Mountain Pose (Tadasana) - Yoga With Adriene 

I cherish these original older videos from Adriene. I started watching her almost right at the beginning and this space is nostalgic for me now 😍🥹🙏🏼

Your videos are not like the typical yoga videos on youtube qhere they just tell you how to physically "do" a posture...but you express a lot of knowledge about the more significant inner body and unseen mental aspects of the posture...your video of tadasan is 12mins long and still is not boring at all and has alot to say....deep knowledge is always welcomed. ..thanks Adrien😘

Root day eighteen - part one. I loved growing this pose! Thank you Adriene and the YWA community! Namaste 🤍

ROOT 🌳 | April 18, 2023 | Part 2 - This is so perfect because I'm in Colorado right now for work and every time I do a mountain pose I'm channeling those majestic mountains! Mountain pose has served my posture so well in the last four years of doing daily yoga with Adriene! 🙏

I've been going through these, practicing one daily and it's amazing how studying the asanas like this give a brand new perspective! There are details I've never realized - it's given new meaning, confidence and ease to each that I've practiced so far. You are so enjoyable and hilarious to work with, thank you for creating these - they have and continue to be so valuable Adriene!

I am so thankful for your Foundations of Yoga playlist! I just started 30 Days of Yoga as a total beginner recently and was a bit "Whoa slow down what are we doing now?" These videos are a tremendous help! I've only just begun my yoga journey but your videos have saved me many times already. Thank you for holding my hand through this!

Holy cats! This was my very first time doing any sort of yoga, ever. I stand for almost all of my work day, and my feet hurt constantly. Doing thus mountain pose, I was aware for the first time in my life (I'm 60, btw) that my weight is not evenly distributed on those 4 corners of my feet. When I followed your instruction, my feet no longer hurt! What a lifesaver this was!! Thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart(and from the bottom of my feet!)

What an amazing woman! She is so great for sharing all her knowledge and practice with everyone. I love her, but better still it’s because of her that I am starting to love myself. And that is an amazing gift. To give to a stranger! I’m sure I’m not the only person who has been gifted thus! Can we make Adrienne our new world leader please!? ❤❤❤

I felt so relaxed and aware of my body while doing this! Thank you!

Hey there pal, this series is instructional. The Foundations Of Yoga breaks down each individual pose and offers guidance on alignment, modification and nuance. It is pretty chatty. So- try some of our sequences for less talk and more walk- OR- try our completely silent series! Love to you!

Yesssssss. Subtle body movement is the cherry on top. The yummy dance of awareness! Subtle is strong - I love what you share Alan.

A return to the early years of YWA and to a basic pose. So nice to check in with the foundation. Root day 18. 926 days in a row.

Yes, with practice I did notice more steadiness- absolutely. I also noticed when I was connecting to the earth more - for stability which was freeing up my movement often in the upper body. I shall now play with this again- thank you. Also- check out the Samasthiti video. I love playing with that and feel like it fits into this conversation as well.

So I’m still on the True 30 days of yoga (day 21 today) and I’ve started adding doing two of these foundations sessions after each True practice to build my understanding of the asanas. Mountain pose is becoming so helpful in my daily life while I’m working on rehabilitating an old rotator cuff weakness. And I’ve started using deep breathing in my daily work as a gardener. I’ve noticed more and more how I hold my breath when lifting and carrying heavy objects or when doing even prolonged activies such as barrowing mulch and sawing wood. Holding my breath or breathing too shallowly for so much of my working day! Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you Adriene ☀️ Day 18 Root April’23 See you tomorrow 🧘🏻‍♀️ Namaste 🙏🏻

Day 49 of the current run - throw-back Adriene is so charming lol. Part 2 of Day 49 is going to have to wait till this evening, I've gotta run to work.

Dear Adrian, I'm far away from hear in the small country of Bulgaria and I enjoy every video you've made for us... I simply can cry my self out while writing this because I have a very rare immune desease, that made me turn myself into the yoga culture. And know what, this is an amazing journey for me, which started 3 years ago and now I'm just into hand stand, crow pose and many more advanced asanas, that my rheumatologist could never explain himself, how can a man with my health situation can even dream for. But thanks to you and the whole yoga culture, I'm here and I give my whole every day to gain more stability and more love to my life and the life of the people around me! So I just can't describe it with words, but I'm so grateful for what you do and I really hope that someday we'll meet each other and could thank you with a yoga practice just next to yourself... Dreams come true one day and I know that you believe in that too! Best regards and much love Yours Nedelin (which is translated whit Sunday in my country) P.s. Hopefully the sunlight kisses you every single day, because people like you deserve this!❤️🙏🏼❤️

I love that I can find a tutorial series that feels personal and welcoming, because you're being you and not doing a presentation. Lots of youtubers nowadays have this "actor" feel to them, and your silly tangents and side comments makes me feel like it's really Adriene that's talking to me, not just a yoga instructor. Thanks for helping bring yoga into my life in a way that feels comfy and organic.

