No matter how old your instruction videos are they are spot on. Always helps me add that little tweak that is much needed to improve my asana. Thank you dear Shana
Bonnie thank you so much! This is great to hear! Have you tried my Vimeo channel of full-length classes? It gives you the strength, flexibility, and balance to be able to execute all the poses I explain on RUclips. I would love it if you tried it out! :) vimeo.com/ondemand/yogathletica
Thanks Shana! You're the best yoga instructor ever! Love your detailed explanation of the poses & of course your humor! You make yoga so accessible & fun!!
wow, angepetals, thank you so much! really...you made my (and my ego's) day. ;) glad you have fun with the videos...it's important to me that people enjoy the practice, don't take asana too seriously, and find the playfulness in the poses...because that's when we are able to really open up, drop expectations and just go for it! :D
Extremely well done. Impressive teaching. I have been open and strong enough for a year to do titibasana, yet a struggle still. 1.5 watches of your video and using the legs crossed modification to build strength and titibasana is no longer a problem.
Namaste from Mumbai! i could do this pose today (finally) only because of your detailed instructions. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. Not only this posture but my hand stand was also possible because of you.
glad this video helped your falllonyourbuttasana! with the "chatauranga arms", what i mean is to get very low in preparation for the pose, bend the elbows 90 degrees as you are sitting down on the arms. if this pose is intimidating, keep the arms that bent. but then you will be very to the ground. so...once your feet are off the floor, straightening the arms will give you the lift and core stability for the final posture.
wow incredible explanation of this pose, the best I have seen in the web. You are a yoga goddess (or maybe just a goddess who does yoga) thanks for taking the time to create this videos.
(a) lots of hamstring stretches (b) don't think about straightening the leg by pushing at the knee, but rather by pulling the heels from the hips (d) you can do this with bent knees ;)
Hi Shana, I always love your videos and get so much from them. My question is about the part of Bhujepidasana (the way Ashtangis do) between the crossed leg balance and firefly, where you put your head near the ground. Do you practice that? I could use your insight with that piece of it. Thx. Sue
Hi Sue! Though everyone thinks I'm an Ashtangi, and though I have taught workshops at many Ashtanga studios around the globe, I'm actually not an Ashtangi. 😬 I don't practice that version, but do you have specific questions about it? Maybe I will work on it and make a video for you!
@@YOGAthletica i would love it if you could explain it in your way. If you watch pattahbi jois ashtanga primary or youa kitchen, david he does it on you tube under bhujapidasana but if i get my head lowered and my feet crossed and back, i can't seem to get back up. No prob with titibasana to bakasana. Just that 1 spot
Dear Shana, would you be so sweet as to upload a video of a whole class that you practice/teach? I would love to practice with you...75-120 minutes....anything! Cheers! and thanks.
easier said than done. :/ even to upload one of these ten minute videos takes about 3 hours. hopefully one day i will have a video that people can buy. meanwhile, most of my videos are entire sequences that can be built into any practice...hope that helps. :)
shana meyerson thanks very much for the quick reply. I would love to buy one of your productions once it becomes available. until then keep watching the gems you have uploaded. Much much gratitude, yogi friend!
thanks, angelaa m! :D it's funny, for some reason i almost didn't post this video...in fact, it sat on my computer for a few months before i did post...but people seem to like it, so i'm glad i did. :D
you did? that's awesome! there are three arm balances that i would consider '"foundation" poses: this one, crow (yoga crow arm balance instruction - shana meyerson of yogathletica for yogaearth terraflow), and eka pada koundinyasana (yoga arm balance split - eka pada koundinyasana 2 with shana meyerson YOGAthletica). let me know when you get all three and i'll give you other suggestions. :)
Shana, your videos are awesome and helped so much with my arm balance practice. Wonder if there's any chance that you can do a video on Koundinyasana I or II? I've been practising for 4 years but still find it incredibly heavy and impossible to get into these poses!
