakrasana, but wasn't able to achieve the pose properly. Today I managed to it properly without any problem
Thank you so much , you are great! Your tips and Your recommendations are more than useful, they are practical and I, as a self-taught person, see my mistakes. Just thank you!
......and yoga is not just asanas, that's only a fragment of the scope of true yoga. The ease of movement of body is one important component. Great video!
I got really really flexible again after gymnastics early childhood til age 9. Kept practicing stretch and tumbling til my first pregnancy at 28. I bounced back…. Into addiction. Off and on relapse. Now 5 years clean. Two more pregnancies. I was overweight after super swelling. My feet were mangled from the weight and previous injuries. Anyways I have comically small feet and super short legs- I’m 5’7” and my legs are as long as most people 5’0” - 5’3”. I’ve measured 😳. My arms and shoulder are very long. Very broad and my hands are big like a man’s. Great for crow and chair pose. I have no problem bending my knee and grabbing my short little foot in pigeon. But getting my leg up over my shoulder feels IMPOSSIBLE. You make yoga so fun and interesting. A CHALLENGE for my brain and my body. I’m flexible and caught up QUICKLY since march. Dropped 60 pounds. And now I am hungry for more!! I’m so glad I found you. Thank you. You have a closer body type to me than other teachers. But I have much broader shoulders. It makes me feel better to see a small woman with shorter legs showing me how to move my body around with grace and intention. I’m excited to dig into your videos
All I know is that it always makes me feel better, and there's nothing more important than feeling good! I like practicing Kundalini yoga, and I try to do the Five Tibetan Rites every day too. Thank you, really enjoying your channel! Have a good one! 🙏🕊️❤️😊
For me the issue is CFS/ME and fibromyalgia. Yoga helps a lot with pain management, but so often it's 1 step forward, 3 steps back. It's hard to keep at it sometimes. I don't know if you teach anyone with disabilities or chronic conditions, but if you do I'd love general advice.
❤️. I was in a yoga class, we had a girl who did gymnastics as a child and was so much better than the rest of us. The teacher ignored us all and kept taking photos of her with different pose….for like 20mins!😕 wish I had a teacher like you
It is very true when you get tired or if you stop and I could tell you that when you do this everything else get stronger in my opinion thank you for sharing. I’m out of my yoga practice and I’m lost only cause I can’t get you a consistent
Exactly 💯... I totally agree 🙂.. I have lots of flexibility but i struggle to do splits easily... Please share your practical journey of vertical and horizontal split so that I can adopt changes accordingly : )
Wow such nice and true words. Also I really liked the format of you just talking, it’s way more eased and nice to watch, so much better to listen to and watch between the other shorts or videos
and most importantly get a yoga instructor who'd correct your poses and would also suggest different versions of poses depending on your advancement in yoga. Take at least 3-10 private or nearly private lessons in order to avoid mistakes and destroying your body.
Thanks but one caveat: Yes to patience, confidence, self-valuing and persistence! Thanks! Every body with or without physicals limitations can practice and benefit from yoga--with suitable modifications if and as needed It is possoble injure oneself. To avoid potential damage to joint tissues while learning, one should be careful where postures feel unnatural or borderline torturous--is it mental pain of making effort or a physical cue signaling potential injury? To progress in a way that is sustainable any body can make great progress over time using progressively modified postures where needed, and it's always good to find good instruction v-a-v skeletal alignment and joint stability.
Not every yoga pose is made for every body. Some people will never be able to do certain poses and that is ok. Never force it. You should feel the tension of the muscles stretching but it should never be painful.
you are absolutely right! yoga in the west is body obsessed. traditional yoga is zero pain and no physical effort. so if someone practices western "yoga" (hurts to call it yoga) its for sure not for every body type and some can get hurt even. it will not be possible to do certain poses even with consistent training. but if a person with physical difficulties will practice traditional yoga, with time (alot of time) the body will feel like a miracle (not only the body), and it will be possible to do anything. traditional yoga is a spiritual and meditative practice. moving slow, soft transitions between poses, not streching harshly or at all, focusing on breathing in the first priority and feeling relaxed. its about healing the body, mind and soul. in traditional yoga everything is possible. it just takes alot of time, and its not a bad thing, the more time the more you experience the magickal journey. so unfortunately most people dont know the difference between westren "yoga" and traditional yoga. westren yoga is not for everyone at all!!
The hardest thing is not being able to do the things I USED to be able to do. I'm 54, in perimenopause, have put on 30 pounds, and seem to have lost all of my strength, endurance, and flexibility over the past couple of years. 😢
After 11 years of practicing yoga my advice is to put the time in. It doesn't need to be vinyasa everyday. Do restorative or yin when your tired but do it everyday. While I think best practice is 2 hrs a day no one has time for that in our current society so put all the time that you can spare in
From this point of view, the main aim of practicing yoga is to be able to take particular poses. But it is poses, that are supposed to make your body strong and healthy. It is poses for body, not the body for poses.
