It's been a crazy week filled with post super moon eclipse stress but here's a practice to let that go, release some hip and glute tension and soften. Join the fluffiest Mr. Patrick kitty and I for a lovely Yin practice! Enjoy! 💙💙 FREE 7 Day Yin Immersion 💙💙 Full body balancing from head to toes - delivered directly to your inbox each day! Click 👉 bit.ly/YRS7DayYinBodyBalancing
I just want to express my gratitude. I have a long standing hip problem, tightness in the periformis is one of them. I found you yesterday and did the shorter class and today this one. I love the calm vibes that come from your presentation. This is exacly what I need and I feel confident that it will help to improve my situation.
Thank you for joining me and welcome to the channel! I have some myofascial release practices that might help as well. I find that rolling out these areas each week really helps.
Thank you for a real yin class. You allow us in the poses for the right amount of time. You remind us to direct the breath to the edge of tension. You demonstrate how to use props. You teach us how the body works. You don't add music to distract us. I see that you a holding a poll. So I'd like to suggest a 60 - 75 minute practice that includes all what you feel are the main muscle groups and essential poses to start or end a day. And, thank you for your service. I love your videos, and your approach to yin yoga.
Thank you Anthony! Have you tried these: ruclips.net/video/jDwmExep-7s/видео.html ruclips.net/video/8bT4zHDzoaQ/видео.html ruclips.net/video/MzOf4dYhKUU/видео.html ruclips.net/video/R_r-kNGTx3Q/видео.html ruclips.net/video/t7IEX1MXMEc/видео.html and while this one focuses mostly on lower body - it does really cover the major areas of dense connective tissue ruclips.net/video/IK9k5y_47cA/видео.html I appreciate your support and wish you a wonderful day! Peace, Aprille
Hello, Aprille. I have been an active athlete ever since I can remember. 2 years ago, I was 25, I decided to take my athletic journey to the next level, I applied for a job for which, in my mind, I was not physically prepared. I am a perfectionist and I pushed my body to the limits everyday for couple of hours. One day I was so tired but I still decided to finish my training and something snapped in my hip area. Boy oh boy! Everyday since then I am learning how to drop the struggle, how to just breathe and be content with being instead of trying to accomplish something and being hoplessly dissatisfied with my performance. You are so soothing. Thank you for helping me on my journey.
What an amazing story Maria! As a perfectionist myself, I understand that drive to push yourself further and further and I thank yoga for helping me move into a safer, more kind space myself. I am so glad I can be with you on your journey and I wish you the very best! Thank you! Peace, Aprille
Last night I could not sleep due to sciatica and piraformis discomfort. At 4 am I found this class and got out of bed to roll around on the floor. I do not feel anymore pain. I will keep coming back to this channel and will continue to donate. You made me feel so much better. Thank you so very much.
I am so sorry to hear your are struggling (this time of year often exacerbates sciatica/piriformis for me as well) but glad this practice helped you feel better! Thank you so much for joining me and I hope you have a wonderful day!
Thank you... We coordinate outfits before filming 🤣 Patty has much better hair than I do as well as advanced flexibility moves. Have a great day Kathy! 😘❤️🎉
Another wonderful practice! I tore my piriformis running in 2013. At the time was diagnosed with sciatica, as the pain was primarily in the SI joint. It was not until five years later when I saw a neurosurgeon, did I learn it was piriformis syndrome I had. Finally, got the right treatment; however, it remains a nagging issue when I sit or stand for too long. Glad to have happened upon this practice and for your excellent explanation Aprille! 🥰🦋💚
You are very welcome Michele and I am glad to hear it helps. I find a lot of people have issues with this area and planning to stretch it out while being aware of it really helps long term. Take care of yourself and have a great day! Peace, Aprille
when the sciatic pain hits- this is a gr8 reliever- my si, sciatic and hip flexor on the left, are speaking quite loudly to me these last few dayz... ;-)
So sorry to hear you are struggling with these areas but I hope this class helped offer some relief. Thanks for joining me Felicia and feel better soon!
Thank you, Aprille. It felt good to take some much needed time for myself and stretch these muscles. I had to laugh because when you said to try and take the blanket from the cat I looked over and mine had totally made herself comfortable on my blanket too. She's also a dairy cow kitty :) Blessings
You're so welcome! Yeah, we find that the kitty crew often "settles down" for a long nap on the props (just last night during a local in person class one student lost both blankets to kitties). So glad you enjoyed this practice and keep practicing self care - it's necessary to nourish ourselves to nourish others! Thank you and have a great week! Peace, Aprille
Bonus kitty! My cats were sleeping on the bed near my mat but sometimes they do try to join me, as does my dog. I will be adding this to my regular rotation of yoga workouts. I have made a lot of progress since I started on my journey to take better care of myself earlier this year, but that pesky piriformis is hanging on. It’ll take a while to fix what took years to tighten up.
Practice is always fun when you have a few furries around to join in or simply be in the space, right? I am so glad to hear you say that you have patience and that you understand that time is the key here. Keep taking care of yourself and I wish you all the best! Say hello to your kitties and dog for us!
So glad! We just discussed this in the member community this morning and it often gets inflamed when we are super stressed or the weather changes. Glad this helped!