I love your videos-this one is REALLY helpful (my pet name for bhujapidansana is fallonmybuttasana b/c that's what I always do). Everything you say here makes so much sense. I have a question: you say to use chaturanga arms, but do you then straighten them in bhujapidansana as you do in titibasana? It's hard to see what you're doing from that angle. Thanks.
hey shana! I love your videos and cant wait to slowly but surly progress in skills by following your guidlines :) i tried this one out just to see but cant get my shoulders behind my back sue to lack in back flexibility because of my scoliosis, than again im not warmed up so that could be it but i wanted to ask if you have any suggestions on good way to warm up those muscles to increase my flexibility
sorry i didn't reply to the first comment...i didn't see it! some great shoulder openers are eagle (garudasana) arms and cow face (gumukhasana) arms. backbends and twists are great, too, for opening the spine. remember on this one, getting the shoulders under the knees is ideal and makes the pose easier. but as long as your knees are at least above your elbows, you can still do this pose. :)
thank you! I will try once again tomorrow after once im warmed up and try those stretches :) love your videos and the step by step explination! Best i've seen
I do wrist flexibility and wrist strengthening warm ups before I attempt any of the poses that I'm learning from the Most excellent SHANA... smile. I also put a foam block behind me because I fall on my can every time I try this pose.... makes me laugh.
Love your video so much! i tried it out but i think my hands arent strong enough to do this for first try. Thanks so much! im finding ur headstand instruction but i hvnt finded out yet.
pham huyen everything comes with practice....including the strength! not sure what you are saying about the headstand instruction...you can't find the video...? here is a headstand video: ruclips.net/video/Cd3_c2QdzZ0/видео.html or do you mean handstand...? :)
Hey I’m really sorry to bother you, I was wondering if u have a vid or idea about how to come up on ones feet without using hands, how u might roll up from ur back into like a squatting position, I hope that makes sense, and thanks again for all ur tricks, u have really helped me!!
hey jim! i have that in some of my vimeo videos, but haven't made that for youtube. will consider it! mostly it is a function of open hips and achilles tendons...and good knees! you may want to consider my vimeo, as it is full-length classes that prepare you in all aspects for any posture. the one-off tutorials i do here on youtube generally assume an all-around practice that prepares you for the flexibility, balance and strength elements required for accessibility. try it! your entire practice will change!
I don't have the flexibility, yet, to get my leg over my shoulder. Any recommendations on what I should work on? I'm going to watch your video 5 poses for tight shoulders next. Your videos are great. My goal during this COVID 19 is expand my yoga practice
thanks! if you really want to expand your practice, i recommend my full length-classes on vimeo: vimeo.com/ondemand/yogathletica doing one-off poses is great, but the classes build the flexibility and strength to get you into all these things i show on youtube. as to this pose...most likely the tightness is in your hamstrings, rather than your shoulders. or maybe both! i have all sorts of leg stretches on my legs playlist: ruclips.net/video/puMWvd6kN8M/видео.html maybe start with paschimottanasana: ruclips.net/video/5v9xN7LX1lI/видео.html more than anything, keep working this one if this one is your goal. it comes in time. :)
iit's my day two in practicing yoga and amazing.. you teach very well. im shock im able to carry myself with my two hands but i just can't raise my legs yet cause im still balancing.. any tips in how raising the legs easier? which one should i improve?
awesome that you shocked yourself! i love it! practice regularly and you will shock and amaze yourself regularly! :) as to the legs, it's a little hard for me to comment without seeing what you are doing. if you want to post a video here, i can look at it and give you specific tips. more than anything, arm balances are about TRUST. staying calm & trusting your ability to do ANYTHING! :)
shana meyerson still loock ur videos.u r beautifull.i like that u explain verry well.all yogys just shows what thwy can do but to realy teach u ...that is something.namaste
Hey Shana, Love all your videos. I have the hardest time getting my leg over my shoulder in almost every pose. Im a flexible, semi strong yogini and can't figure out how to get my shoulder snuggled in for this pose or eka pada sirasana. I feel so close but I'm missing something. Also this is pretty intense on the wrist and I have tendinitis, any suggestion to help keep them safe?
