@@lentionallka1114 it probably just has to do with creating the muscle memory of doing it. My recommendation would be to use a yoga strap just above the elbows on your upper arms. Have the loop of the strap no wider than shoulder width distance. This will keep the elbows from going wide and allow for the transition to be easier. Once you have the lifting of the knees down, feel free to ditch the strap. Give it a try and let me know how it goes.
You are correct with the Sanskrit. Most western yoga practices call crow pose “bakasana” so I went with what more of my students would recognize in this video
I have a question, is yoga good for professional male ballet dancer? I wanna improve my power for the lift with the girl, but I wanna also keep the muscle long e flexible. thank you
Hi Elia, my answer would be “it depends”. It depends on how you practice. If you are practicing a style of yoga that emphasizes flexibility over strength, you might not increase the strength. If you practice a style that emphasizes strength over flexibility you might lose some mobility. What I would focus on if I was you would be whatever style you practice, when your “stretching” add strength in the stretch by activating the muscles that are lengthening. This way you are getting stronger while working flexibility. Make sense? In my classes on my channel you’ll practice this way to give you a feel of what I’m talking about.
You have a weird form to your handstand. Your shoulders make an angle, you are leaning forward, and your back compensate by doing a banana shape. Is it a lack of shoulder mobility or were you doing this intentionally?
Hi Gael! When you are in crow, your shoulders are forward at an angle so when you press up to handstand from your shoulders start at that angle and you work to bring them back. If you have a lack of shoulder mobility it will limit how far you can bring the shoulders back over the wrist which does in turn create the banana shape in the back to help with the balance. Since I wanted to keep the video shorter, and it wasn’t a handstand form video, I didn’t hang in handstand long enough to correct the form. I wanted to show and help people with the transition. But you are right, if I was working the form of my handstand, I would’ve fixed those things 😃
This was a really well done explanation. It will help me greatly on my path. Thank you.
Awesome! Happy to help 🙏
This is a nice, frank tutorial. Good job :)
Thank you! Glad you liked it!
Thank you very much.
You're welcome
Ok thanks Tate. I’ll try it...
Give it a go and let me know how it goes Ben!
@@TateEnglundYoga hello I can hold the crow about 1 minute but I can't lift my knees is this any problem with flexibility or it requires more practice
@@lentionallka1114 it probably just has to do with creating the muscle memory of doing it. My recommendation would be to use a yoga strap just above the elbows on your upper arms. Have the loop of the strap no wider than shoulder width distance. This will keep the elbows from going wide and allow for the transition to be easier. Once you have the lifting of the knees down, feel free to ditch the strap. Give it a try and let me know how it goes.
@@TateEnglundYoga ok I'll give it a try,thank you
do you need to know how to handstand before doing this? I can do crow, but hard to do a headstand
I definitely think it would be really helpful to be able to handstand before this or at least have some control on your handstand kick ups.
Crow is called "kaka"
and crane is called "baka" in Sanskrit.
So crow pose is called "kaka aasan"
You are correct with the Sanskrit. Most western yoga practices call crow pose “bakasana” so I went with what more of my students would recognize in this video
Should I try and hold the crow pose longer to build up to this? At the moment I can do 30 seconds
Definitely keep trying to hold crow longer. How is your jump back to plank from crow?
I have a question, is yoga good for professional male ballet dancer? I wanna improve my power for the lift with the girl, but I wanna also keep the muscle long e flexible. thank you
Hi Elia, my answer would be “it depends”. It depends on how you practice. If you are practicing a style of yoga that emphasizes flexibility over strength, you might not increase the strength. If you practice a style that emphasizes strength over flexibility you might lose some mobility. What I would focus on if I was you would be whatever style you practice, when your “stretching” add strength in the stretch by activating the muscles that are lengthening. This way you are getting stronger while working flexibility. Make sense? In my classes on my channel you’ll practice this way to give you a feel of what I’m talking about.
When I raise my legs, they are not vertical.
You might be trying to straigthen them too early. Make sure your knees are vertical before trying to straigthen the legs
You have a weird form to your handstand. Your shoulders make an angle, you are leaning forward, and your back compensate by doing a banana shape. Is it a lack of shoulder mobility or were you doing this intentionally?
Hi Gael! When you are in crow, your shoulders are forward at an angle so when you press up to handstand from your shoulders start at that angle and you work to bring them back. If you have a lack of shoulder mobility it will limit how far you can bring the shoulders back over the wrist which does in turn create the banana shape in the back to help with the balance. Since I wanted to keep the video shorter, and it wasn’t a handstand form video, I didn’t hang in handstand long enough to correct the form. I wanted to show and help people with the transition. But you are right, if I was working the form of my handstand, I would’ve fixed those things 😃
It makes sens. Thanks for clarifying!
You’re welcome!!