I am 65 years old. I started practicing yoga when I was 63. I am not the most flexible but I am amazed at what I am able to do and I have changed my mindset on what I am not able to do. For me it is the process that is giving me the confidence to practice yoga. I love it. You are so right. ❤
Same here!! I'm 64 and used to do it when I was in high school and then left it. Started doing t again 3 years ago. Enjoy it !!!!
Thank you…I needed to hear this today…🧘🏼♀️
Lqq
Yup
The little word "yet" is so empowering for me. It's reassuring to know that I will never hit a wall and progress is always possible as long as I keep trying.
Exactly this 🙏
I have also been practising yoga for 7+ years. I am 75. Best thing I have ever done for myself. I surprise myself ,other students and teachers. My success is all down to commitment and practise.
My mother is a yoga teacher..in her class there are people aged 70..yoga is not about gymnastics and all those stuff.. it's about calming the body and the mind
You are so encouraging! I’m getting back into yoga after a break and I’m trying to be patient with myself as I get my strength and flexibility back. This helps
I relate 100%. Through my yoga practice I learnt to be more indulgent then grateful to myself. I am happy with what my body is capable to do today. I try not to wait for a specific improvement, I am just thrilled to see an evolution and sometimes it simply stands in feeling more comfy in a posture. Thank you Charlie for your amazing videos.
Love your gentle approach❤
Such a sweet & a motivating yoga teacher.
I enrolled to yoga class for the first time 10+ years ago. Starting of as the youngest and least flexible in the class. 6 months later I improved immensely (could touch the ground while standling with strength legs, 30 cm lower than the first try) but was still the least flixible one. 10 years later, wandering around many yoga studios due to different circumstance in life, still always the proud least flexible one. 😊
Thank you so much for this Charlie! 🙏🏽
I started doing yoga in march and I can already see insane progress! I am stronger and more flexible than I ever was. And even though I am still pretty inflexible, I am very proud of how far I have come 😍
You have no idea how important it was to hear this.
I wish I could take a class from you regularly. Your voice and cadence and vernacular, all make for an incredibly soothing impact. You're well spoken and gentle in nature. I trust what you say and believe you have the best intentions for others.
Thank you, did you know I have classes on my channel?
Charlie, i started following your channel last August to help gain some mobility for my snowboard instructing. A year later and im still here and seeing little improvememts everyday. 1 year has gone by just like that. Thank you for everything. I hope your channel continues to grow!
Hey thank you so much for continuing to practice with me. I’m so happy that you are noticing little differences 🙏
@@CharlieFollows yes, I just hope you feel appreciated because so many people are falling in love with yoga and finding peace in their lives because of your channel. You make it accessible for everyone.
I love the way you motivate us being so genuine. ❤ Thanks much Charlie🙏😇
Thank you so much ☺️
Yoga is wonderful. I've got a knackered spine and I've been practicing for 10 years. I've got my final lesson to finish and submit, then I'll be able to teach others. If I can practice, never mind pursue a career as yoga teacher, anyone can. All good things come to those who wait, love and light 🧘🏼♀️ 💜
If I close my eyes and hear you it would be like a therapy for any life circumstances in general❤
Thank you Charlie !! You are so so amazing and your voice is so calm ❤
Thank you so much
It's comforting to hear that from you ❤
You have such a lovely and calm energy and voice, I’m glad you’re here on RUclips - you’re one of my new favorite creators ❤
GORGEOUSNESS 💞
The message in this video goes beyond yoga ❤
What people don't understand is that yoga is anything but doing crazy poses. I am an Indian and literally born into yoga. Been doing it myself since childhood but I still don't perform the crazy ones.
One thing that I find to be so important but not often discussed is how your proportions can affect your ability to do poses or if they make it more challenging. Yoga is much easier for people who have longer arms and shorter legs than it is for people with longer legs than arms. If you are starting out and hav longer legs than arms , a block and strap will come in so handy until you build the strength and flexibility to hold poses.
I’m 6’ tall woman and my legs are longer which made yoga challenging at first but over time and with using the right props I was able to overcome. It’s so much better to let the props help you. I notice many students are hesitant to try props so I incorporate them into my classes and give options to advance in the pose. Yoga is amazing and it’s so interesting to learn about how your body plays into your practice
That’s amazing love but I wish you had a different caption for this; It is the 7 years that got you where you are & we never stop learning; there are no shortcuts to experiencing something , let nature take its course ; No wonder you are so amazing at what you do, it’s all these years of experience that has added so much value and knowledge to your journey; Wishing you love & light, god bless ❤
Old guy here, some serious good wisdom here! I recently started following your channel. I love your classes and must tell you that I find your voice inspiring and soothing.
