I can say this is best crow teaching video, I have few times and listen all the points and write it down, at the beginning i can do crow, slowly by now, I can hold in the pose for 5 seconds, this video is amazing, love from Malaysia!
I’ve been attempting this pose for months and I can even hold it for a few seconds but this is a game changer!! Your videos never fail to teach me something Shana Thankyou!
Jamila J that’s so great to hear, Jamila! This was the first video I ever made! ☺️ Have you tried my full-length classes on Vimeo? Major game changer. vimeo.com/ondemand/yogathletica Thanks for watching and for your sweet comment! 🙏
shana meyerson I’ve been binging your videos for a month now, I can’t believe I didn’t know about your classes on vimeo! I’m definitely going to check those out. Thanks again! I’ve been doing iyengar yoga for about 6 months now and it’s changed everything for me, I’m super enthusiastic about it and your videos have gotten me pretty far, I’ll be more than happy to follow along with your full length classes too 🙌🏼
Cool! My channel has classes of all lengths, intensities, and levels. They are vinyasa based (different from Iyengar) and help you build the strength, flexibility, and balance so every pose becomes more accessible. 🙏 Be well!
I've been dabbling with this pose for years now, and I could just never get it right. This morning I said, I bet Shana has a tutorial for this and sure enough in 7 minutes I made more progress than I had in years! Love the clear, precise and common sense directions -thanks so much!
You are absolutely amazing! And such an inspiration! I've been practicing yoga for a while now and haven't been able to do crow pose AND I can't believe I JUST DID IT!!! Thank you for your videos
when you are first learning, cross the shins on the triceps (instead of the knees). eventually, it will be knees in armpits, but that is much more advanced. the bone-on-bone thing can hurt at first, but you do get used to it eventually!
I did it :DDDDD I finally did itttt. I havent been doing yoga very long and I just totally shocked myself. I cant believe i could do this oh my goodness. Wonderful teacher!!
awesome, Rebekah Nickole! you rock! i love that you shocked yourself! i hope this is the first of many (good) shocks in a long life of yoga. ready for more? check out my arm balance playlist (th-cam.com/play/PLEk7dn2pk4QWzJRpoN0ACPcxmGZdQ4sA0.html)...and keep being awesome! :D
I finally DID IT!!! I can hold it in for about 5 breaths! Still wobbly though but I experienced "flying" yay! Thank you so much! Im going to practice some more :)
Best explanation ever! I got out of my bed to try it quickly and I actually lifted myself off the floor.. iv try this many times and gave up. Thank you so much! 1
awesome, magicalleela! check out my handstand mania playlist for all things handstand. and have fun! :) th-cam.com/play/PLEk7dn2pk4QWlT2x6f6Sxejxc3boJnrvg.html
Hi Shana. I am probably beginner to intermediate level and have struggled to maintain crow for more than a second or two. Yours was about the tenth tutorial i tried. apparently utube programming is very good and new videos kept posting on my recommended list. I got it after watching yours. Was able to hold position with very little effort. Its funny but this video is 8 years old and you have other recent posts commenting about same thing I am. I like your down to earth way of explaining things and as others have commented really liked the wily coyote metaphor. Anyway thanks for this video. i subscribed and ill be definitely watching a lot more of your videos. As many benefits as yoga has its still fun to try a new pose that you could never envision doing. I am too old to play basketball but still want to do something athletic. I imagine you have done a video on handstands. I'll let you know progress. Thanks again!
hi bill! thanks for this thoughtful message. i am so glad to hear that this video helped you so much! 😀 and thanks for subscribing. i have videos on just about anything and, of course, many on handstand. 😉 you can see my handstand instructional playlist at th-cam.com/video/4147EXFLabU/w-d-xo.html (the 47 for my 47th video is not instructional, though) and, i have a handstand drill-a-day playlist at th-cam.com/video/YBOKt0Izjs0/w-d-xo.html (31 one-minute handstand drills) if you really, really want to improve your practice, you may want to consider my vimeo channel of classes (instead of just poses)...all lengths, all levels, and all intensities: vimeo.com/ondemand/yogathletica meantime, enjoy my youtube and stay in touch! i always love to connect!