I use many of your practices repeatedly, and am so glad to add this one to my list. It has helped SO SO much in just 24 hours. The pain in my back and hamstring from the sciatic nerve made it impossible to do anything comfortably. This practice eased the pain so I thank you very much. Well done! Namaste.
I am so sorry to hear you have been struggling with this area and I hope you are feeling much, much better! Definitely use some of these poses (Shoelace and Swan/Sleeping Swan) more often as they can really release this area a lot. May you have a wonderful and pain free week and thank you for practicing with me today! Peace, Aprille
Day #3 for me! Thank you! I learned the blanket REALLY comes in handy for downward dogs; and happy to say I am able to get into that position pain free once more! Which amazing kitty started today? Their fur seed fluffier than Lucy's.. but I forget their names- even after watching all their documentaries you posted. Thank You; Aprille! Love and light💖🌻
I love using a blanket for SO many poses! This kitty is my pride and joy... Patrick. He's shy and only really likes me but he's a super sweet boy. Thank you for sharing your practice with us and have a great day! Peace, Aprille and Patty
Thank you so much for this wonderful, healing, and informative video. I've been suffering from what I think is sciatic nerve pain, although I'm not sure yet as it seems like there are a few things that could be causing this type of pain, such as piriformis syndrome or issues with a spinal disc. I've been loving videos like this one on youtube. I really appreciate what you do. You have a very soothing voice and offer calming instruction. Keep up the great work!
You are so welcome and I hope you feel better soon or at least figure out what can help you feel better! Yes, sciatica can be caused by a number of things but there are definitely stretches you can do to reduce the pain and discomfort. Wishing you health and healing - Peace, Aprille
I really appreciate your videos for SI joint, piriformis and hip pain Aprille, thank you so much for posting them, they bring me a great deal of relief. And your cats are great little helpers aren't they!
Glad you like them Valerie and thank you for your support and kind words. I am so happy to hear the practices are helping! Peace, Aprille and Kitty Crew
This was great!!! So simple yet challenging, and deeply releasing. Deeply satisfying.I love a simple sequence. You are making me be reborn! Or accompanying me in my rebirth. Thank you so much. (First yoga class after appendectomy, 6 weeks ago.) (First official yin yoga class ever since.)
Your meditation immersion sounds amazing but I know what you mean - I try to use both my meditation cushion and I also have a travel meditation bench that helps by tucking my legs underneath and lifting my seat up so my hips can have a break. I truly recommend it and you can pretty easily make one from some scrap wood. Thanks for joining me and have a wonderful day! Peace, Aprille
This is the practice I have been looking for! My glutes get very tight and cause low back pain and this class gets right to the root of the issue. I felt great afterwards. I will definitely be doing this again!
Thank you so much for this April. I am so grateful you made this available. This brought me such relief. I sometimes get sciatica issues after a hard or long run and having to sit for hours afterward. This was the best yin yoga video I have found yet for deep stretching. My cats watched it right along with me:) I also appreciate your explanation of what is going on in Piriformis syndrome as I'm new to this issue (and hope by doing this sequence regularly I can keep the issues at bay). Loved the kitty cats coming and going and your voice as well.
You are very welcome Andra! Piriformis syndrome is rather new to most physicians as well but I find that many, many people face this issue (most of my clients do). So glad this practice is helping and your kitties are enjoying it too (my kitties say thank you and hello!). Wishing you a wonderful week - Peace, Aprille
So glad this helps and thank you for taking a moment to comment and share. I have a couple of SI joint classes you might check out (Yin and Restorative) to help you feel a bit better (I too have SI joint issues and flareups). Wishing you health and healing...
You are so welcome and I am so happy you are joining me on the mat for practice! Please reach out if you have any questions or would like any recommendations (theyogaranger@outlook.com) and I look forward to practicing with you again very soon. Peace, Aprille
Thank you so much for this beautiful video! I have never suffered from sciatica or piriformis issues until 2 weeks ago. I'm slowly getting to where I can stretch and move better, but I still can't stand or walk for more than a few minutes. This video made me feel great! I'm going to keep practicing along with it every day because I think it's really going to help me. I also really loved your peaceful voice.
I am so sorry to hear you are suffering from this as I know JUST how painful it can be myself. I am so glad this practice helped and I wish you health and healing! Thank you for your kind words of support and for joining me today - Peace, Aprille 💖🙏
Thank you Lori and welcome to the studio! Please feel free to reach out with any questions and I look forward to practicing with you again soon! Peace, Aprille
Thank you much for this practice and for the location of the piriformis muscle! I love the education you give with each pose and the target area! I have sciatica issues on my left side and this practice has helped. I love dragon poses. Those seem to help me more than any other poses for the sciatic region. I know everyone is different but those work for me. Thank you, Aprille.
