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+deez nutz This is why I love her videos. I haven't found any other yoga videos that are helpful for beginners. So happy I found Jen, it gave me hope that I am able to do yoga even if I can't touch my toes yet >.
This is such a helpful video. Most "beginner" yoga videos show asanas I can't even imagine doing at this stage. But this video is very beginner (and age) friendly.
Even with this basic beginner video, I ended up getting myself into a banana asana and boy I couldn't get out of it. The trick was to stop thinking about those "advanced" yoga videos!!!!
I'm not a beginner, but I've had some injuries/surgeries and am completely starting over with my body. I love Jen! She's gentle, yet gets you to where you're feeling a stretch (NOT a "burn"). It was interesting to see how out of whack my body was when I found one side of me was easier to work than the other. Jen's work-arounds (hand towels, pillows) made a huge difference for me -- without the implied "shame" of being in a class with a lot of buff fit people! I know, it's my own issue, but being able to work out my issues at home, safely, is a huge plus for me.
FINALLY I found you :) a helper who is not shouting and not so ordinary like other ,,fitness gurus´´ . You are calm and confident and friendly :) you r like you re one of my teacher from physio school :) so nice to learn from you
Finally a video that says it is for beginning and then is taught for beginners. Slow pace, gentle way, good information. All equal a really helpful video. My hips are tight and wanted something to change that. Thank you.
Cherry Bomber I agree, I love her soothing voice & the detail instructions. I've lived in chronic pain for 10+yrs and I found this video to be great for someone like me, a beginner in lots of pain. I'm so glad I came across this video.
Jen, this video is so helpful. I suffer from ovarian cysts which causes pain and stiffness all the time in my lower back. After my first time watching this video about stretches for beginners I found that my entire body including my lower back felt much looser and more relaxed. I couldn't believe it! I will definitely keep doing ALL of the stretches you talked about than graduate to the other poses in your videos. Thank you so much for posting this!❤️🙌🏾🙏🏾
I love this! I just did this outside on my patio overlooking my river with blue sky and breezy trees on the most beautiful Sunny Sunday. A much needed stretch. Will be doing this video daily.
I need to get more flexible in my legs and hips for my martial arts class I just did the entire video stretch, but I've been stretching for a week now. Very good exercises !
Thank you Jen! I have severe balance issues and staying on the floor helped so much. I have tight muscles from radiation treatments and they feel better now. I will do this daily and check out your other videos for more yoga poses. Namaste! Inge
Wow!! A legitimate BEGINNER stretch video. I have just started yoga, and have found stretch videos that generally have my muscles “twitching” and leave me literally in pain doing them!!!! Love this.
This is wonderful.!!! And Jen is obviously a beautiful person to see but the beauty from the inside shines through. I'm 67 and it was encouraging to me to discover I'm really flexible considering my years.! :) I was able to do the straight leg stretch with the hand towel with no need for pillows under my knees. I'm grateful I found this video on youtube. Its a blessing that there are people that choose to give their time so freely. That comes from the beauty inside. THANK YOU THANK YOU JEN!
I am a new beginner and believe in the power of yoga. it has given me peace and harmony in ways that needs to be challenged. thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks you for posting this video online! It has helped me recover from repetitive injuries & multiple strains combined with physical therapy. You have truly made a difference in my life & touched countless others lives with your gifts. Thanks again! May the light of all lights always shine upon you. Jenny
I love, love, love this, I love how you only do a few stretches and take time to explain things. It’s great for beginners. I’vehave chronic pain and actually felt better after just one video.
my favorite video to watch when i wake up in the morning a need a nice, but easy stretch to wake myself up. i also suffer from very poor posture so these help out so much! thank you!
Thank you so much for this vid! My doctor actually recommended yoga to me and my sole thought was I can't do those stretches. But this vid has been so helpful, I was able to do my stretches and my entire body feels relaxed. Thank you so much!!!
I have chronic tightness in my pecs, shoulders, upper and lower back from working service industry for years. This video has helped me after only one routine. I will definitely be using this again and again. Being able to release my shoulders without feeling like they're glued to my neck is amazing.
Thank you so much, Jen!!! I've been suffering with lower back pain for over a year now and these stretches helped a lot. Idk the info about the hips and glutes being tight which can cause pain. WOW!!! These stretches really made a difference. I need to stretch equal to the intense cardio workouts I do. Thanks for your videos. I've already looked @ 3. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Thank you so much! I am 62, with fibromyalgia and arthritis. I have a chiropractor/massage therapist who keeps me going, but I needed some stretching exercises. I could join the Y, but the classes are too early for my schedule (I would lose sleep, and that's not a good thing either). I just completed your video, and I feel great after the stretches you demonstrated. Thank you for sharing. I am subscribed!
Hi Jen! Ive been following this video several times a week since January 2015 (7 months!) I cant thank you enough, my flexibility and ROM has increased, as well as decreased my lower back pain and shoulder pain. I'm now starting to move onto some of your other work out yoga videos and am starting to incorporate them into my daily routine. I absolutely love your style and your warmth, please continue being awesome!!
16,356 people prior to me said, "Yes !!!" I say, " Oh hell yes !!!" Your fantastic presentation has not only displayed to me how lacking I am in flexibility, but assured me that there is something that can be done about it... You, darling, are greatly appreciated !