Great videos! Most other yoga channels don't go so much in detail on the foundations. You're channel really makes yoga easy to pick up.

I'm loving checking in with baby Adriene to get a wider perspective on what should be going on behind my poses in other routines!

I love the attention you give to details. Great pose for the feet as well as stress and sciatica. It wakes me up too!

A very early Adriene! So nice to see the begining videos.

We deserve to feel good and grounded. In my opinion, Yoga is an fabulous tool. So, Yayess! Relaxed and grounded. Keep listening!

girl, i just started doing yoga and decided to start from the beginning of your page and it’s helped me tremendously!😩❤️

"BLOCKS FOR EVERYONE" 10 years and 11.9 M subs later.. LOL!! I love you girl!

one of my favorite poses

Hi Adriene, I usually go to Yogalates and Pilates classes at the gym and had some real balancing issues. At the moment we're in lockdown and I was lost without the classes until I discovered your channel. I worked on the Beginners video for a week and now doing the Foundations of Yoga which have both helped my balance immensely. To show that your sense of humour has rubbed off on me my body and balance can now dance and be together. Thanks Adriene. Jane from Liverpool, England.

Yoga blocks for everyone 🤣 hilarious !!! she always manages to make me smile if not giggle during the practice ... sometimes I stop the video and call my kids to come over and watch the joke... Gracias Adriene

Thank you. I’m just starting to teach small sections of yoga classes, under guidance of my amazing teacher while studying to be a yoga teacher myself & I’m gaining so much from watching how you teach. Love the friendly way that you clearly explain right back to the basics. Namaste

I have never done Yoga, but with your help I am doing Yoga every day!!! Thx

Thankyou, Adriene xxx going over the basic poses before a flow video is really useful xx

today’s practice done on: * 4/18/23: can’t believe ive never done this video (or maybe i have & i just don’t remembr) but super nice to realign with myself. root day 18

Thank you so much. Adriene and everybody who shows up, you are my hero!! Now I've been practicing daily for three years but this is the first time I've visited this video. Was struggling deeply this morning with my own fear story (and PMDD) this simple gesture as reminder of my power, feet on the earth allowing that support to move me and reveal truth and stability, 🥲.. yoga is life. Love y'all.

Good question Alan! It is possible, anything is possible! I sometimes soften my gaze so soft that my eyes close for a bit in poses- I throw myself off but come back to center again. Keep it playful and curious- which you are! So, yes, give it a try- build it into the practice! I once took classes where the teacher encouraged us to keep eyes closed for the practice. It was challenging! And awesome. "See feeling-ly" :-) Love, A

So good to hear! Welcome to the family! We are shooting some back stuff today- expect it soon! Keep in touch!

I love how long you took to talk about the balls of the feet, dont change that, that is actually the best thing ever

To help me lift I imagine I am a child trying to grow that couple more inches so that I can ride the bigger roller coaster with the adults 🥰.

For being someone who is into fitness, this is very important, no manly man too manly.

As an elderly man, I am very aware of weakness at my root chakra, and came across tadasana as a means of helping that. I like your description and will do the practice but I wonder if there is anything else you would recommend. Thankyou. _()_

I'm in yoga teacher training myself and I use this videos often to study the poses and how to transmit them to our students. Adriene has a great way of breaking down the basics for beginners (and experienced yogis :) in a playful way, which is actually quite a hard task!! Cheers!

Hi! My real answer is that a yoga session is as long or a short as you want it to be. Sometimes your yoga may just be standing up tall in line at the grocery store and becoming aware of your breath. However, in a public yoga class, sessions are typically range from 1hr to 1hr 15min, or even 90 min. Here, the Foundations of Yoga series offers a pose a week but I encourage you to try and link some of the foundational poses together on your own. Find what feels good, create space and BREATHE.

This helped so much! Ive taken yoga classes here and there but she knowing the fundamentals of even the toes and feet has helped me understand. I now can truly feel this pose as I’m supposed to.