Ha, you make it look easy. I'm not quite flexible enough to get my knees high enough. I can get into position and hold it for a while, but using strength rather than technique. Do you have any suggestions for pre-stretching exercises to help with that flexibility? tnx.
thanks for your note and i am so glad this helped. when you say baby crow...are you talking about crow on your forearms? not sure what you are referring to...
hi Shana, yes crow on the forearms. My head's about to crash to the floor and I can't get my feet off the floor. My torso is proportionately longer than my legs. Could this be the problem? I can do a forearm balance no issue but somehow not the baby crow....
bodily proportions may be an issue, but it's more likely tight shoulders. have you seen my karandavasana video? th-cam.com/video/PxujQeUwX3c/w-d-xo.html
Shana,i can make it too.i can be lift up easily after i watched this but not too long time. I may need more strong arms and core,don't i? One more reason,i used to be collap on the floor,this makebme a bit fear about crow pose. Anyway keep practicing will make me more confident.i just hope like this. Love you,thanks for sharing^^
hi Pawitra english...you can always practice with a big pillow under your face. ;) but if you compact your pose (bend the knees!) and always keep your collarbones open and gaze upwards, it will help you to fall on your feet instead of your face. :D
I know you said not to worry about the feet but I find that if they are not engaged then there is no chance I can fly. Do you recommend pointing for beginners and then flointing with inner heels touching when balance is better?
Hi Shana, I've just subscribed. As johnboyer says, you make it look easy - but you also explain really well how to get there! I agree with nicolawilly12, though: shins on triceps really hurts! It isn't 'bone on bone', it's bone on muscle, and it hurts my triceps. Any advice?
hi james...yes, bone on muscle (that was a typo on my part) does hurt when you're not used to it. but you get used to it. i know that's not the advice you wanted to hear, but a little bruising and discomfort in the beginning is normal. your body DOES get used to it--and pretty quickly--so it doesn't hurt anymore. it's like playing volleyball. the first few times it kills your arms...and then, magically, it doesn't. :) also, when you get to the advanced knee-in-armpit part, the pressure won't hurt at all. thanks for the note!
I finally did it! This is the first time I've ever felt balanced, and had my feet off the ground, in crow pose, even if it's just a few seconds. I showed my fiancé and he said it was amazing :) I do have a question though. Is it normal for your wrists to hurt? Or am I doing something wrong?
+April M so awesome! we don't extend our wrists very often in real life, so when we do crow and other arm balances, we are not only extending wrists strongly, but also putting all or most of our weight on them. it is normal to feel discomfort if you are not used to using your hands/wrists this way. make sure your hands are even and not rolling to the pinky edge...so the weight distribution is nice and even. and oftentimes if you turn your hands slightly outwards it will also help to relieve the wrists. :)
Joe stylez sorry to hear that. did you take it step-by-step? you want to make sure you have one step down before moving on to the next. and...i do lessons via skype, if you are interested...
+Elsa Mae Flotildes not sure what you mean. if your legs literally can't touch your arms, bring your hands closer to your feet. if you mean that it's hard to get your shins above your triceps/upper arms, then bring your hands further from your feet and bend your elbows more to get lower to establish your position. you can also come up on the balls of the feet to get higher on your arms. :)
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I don’t have any words talk about you. You are excellent teacher.thanks for your reply. I love ❤️ watch your video and learning every day. Thanks 🙏
thank you!
I finally learned how, and it is thanks to you! it turns out I kept leaning more forward in hopes to raise my legs. thank you!!
that is so awesome to hear! congratulations!
I know this video is old but I landed the crow pose and can hold it for 5 breaths. Thank you so much ❤
my first video ever shot! glad to hear it is timeless. 😉 congratulations! you are a rockstar! 🤘
forget the five year old..now a 63 old can do it! Excellent presentation
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I can’t do straight arms but I can do first time you teach the pose . I can stay 50 counts. 🌹🌺🌞 thanks for your teaching 🙏👌
50 counts! awesome!!!