Hi Jen - loved your video. Great to see an instructor doing the easier adaptations rather than trying to dazzle us all with your brilliance. I will definitely be watching this one over and over again.
OMG! I think I love you! I just found your videos today after struggling with beginner yoga videos that I couldn't get through. I signed up for a fitness challenge that wants us to do cardio, strength and flexibility. Just getting back into the weight room and cardio after falling off the wagon for a year, but was never into flexibility. These stretches, tho! After working a shift on my feet (I usually fly a desk all day), I was sore and tired. This video made me feel so much better and I made it through the whole thing! Can't wait to do more! THANK YOU!
Finally I found something I can try! .... every single routine that I tried made me feel frustrared because it requiered certain level of flexibility that I definitely don't have. Thank you for this guide ... will practice everyday !
This video has done more to increase my hip flexibility and relieve hip and leg pain than my physical therapy, acupuncture and massage treatments combined. I cannot believe the amount of flexibility and lessened pain I had after the first day. Thank you, Jen.
PsycheTruth Hello I did the splits last week and went into them fine and then did them the next day with very little steching and then got the worst pain in my lower bum and it been w eeek at the pain still there what should I do?
Chaz M . Chaz, go slow because you can still become very sore ig you over do it. I love Jennifer because she goes slow and explains everything. Just start with basic stretches but when you feel pain back off. I love yin yoga!
PsycheTruth hello ty for this video, I live in alot of pain, from my cervical neck I have osteoarthritis in shoulders & neck. Plus a cervical spinal fusion caused me permanent nerve damage & I have degenerative disc disease + another herniated disc abv ptate in neck. I have osteoarthritis in hips , knees and arthritis in hand's. So the second pose hurt my wrist. Can you recommend some good stretching for a beginner in pain with Fibromyalgia? Ty 🙏 jess
Thanks Jen Hilman. These sequence of stretches are so beneficial for my older muscles and limbs.Your explanations and gentleness are wonderful to hear, and your voice is so soothing.
I need to start doing some stretching. I had sciatica (can you believe, I'm only 20, had it when I was 19) and after 3 months of the pain, I ended up finding out I had sciatica really badly, facing potential nerve damage, needing the surgery. I'm several months post surgery, but it's about time I get my butt in gear and start stretching, cause now I can really feel how tight my legs and lower back muscles are!! This is no joke people, do your stretches lol
My boyfriend also has severe sciatica as well as bursitis. I put him on a raw food diet, and made him drink pineapple juice every day, and he hasn't had pain for one month, so far. He usually has pain daily.
my husband and I tried a yoga video first and found we were too stiff - we've been doing this video together almost every evening for over a month and have become more flexible as a result. We love your calming voice - thank you!
So great Jen! Spent years riding a desk. These gentle stretches were amazingly easy and made me feel comfortable. Can't wait to see what a month of this will feel like!
Hello, I had a knee injury in 2003 and since then it has affected my body in a negative way. Well I have been using your video to stretch out my hips and thighs and my lower back and I just want to say thank you for doing this video because it has helped me tremendously! Thank You So Much, Melanie
I am recovering from an accident where I hurt my back and am at the point where I'm finally able to do some stretching again. Physical Therapy has been very helpful and I've been regaining strength but miss more formal yoga (with an instructor - even if it's not face to face). I'm feeling so great after this stretching. Thank you so much.
Jysyia Berry Nice video and thank you. I have found a effective solution for sciatica pain, which is a product called as panlarko effective sciatica planner. For more information you can google it.
I love this video, it has really helped an injury I sustained as a result of a terrible ordeal I had with Air NZ. I was giving up hope of ever being able to walk properly again but this video was able to work at the pain enough to get me started on the road to recovery. Jen's delivery is very soothing too. I cannot thank you enough for posting this video. Thank you.
I am 33 yrs old and have bulging discs. From time to time I have low and upper back pain. Definitely very tight in some areas. This is a true beginners stretch workout video. I have been doing these exercises for 5 days now and I can’t believe how loose and good my body feels. I do them every morning and will start at night time too. Even though I’m only 33 my body really needed this. Thank you SO much!!
I love how she explains each stretch as well as modifications. It's nice to have choices when you're first starting out. Thanks for the inspiring video!
+DoleBite It's completely normal, so don't worry. It's just your body changing and developing. Keep stretching and you'll get back to the way you were. Maybe you'll get even more flexible.
Thank you dear Jan it did help me so much this video . I am a bus driver and I was driving last night for full shift . After 3 months off bcs of a back injury . And this morning I woke up really stiff . And I was looking in RUclips for some video to help me stretch so I feel better and to make me go to work and not feeling too tired . And this video helped me a lot. Thanks again , you are an angel
i love that your videos have beautiful music in them. it makes it so much more pleasant and calming when doing the exercises and yoga poses. thank you.