Can I get my free blocks now? 😉😉😉

Tada...sana!!! 😁 Namaste 🙏🏻

Adriene, You did such a good job of leading us through tadasana. You've made me more mindful of my posture than ever before! 🙏 All the best!

Thank you Adriene, I love mountain pose it is one of my favourites too . Its so calming and so simple to do and you can do it anywhere. I love that ! 😁 thank you for all your knowledge and your guidance. You are amazing! See you Tomorrow for more beautiful yoga . 🧘‍♀️ Namaste! 🙏

I love you my dear teacher 🙏🙏🙏 thank you from the bottom of my 💓. I searched your old video, and I got this.as usual very nice explanation of tadasan. you r truly 👼 God bless you 🤗 always.

Those are some badass bangs.

Yay! Sweet music to my ears! Stick with the poses and let me know how it goes.

This pose is so challenging for me! I'll be coming back to this video, that's for sure!

So cute! I have been following you for years and just watched this early video. Golden. ❤️ I found you in the pandemic and it inspired me to become a yoga instructor in 2022

Thank you for dedicating 12:30 minutes to this pose. I went through all yoga foundation videos and it helped me A LOT! Now I'm in process of "Dedicate" yoga journey, and foundation series are a solid dase for me. Today I've returned to chek myself. Thank you!

In this Foundations Of Yoga series I want to slow it down and take the time to offer options and insights. Things we normally, no, do not have time for in a workout, a home sequence or public class. So that we can begin to see how much discovery is possible in even the simplest of postures.

I’m loving these videos, new to yoga, I came across them looking for tips. Your instruction is amazingly easy to understand and easy to follow. On top of it, your sense of humor is the best! What’s better than laughing and getting fit (:

Adriene you are so knowledgeable and your infusion of humor and just being yourself makes your videos so fun to watch....and so informative too! I love them. THANK YOU!! Doing my YTT practicum this weekend and just picked up some wonderful Tadasana tips. My theme is "creating space" and you showed me how we can do that with the arm stretch behind and down opening through the chest. Perfect! Namaste.

You are amazing, thank you for all of this, you are truly here for some greater good❤️

I feel taller after doing this, feels pretty good for a shorty like me

I like when you say "TaDaaa"😄 I feel good after doing this.

Coming to this video in 2023 and I'm dying to know the story behind the Toe Bling!!! The Blog Archives only go back to 2013. :'D

I liked your comment about rotating the thighs inward. I'm one of those weirdos that enjoys subtle shifts like that. Made such a difference. Thank you!

I had had no idea that mountain pose was so active. Your video helped me realize how much I am not engaging my body or being totally present. Thank you so much for these foundation videos. I am very new to yoga and I think they are going to be integral in helping me to be ready for your new challenge in January.

Thank you young Adriene for Root Day 18.

Going through this after finishing the 30 days of yoga playlist! 2x/day, and then going to yoga class as often as I can (those hour long v1 vinyasa classes can be a doozy!). This entire video was gold, but I think my personal favorite part was when Adriene says that this pose is all about the boring. As someone who can be excitable, grounding poses that allow me to connect with my breath are all the more important. Great playlist so far, even after all these years!

Thanks you for step by step explanation.

I had been attempting to do yoga at least semi-regularly, until I seriously threw out my back about a year ago (I sneezed unexpectedly. No, really.). I had to do a few months of physical therapy, and I ended up needing to also change my diet to ease some of the inflammation and muscle tension that were complicating the healing process, and had contributed to the injury happening in the first place (turns out that occasional yoga was no match for the amount of caffeine, dairy, and eggs I was putting into my body). Around the beginning of this month, I decided I was ready to get back into yoga. But I knew that if I attempted to jump in with your 30 Days of Yoga (or any of the other full practice sessions), I would be overdoing it and risking re-injury. So I'm really thankful that you still have these single-pose, beginner videos on your channel; they're allowing me to do a short-but-meaningful practice with you a few days a week, and re-familiarize myself with the individual poses (and how my body connects with each of them). You are by far my favorite yoga instructor, online or offline, and I'm so happy that your channel has seen such amazing success with so many followers. I'm very grateful to you for sharing your practice and wisdom with all of us, and may you continue to brighten people's lives for a long, long time to come.