You are very welcome Trish! I too love using Dragon poses for anything hip and back related. 🙏Thank you for joining me today and I wish you a lovely and peaceful week ahead! Peace, Aprille
Totally loved this practice. Piriformis was new for me too. My hips feel warm and balanced now and energetically twice as big as they actually are hahahaha. Love your voice and the explanations you give too. Thank you so much for offering your love and wisdom and experience in these sequences. Namaste
You are so very welcome and I am happy to hear you enjoyed this one. I discovered piriformis syndrome early on in my teaching with several clients suffering from it without diagnosis. Doctors back then had no idea! Now we know so much more and can work with this area more intelligently. Thank you SO much for joining me and have a beautiful day! Peace, Aprille
This was very helpful, thank you. I have a love-hate relationship with yin yoga as holding the postures longer when part of my body is experiencing extreme discomfort can be torturous. But eventually I feel a slight loosening and there is definitely a difference when it's finished. I'm having a huge imbalance right where my right hip and glute area are extremely tight and causing low back pain. So I'm doing something therapeutic every day.
Thank you for joining me Carrie! I know just what you mean - some days the holds are so challenging but I always know the end result is so lovely. Have you tried myofascial release? While it is painful during the rolling out, the release is INCREDIBLY effective. Here's a playlist of the ones I offer on my channel: ruclips.net/p/PLEANtQwT0VrIp_1G7SEYlXifkdUBjJM2D And here's a blended class with myofascial release, Yin Yoga blended with mindful flow and ended with Yin again to really help open the hips/glutes/lower back. ruclips.net/video/ugv3CPH4GV8/видео.html Peace, Aprille
That was excellent~! The floating dragon really targeted the right spot for me. I have never had this sciatica pain before and it sounds like it's piriformis syndrome to me... but I'll contact my physiotherapist next week and check that out. Thank you for this great class!
Both are so close in the areas where you feel it so it's difficult to identify - great idea to reach out to your PT. Thank you for joining me and have a great day! Peace, Aprille
A wonderful class, as always, Aprille. Thank you so much. I find that the lizard pose and pigeon pose both have opposing effects on me. I get so irritated holding a lizard pose for a longer duration (as we do in Yin), I keep trying to relax the muscles but find myself unable to (probably due to years of having practised other forms of Yoga). Pigeon pose, on the other hand, is bliss. Don't feel like getting out of it. Was good to have done it right after the lizard pose in this class. Thanks for everything you do, Aprille!
Thank you Geetha! It's quite interesting how each person experiences poses differently. I no longer have any response to Sleeping Swan (other than this feels fine for me) but perhaps that because I have worked through it for quite awhile. I find myself doing the poses that challenge me emotionally and physically more often to see how I can breathe through it, allow things to arise and move on, and just be with the feelings. For me, that's the greatest aspect of Yin - time to just be. Wishing you a wonderful week and thank you for joining me today - Peace, Aprille
Saw this for the first time today. I subscribed because I like the silences between stretches - very soothing - the stretches were effective and your pace was slow holding the poses not just slipping directly from one to the next. Your helpful cats were a huge extra bonus! Thank you, Aprille!
Thank you and welcome to our community! I am so glad you enjoyed this practice and please feel free to message me with any questions! Have a wonderful week - Peace, Aprille
Oh, so helpful my hips! I used the pranayama I learned in Meditation Immersion(4/7/8.) That is what I had been missing from my practice! Thanks for sharing the resources you have- it helps so much!❤️
So nice to hear Nancy and I love that you are using the 4/7/8 breath. It's a great one to use throughout the day to help soothe and calm (I use it every night before bed!). Thank you for joining me and have a wonderful week - see you on Sunday for meditation! Peace, Aprille
You're so welcome and I am glad you enjoyed this practice. Thank you for sharing your time with me today and I hope you have a wonderful weekend. Peace, Aprille
thank you gorgeous Aprille xx just checking in whether this is a practice to use when the periformis / sciatica is playing up - feeling inflamed and painful at the moment xx thank you i so love your practices xx
You are very welcome. Different people disagree on whether to gently stretch the area while in a flareup or to let it rest. I really say go with your intuition. If it feels better to stretch the area then absolutely continue but if you feel more burning or pain while stretching it - I recommend giving it a little time to heal. Sometimes if you know you are prone to these, it helps to use these poses to keep the area mobile to lessen the discomfort associated. I hope you feel MUCH better soon and thank you for sharing your time with me today. Peace, Aprille
That dragon, right? It does work though and after awhile, I can say it no longer bothers me very much. Perhaps for you too? Thanks for joining me and have a wonderful and peaceful weekend! Peace, Aprille 💖🙏🙂
This was my first class of yours and I did enjoy it! I have been experiencing a lot of tightness/pain in my right hip, and I'm not sure it my piriformis is the issue, but I though it couldn't hurt. I have one question, is there a reason you don't have any background music? I know I could set up my own, but just getting to the mat is a struggle sometimes, and the stark silence was hard in my house full of craziness. Regardless, I have been looking for some more yin practices, since I am running through the videos of another yin youtube practitioner I follow, and I do look forward to doing more of your classes.
Thank you for joining me Gina and welcome to this amazing community! I am so glad you joined me for practice. I choose to not include background music because people's taste in music and the choice to have nor not have is SO very personal. What one person loves, another is irritated by and some people strongly prefer no music. I feel giving everyone the option to choose what works best for them is more open ended and offers more options for everyone. Wishing you the best - Peace, Aprille
Thanks Aprille. Great session. Quick question - if the one of the muscles you are working cramps up during a pose, do you recommend working through it with breathing or releasing?