Very helpful video. Not just for beginners! I have done yoga for 20-30 yrs and love it! but due to recent foot, ankle and knee injuries; plus lower back and neck surgeries, I have been in a great deal of pain and cramping. I have shied away from past yoga routines while healing from all these repeat traumas in past several years. But nowadays swimming, walking, physical therapy including myofascia release, TENS therapy, cold laser massage, do not relieve cramping for long. I really needed a daily routine of gentle and supported stretching taking me safely to the edge of my tight spots! This is tremendously appropriate and effective, so I plan to practice frequently. I can do this while traveling so I feel empowered instead of being tied to doctors, therapists and painkillers. Thank you very much, you are a wonderful teacher.
Jen I absolutely love this yoga video there is just something about you and your presence or guidance that I find so peaceful and genuine...also the way you guide, educate, explain what you should be able to feel what is going on in your body in each stretch so thoroughly, and also showed people who have limited range of motion how to modify each stretch.I have been really wanting to do yoga with my mom, but unfortunately she has limited ROM, but I am so excited to share this with her......
Thank you!! This is a wonderful start for an elder beginning a new life. Your soft voice, slow pace and gentle spirit are even more helpful than the basic instruction. Not only are the stretches easing pain, but your manner makes me feel cherished. 💖
Thank you Jen, I am a beginner. Just started. I am getting better and better with my streches. You are helping me a lot to undo my tightness after sitting in front of the computer. I am doing the beginners exercises every day when I come home from the office. Thank you.
I injured my pelvis and spine in a car accident. I have cut back on the pain meds I was on due to the relaxation in my muscles which I've gained through your stretches. Thank you.
Wow! With not having much time this morning, I sat on the floor to view your video and ran through these stretches for just a short amount of time. I feel great! Can't wait to do them properly and for a longer period of time! Thanks Jen!
I am new to yoga and love these stretches for beginners. I have sat at a desk for years with the hunch back and appreciate the tips on how to ease into deeper stretches.
Thanks, Jen, you have changed my life! Over a year ago I couldn't do anything, really. Now I can get up off the floor by myself after my knees were injured! You're the best!
Jen, this is fantastic. I'm a healthy 40 yr old but so inflexible I can't even touch my knees. This and your other videos have helped me get develop a stretching routine I can actually stick to and enjoy. In just a week I've gained so much, mostly because I wasn't allowing my muscles to relax before. I had to flex other muscles so much in order to held any kind of stretch I ended up tighter than I started. You've helped me overcome that! Thank you SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just wonderful! I've cleared & activated 2 of my chakra's that have been blocked. Once i started up those energies it was kind of like putting in a full gym workout following 10 yrs lacking. Next day you're stiff & soar, right!! That's what it feels like reactivating these energies, it's tolerant UN-comfort, not exactly pain of a full gym workout of course but the hip stretches help me to ease that feeling particularly with my root chakra. Gonna do these everyday to help my body normalize the root energy now being used. THX JEN!
That was awesome. I first took Yoga when i found myself in Group Bereavement Therapy after I'd lost my Mom. My whole world crashed after that loss, i don't know where to begin, but after rahab and going through Grief Therapy it was suggested to me to try the yoga classes. I was the youngest one. After all that had finished and I no longer had alcohol to run to , I gained over 100lbs. I replaced one addiction for another. i had gastric bypass in August of 2015 and I kept coming back to how relaxed I felt after my yoga classes. So I am now 110lbs lighter now and i tried this video first...i'm ready for a nap now... Thank you for your help, my back has been in so much pain as I lost that weight so fast my walking style changed and my back was really hurting me. Thank you.
Jen Hilman, I've watched/done three of your yoga beginner workout videos so far and you are so kind, gentle, and patient, willing to teach beginners at a slow and comfortable pace. Thank you so much for your videos and hopefully I'll keep continuing doing yoga! :)
I sit on my 8 hour shift so I decided to start exerciseing at home and then I use this when I'm finished and the pressure this takes off of my back is incredible love this
This s my go to. I do all the beginners yoga frm you. They help me every day with tension in back shoulders an neck as well as anxiety and depression. I am very grateful for all of these
This helped so much with my legs and back. I'm young but I stand a lot and work 40+ hrs a week. Last night I experienced terrible pain in my left leg (mainly in the knee is where i had my ice pack). I tried to massage my hip and thighs. Finally I just put the ice on and took some ibuprofen. I love yoga but don't practice as much as I used to. I do have a dance back round and am used to pushing my body. I found that using props have made it easier on my body. Thank you so much!
I'm an amateur bodybuilder who has been stagnating in a lot of areas, and have noticed that I am less flexible than every person I meet. Today is the second day doing this routine. I plan on doing it twice a day and really pushing myself to become for flexible to prevent injury as well as to improve muscle contraction. I will update as I progress.
Hello.. this is Diane. I'm fused from C2 TO T12 and this is wonderful. I've looked for a long time for a video stretch routine. This is just what I needed
I just wanted to say thank you so much for this video. It's the perfect beginning to my journey of health and wellness through yoga. I am 26, and suffer from Fibromyalgia. Every time I try to start some sort of exercise, I am immediately thrown into a painful flare the next few days. I'm so glad I found this video and this channel to subscribe to. You are the best instructor I've encountered online thus far. I'm so excited to feel better! Namaste.
These yoga streches helped with tight/painful muscles after doing the first video of Jen Hilman's 5 week yoga weight loss series. I feel the difference after doing these stretches.