Very nice ma😍😍
thank you! my first video! ❤️
I had started my calisthenics journey with this exercise :)
That's great! ❤️
finally found your crow pose tutorial 😝 thank you
the first video I ever made! 😀 do you like the tan? 😉
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I can say this is best crow teaching video, I have few times and listen all the points and write it down, at the beginning i can do crow, slowly by now, I can hold in the pose for 5 seconds, this video is amazing, love from Malaysia!
Daphne Tay wow, Daphne! That is so heartwarming to hear! Thanks for sharing! 💗🙏💗
U rock u made me understand how to get this pose ty
yay! that is awesome to hear!
I’ve been attempting this pose for months and I can even hold it for a few seconds but this is a game changer!! Your videos never fail to teach me something Shana Thankyou!
Jamila J that’s so great to hear, Jamila! This was the first video I ever made! ☺️
Have you tried my full-length classes on Vimeo? Major game changer. vimeo.com/ondemand/yogathletica
Thanks for watching and for your sweet comment! 🙏
shana meyerson I’ve been binging your videos for a month now, I can’t believe I didn’t know about your classes on vimeo! I’m definitely going to check those out. Thanks again!
I’ve been doing iyengar yoga for about 6 months now and it’s changed everything for me, I’m super enthusiastic about it and your videos have gotten me pretty far, I’ll be more than happy to follow along with your full length classes too 🙌🏼
Cool! My channel has classes of all lengths, intensities, and levels. They are vinyasa based (different from Iyengar) and help you build the strength, flexibility, and balance so every pose becomes more accessible. 🙏 Be well!
Good morning thanks for your reply 🙏.I am watching and learning. Thanks you found me.take care.enjoy your classes and your fun 🧘thank you dear.
I am so happy to hear that! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I did it!!! Your tutorial made it possible. I didn't think I was ready until I saw you break it down. Thank you for this! So inspiring.
that is so awesome!!! yay! thanks for sharing!!! :D
Awesome! it helps so much! love u style girl. Julie, France
I've been dabbling with this pose for years now, and I could just never get it right. This morning I said, I bet Shana has a tutorial for this and sure enough in 7 minutes I made more progress than I had in years! Love the clear, precise and common sense directions -thanks so much!
that, Alina F., is AWESOME!
thanks for sharing!
and happy crowing! :)
You are absolutely amazing! And such an inspiration!
I've been practicing yoga for a while now and haven't been able to do crow pose AND I can't believe I JUST DID IT!!!
Thank you for your videos
you did it??? awesome!!!
so glad to hear!!! i hope this gives you the tools you need to completely gain your confidence and overcome your fears!
as always much thanks.... I finally GOT it.... elbows down elbows over wrist! smile
you got it! awesome!!!!
when you are first learning, cross the shins on the triceps (instead of the knees).
eventually, it will be knees in armpits, but that is much more advanced.
the bone-on-bone thing can hurt at first, but you do get used to it eventually!
I did it :DDDDD I finally did itttt. I havent been doing yoga very long and I just totally shocked myself. I cant believe i could do this oh my goodness. Wonderful teacher!!
awesome, Rebekah Nickole! you rock!
i love that you shocked yourself! i hope this is the first of many (good) shocks in a long life of yoga.
ready for more? check out my arm balance playlist (th-cam.com/play/PLEk7dn2pk4QWzJRpoN0ACPcxmGZdQ4sA0.html)...and keep being awesome! :D
shana meyerson thank you so much ^-^ Im definitely ready for more :)) You keep being awesome too!
i'll try my best. ;)
You are an amazing teacher! I did it! I did it!!!! Woooo hoooo!
merin mathew so, you are an amazing student! Awesome!
I finally DID IT!!! I can hold it in for about 5 breaths! Still wobbly though but I experienced "flying" yay! Thank you so much! Im going to practice some more :)
+nina capila tremendous! that is too awesome! and it gets easier and easier over time. :)
Great teacher that's you
Lilian Flynn thank you so much!