Thank you! I always try to take a few breaths to see if it will release but if not then come out and massage it a bit. Sometimes shifting positions slightly can help too. Adjust and see if you can find a position that is cramp free. Have a fabulous week! Peace, Aprille
Yin Yoga is a practice filled with discomfort so if you are feeling emotionally or physically uncomfortable, notice your breath and focus on all of the sensations you are experiencing - physical and emotional. If you feel sharp shooting pain or pain that makes it so you cannot catch your breath, then you should come out of the pose(s) when you feel that. If you are looking for a relaxing, deeply restful practice, I would recommend Restorative Yoga as that is all about deep comfort. Thanks for joining me - Peace, Aprille
Congratulations! Yosi, you can use simple poses like pigeon|swan|sleeping swan to help relieve discomfort. Even poses like figure 4 on your back while in bed can relieve the discomfort and you can also use tennis balls to apply acupressure to the area. Always discuss these poses with your healthcare practitioner. Checkout my prenatal Yin practice for more ideas to practice during your pregnancy. Thank you for joining me! Peace, Aprille
It's been a crazy week filled with post super moon eclipse stress but here's a practice to let that go, release some hip and glute tension and soften. Join the fluffiest Mr. Patrick kitty and I for a lovely Yin practice! Enjoy!
💙💙 FREE 7 Day Yin Immersion 💙💙 Full body balancing from head to toes - delivered directly to your inbox each day! Click 👉 bit.ly/YRS7DayYinBodyBalancing
Thank you for the lovely practice. My cat enjoyed it too ❤
Wonderful! So happy both of you could practice with Patrick and I today. Have a wonderful week!
Thank you for sharing this practice!
You are so very welcome! Happy New Year! 😊
Really helpful practice. soothing, pleasant voice. thank you.
You're very welcome!
Namaste … Thankyou Aprille … you are such a gift 😇
Oh thank you so much! I truly appreciate your joining me today and for taking a moment to comment.
Excellent videos , very grateful!
You are welcome and thank you for joining me for practice today! Peace, Aprille
I just want to express my gratitude. I have a long standing hip problem, tightness in the periformis is one of them. I found you yesterday and did the shorter class and today this one. I love the calm vibes that come from your presentation. This is exacly what I need and I feel confident that it will help to improve my situation.
Thank you for joining me and welcome to the channel! I have some myofascial release practices that might help as well. I find that rolling out these areas each week really helps.
Thank you for a real yin class. You allow us in the poses for the right amount of time. You remind us to direct the breath to the edge of tension. You demonstrate how to use props. You teach us how the body works. You don't add music to distract us. I see that you a holding a poll. So I'd like to suggest a 60 - 75 minute practice that includes all what you feel are the main muscle groups and essential poses to start or end a day. And, thank you for your service. I love your videos, and your approach to yin yoga.
Thank you Anthony! Have you tried these:
ruclips.net/video/jDwmExep-7s/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/8bT4zHDzoaQ/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/MzOf4dYhKUU/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/R_r-kNGTx3Q/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/t7IEX1MXMEc/видео.html
and while this one focuses mostly on lower body - it does really cover the major areas of dense connective tissue
ruclips.net/video/IK9k5y_47cA/видео.html
I appreciate your support and wish you a wonderful day! Peace, Aprille
Thank you. I look forward to them!@@YogaRangerStudio
Beautifully held practice, thank you for sharing. Namaste 🙏♥️
Thank you for joining me for practice!
That was nice april!
So glad you enjoyed it Tonia! Thank you for joining Patty and I for practice.
Hello, Aprille. I have been an active athlete ever since I can remember. 2 years ago, I was 25, I decided to take my athletic journey to the next level, I applied for a job for which, in my mind, I was not physically prepared. I am a perfectionist and I pushed my body to the limits everyday for couple of hours. One day I was so tired but I still decided to finish my training and something snapped in my hip area. Boy oh boy! Everyday since then I am learning how to drop the struggle, how to just breathe and be content with being instead of trying to accomplish something and being hoplessly dissatisfied with my performance. You are so soothing. Thank you for helping me on my journey.
What an amazing story Maria! As a perfectionist myself, I understand that drive to push yourself further and further and I thank yoga for helping me move into a safer, more kind space myself. I am so glad I can be with you on your journey and I wish you the very best! Thank you! Peace, Aprille
Last night I could not sleep due to sciatica and piraformis discomfort. At 4 am I found this class and got out of bed to roll around on the floor. I do not feel anymore pain. I will keep coming back to this channel and will continue to donate. You made me feel so much better. Thank you so very much.
I am so sorry to hear your are struggling (this time of year often exacerbates sciatica/piriformis for me as well) but glad this practice helped you feel better! Thank you so much for joining me and I hope you have a wonderful day!
Thx for this practice very useful!!!🌻🙏
You're so welcome!
so helpful, thank you!
You're so welcome!
Thank you! This has really helped me
So happy to hear this practice has helped and thank you for joining me!
Kitty and you looked great together in your black and white!
Thank you... We coordinate outfits before filming 🤣 Patty has much better hair than I do as well as advanced flexibility moves. Have a great day Kathy! 😘❤️🎉
Truly excellent
Thank you so much! Peace, Aprille
THANK YOU!!!!