Thank you so much for sharing your videos. It's been life changing for me. Not just physically, but mentally as well. You've helped to put me on a new path. Taking me to a healthy and positive place. I'm feeling better every day!
BLESSED with these stretches! exactly what i wanted. browsed about 3 other videos, they go fast, don't instruct clearly, etc. THANK YOU... the way you explain the poses and show the wrong way of doing them is so helpful. feeling great. This is the third video from you :) really like your technique!
Just what I've been looking for. I have a back injury with chronic pain, and it's been so long since I've done any stretches. I like the adjustments you make with the pillows and towels, now I feel I can stretch and be effective. Thank you for sharing.
I wanted to thank you. I am 53 yr and have a type of job that is overnight for 10hrs every night. The work has me standing doing repetitive motion for all the hrs causing some areas of my body stiff and other parts holding tension. Muscle spasms were very common.I have tried yoga but was not able to do. your stretches has made me noticed my limited body motion and within a week motion has increased. Now just simply walking,my body carries itself different.Hope i can start 10 MIN YOGA FLOW soon
I really appreciate your help support with this gentle and very effective video. I have problems with arthritis and pain all over my joints. I am so happy I can do things I wasn't able to like bending over or standing up from the floor. I hope slowly to get my strength back.
Seeing a therapeutic massage therapist to help with lower back and arthritic pain. Per her suggestion to start stretching, I have discovered your wonderful beginner video and am starting out each morning with it. Thanks for offering it to those of us who are just beginning on our journey to a more limber body.
Wow. This tutorial is amazing, I'm a dancer and I'm quite flexible but I often find myself injured for a long time however just after working through this tutorial once, working through my flexibility this has already removed the pains I get. Thoroughly recommend this to everyone and all dancers, perfect stretch, your videos are perfect! Good job!
this video was amazing. i am just starting to get into yoga and found other beginner videos discouraging. while they were categorized as for beginners i had trouble with the majority of the exercises. thank you for addressing helpful tips with the pillow and towel uses.
Jen, thank you for walking through the ppaes in real time. your calm and soothing tine really help me relax as a beginner. I've shared your channel with friends already, they enjoy you just as much, if not more! thank you, thank you, thank you!!
THANK YOU!!! I suffer from chronic pain. My flexibility and strength varies so much from day to day and even hour to hour. These are the perfect modifications for those debilitating days where I am stiff and in extra pain and need to be super gentle with my body. Love this idea for other yoga poses and/or a "pre" warm up video. :)
Just tried this for the first time. I'm young but have a lot of pain throughout my body which causes me to have trouble sleeping. These stretches felt amazing and were a lot less intimidating than some other beginners videos I've seen. The tips about the towels and pillows were great because I couldn't stretch very comfortably without them. Thank you, for once I feel like I'm not going to give up right away or cause myself more pain trying to feel better.
Dear Jen, im thankful to have found your chanel. i have been practing for five days now and i honestly can feel a differnce i am 52 years old and have had some set backs with stress a long with a blood clot that went to my heart and lungs. i have statred a diet to help get rid of my leaky gut. just waanted to say i will stick with yoga in hopes to gain strength in my body.
this really helps as it is really for beginners with very low fexibility. ive been searching for so long a video like this. no pressure and encourage the viewers to keep going. thank you! really love this video.
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Thank you. Finally something for us beginners that we can actually do.
+deez nutz This is why I love her videos. I haven't found any other yoga videos that are helpful for beginners. So happy I found Jen, it gave me hope that I am able to do yoga even if I can't touch my toes yet >.
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deez nutz exactly! I really needed these stretches.
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This is such a helpful video. Most "beginner" yoga videos show asanas I can't even imagine doing at this stage. But this video is very beginner (and age) friendly.
Even with this basic beginner video, I ended up getting myself into a banana asana and boy I couldn't get out of it. The trick was to stop thinking about those "advanced" yoga videos!!!!
I'm not a beginner, but I've had some injuries/surgeries and am completely starting over with my body. I love Jen! She's gentle, yet gets you to where you're feeling a stretch (NOT a "burn"). It was interesting to see how out of whack my body was when I found one side of me was easier to work than the other. Jen's work-arounds (hand towels, pillows) made a huge difference for me -- without the implied "shame" of being in a class with a lot of buff fit people! I know, it's my own issue, but being able to work out my issues at home, safely, is a huge plus for me.
FINALLY I found you :) a helper who is not shouting and not so ordinary like other ,,fitness gurus´´ . You are calm and confident and friendly :) you r like you re one of my teacher from physio school :) so nice to learn from you
Finally a video that says it is for beginning and then is taught for beginners. Slow pace, gentle way, good information. All equal a really helpful video. My hips are tight and wanted something to change that. Thank you.
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Finally, a yoga video that is actually for beginners XD lol
Cherry Bomber I agree, I love her soothing voice & the detail instructions. I've lived in chronic pain for 10+yrs and I found this video to be great for someone like me, a beginner in lots of pain. I'm so glad I came across this video.
Cherry Bomber ikr, i’ll search up beginner and easy stuff never comes up, this is for sure my go to now!