Interesting Charlie, I started exactly 7 years ago too, a full Icelandic practice in Reykjavik during the Summer Solstice ☀️😌it was my first class and all I remember is the instructor giving me the biggest smile because of huge pool of sweat on my mat! ;-) your are spot on, after so many years I'm still trying to get to the next level with headstands and flying crow!
I love following your videos. I include parts of them in my own flows, and I gain a lot from your energy and words. Thank you for putting all of this out there. You're lovely and totally strong!
Oh. And I love the way you explain and encourage. Not like … oh you can do it. Just modify it!! No. Modify it and get to this! You will get here! Just let the torturous poses readjust your body. Stick with it. Yoga is mind over body most times. Mind in control. The mind will give up before the body. Strength in mind is most important in my mind. Hold through the pain. Don’t be afraid to wobble. I love that I can see your muscles shake. And you wobble and don’t acknowledge just keep going
I love your yoga videos 😊
Lessons for ANY field..thank you
What you said is totally relatable. I was trying to do chakrasana, but wasn't able to achieve the pose properly. Today I managed to it properly without any problem
More than any physical pose accomplishment, yoga teaches peaceful breathing and beautiful thoughts. I love your channel, thank you ❤
Thank you so much , you are great!
Your tips and Your recommendations are more than useful, they are practical and I, as a self-taught person, see my mistakes.
Just thank you!
......and yoga is not just asanas, that's only a fragment of the scope of true yoga. The ease of movement of body is one important component.
Great video!
exactly you r correct, practising some thing over n over again u will see it on body .
I got really really flexible again after gymnastics early childhood til age 9. Kept practicing stretch and tumbling til my first pregnancy at 28. I bounced back…. Into addiction. Off and on relapse. Now 5 years clean. Two more pregnancies. I was overweight after super swelling. My feet were mangled from the weight and previous injuries. Anyways I have comically small feet and super short legs- I’m 5’7” and my legs are as long as most people 5’0” - 5’3”. I’ve measured 😳. My arms and shoulder are very long. Very broad and my hands are big like a man’s. Great for crow and chair pose. I have no problem bending my knee and grabbing my short little foot in pigeon. But getting my leg up over my shoulder feels IMPOSSIBLE.
You make yoga so fun and interesting. A CHALLENGE for my brain and my body. I’m flexible and caught up QUICKLY since march. Dropped 60 pounds. And now I am hungry for more!! I’m so glad I found you. Thank you. You have a closer body type to me than other teachers. But I have much broader shoulders. It makes me feel better to see a small woman with shorter legs showing me how to move my body around with grace and intention. I’m excited to dig into your videos
Great video thank you. Been doing it for 4 months now and these comments made sense to me thank you
All I know is that it always makes me feel better, and there's nothing more important than feeling good!
I like practicing Kundalini yoga, and I try to do the Five Tibetan Rites every day too.
Thank you, really enjoying your channel! Have a good one!
🙏🕊️❤️😊
Keeping balance in some of those positions is impossible! But with the right instructor it's an awesome experience.
YOGA HELP ME DO A WHEEL POSE! And I never used to do that! I was so proud of myself
Thank you for this! ❤
Im obsessed with these videos explaining things while doing stuff, it's so dynamic
So, I don't know about yoga but you're talk was so comforting
For me the issue is CFS/ME and fibromyalgia. Yoga helps a lot with pain management, but so often it's 1 step forward, 3 steps back. It's hard to keep at it sometimes.
I don't know if you teach anyone with disabilities or chronic conditions, but if you do I'd love general advice.
Wonderful advice, lovely woman! Thank you for spreading the love.❤
Thanks for the words of encouragement
What a lovely advices. Thank you sOo much ❤
❤️. I was in a yoga class, we had a girl who did gymnastics as a child and was so much better than the rest of us. The teacher ignored us all and kept taking photos of her with different pose….for like 20mins!😕 wish I had a teacher like you
As someone who’s in school to teach yoga I love this video!!! Subscribed! ❤❤
Such a wise young lady❤
So beautifully put!!❤
OMG!!!! i was so scared to try yoga until i see this video. Thank u so much for the advise :)
It is very true when you get tired or if you stop and I could tell you that when you do this everything else get stronger in my opinion thank you for sharing. I’m out of my yoga practice and I’m lost only cause I can’t get you a consistent
Please advise us into good nutrition that you specifically follow as well! You look amazing 🤩 love your videos!❤
Please do a how to get into splits segments and hand stand / head stand. Love you ❤
Thank you. Such a beautiful message. 💚💚
YOU LOOK LIKE PRINCESS KATE!!!❤ THANK YOU FOR YOUR WISE WORDS 🙏
This video is my favorite! Thanks! I needed this❤
Thank you so much 🙏
thank you so much. I need to let my students know this.