You're welcome!
Thank you!
You're welcome! Peace, Aprille
Thank You, so helpful wouldnt be yin without Lucy
So glad! Thank you for joining me and have a great weekend! Peace, Aprille
wow that is just what I needed.. thank you !!!
You're so welcome!
You have the best Piriformis yoga video on RUclips. Great stretches. Thank you!
You're so welcome and thank you for your support! Wishing you all the best - Peace, Aprille
Thank you for a lovely evening practice!
You are very welcome Karen and thank you for sharing your evening with me tonight. Have a beautiful Friday! Peace, Aprille
Another wonderful practice! I tore my piriformis running in 2013. At the time was diagnosed with sciatica, as the pain was primarily in the SI joint. It was not until five years later when I saw a neurosurgeon, did I learn it was piriformis syndrome I had. Finally, got the right treatment; however, it remains a nagging issue when I sit or stand for too long. Glad to have happened upon this practice and for your excellent explanation Aprille! 🥰🦋💚
You are very welcome Michele and I am glad to hear it helps. I find a lot of people have issues with this area and planning to stretch it out while being aware of it really helps long term. Take care of yourself and have a great day! Peace, Aprille
Love it ❤️😻😻
Thank you Flo! Wishing you a wonderful weekend - Peace, Aprille
I keep coming back to this video and can’t thank you enough for it!
You are so welcome Nancy and thank you for returning to this practice and sharing space with Patrick and I here.
Thanks Aprile. I come back to this class often and I always feel better afterwards.
I am so glad to hear that and I hope you have a beautiful week! Thank you for joining me! Peace, Aprille 😊🤗🤗🤗
I feel so much better in my body after this lesson, thanks a lot!
Wonderful Anette and thank you for sharing your time with me today! Wishing you a peace filled week - Aprille
Very practical and informative 💜🙏
Thank you and I hope it helps! Peace, Aprille
when the sciatic pain hits- this is a gr8 reliever- my si, sciatic and hip flexor on the left, are speaking quite loudly to me these last few dayz... ;-)
So sorry to hear you are struggling with these areas but I hope this class helped offer some relief. Thanks for joining me Felicia and feel better soon!
Thank you for this practice which relieved my lower back pain after a long day at hospital 🙏❤️
You are so welcome and I hope whatever takes you to the hospital turns out well. Thank you for joining me - Peace, Aprille
Kitty in this video is gorgeous 😍, thanks for the lovely practice as always Aprille. 🙏🏼
Thank you! 😊 That's Patrick and I am pretty sure he does Shoelace pose better than I ever could! Peace, Aprille
Thank you April for another lovely class. It has brought great release to my glutes and hips. Namaste👃🙌!
Wonderful! So glad to hear this and thank you for sharing your time on the mat with Patrick and I.
I love that your cat joined in. Brought some joy to my practice. :)
Thank you for joining us! Patty does all the poses WAY better and is a great demo model! Have a great day - Peace, Aprille
Thank you, Aprille. It felt good to take some much needed time for myself and stretch these muscles. I had to laugh because when you said to try and take the blanket from the cat I looked over and mine had totally made herself comfortable on my blanket too. She's also a dairy cow kitty :) Blessings
You're so welcome! Yeah, we find that the kitty crew often "settles down" for a long nap on the props (just last night during a local in person class one student lost both blankets to kitties). So glad you enjoyed this practice and keep practicing self care - it's necessary to nourish ourselves to nourish others! Thank you and have a great week! Peace, Aprille
I'm so glad I found you today ! Feel much better. Thank you Aprille.
You are so welcome and I am glad this practice helped! Thank you for sharing your time and for joining me here today. Peace, Aprille
Wow ......just what I needed this morning Aprille, thank you so much xxx
So happy to hear this helped and I hope you are having a wonderful weekend! Peace, Aprille
Bonus kitty! My cats were sleeping on the bed near my mat but sometimes they do try to join me, as does my dog. I will be adding this to my regular rotation of yoga workouts. I have made a lot of progress since I started on my journey to take better care of myself earlier this year, but that pesky piriformis is hanging on. It’ll take a while to fix what took years to tighten up.
Practice is always fun when you have a few furries around to join in or simply be in the space, right? I am so glad to hear you say that you have patience and that you understand that time is the key here. Keep taking care of yourself and I wish you all the best! Say hello to your kitties and dog for us!
I truly enjoyed this practice 🥰
Thank you Aprille🙏
You're so welcome!
Hi Lucy! 🐈 Back again to this flow as my SI joint got out of whack. This always sets me right again. Thanks Aprille!! ❤
So glad! We just discussed this in the member community this morning and it often gets inflamed when we are super stressed or the weather changes. Glad this helped!
Wonderful as always Aprille, Namaste ❤️
Wonderful - I am so happy you like this practice Linda! Thank you for joining me and I wish you a peaceful and lovely week. 🙏🤗 Namaste, Aprille
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Thank you, that was super chill. I didn't want to get out of diving swan, deeper breathing got deeper into the muscle.
You are very welcome and thank you for sharing your practice time with me. Have a wonderful week! Peace, Aprille
I use many of your practices repeatedly, and am so glad to add this one to my list. It has helped SO SO much in just 24 hours. The pain in my back and hamstring from the sciatic nerve made it impossible to do anything comfortably. This practice eased the pain so I thank you very much. Well done! Namaste.