I know right 😂
Jen, this video is so helpful. I suffer from ovarian cysts which causes pain and stiffness all the time in my lower back. After my first time watching this video about stretches for beginners I found that my entire body including my lower back felt much looser and more relaxed. I couldn't believe it! I will definitely keep doing ALL of the stretches you talked about than graduate to the other poses in your videos. Thank you so much for posting this!❤️🙌🏾🙏🏾
weightlifting had made my body very stiff. tried this first time today. loved it. feeling much better.
I love this! I just did this outside on my patio overlooking my river with blue sky and breezy trees on the most beautiful Sunny Sunday. A much needed stretch. Will be doing this video daily.
Thank you very much why did you make my back sour why don't you make a Vedic of how to do a back flip
Just kidding that was a really good video
I need to get more flexible in my legs and hips for my martial arts class
I just did the entire video stretch, but I've been stretching for a week now.
Very good exercises !
Thank you Jen! I have severe balance issues and staying on the floor helped so much. I have tight muscles from radiation treatments and they feel better now. I will do this daily and check out your other videos for more yoga poses. Namaste! Inge
Wow!! A legitimate BEGINNER stretch video. I have just started yoga, and have found stretch videos that generally have my muscles “twitching” and leave me literally in pain doing them!!!! Love this.
On behalf of all inflexibles, thank you!!! Very easy to follow and not too demanding :)
This is wonderful.!!! And Jen is obviously a beautiful person to see but the beauty from the inside shines through. I'm 67 and it was encouraging to me to discover I'm really flexible considering my years.! :) I was able to do the straight leg stretch with the hand towel with no need for pillows under my knees. I'm grateful I found this video on youtube. Its a blessing that there are people that choose to give their time so freely. That comes from the beauty inside. THANK YOU THANK YOU JEN!
I am a new beginner and believe in the power of yoga. it has given me peace and harmony in ways that needs to be challenged. thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks you for posting this video online! It has helped me recover from repetitive injuries & multiple strains combined with physical therapy. You have truly made a difference in my life & touched countless others lives with your gifts. Thanks again! May the light of all lights always shine upon you. Jenny
thank you for your tutorial I've been dealing with pain in my upper thighs and after stretching I feel so much better.
you welcome
I love this but I am still so tight
I love, love, love this, I love how you only do a few stretches and take time to explain things. It’s great for beginners. I’vehave chronic pain and actually felt better after just one video.
my favorite video to watch when i wake up in the morning a need a nice, but easy stretch to wake myself up. i also suffer from very poor posture so these help out so much! thank you!
Jen HIlman I appreciate how inclusive your videos are. I always feel like I'm getting a good stretch at the beginner and elementary stage.
Thank you so much for this vid! My doctor actually recommended yoga to me and my sole thought was I can't do those stretches. But this vid has been so helpful, I was able to do my stretches and my entire body feels relaxed. Thank you so much!!!
I have chronic tightness in my pecs, shoulders, upper and lower back from working service industry for years. This video has helped me after only one routine. I will definitely be using this again and again. Being able to release my shoulders without feeling like they're glued to my neck is amazing.
Thank you so much, Jen!!! I've been suffering with lower back pain for over a year now and these stretches helped a lot. Idk the info about the hips and glutes being tight which can cause pain. WOW!!! These stretches really made a difference. I need to stretch equal to the intense cardio workouts I do. Thanks for your videos. I've already looked @ 3. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Thank you so much! I am 62, with fibromyalgia and arthritis. I have a chiropractor/massage therapist who keeps me going, but I needed some stretching exercises. I could join the Y, but the classes are too early for my schedule (I would lose sleep, and that's not a good thing either). I just completed your video, and I feel great after the stretches you demonstrated. Thank you for sharing. I am subscribed!
so relaxing and easy to follow for a beginner. Thank you!
Hi Jen!
Ive been following this video several times a week since January 2015 (7 months!) I cant thank you enough, my flexibility and ROM has increased, as well as decreased my lower back pain and shoulder pain. I'm now starting to move onto some of your other work out yoga videos and am starting to incorporate them into my daily routine. I absolutely love your style and your warmth, please continue being awesome!!
16,356 people prior to me said, "Yes !!!" I say, " Oh hell yes !!!" Your fantastic presentation has not only displayed to me how lacking I am in flexibility, but assured me that there is something that can be done about it... You, darling, are greatly appreciated !
Hi Jen - loved your video. Great to see an instructor doing the easier adaptations rather than trying to dazzle us all with your brilliance. I will definitely be watching this one over and over again.
i do you stretch everyday morning and night. It help,. Thankyou
Awesome. I am glad you like the video.
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+PsycheTruth hi, would this helps with muscle cramps? and spasms? i usually get them on my rib cage area..
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OMG! I think I love you! I just found your videos today after struggling with beginner yoga videos that I couldn't get through. I signed up for a fitness challenge that wants us to do cardio, strength and flexibility. Just getting back into the weight room and cardio after falling off the wagon for a year, but was never into flexibility. These stretches, tho! After working a shift on my feet (I usually fly a desk all day), I was sore and tired. This video made me feel so much better and I made it through the whole thing! Can't wait to do more! THANK YOU!
OMG, so relaxing! I didn't want to get up of the floor.
I cannot decide which of Jen's videos I like most, so I'm trying them all.