hi, Cara Winget. thanks for your note and so awesome to hear that you are enjoying the videos. :) for getting the leg over your shoulder, a couple questions: 1. can you do it when sitting down (such as in astavakrasana, ruclips.net/video/meizGcM4MrE/видео.html)? or is it hard there, too? 2. you tried the thing with using the webby part of your hand for leverage to squish you in? that really helps? if the answer to (1) is no and (2) is yes, then you may want to work on your hip openers (ruclips.net/video/DSzyn87J5-I/видео.html) to help create flexibility to get lower down in there. also, be sure you are rounding your spine when snuggling in. we don't round our spines often in yoga, but this is one place that we do. once you get your shoulder way under there, then the spine can start to elongate again. that will not only help the spine, but give you more leverage to lift the leg, as well. with the wrists, that's a bit of a harder one. general rule is to turn your hands outwards a little (and make sure they never turn in!), using the direction of the middle finger as your gauge. in some other poses, you can come up onto fist knuckles to neutralize the wrist, but it wouldn't really work in this pose. the wrist discomfort is something a lot of people need to work through to overcome. we don't extend our wrists very often in life, so it's a weird action already. now add your whole body weight on top of it and therein lies the problem. generally, over time the pain will go away...if it's something you can work through without excessive or unbearable pain, or the chance of actual injury, it may be worth it. hope that helps! :)
I can't know what the issue is without seeing you, but you may want to work on hip openers: ruclips.net/video/DSzyn87J5-I/видео.html and forward bends: ruclips.net/video/5v9xN7LX1lI/видео.html Overall...I recommend that you have a strong and comprehensive practice. This pose-by-pose instruction assumes you have a broader yoga practice. You may want to check out my full-length classes on Vimeo to prepare you for all the poses I teach here on RUclips. :). vimeo.com/ondemand/yogathletica
Shana what is the most important things to practice as for me beginner? I really wish to learn crow pose but it only takes me 2-3 seconds then i fell off .. im too heavy i cant carry my weight
hi windyrain, as a beginner, i would say the best place to start is with sun salutations. you can see my video (beginning yoga sun salutation instruction - shana meyerson YOGAthletica) to help. salutations are great for building arm strength, spinal and shoulder opening, core engagement, and leg lengthening/stretching. arm balances and inversions are really fun, but they are great after you've mastered the basics. as to crow...did you see my crow video (yoga crow arm balance instruction - shana meyerson of yogathletica for yogaearth terraflow)? that is the most fundamental of arm balances and a great first one to master.
Be sure to press your chest forward and stretch your legs long (pressing through your feet) to balance what is in front with what is in back. 🙏 and keep with it...sometimes it may take a while of dedicated practice to get it. 🙏
my upper body is pretty long compared to my legs..there is just no way to manage placing my calves on my shoulders. any suggestions? unfortunately our bodies have limits but just because God wasn't blessing me with long legs I do not wanna give up on this pose. namaste.
+Dora Lazi it's true that we all have natural body proportions that will make some poses easy and others hard...i have long legs and short torso, so it makes sense that it would be naturally easier for me. the good news about shorter legs in proportion to your upper body is that they are easier to lift. your longer torso brings you higher in the air and shorter legs don't have as far to travel to get off the floor. now, to do this pose, you don't actually have to get your shoulders behind your legs. you just have to at least get your legs above your elbows. also...you don't have to give up on the pose! often poses will come if you just keep trying and trying. i literally have poses that i worked on every day for YEARS before i got them. never give up. you can do it. maybe today, maybe next week, maybe in ten years. but you can do it! meantime, enjoy trying. :)
+Ziad Xiad try doing it with blocks behind your feet...it makes it easier to "reach the ground" so to speak...i just posted a photo of a student doing that on my yogathletica instagram account...
sorry! i have tried my best to fix the sound in later videos...it's hard, as my camera has no external mike connection and empty rooms with wood floors tend to echo. sorry!
This was one of my first videos. Since then, I started covering my floor with mats and blankets to tamp some of the echo. I have also switched both my cameras (twice) and mics (twice). There is no easy solution. :/
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I love your teaching style. I follow your tricks and they are really helpful. Gratitude and regards.
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Your explanations are straight from the heart. Namaste from Mumbai.
thank you. i try to keep it real. :) namaste to mumbai!