Best explanation ever! I got out of my bed to try it quickly and I actually lifted myself off the floor.. iv try this many times and gave up. Thank you so much! 1
Curious creature so awesome!!!! Thanks for sharing! 😍
precise explanation-you are a great teacher
thank you! this was the first video i ever made! :)
Excellent video, many thanks!
Awesome! Love your videos! I'm still learning how to do these poses and this helps! :)
wow fantastic, i will try at home...
Good demo!♥️🎉💫
Nature101 thank you!
I have been doing crow for a long time, never knew what the final pose looks like. Thanks, now, I am ready to move to handstand...
awesome, magicalleela!
check out my handstand mania playlist for all things handstand. and have fun! :)
th-cam.com/play/PLEk7dn2pk4QWlT2x6f6Sxejxc3boJnrvg.html
Вау! А теперь я поняла как научиться на прямых руках делать эту позу!
thanks so much! soooo glad they help! :D
Omg i did it! x) Thank you Shana so much!
+Дејана Радосављевић that is terrific!!! :D
Thank you Shana, I managed to achieve the pose and I balanced for 4 breaths, I'll keep practicing 😎
max gonzalez yay! That is amazing! Great to hear!
Hi Shana. I am probably beginner to intermediate level and have struggled to maintain crow for more than a second or two. Yours was about the tenth tutorial i tried. apparently utube programming is very good and new videos kept posting on my recommended list. I got it after watching yours. Was able to hold position with very little effort. Its funny but this video is 8 years old and you have other recent posts commenting about same thing I am. I like your down to earth way of explaining things and as others have commented really liked the wily coyote metaphor. Anyway thanks for this video. i subscribed and ill be definitely watching a lot more of your videos. As many benefits as yoga has its still fun to try a new pose that you could never envision doing. I am too old to play basketball but still want to do something athletic. I imagine you have done a video on handstands. I'll let you know progress. Thanks again!
hi bill! thanks for this thoughtful message. i am so glad to hear that this video helped you so much! 😀 and thanks for subscribing. i have videos on just about anything and, of course, many on handstand. 😉
you can see my handstand instructional playlist at th-cam.com/video/4147EXFLabU/w-d-xo.html (the 47 for my 47th video is not instructional, though)
and, i have a handstand drill-a-day playlist at th-cam.com/video/YBOKt0Izjs0/w-d-xo.html (31 one-minute handstand drills)
if you really, really want to improve your practice, you may want to consider my vimeo channel of classes (instead of just poses)...all lengths, all levels, and all intensities: vimeo.com/ondemand/yogathletica
meantime, enjoy my youtube and stay in touch! i always love to connect!
Never in a hundred years would I have imagined that Wil E Coyote would be used to explain a yoga pose . Kudos to you Madam!
max gonzalez 😂 every hundred years a video this good comes along. 😂
this video is so inspiring! Dick, San Francisco
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this is the tutorial! :D
what kind of tutorial are you asking for...?
Good technique. Please give sound, Valium.
Ashit Saha thank you! Sorry that the sound isn’t great. This was my very first video! :)
thanks! :)
Ha, you make it look easy. I'm not quite flexible enough to get my knees high enough. I can get into position and hold it for a while, but using strength rather than technique. Do you have any suggestions for pre-stretching exercises to help with that flexibility? tnx.
hip openers are great...i have a video at yoga hip openers! with shana meyerson, YOGAthletica that will help in that department. :)
Thank you. I started last night. OMG they're hard work, but I'll stick with them.
I want to learn this pose for breakdance 😍
cool! i'd love to see how you use it in your dancing!
shana meyerson Today I got it! It worked on the first attempt! Thanks a lot! :D
AWESOME!!!
