I've totally damaged my wrists by doing yoga last year with teachers who don't stop to take time to ensure people are doing all of this safely. Now this year I can barely text on my phone without my wrists and elbow becoming painful, and I've had to start doing "no wrists yoga" which thankfully this channel has available. Thank you so much for this channel and these videos teaching us properly!
Finally someone shows me modified version I can start with, knees down. I hear people say knee down but couldn't figure on my own how to do it. I love yoga but I am very beginner and I find I must go online and research for tutorials on certain moves like this so I can practice on my own and reallt be able to do more effectively in the local classes. The teachers in my class come around to help but it is a group class so it's not total one on one. Thanks for this video. I'm excited to practice this in the morning. I need to record myself so I can see if I'm stacked properly !
Wow I’ve seen the move forward in another video, but didn’t really get it until you explained that to me. I need one of these videos for every pose 😬😂 thanks again Richard
pain is a difficult topic to talk about when it comes to certain positions. the body is soo incredible capable of doing a lot of positions. even when you go to chaturanga or push ups not pushed forwards so the ellbow is not in the "right" angle. its true that it is more compressed and more pressure but it just shows you that your body needs training or movement in other parts of your arm or upper body. pain alway is a very good sign that something is not working good or is not well trained or your brain just gives you little amount of movement. and pain is never the center of the problem. it is the muscle and tendons and everything near around and far around that pain. for me it is the best thing to get to know my body! i dont want to say that you are not right. the truth is in every kind of angle how you see your body. still this is so good that you show how to do it right but you can look beyond that "false" positions and learn a lot from your body! thank you
I practicsed the flow as described and makes a huge difference.. I am able to do few with knees down and few without the knees down... Wonderful explanation... Shifting forward!!!!
Outstanding explanation! Thx!!! Specially to set the knees down. My shoulders and arms are weak. Helped me a lot!! You made a positive change in my life!!!
Excellent tutorial. Great, sound advice and technique. I trained with a doctor of PT for many years. These are the exact instructions she would give for this posture. In most of my classes I break the pose down( similar to what you did). Flo can attest, holding those positions will kick you butt! And it will also, potentially, keep you in injured.
Have you guys ever considered doing a similar tutorial on Dolphin Pose? I love the pose and the way you can flow into chaturanga, BUT the position of the shoulder blades and the arm rotation leaves me puzzled sometimes. Just a thought! Love the channel!
i'm actually a beginner and i did in fact make those two big mistakes while practicing this. i started to have pain in the upper arm region. i'm doing chaturanga properly for a couple of days now and the pain slowly goes away. i also feel progress every day. i really struggled doing a single chaturanga at first. it's still very hard to hold it for a couple of seconds and then get back up again, but i can do a couple in a row now, flowing from down dog to chaturanga, to either plank or up dog and repeat.
I recently started watching RU-vid videos and then suddenly I saw your videos. I must say I am became fan of you guys. ❤ . I love the ways you guys teaches yoga 🧘♂️ in easiest form . Simple sweet and crisp. I started running 🏃♂️ few months back for my fitness goal and I am started looking for strength exercise routines at home which help me to improve my running as well as improve my core strength/ fitness. I amhopeful practicing yoga will help me to improve my fitness level which will impact positively my running 🏃♂️ also. If you guys have any specific yoga pose which you can advise me , I will really appreciate that. Once again both of you ❤ are lovely together and you teaches yoga very well. Thanks and keep posting more yoga videos .
Thanks for the tutorial but I have a question that I was hoping you could clarify for me. I come from a calisthenics background wherein if you aren't essentially touching your chest to the ground you're kinda doing a cheat pushup. For Chaturanga you are saying I should not break the 90 degree plane. This is very counterintuitive for me, especially because bodyweight workouts are all about making your leverage worse so that you have to work harder to keep progressing reps, strength, and muscle. So far from following your videos for about 4-5 months my shoulders feel better than in years of calisthenics. Maybe it's because I'm listening to your prompts for chaturanga, rarely breaking the 90 degree plane
So I recently learned that the ashtanga chaturanga has the shoulders go lower than the elbows (which has been contradictory to everything that I’ve learned). Can you explain where this version of chaturanga originates? From which style of teaching?
Very helpful! Can you think of any ways to put less pressure on the pads of the foot (balls of toes) for poses (such as plank, etc.)? Or how to modify?
This is a great learning and tip! I have a question, how do I build strength in my upperbody? I am struggling with my chaturanga and I am not able to find the strength to go down or lift myself up. Also, I am not able to do a pushup properly. Any suggestions on how I can build up strength in my shoulders and biceps?
Hi I have this injury doing chaturanga in my front right shoulder. This video is great...can I still do chaturanga like this while still having the injury? Will it help yo heal?
Sorry, another question. I know I should not go too low to the floor in Chaturanga, but in some sequences there is a push from the floor back to Chaturanga. Is there anything to beware of regarding the shoulders in that transition?
Do you have something similar for Warrior pose and its variations? I mostly practice at home and wonder if I am positioning/engaging my feet/legs/core correctly. Thanks
@@BreatheAndFlow Thank you. You have a nice, calm and deep voice. I enjoy the slower pace and how you transition from one pose to the next. Nice flow and creativity.
thanks for putting in all the work you guys do. I really dig the Ignite Program so far. Im coming to this video because i thought i was during it wrong, since there is no real shifting going on. At least in my version of the Chaturanga. I filmed myself and by suprise, i achieved bone stacking quite naturally. However if i actively try to shift forward, i find myself having a hard time since my wrists flex so much. Any idea? While planking, my balls of my feet are touching the ground, not only my toes.
if you have the elbows over the wrists than no need to shift further forward unless you want to as a way to train towards planche, stronger wrists and make it more intense.
Hey guys! What should you do when you don't have enough strength yet to hold forearm/shoulder angle at 90 Degrees? I can hold myself still for a bit (before I collapse :P ) but my shoulders are always slightly lower than elbows - I'd say 80 degrees angle, so its not very bad but still it's not 90 degrees angle. Same with wrist /elbow alignment - for now I am unable to keep it in a straight line - even when really paying attention to shifting forward - and before you say it... I am already doing it on my knees. Now my question is - should I just keep on trying this way keeping in mind all your instruction and the right angles will come with practice? Or should I skip chaturanga until I get strong enough to do it in a perfect alignment? If yes, then what exercises would you recommend to strengthen my very weak upper body.
i found this video helpful! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x7_xIbAozss.html using bolsters and practising with the wall are part of the suggestions there! i struggle too haha. good luck to us both :)
Hi, my shoulderblades stick out like crazy during Chaturanga (even in the Knee-down Version) and they seem not to glide over my ripcage at all? It hurts even a bit during Chaturangas an Push Ups. Do you have any idea what that is, or what poses to do to put my shoulderblades back in place? Greetz