No matter how old your instruction videos are they are spot on. Always helps me add that little tweak that is much needed to improve my asana. Thank you dear Shana
Bonnie thank you so much! This is great to hear! Have you tried my Vimeo channel of full-length classes? It gives you the strength, flexibility, and balance to be able to execute all the poses I explain on RUclips. I would love it if you tried it out! :)
vimeo.com/ondemand/yogathletica
I always watch your videos when it comes to yoga and they always help me a lot
in syniah's big world that is so awesome to hear! i really appreciate that and am so glad the videos help you! :D
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Thanks Shana! You're the best yoga instructor ever! Love your detailed explanation of the poses & of course your humor! You make yoga so accessible & fun!!
wow, angepetals, thank you so much! really...you made my (and my ego's) day. ;)
glad you have fun with the videos...it's important to me that people enjoy the practice, don't take asana too seriously, and find the playfulness in the poses...because that's when we are able to really open up, drop expectations and just go for it! :D
Extremely well done. Impressive teaching. I have been open and strong enough for a year to do titibasana, yet a struggle still. 1.5 watches of your video and using the legs crossed modification to build strength and titibasana is no longer a problem.
that is so awesome to hear, chris! thank you for sharing!!! :)
Namaste from Mumbai! i could do this pose today (finally) only because of your detailed instructions. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. Not only this posture but my hand stand was also possible because of you.
Hema Shankar thanks for sharing! You just made me so happy! 💗 awesome!
Awesome teaching from a very gifted teacher! Thanks Shana.:)
Andrew Knight thank you...as always! ❤️
this video solved my confusion to this asana.
+Black Happiness awesome! :D
glad this video helped your falllonyourbuttasana! with the "chatauranga arms", what i mean is to get very low in preparation for the pose, bend the elbows 90 degrees as you are sitting down on the arms. if this pose is intimidating, keep the arms that bent. but then you will be very to the ground. so...once your feet are off the floor, straightening the arms will give you the lift and core stability for the final posture.
wow incredible explanation of this pose, the best I have seen in the web. You are a yoga goddess (or maybe just a goddess who does yoga) thanks for taking the time to create this videos.
thank you, clementwarrior ! :D
i'm not really a goddess of any sort...i just play one on tv. ;)
(a) lots of hamstring stretches
(b) don't think about straightening the leg by pushing at the knee, but rather by pulling the heels from the hips
(d) you can do this with bent knees ;)
Great!!! Thank you for this inspirational video!!!
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Hi Shana, I always love your videos and get so much from them. My question is about the part of Bhujepidasana (the way Ashtangis do) between the crossed leg balance and firefly, where you put your head near the ground. Do you practice that? I could use your insight with that piece of it. Thx. Sue
Hi Sue! Though everyone thinks I'm an Ashtangi, and though I have taught workshops at many Ashtanga studios around the globe, I'm actually not an Ashtangi. 😬 I don't practice that version, but do you have specific questions about it? Maybe I will work on it and make a video for you!
@@YOGAthletica i would love it if you could explain it in your way. If you watch pattahbi jois ashtanga primary or youa kitchen, david he does it on you tube under bhujapidasana but if i get my head lowered and my feet crossed and back, i can't seem to get back up. No prob with titibasana to bakasana. Just that 1 spot
@@susanreynolds6256 will check it out!
Really cool , several tries on the floor o g, but then used blocks and it was super fun, thanks for teaching me this,❤️❤️
Awesome! Thanks!
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muy bien! gracias...from los angeles! :D
Brilliant explanation and optional poses, thanks 🙏🏼
thank you! glad you enjoyed it!
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This was a great help. Thank you.
you're welcome, Joy Elvin ! thanks for the note!
Dear Shana, would you be so sweet as to upload a video of a whole class that you practice/teach? I would love to practice with you...75-120 minutes....anything! Cheers! and thanks.
easier said than done. :/ even to upload one of these ten minute videos takes about 3 hours. hopefully one day i will have a video that people can buy. meanwhile, most of my videos are entire sequences that can be built into any practice...hope that helps. :)
shana meyerson thanks very much for the quick reply. I would love to buy one of your productions once it becomes available. until then keep watching the gems you have uploaded. Much much gratitude, yogi friend!