I am so sorry to hear you have been struggling with this area and I hope you are feeling much, much better! Definitely use some of these poses (Shoelace and Swan/Sleeping Swan) more often as they can really release this area a lot. May you have a wonderful and pain free week and thank you for practicing with me today! Peace, Aprille
Day #3 for me! Thank you! I learned the blanket REALLY comes in handy for downward dogs; and happy to say I am able to get into that position pain free once more! Which amazing kitty started today? Their fur seed fluffier than Lucy's.. but I forget their names- even after watching all their documentaries you posted.
Thank You; Aprille! Love and light💖🌻
I love using a blanket for SO many poses! This kitty is my pride and joy... Patrick. He's shy and only really likes me but he's a super sweet boy. Thank you for sharing your practice with us and have a great day! Peace, Aprille and Patty
Thank you so much for this wonderful, healing, and informative video. I've been suffering from what I think is sciatic nerve pain, although I'm not sure yet as it seems like there are a few things that could be causing this type of pain, such as piriformis syndrome or issues with a spinal disc. I've been loving videos like this one on youtube. I really appreciate what you do. You have a very soothing voice and offer calming instruction. Keep up the great work!
You are so welcome and I hope you feel better soon or at least figure out what can help you feel better! Yes, sciatica can be caused by a number of things but there are definitely stretches you can do to reduce the pain and discomfort. Wishing you health and healing - Peace, Aprille
@@YogaRangerStudio Ah thank you:)
Amen. What she said. Namasté
So helpful! I am totally thrilled to have found you. More please. Sat Nam
Thank you Alison and I am so glad to hear you enjoyed this practice. Wishing you a wonderful weekend - Peace, Aprille
I really appreciate your videos for SI joint, piriformis and hip pain Aprille, thank you so much for posting them, they bring me a great deal of relief. And your cats are great little helpers aren't they!
Glad you like them Valerie and thank you for your support and kind words. I am so happy to hear the practices are helping! Peace, Aprille and Kitty Crew
Another great practice as usual, thanks Aprille, have a lovely weekend 🙏
Thank you Sue and I hope you have a fabulous weekend! Peace, Aprille
This was great!!! So simple yet challenging, and deeply releasing. Deeply satisfying.I love a simple sequence. You are making me be reborn! Or accompanying me in my rebirth.
Thank you so much.
(First yoga class after appendectomy, 6 weeks ago.)
(First official yin yoga class ever since.)
Glad you enjoyed it! I am so glad to hear you are doing better Laima and I am keeping you and your husband in my thoughts! Peace, Aprille
My sciatica nerve was throbbing before the practice, and by the end of the practice, it was a dull ache and much much better. Thank you!
You are very welcome and I hope it continues to feel better! Have a great day! ☺🙏
Thank you for this amazing practice!
You are very, very welcome! 🙏
Thanks so much Aprille! I just sat for 4 days meditating and have strong pain in one glute and down the hamstring. This helped a lot!
Your meditation immersion sounds amazing but I know what you mean - I try to use both my meditation cushion and I also have a travel meditation bench that helps by tucking my legs underneath and lifting my seat up so my hips can have a break. I truly recommend it and you can pretty easily make one from some scrap wood. Thanks for joining me and have a wonderful day! Peace, Aprille
Felt a lot better after doing this thank you
So glad to hear this and thank you for joining me today - Peace, Aprille
This is awesome! Thank you
So happy you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for sharing your practice with us and have a lovely week! Peace, Aprille 🙂🙏
This is the practice I have been looking for! My glutes get very tight and cause low back pain and this class gets right to the root of the issue. I felt great afterwards. I will definitely be doing this again!
I am so glad this helped Samantha! Thank you for joining me today and I wish you a wonderful weekend - Peace, Aprille
Thank you so much for this April. I am so grateful you made this available. This brought me such relief. I sometimes get sciatica issues after a hard or long run and having to sit for hours afterward. This was the best yin yoga video I have found yet for deep stretching. My cats watched it right along with me:) I also appreciate your explanation of what is going on in Piriformis syndrome as I'm new to this issue (and hope by doing this sequence regularly I can keep the issues at bay). Loved the kitty cats coming and going and your voice as well.
You are very welcome Andra! Piriformis syndrome is rather new to most physicians as well but I find that many, many people face this issue (most of my clients do). So glad this practice is helping and your kitties are enjoying it too (my kitties say thank you and hello!). Wishing you a wonderful week - Peace, Aprille
I love this practice, I have SI joint dysfunction and this video has been my go to for instant relief when I have a flare up. Thank you so much!
So glad this helps and thank you for taking a moment to comment and share. I have a couple of SI joint classes you might check out (Yin and Restorative) to help you feel a bit better (I too have SI joint issues and flareups). Wishing you health and healing...
Just what I needed. Thank you so much Aprille
So glad this practice helped and thank you for joining me today. May you have a wonderful week ahead - Peace, Aprille
Thank you Aprille, this is my first day up in a week so I was definitely feeling my hips and this was the perfect fix.