Awesome. We have new Jen videos coming soon too!
Finally I found something I can try! .... every single routine that I tried made me feel frustrared because it requiered certain level of flexibility that I definitely don't have. Thank you for this guide ... will practice everyday !
This video has done more to increase my hip flexibility and relieve hip and leg pain than my physical therapy, acupuncture and massage treatments combined. I cannot believe the amount of flexibility and lessened pain I had after the first day. Thank you, Jen.
loved these stretches today! I feel amazing.
thanks Jen :))
So glad you like them!! Were you looking to relieve pain or just for fun?
I am looking to free myself from any stress or tension I could be carrying. A healthier me really :)) This beginners yoga is really soothing
Thank you. I have had 2 strokes in the past year, and these stretches have helped my stiff left side.
WOW. I feel as flexible as my cat already, and I have been doing these for just a week.
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Jen does a great job of explaining, showing, and instructing for a very early yoga beginner like myself. Thanks a million Jen-Nice job
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PsycheTruth Hello I did the splits last week and went into them fine and then did them the next day with very little steching and then got the worst pain in my lower bum and it been w eeek at the pain still there what should I do?
Chaz M . Chaz, go slow because you can still become very sore ig you over do it. I love Jennifer because she goes slow and explains everything.
Just start with basic stretches but when you feel pain back off.
I love yin yoga!
PsycheTruth hello ty for this video, I live in alot of pain, from my cervical neck I have osteoarthritis in shoulders & neck. Plus a cervical spinal fusion caused me permanent nerve damage & I have degenerative disc disease + another herniated disc abv ptate in neck. I have osteoarthritis in hips , knees and arthritis in hand's. So the second pose hurt my wrist. Can you recommend some good stretching for a beginner in pain with Fibromyalgia? Ty 🙏 jess
Thanks Jen Hilman. These sequence of stretches are so beneficial for my older muscles and limbs.Your explanations and gentleness are wonderful to hear, and your voice is so soothing.
I need to start doing some stretching. I had sciatica (can you believe, I'm only 20, had it when I was 19) and after 3 months of the pain, I ended up finding out I had sciatica really badly, facing potential nerve damage, needing the surgery. I'm several months post surgery, but it's about time I get my butt in gear and start stretching, cause now I can really feel how tight my legs and lower back muscles are!! This is no joke people, do your stretches lol
My boyfriend also has severe sciatica as well as bursitis. I put him on a raw food diet, and made him drink pineapple juice every day, and he hasn't had pain for one month, so far. He usually has pain daily.
How are you now that it's been 3 years later?
my husband and I tried a yoga video first and found we were too stiff - we've been doing this video together almost every evening for over a month and have become more flexible as a result. We love your calming voice - thank you!
this felt good after doing 30 mins of exercising
So great Jen! Spent years riding a desk. These gentle stretches were amazingly easy and made me feel comfortable. Can't wait to see what a month of this will feel like!
If I see pillows around me when I am trying to stretch, I am likely to take a nap instead. Helpful video though. Thanks.
Turco949 hahhaha same
Turco949 I ended up laying there curled up with pillows
😂😂
Tuco949 - Sounds like you need some help with self discipline.
@@cecemoore7777 me too what to do for self discipline:(
Hello, I had a knee injury in 2003 and since then it has affected my body in a negative way. Well I have been using your video to stretch out my hips and thighs and my lower back and I just want to say thank you for doing this video because it has helped me tremendously!
Thank You So Much,
Melanie
been in bed for the past 3 days this helped me, I'll be back
I am recovering from an accident where I hurt my back and am at the point where I'm finally able to do some stretching again. Physical Therapy has been very helpful and I've been regaining strength but miss more formal yoga (with an instructor - even if it's not face to face). I'm feeling so great after this stretching. Thank you so much.
I need like a full body stretch, not yoga , just to be flexible and healthy, any suggestions?
kinda like for athletes
yoga
my high school football team did yoga, so yoga is for athletes
***** k thnx
best teacher i have ever seen for those that have no experience.
a joy to watch and listen to.
thank you Jen, blessings to you
How do you get yournfull middle split
Here is a video for how to do the middle splits;
Splits Stretches Flexibility Workout How To Yoga For Beginnners, Cheer, Dance & Gymnastics
Jysyia Berry Nice video and thank you. I have found a effective solution for sciatica pain, which is a product called as panlarko effective sciatica planner. For more information you can google it.
I love this video, it has really helped an injury I sustained as a result of a terrible ordeal I had with Air NZ. I was giving up hope of ever being able to walk properly again but this video was able to work at the pain enough to get me started on the road to recovery. Jen's delivery is very soothing too. I cannot thank you enough for posting this video. Thank you.
"this is a realy nice place to rest" - me dying in agony...
Yeah
11:15 "juicy sensation"
I'm all about the juicy sensations LMAO!
I am 33 yrs old and have bulging discs. From time to time I have low and upper back pain. Definitely very tight in some areas. This is a true beginners stretch workout video. I have been doing these exercises for 5 days now and I can’t believe how loose and good my body feels. I do them every morning and will start at night time too. Even though I’m only 33 my body really needed this. Thank you SO much!!