:D sending big love for the support!
Hi Shana, great video! Is it normal for the shoulders to be turned inwards since the legs are putting pressure on them? thanks
Yes! Totally normal! 🤗🤗🤗
@@YOGAthletica thank you!
Thank You Shana..~Your a Yogini Sweetie~Your instructions are always spot on..
thanks, angelaa m! :D
it's funny, for some reason i almost didn't post this video...in fact, it sat on my computer for a few months before i did post...but people seem to like it, so i'm glad i did. :D
OMG I done it the first time thx so much! Can you suggest what I can try next??
you did? that's awesome!
there are three arm balances that i would consider '"foundation" poses:
this one, crow (yoga crow arm balance instruction - shana meyerson of yogathletica for yogaearth terraflow), and eka pada koundinyasana (yoga arm balance split - eka pada koundinyasana 2 with shana meyerson YOGAthletica).
let me know when you get all three and i'll give you other suggestions. :)
Shana, your videos are awesome and helped so much with my arm balance practice. Wonder if there's any chance that you can do a video on Koundinyasana I or II? I've been practising for 4 years but still find it incredibly heavy and impossible to get into these poses!
I love your videos-this one is REALLY helpful (my pet name for bhujapidansana is fallonmybuttasana b/c that's what I always do). Everything you say here makes so much sense. I have a question: you say to use chaturanga arms, but do you then straighten them in bhujapidansana as you do in titibasana? It's hard to see what you're doing from that angle. Thanks.
LOVE IT !!! Thank you
thanks, marc! so glad it helped!
hey shana! I love your videos and cant wait to slowly but surly progress in skills by following your guidlines :) i tried this one out just to see but cant get my shoulders behind my back sue to lack in back flexibility because of my scoliosis, than again im not warmed up so that could be it but i wanted to ask if you have any suggestions on good way to warm up those muscles to increase my flexibility
tried again recently with my muscles warmed up and was closer but not quite there yet
gabriella soares
closer is great! keep trying and eventually closer becomes the whole pose! :)
sorry i didn't reply to the first comment...i didn't see it! some great shoulder openers are eagle (garudasana) arms and cow face (gumukhasana) arms. backbends and twists are great, too, for opening the spine.
remember on this one, getting the shoulders under the knees is ideal and makes the pose easier. but as long as your knees are at least above your elbows, you can still do this pose. :)
thank you! I will try once again tomorrow after once im warmed up and try those stretches :) love your videos and the step by step explination! Best i've seen
thank you! :D
I do wrist flexibility and wrist strengthening warm ups before I attempt any of the poses that I'm learning from the Most excellent SHANA... smile. I also put a foam block behind me because I fall on my can every time I try this pose.... makes me laugh.
you are always laughing and smiling...that's what makes you a yogi! :D
Love your video so much! i tried it out but i think my hands arent strong enough to do this for first try. Thanks so much! im finding ur headstand instruction but i hvnt finded out yet.
pham huyen everything comes with practice....including the strength!
not sure what you are saying about the headstand instruction...you can't find the video...?
here is a headstand video: ruclips.net/video/Cd3_c2QdzZ0/видео.html
or do you mean handstand...? :)
Hey I’m really sorry to bother you, I was wondering if u have a vid or idea about how to come up on ones feet without using hands, how u might roll up from ur back into like a squatting position, I hope that makes sense, and thanks again for all ur tricks, u have really helped me!!
hey jim! i have that in some of my vimeo videos, but haven't made that for youtube. will consider it! mostly it is a function of open hips and achilles tendons...and good knees!
you may want to consider my vimeo, as it is full-length classes that prepare you in all aspects for any posture.
the one-off tutorials i do here on youtube generally assume an all-around practice that prepares you for the flexibility, balance and strength elements required for accessibility.
try it! your entire practice will change!
I like how the "om" hovers over your yogi head!
I don't have the flexibility, yet, to get my leg over my shoulder. Any recommendations on what I should work on? I'm going to watch your video 5 poses for tight shoulders next.