Welcome Susan! Hope you are feeling better! Peace, Aprille
Exactly what I needed tonight, and this is perfect with one of my soothing Spotify playlists in the background...thank you!
You're very welcome and what a great way to enjoy music you love too! Thank you for sharing your time with me and have a great day! Peace, Aprille
Thank you so much! :) this was so helpful for my sciatic and SI and pelvic pain. Thanks for making this video! :)
Glad it helped and thank you for sharing your time with me today! Peace, Aprille
Aprille, thrilled to have discovered you today. Love your way of presenting and your harmonising energy. Thanks so much !
You are so welcome and I am so happy you are joining me on the mat for practice! Please reach out if you have any questions or would like any recommendations (theyogaranger@outlook.com) and I look forward to practicing with you again very soon. Peace, Aprille
Thank you so much for this beautiful video! I have never suffered from sciatica or piriformis issues until 2 weeks ago. I'm slowly getting to where I can stretch and move better, but I still can't stand or walk for more than a few minutes. This video made me feel great! I'm going to keep practicing along with it every day because I think it's really going to help me. I also really loved your peaceful voice.
I am so sorry to hear you are suffering from this as I know JUST how painful it can be myself. I am so glad this practice helped and I wish you health and healing! Thank you for your kind words of support and for joining me today - Peace, Aprille 💖🙏
Loved loved loved this video and helped my stiffness immensely. My first class with you and I'll be back. This session is a keeper!!!
Thank you Lori and welcome to the studio! Please feel free to reach out with any questions and I look forward to practicing with you again soon! Peace, Aprille
Thank you. Very helpful to find my calm and let go ❤️
Thank you for joining me Christina and I wish you a beautiful and peaceful day. Aprille
Thank you much for this practice and for the location of the piriformis muscle! I love the education you give with each pose and the target area! I have sciatica issues on my left side and this practice has helped. I love dragon poses. Those seem to help me more than any other poses for the sciatic region. I know everyone is different but those work for me. Thank you, Aprille.
You are very welcome Trish! I too love using Dragon poses for anything hip and back related. 🙏Thank you for joining me today and I wish you a lovely and peaceful week ahead! Peace, Aprille
Totally loved this practice. Piriformis was new for me too. My hips feel warm and balanced now and energetically twice as big as they actually are hahahaha. Love your voice and the explanations you give too. Thank you so much for offering your love and wisdom and experience in these sequences. Namaste
You are so very welcome and I am happy to hear you enjoyed this one. I discovered piriformis syndrome early on in my teaching with several clients suffering from it without diagnosis. Doctors back then had no idea! Now we know so much more and can work with this area more intelligently. Thank you SO much for joining me and have a beautiful day! Peace, Aprille
Thanks you for your session, feeling more space from my middle to lower back and the gentle exercises made me realised how stiff I am. Thanks again
I am so glad to hear this Florence and I hope you continue to feel better. Have a lovely week!
Thank you so very much for this! This pain drives me crazy most days. This will definitely be a part of my routine now.
I know just what you mean and I am happy this helped. Take care of yourself and thank you for joining me today. Peace, Aprille
So kind of you to respond!!😍😍😍
This was very helpful, thank you. I have a love-hate relationship with yin yoga as holding the postures longer when part of my body is experiencing extreme discomfort can be torturous. But eventually I feel a slight loosening and there is definitely a difference when it's finished. I'm having a huge imbalance right where my right hip and glute area are extremely tight and causing low back pain. So I'm doing something therapeutic every day.
Thank you for joining me Carrie! I know just what you mean - some days the holds are so challenging but I always know the end result is so lovely. Have you tried myofascial release? While it is painful during the rolling out, the release is INCREDIBLY effective.
Here's a playlist of the ones I offer on my channel:
ruclips.net/p/PLEANtQwT0VrIp_1G7SEYlXifkdUBjJM2D
And here's a blended class with myofascial release, Yin Yoga blended with mindful flow and ended with Yin again to really help open the hips/glutes/lower back.
ruclips.net/video/ugv3CPH4GV8/видео.html
Peace, Aprille
That was excellent~! The floating dragon really targeted the right spot for me. I have never had this sciatica pain before and it sounds like it's piriformis syndrome to me... but I'll contact my physiotherapist next week and check that out. Thank you for this great class!
Both are so close in the areas where you feel it so it's difficult to identify - great idea to reach out to your PT. Thank you for joining me and have a great day! Peace, Aprille
A wonderful class, as always, Aprille. Thank you so much. I find that the lizard pose and pigeon pose both have opposing effects on me. I get so irritated holding a lizard pose for a longer duration (as we do in Yin), I keep trying to relax the muscles but find myself unable to (probably due to years of having practised other forms of Yoga). Pigeon pose, on the other hand, is bliss. Don't feel like getting out of it. Was good to have done it right after the lizard pose in this class. Thanks for everything you do, Aprille!
Thank you Geetha! It's quite interesting how each person experiences poses differently. I no longer have any response to Sleeping Swan (other than this feels fine for me) but perhaps that because I have worked through it for quite awhile. I find myself doing the poses that challenge me emotionally and physically more often to see how I can breathe through it, allow things to arise and move on, and just be with the feelings. For me, that's the greatest aspect of Yin - time to just be. Wishing you a wonderful week and thank you for joining me today - Peace, Aprille
Thank you so much, Aprille, that was such a wonderful practice. Loved it!