Thank you for your feedback!!! sometimes i guessing I'm no flexibill .......but I learn some poses need a bit of praxis and time !!!🧘♂️❤
Definitely! It comes with time ☺️
I love yoga. It keeps going in a very physical job. I do some poses before and after work.
Public comment. Great information. God bless you ❤.
Thanks Charlie that was one of the toughest lesson I had to learn a little goes a long way u are awesome
As a former hockey player yoga has saved me and helped me recover from many injuries.
Exactly 💯... I totally agree 🙂.. I have lots of flexibility but i struggle to do splits easily... Please share your practical journey of vertical and horizontal split so that I can adopt changes accordingly : )
Beautifully said
Wow such nice and true words. Also I really liked the format of you just talking, it’s way more eased and nice to watch, so much better to listen to and watch between the other shorts or videos
Thank you! Every time I’m asking myself, why do I do this to myself 😢But, I’ll keep waiting for it to get easier ⏰
Needed to hear this today. Returning to my practice after a longtime
I wish I knew these things sooner, thank you so much
You have a wonderful kindred spirit... Beauty comes from the inside and exudes through the outside.... You have it! 🪽🪽👑🌻💋
and most importantly get a yoga instructor who'd correct your poses and would also suggest different versions of poses depending on your advancement in yoga. Take at least 3-10 private or nearly private lessons in order to avoid mistakes and destroying your body.
Thanks but one caveat: Yes to patience, confidence, self-valuing and persistence! Thanks! Every body with or without physicals limitations can practice and benefit from yoga--with suitable modifications if and as needed It is possoble injure oneself. To avoid potential damage to joint tissues while learning, one should be careful where postures feel unnatural or borderline torturous--is it mental pain of making effort or a physical cue signaling potential injury? To progress in a way that is sustainable any body can make great progress over time using progressively modified postures where needed, and it's always good to find good instruction v-a-v skeletal alignment and joint stability.
Love you.. You're so encouraging! ❤
Thank you 😊
Not every yoga pose is made for every body. Some people will never be able to do certain poses and that is ok. Never force it. You should feel the tension of the muscles stretching but it should never be painful.
you are absolutely right! yoga in the west is body obsessed. traditional yoga is zero pain and no physical effort. so if someone practices western "yoga" (hurts to call it yoga) its for sure not for every body type and some can get hurt even. it will not be possible to do certain poses even with consistent training. but if a person with physical difficulties will practice traditional yoga, with time (alot of time) the body will feel like a miracle (not only the body), and it will be possible to do anything. traditional yoga is a spiritual and meditative practice. moving slow, soft transitions between poses, not streching harshly or at all, focusing on breathing in the first priority and feeling relaxed. its about healing the body, mind and soul. in traditional yoga everything is possible. it just takes alot of time, and its not a bad thing, the more time the more you experience the magickal journey. so unfortunately most people dont know the difference between westren "yoga" and traditional yoga. westren yoga is not for everyone at all!!
The hardest thing is not being able to do the things I USED to be able to do. I'm 54, in perimenopause, have put on 30 pounds, and seem to have lost all of my strength, endurance, and flexibility over the past couple of years. 😢
Yes! The amount of times I face planted in that arm balance before getting it right 😂 Fall in love with the journey!
Your voice is so calm ❤
Great advice!
The rishis created yoga for the development of human body
No matter who
And how
This I'd the beauty of yoga
After 11 years of practicing yoga my advice is to put the time in. It doesn't need to be vinyasa everyday. Do restorative or yin when your tired but do it everyday. While I think best practice is 2 hrs a day no one has time for that in our current society so put all the time that you can spare in
Same here 7 years practising / Teaching pilates and my body stronger / flexible than ever 🩵 happy practicing 🩵
You are awesome. Keep it up.
Great advice 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you!
You are welcome
I love yoga mixed it with pilates gentle sretch and movement like tai chi
Absolutely 💖
Thank you ❤️🙏
girl! you gained a new subscriber today🧘♀️✨️
Awe thank you 🙏
Hi Charlie dear, this is Nathan and u do a amazing job on your yoga workout videos. Keep up the good work ❤🤗😘🌹🙏. Also been praying for you
Thank you ❤❤❤
You’re so lovely 🫠🪽 just listening to your voice eases my tension
Gracias saludos cordiales desde España
Thank you so much for this i have been struggling for sometime and this helps !!
That’s so motivating
Thank you ❤
I love her 😍
From this point of view, the main aim of practicing yoga is to be able to take particular poses. But it is poses, that are supposed to make your body strong and healthy. It is poses for body, not the body for poses.