Thanks... you kept saying "it feels so good"... not to that point yet with this creaky old bod~~ but I'll be back until I can agree with you. :D
I love how she explains each stretch as well as modifications. It's nice to have choices when you're first starting out. Thanks for the inspiring video!
My hamstrings are so tight! I'm 14 and they weren't like this 2 years ago! I used to be able to touch my toes, and now I can't :(
+DoleBite It's completely normal, so don't worry. It's just your body changing and developing. Keep stretching and you'll get back to the way you were. Maybe you'll get even more flexible.
Thank you dear Jan it did help me so much this video . I am a bus driver and I was driving last night for full shift . After 3 months off bcs of a back injury . And this morning I woke up really stiff . And I was looking in RUclips for some video to help me stretch so I feel better and to make me go to work and not feeling too tired . And this video helped me a lot. Thanks again , you are an angel
"And you can get even more by sitting your hips closer to your heel."
Lady, I'm dying!
i love that your videos have beautiful music in them. it makes it so much more pleasant and calming when doing the exercises and yoga poses. thank you.
Her eyes match her shirt :D
Very helpful video. Not just for beginners! I have done yoga for 20-30 yrs and love it! but due to recent foot, ankle and knee injuries; plus lower back and neck surgeries, I have been in a great deal of pain and cramping. I have shied away from past yoga routines while healing from all these repeat traumas in past several years. But nowadays swimming, walking, physical therapy including myofascia release, TENS therapy, cold laser massage, do not relieve cramping for long. I really needed a daily routine of gentle and supported stretching taking me safely to the edge of my tight spots! This is tremendously appropriate and effective, so I plan to practice frequently. I can do this while traveling so I feel empowered instead of being tied to doctors, therapists and painkillers. Thank you very much, you are a wonderful teacher.
my thighs are so tight
I LOVE JEN HILMAN! I put her videos on my apple tv and do them daily. Made a HUGE difference in my life.
Jen I absolutely love this yoga video there is just something about you and your presence or guidance that I find so peaceful and genuine...also the way you guide, educate, explain what you should be able to feel what is going on in your body in each stretch so thoroughly, and also showed people who have limited range of motion how to modify each stretch.I have been really wanting to do yoga with my mom, but unfortunately she has limited ROM, but I am so excited to share this with her......
Thank you!! This is a wonderful start for an elder beginning a new life. Your soft voice, slow pace and gentle spirit are even more helpful than the basic instruction. Not only are the stretches easing pain, but your manner makes me feel cherished. 💖
Thank you Jen, I am a beginner. Just started. I am getting better and better with my streches. You are helping me a lot to undo my tightness after sitting in front of the computer. I am doing the beginners exercises every day when I come home from the office. Thank you.
I injured my pelvis and spine in a car accident. I have cut back on the pain meds I was on due to the relaxation in my muscles which I've gained through your stretches. Thank you.
Wow! With not having much time this morning, I sat on the floor to view your video and ran through these stretches for just a short amount of time. I feel great! Can't wait to do them properly and for a longer period of time! Thanks Jen!
I am new to yoga and love these stretches for beginners. I have sat at a desk for years with the hunch back and appreciate the tips on how to ease into deeper stretches.
Thanks, Jen, you have changed my life! Over a year ago I couldn't do anything, really. Now I can get up off the floor by myself after my knees were injured! You're the best!
Jen, this is fantastic. I'm a healthy 40 yr old but so inflexible I can't even touch my knees. This and your other videos have helped me get develop a stretching routine I can actually stick to and enjoy. In just a week I've gained so much, mostly because I wasn't allowing my muscles to relax before. I had to flex other muscles so much in order to held any kind of stretch I ended up tighter than I started. You've helped me overcome that! Thank you SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just wonderful! I've cleared & activated 2 of my chakra's that have been blocked. Once i started up those energies it was kind of like putting in a full gym workout following 10 yrs lacking. Next day you're stiff & soar, right!! That's what it feels like reactivating these energies, it's tolerant UN-comfort, not exactly pain of a full gym workout of course but the hip stretches help me to ease that feeling particularly with my root chakra. Gonna do these everyday to help my body normalize the root energy now being used. THX JEN!
That was awesome. I first took Yoga when i found myself in Group Bereavement Therapy after I'd lost my Mom. My whole world crashed after that loss, i don't know where to begin, but after rahab and going through Grief Therapy it was suggested to me to try the yoga classes. I was the youngest one. After all that had finished and I no longer had alcohol to run to , I gained over 100lbs. I replaced one addiction for another. i had gastric bypass in August of 2015 and I kept coming back to how relaxed I felt after my yoga classes. So I am now 110lbs lighter now and i tried this video first...i'm ready for a nap now... Thank you for your help, my back has been in so much pain as I lost that weight so fast my walking style changed and my back was really hurting me. Thank you.