Glad you enjoyed it Brigitte and I wish you a wonderful week - Peace, Aprille
Thank you so much! This was both helpful and peace-creating. :)
You're so welcome! Wishing you a wonderful and peace filled weekend. Aprille
Saw this for the first time today. I subscribed because I like the silences between stretches - very soothing - the stretches were effective and your pace was slow holding the poses not just slipping directly from one to the next. Your helpful cats were a huge extra bonus! Thank you, Aprille!
Thank you and welcome to our community! I am so glad you enjoyed this practice and please feel free to message me with any questions! Have a wonderful week - Peace, Aprille
Thank you so much for this beautiful practice is been extremely helpful!
You're so welcome and I am glad it helped! Thank you for joining me and have a lovely week. Peace, Aprille
Oh, so helpful my hips! I used the pranayama I learned in Meditation Immersion(4/7/8.) That is what I had been missing from my practice! Thanks for sharing the resources you have- it helps so much!❤️
So nice to hear Nancy and I love that you are using the 4/7/8 breath. It's a great one to use throughout the day to help soothe and calm (I use it every night before bed!). Thank you for joining me and have a wonderful week - see you on Sunday for meditation! Peace, Aprille
This was so helpful! Thank you so much! I look forward to practicing with more of your videos!
You're so welcome and I am glad you enjoyed this practice. Thank you for sharing your time with me today and I hope you have a wonderful weekend. Peace, Aprille
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Thank you for joining me for practice!
This was great, really helped today. Thank you so much 🙏
I am so happy to hear it helped! You are very welcome and thank you for joining me - Peace, Aprille
Hips feel more open. Surprised at how tight they were!
So glad this practice helped Karen and thank you for joining me today for practice. Peace, Aprille
thank you gorgeous Aprille xx just checking in whether this is a practice to use when the periformis / sciatica is playing up - feeling inflamed and painful at the moment xx thank you i so love your practices xx
You are very welcome. Different people disagree on whether to gently stretch the area while in a flareup or to let it rest. I really say go with your intuition. If it feels better to stretch the area then absolutely continue but if you feel more burning or pain while stretching it - I recommend giving it a little time to heal. Sometimes if you know you are prone to these, it helps to use these poses to keep the area mobile to lessen the discomfort associated. I hope you feel MUCH better soon and thank you for sharing your time with me today. Peace, Aprille
Love this practice! Well, winged dragon not so much lol, but it's effective so✨😉. Thanks as always Aprille🙏❤️
That dragon, right? It does work though and after awhile, I can say it no longer bothers me very much. Perhaps for you too? Thanks for joining me and have a wonderful and peaceful weekend! Peace, Aprille 💖🙏🙂
This was my first class of yours and I did enjoy it! I have been experiencing a lot of tightness/pain in my right hip, and I'm not sure it my piriformis is the issue, but I though it couldn't hurt. I have one question, is there a reason you don't have any background music? I know I could set up my own, but just getting to the mat is a struggle sometimes, and the stark silence was hard in my house full of craziness. Regardless, I have been looking for some more yin practices, since I am running through the videos of another yin youtube practitioner I follow, and I do look forward to doing more of your classes.
Thank you for joining me Gina and welcome to this amazing community! I am so glad you joined me for practice. I choose to not include background music because people's taste in music and the choice to have nor not have is SO very personal. What one person loves, another is irritated by and some people strongly prefer no music. I feel giving everyone the option to choose what works best for them is more open ended and offers more options for everyone. Wishing you the best - Peace, Aprille
Thanks Aprille. Great session. Quick question - if the one of the muscles you are working cramps up during a pose, do you recommend working through it with breathing or releasing?
Thank you! I always try to take a few breaths to see if it will release but if not then come out and massage it a bit. Sometimes shifting positions slightly can help too. Adjust and see if you can find a position that is cramp free. Have a fabulous week! Peace, Aprille
I love your kitty.
What is kitties name ?
Thank you! His name is Patrick.
@@YogaRangerStudio Hi Patrick ! You are gorgeous.
Should I hold as long you do? I feel uncomfortable.
Yin Yoga is a practice filled with discomfort so if you are feeling emotionally or physically uncomfortable, notice your breath and focus on all of the sensations you are experiencing - physical and emotional. If you feel sharp shooting pain or pain that makes it so you cannot catch your breath, then you should come out of the pose(s) when you feel that. If you are looking for a relaxing, deeply restful practice, I would recommend Restorative Yoga as that is all about deep comfort. Thanks for joining me - Peace, Aprille
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Thank you for sharing this practice with me! Peace, Aprille
I get piriformis before i get pregnant. and now i'm 5 weeks pregnant. what can I do at home?
Congratulations! Yosi, you can use simple poses like pigeon|swan|sleeping swan to help relieve discomfort. Even poses like figure 4 on your back while in bed can relieve the discomfort and you can also use tennis balls to apply acupressure to the area. Always discuss these poses with your healthcare practitioner. Checkout my prenatal Yin practice for more ideas to practice during your pregnancy. Thank you for joining me! Peace, Aprille