Your videos are great. My goal during this COVID 19 is expand my yoga practice
thanks!
if you really want to expand your practice, i recommend my full length-classes on vimeo: vimeo.com/ondemand/yogathletica
doing one-off poses is great, but the classes build the flexibility and strength to get you into all these things i show on youtube.
as to this pose...most likely the tightness is in your hamstrings, rather than your shoulders. or maybe both! i have all sorts of leg stretches on my legs playlist: ruclips.net/video/puMWvd6kN8M/видео.html
maybe start with paschimottanasana: ruclips.net/video/5v9xN7LX1lI/видео.html
more than anything, keep working this one if this one is your goal. it comes in time. :)
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mojgan mirhadi so great to hear! 💗💗💗💗
iit's my day two in practicing yoga and amazing.. you teach very well. im shock im able to carry myself with my two hands but i just can't raise my legs yet cause im still balancing.. any tips in how raising the legs easier? which one should i improve?
awesome that you shocked yourself! i love it! practice regularly and you will shock and amaze yourself regularly! :)
as to the legs, it's a little hard for me to comment without seeing what you are doing. if you want to post a video here, i can look at it and give you specific tips. more than anything, arm balances are about TRUST. staying calm & trusting your ability to do ANYTHING! :)
Thanks Shanna.. you are amazing and beautiful woman.. you inspires me! I would try to practice and make time for this!
@kay sparkles, you are a certified studmuffin!
verry good explicación.
thanks, maria! :)
shana meyerson still loock ur videos.u r beautifull.i like that u explain verry well.all yogys just shows what thwy can do but to realy teach u ...that is something.namaste
that's my whole goal! so glad it hit home! :)
Hey Shana,
Love all your videos. I have the hardest time getting my leg over my shoulder in almost every pose. Im a flexible, semi strong yogini and can't figure out how to get my shoulder snuggled in for this pose or eka pada sirasana. I feel so close but I'm missing something. Also this is pretty intense on the wrist and I have tendinitis, any suggestion to help keep them safe?
hi, Cara Winget. thanks for your note and so awesome to hear that you are enjoying the videos. :)
for getting the leg over your shoulder, a couple questions:
1. can you do it when sitting down (such as in astavakrasana, ruclips.net/video/meizGcM4MrE/видео.html)? or is it hard there, too?
2. you tried the thing with using the webby part of your hand for leverage to squish you in? that really helps?
if the answer to (1) is no and (2) is yes, then you may want to work on your hip openers (ruclips.net/video/DSzyn87J5-I/видео.html) to help create flexibility to get lower down in there.
also, be sure you are rounding your spine when snuggling in. we don't round our spines often in yoga, but this is one place that we do. once you get your shoulder way under there, then the spine can start to elongate again. that will not only help the spine, but give you more leverage to lift the leg, as well.
with the wrists, that's a bit of a harder one.
general rule is to turn your hands outwards a little (and make sure they never turn in!), using the direction of the middle finger as your gauge. in some other poses, you can come up onto fist knuckles to neutralize the wrist, but it wouldn't really work in this pose.
the wrist discomfort is something a lot of people need to work through to overcome.
we don't extend our wrists very often in life, so it's a weird action already. now add your whole body weight on top of it and therein lies the problem.
generally, over time the pain will go away...if it's something you can work through without excessive or unbearable pain, or the chance of actual injury, it may be worth it.
hope that helps! :)
Thanks for the video! For some reason i just can't straighten my legs, they always stay bend. Do you know how to work this?
shana meyerson Are you internally or externally rotating your legs when your extending you legs?
they are in a slight external rotation (and have no choice), but are hugging midline.
Shana i cant bring my leg over my shoulder. Please give some idea..🙏
I can't know what the issue is without seeing you, but you may want to work on hip openers: ruclips.net/video/DSzyn87J5-I/видео.html
and forward bends: ruclips.net/video/5v9xN7LX1lI/видео.html
Overall...I recommend that you have a strong and comprehensive practice.
This pose-by-pose instruction assumes you have a broader yoga practice.
You may want to check out my full-length classes on Vimeo to prepare you for all the poses I teach here on RUclips. :). vimeo.com/ondemand/yogathletica
"Squish, plop", lol Of COURSE! I love your explanations =)
Shana what is the most important things to practice as for me beginner?