It is so nice to have a private instructor in my own home! The feeling is amazing! Watching Jen is great too
Jen Hilman, I've watched/done three of your yoga beginner workout videos so far and you are so kind, gentle, and patient, willing to teach beginners at a slow and comfortable pace. Thank you so much for your videos and hopefully I'll keep continuing doing yoga! :)
I sit on my 8 hour shift so I decided to start exerciseing at home and then I use this when I'm finished and the pressure this takes off of my back is incredible love this
This s my go to. I do all the beginners yoga frm you. They help me every day with tension in back shoulders an neck as well as anxiety and depression. I am very grateful for all of these
This helped so much with my legs and back. I'm young but I stand a lot and work 40+ hrs a week. Last night I experienced terrible pain in my left leg (mainly in the knee is where i had my ice pack). I tried to massage my hip and thighs. Finally I just put the ice on and took some ibuprofen. I love yoga but don't practice as much as I used to. I do have a dance back round and am used to pushing my body. I found that using props have made it easier on my body. Thank you so much!
I'm an amateur bodybuilder who has been stagnating in a lot of areas, and have noticed that I am less flexible than every person I meet. Today is the second day doing this routine. I plan on doing it twice a day and really pushing myself to become for flexible to prevent injury as well as to improve muscle contraction. I will update as I progress.
Hello.. this is Diane. I'm fused from C2 TO T12 and this is wonderful. I've looked for a long time for a video stretch routine. This is just what I needed
This really helped me. I am 50 yrs old with neuropathy pain and this eased some of the pain in my lower back,neck and shoulders. Thank you!
Lovely. Finally a demonstration truly focused on beginners. Thank you.
I just wanted to say thank you so much for this video. It's the perfect beginning to my journey of health and wellness through yoga. I am 26, and suffer from Fibromyalgia. Every time I try to start some sort of exercise, I am immediately thrown into a painful flare the next few days. I'm so glad I found this video and this channel to subscribe to. You are the best instructor I've encountered online thus far. I'm so excited to feel better! Namaste.
These yoga streches helped with tight/painful muscles after doing the first video of Jen Hilman's 5 week yoga weight loss series. I feel the difference after doing these stretches.
I think you have saved my life! One session and I already feel fantastic after 6 months of back and hip pain! Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing your videos. It's been life changing for me. Not just physically, but mentally as well. You've helped to put me on a new path. Taking me to a healthy and positive place. I'm feeling better every day!
BLESSED with these stretches! exactly what i wanted. browsed about 3 other videos, they go fast, don't instruct clearly, etc. THANK YOU... the way you explain the poses and show the wrong way of doing them is so helpful. feeling great. This is the third video from you :) really like your technique!
Just what I've been looking for. I have a back injury with chronic pain, and it's been so long since I've done any stretches. I like the adjustments you make with the pillows and towels, now I feel I can stretch and be effective. Thank you for sharing.
I wanted to thank you. I am 53 yr and have a type of job that is overnight for 10hrs every night. The work has me standing doing repetitive motion for all the hrs causing some areas of my body stiff and other parts holding tension. Muscle spasms were very common.I have tried yoga but was not able to do. your stretches has made me noticed my limited body motion and within a week motion has increased. Now just simply walking,my body carries itself different.Hope i can start 10 MIN YOGA FLOW soon
What a great stretch to get rid of the extreme tension in my body. What a great way to open myself up physically & spiritually to a blessed day.
I really appreciate your help support with this gentle and very effective video. I have problems with arthritis and pain all over my joints. I am so happy I can do things I wasn't able to like bending over or standing up from the floor. I hope slowly to get my strength back.
Seeing a therapeutic massage therapist to help with lower back and arthritic pain. Per her suggestion to start stretching, I have discovered your wonderful beginner video and am starting out each morning with it. Thanks for offering it to those of us who are just beginning on our journey to a more limber body.
Wow. This tutorial is amazing, I'm a dancer and I'm quite flexible but I often find myself injured for a long time however just after working through this tutorial once, working through my flexibility this has already removed the pains I get. Thoroughly recommend this to everyone and all dancers, perfect stretch, your videos are perfect! Good job!
this video was amazing. i am just starting to get into yoga and found other beginner videos discouraging. while they were categorized as for beginners i had trouble with the majority of the exercises. thank you for addressing helpful tips with the pillow and towel uses.
Jen, thank you for walking through the ppaes in real time. your calm and soothing tine really help me relax as a beginner. I've shared your channel with friends already, they enjoy you just as much, if not more! thank you, thank you, thank you!!
THANK YOU!!! I suffer from chronic pain. My flexibility and strength varies so much from day to day and even hour to hour. These are the perfect modifications for those debilitating days where I am stiff and in extra pain and need to be super gentle with my body. Love this idea for other yoga poses and/or a "pre" warm up video. :)
Just tried this for the first time. I'm young but have a lot of pain throughout my body which causes me to have trouble sleeping. These stretches felt amazing and were a lot less intimidating than some other beginners videos I've seen. The tips about the towels and pillows were great because I couldn't stretch very comfortably without them. Thank you, for once I feel like I'm not going to give up right away or cause myself more pain trying to feel better.
Dear Jen, im thankful to have found your chanel. i have been practing for five days now and i honestly can feel a differnce i am 52 years old and have had some set backs with stress a long with a blood clot that went to my heart and lungs. i have statred a diet to help get rid of my leaky gut. just waanted to say i will stick with yoga in hopes to gain strength in my body.
this really helps as it is really for beginners with very low fexibility. ive been searching for so long a video like this. no pressure and encourage the viewers to keep going. thank you! really love this video.