👌🏾 I have to really work on tucking in my pelvis, but now I know how that works. I love that foundations show me things that I’ve been missing here and there. Namaste 🙏🏾

I needed this video. I've been struggling mentally for awhile about my posture not being the same anymore with the always switching from side to side from foot while standing and the constant butt sticking out (lol). Practicing Tadasana from now on again to keep my spine alignment more straight and get myself back and less pain from body.

I died this one again today standing against a wall with the block between my thighs --- WOW!! Loved it!! I am amazed at how much I can FEEL in yoga poses. Especially ones that seem so "simple". Yoga is one of the best things I have EVER discovered. I am grateful. Love you, Adriene!!!!!

Your personality is warm. Thanks for sharing

Women are simply great people 😊

I really love your videos!! I get so much more relaxed and grounded! less tired and confused! thanks you!!

You look exactly the same (more gorgeous actually) as 6 years ago😍😍😍

Thank you so much for this. I've been wanting to try yoga and stumbled upon your channel. Thank you for the playlist. I've only watched 4 but it has helped me be more aware of myself, of my body, the strain I've been putting on it in my everyday life. I know I kept saying thank you already but I'm really grateful to you for jumpstarting my yoga journey.

Root Day 18 🙏 Ta da sana🎉

Thank you so much for posting this video. I have been subscribed to your channel for a few months, but today is the first day I took out time for myself to learn more about yoga. I was surprised at the peace and calm that enveloped my body when I did this pose. Thank you for being a part of my yoga journey :)

I just started to practice and I already can feel the difference. I loved the video. I thought yoga would be something much more complicated, but it isn't. Like everything else it just needs practice. Thank you!

Thank you. This was beautifully explained and demonstrated .

Hi Adrienne! I can't tell you how grateful I am for your videos. They have really helped alleviate my stress and anxiety. I wondered if you could make a video for knee pain? Thanks again!!

Thank you Adriene ❤

Will do! More on the way! Thank you!

Love the video! Helpful tips that are helping me grow as a yogi. Also, is the free yoga block offer on the table now? 😏

The practice and experience will be what tells! Keep in touch- let me know how it goes. :)

You made it so fun and informative. Thanks Adriene 🤗

Thank you for breaking down Tadasana. I did not realize the intricacies that existed with the pose and powerful effects on posture.

I am just now seeing this- YES! That feeling is golden! Connect! Yay!

Hayoooo! Hahaha. Thanks my friend! The power of the "reset" is one of my favorite powers! Rock on... :)

This is me doing yoga with you for the third day in a row 😍 let's keeeep going ❤

Really glad I did this. I thought the 4 corners of my feet were heels and big toe and little toe. I can feel the difference now👏👏👏👏

I never really understood the importance of this pose, but it makes me so much more conscience about my posture. It was so easy to find this pose the way you explained it all. Loved it! Thank you so much for sharing and being so patient in explaining each pose! Namaste 🙏🏻

Day 2. Thank you so much. I feel very grounded and calm now

I think your videos are great, I've never tried yoga before but saw your videos & started from the beginning, I love your personality, very relaxing & funny :) I have sciatica & this helped ease it so thank you, also have a bad back. Thank you for posting these videos!!

Thanks Jessie! I appreciate it! Much love back to you!

I love your videos. You're so funny and instructive. Keep up the good work!

Fantastic! I'm new at this and Tadasana used to be trying to standing as straight as I could. Makes such a big difference now I understand it! Thanks so much Adriene!

Hi! Just taking a moment to say “Thank you!” I saw Harry Smith’s profile of you on Today Show awhile back. Last week I FINALLY took time to find your channel and TRY yoga for the very first time! I watched your intro video and then went into “The Easy Pose”. I have been building each day since. Today I watched and “yoga’d”(? LOL) along this video for the first time (Tree Pose). Your way of teaching is wonderful! I appreciate how gentle and easy-going you approach these videos. You are very good at remembering your target (beginner) audience. That’s all for now....thank you and, let me try this and hopefully get it right.....Namaste! 🙏🏻

I’ve only subscribed this year but you have changed my life. So thank you 🙏🏽

loving these videos! I watch one every day

Thank you so much for the detailed explanation of these individual basic poses! It helps to know why instructors say to lift the toes. I had no idea I was leaning so far forward before. Love your videos!! Thanks for teaching with humor and being so practical 😀

You are so funny I value sense of humor. your instruction is perfect for me/pacing is great you make a valuable contribution to the world and makes my life better too Thank you

Oh my You are so sweet and awesome super power woman !!