I really wish to learn crow pose but it only takes me 2-3 seconds then i fell off .. im too heavy i cant carry my weight
hi windyrain, as a beginner, i would say the best place to start is with sun salutations. you can see my video (beginning yoga sun salutation instruction - shana meyerson YOGAthletica) to help. salutations are great for building arm strength, spinal and shoulder opening, core engagement, and leg lengthening/stretching.
arm balances and inversions are really fun, but they are great after you've mastered the basics.
as to crow...did you see my crow video (yoga crow arm balance instruction - shana meyerson of yogathletica for yogaearth terraflow)? that is the most fundamental of arm balances and a great first one to master.
i'm surprised, too! i must have been having a very serious moment. ;)
Ma'am I am trying to do this pose..but I am falling behind the moment I try to lift my legs..even with yoga blocks it is happening so
Be sure to press your chest forward and stretch your legs long (pressing through your feet) to balance what is in front with what is in back. 🙏 and keep with it...sometimes it may take a while of dedicated practice to get it. 🙏
@@YOGAthletica thanks alot ma'am will keep these key points in mind.🙏
my upper body is pretty long compared to my legs..there is just no way to manage placing my calves on my shoulders. any suggestions? unfortunately our bodies have limits but just because God wasn't blessing me with long legs I do not wanna give up on this pose. namaste.
+Dora Lazi it's true that we all have natural body proportions that will make some poses easy and others hard...i have long legs and short torso, so it makes sense that it would be naturally easier for me.
the good news about shorter legs in proportion to your upper body is that they are easier to lift. your longer torso brings you higher in the air and shorter legs don't have as far to travel to get off the floor.
now, to do this pose, you don't actually have to get your shoulders behind your legs. you just have to at least get your legs above your elbows.
also...you don't have to give up on the pose! often poses will come if you just keep trying and trying. i literally have poses that i worked on every day for YEARS before i got them. never give up. you can do it. maybe today, maybe next week, maybe in ten years. but you can do it!
meantime, enjoy trying. :)
thank you for your positive motivation :-)
let me know how it goes!
I am not flexible enough to get my shoulders underneath the legs ..any suggestions
+Ziad Xiad try doing it with blocks behind your feet...it makes it easier to "reach the ground" so to speak...i just posted a photo of a student doing that on my yogathletica instagram account...
shana meyerson super fast reply! Thanks Shana ..I'll give it a try .. unfortunately I have very tight hips
Ziad Xiad i have a video for that, too! ;) ruclips.net/video/DSzyn87J5-I/видео.html
hope that helps! :D
Right on! I need that so much ..Thanks Shana!!!
help me I can't do wheel pose
i have a video to help!
ruclips.net/video/ffZRkEo46_Y/видео.html
I can do this I think this is called thitipasana
awesome! ❤️ in all yoga traditions we call it titibhasana in America. but different countries may approach the spelling differently. 🙏
I'm surprised you didn't clap your feet together like seal... I would have enjoyed that ;)
great videos, girl... keep them coming.
I'm normal !
Mavis AHOR 😅😂🤣💗💗💗
I can't watch because listening hurts. & then it echoes:(
sorry! i have tried my best to fix the sound in later videos...it's hard, as my camera has no external mike connection and empty rooms with wood floors tend to echo. sorry!
GREAT TUTORIAL! HOWEVER, WAY TOO MUCH ECHO!!
I am so sorry about the sound! I have tried two new mics solutions for my newest videos and have struggled against the echo always. I do what I can. 🙏
Hi again. I appreciate your effort concerning the sound. However, furniture and some textures would help a lot I think. Greetings from Sweden🇸🇪
It is my yoga studio...it can’t have furniture or fixtures. Try my newer videos. :)
shana meyerson I understand the problem but would tapestry on the Walls work!? I’ll check out your newer videos. Thank you for answering me!!!🙏
This was one of my first videos. Since then, I started covering my floor with mats and blankets to tamp some of the echo. I have also switched both my cameras (twice) and mics (twice). There is no easy solution. :/
i got a easier way