Omg 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
thanks. :) my first video i ever made! 😊
Hi Shana, love your vids! Could you do one on baby crow pose? Been trying it out on my own with the vids out there. They don't seem to work....:(
thanks for your note and i am so glad this helped.
when you say baby crow...are you talking about crow on your forearms? not sure what you are referring to...
hi Shana, yes crow on the forearms. My head's about to crash to the floor and I can't get my feet off the floor. My torso is proportionately longer than my legs. Could this be the problem? I can do a forearm balance no issue but somehow not the baby crow....
bodily proportions may be an issue, but it's more likely tight shoulders. have you seen my karandavasana video? th-cam.com/video/PxujQeUwX3c/w-d-xo.html
shana meyerson hi Shana, thanks for the suggested vid. Will give it a go.....
Shana,i can make it too.i can be lift up easily after i watched this but not too long time. I may need more strong arms and core,don't i?
One more reason,i used to be collap on the floor,this makebme a bit fear about crow pose.
Anyway keep practicing will make me more confident.i just hope like this. Love you,thanks for sharing^^
hi Pawitra english...you can always practice with a big pillow under your face. ;)
but if you compact your pose (bend the knees!) and always keep your collarbones open and gaze upwards, it will help you to fall on your feet instead of your face. :D
shana meyerson Thank you Shana^^. I will try!!!
Oh ur so good 😊
Thank you 🙏
I know you said not to worry about the feet but I find that if they are not engaged then there is no chance I can fly. Do you recommend pointing for beginners and then flointing with inner heels touching when balance is better?
inner heels don't need to touch...but big toes should. :) point or yoga point are both great. :)
Hi Shana, I've just subscribed. As johnboyer says, you make it look easy - but you also explain really well how to get there!
I agree with nicolawilly12, though: shins on triceps really hurts! It isn't 'bone on bone', it's bone on muscle, and it hurts my triceps. Any advice?
hi james...yes, bone on muscle (that was a typo on my part) does hurt when you're not used to it. but you get used to it. i know that's not the advice you wanted to hear, but a little bruising and discomfort in the beginning is normal. your body DOES get used to it--and pretty quickly--so it doesn't hurt anymore. it's like playing volleyball. the first few times it kills your arms...and then, magically, it doesn't. :)
also, when you get to the advanced knee-in-armpit part, the pressure won't hurt at all.
thanks for the note!
i can do it but for only a little bit
Shalee George with practice, you'll be able to do it for a lot a bit. :D
thanks
I finally did it! This is the first time I've ever felt balanced, and had my feet off the ground, in crow pose, even if it's just a few seconds. I showed my fiancé and he said it was amazing :) I do have a question though. Is it normal for your wrists to hurt? Or am I doing something wrong?
+April M so awesome!
we don't extend our wrists very often in real life, so when we do crow and other arm balances, we are not only extending wrists strongly, but also putting all or most of our weight on them.
it is normal to feel discomfort if you are not used to using your hands/wrists this way.
make sure your hands are even and not rolling to the pinky edge...so the weight distribution is nice and even.
and oftentimes if you turn your hands slightly outwards it will also help to relieve the wrists. :)
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Thakyou,I work 🤭
elbow stand, meaning shoulderstand? chest stand meaning...? fierce chin pose...?????
it didn`t work, I need to be taught personally but I don`t live in LA
Joe stylez sorry to hear that. did you take it step-by-step? you want to make sure you have one step down before moving on to the next. and...i do lessons via skype, if you are interested...
shana meyerson what is Skype?
Joe stylez ...it's video chat.
I`ll have 2 start an account
It's so weird... maybe I have short legs or something, my knees don't reach my arms. LOL :(
+Elsa Mae Flotildes
not sure what you mean.
if your legs literally can't touch your arms, bring your hands closer to your feet.
if you mean that it's hard to get your shins above your triceps/upper arms, then bring your hands further from your feet and bend your elbows more to get lower to establish your position. you can also come up on the balls of the feet to get higher on your arms. :)
Wow 2010. Someone has been at this a while!! 🩵
😂 Been teaching yoga full-time since March 2002! Pre-TH-cam! 🦖
@@YOGAthletica wow!
thats why you look so young!!
@@handstandMAN I get younger every year! 😅 👧🏻
thanks!!! :D