So glad you come back time and again - but, Yin and Restorative can also serve as GREAT injury prevention too by helping keep your body mobile and your connective tissue healthy.
Saddle pose is my nemesis but you made it so accessible and my hips & psoas now feel 'eased' up. Thank you Aprille. So glad to have your authentic teaching on TH-cam.
Thank you! Saddle pose used to be my nemesis too - it has taken a few years to really find it in my body but now that I have, I truly love the pose. I often think that the poses that are the most challenging are the ones we learn to love more deeply because we worked with them so much! May you have a wonderful week! Peace, Aprille
I have been doing this video for 5 months and it has helped my quads and hip flexors loosen tremendously. I no longer feel tight in those areas and it has helped my knees too with stiffness but what i am most proud of is i can stay 3 or 4 minutes in saddle pose without cursing. Thank you, Aprille for this video and all the videos you post online. Forever grateful.
Thank you Gilda - that was the BEST description of change ever and I love that Saddle pose is now a bit more of a friend. Know that when I started yoga, Saddle pose was something I only dreamed of ever getting partially into but with a lot of patience, it is now one of my favorite poses to just hang out in : ) So glad this helped and thank you!!! Peace, Aprille
I really didn't understand what the psoas was until I took this class. It was really neat to explore it with the stretches and I apprieciate the knowledge you brought to the class. I feel open in places I never knew were tight. Thank you!
Thank you Anna! I think a lot of people don’t know about the psoas but have probably heard of it. Keeping the psoas area healthy can do so much for overall back and hip opening and definitely gives a sense of deep release. Thank you for joining me and I wish you a wonderful week...Peace, Aprille 🙏🏻💕
Thank you thank you for this practice! I somehow injured my psoas over the weekend and I just KNEW you had a practice for it! Awesome! Also I would like to say I, too, enjoy the silence in your classes. No gimmicks. Just really peaceful leading. Thanks again❤️🙏
Heard of the psoas but aren't really sure what it does and how to work with it? We cover all that and more in this 50 min practice! Enjoy! Peace, Aprille 💗💗💗😊
Thank you for this practice! It was very helpful. I have been following your channel for a few months and I really get a lot out of your teaching. Thank you again Aprille!
Thank you Melanie for sharing your time with me today and also for joining me over the past few months! I appreciate your taking a moment to comment and let me know how the practices are working for you. Wishing you a wonderful day! Peace, Aprille
Thanks for another great class! I fell yesterday and reignited an old tailbone injury, so this practice was divine timing indeed. I can already feel the healing and flow happening! Keep up your fantastic work! Much love and peace❤️
I am so sorry to hear about your fall and I wish you a fast recovery and full healing! Glad you enjoyed this practice and thank you for joining me! Namaste, Aprille ❤❤❤
Isn't it nice to slow down and just explore the poses more deeply? I love it too. Thanks for joining me today and take care of yourself - Peace, Aprille
Really enjoyed this. Hero and saddle are excruciating for me, but not with props and just doing one side at a time. You are so right about being told in every class to not go take your knee out to/past your feet, so it felt a little strange at first but gave a good stretch and didn't seem like it was pushing it just holding still and being mindful. I would never have requested a psoas practice---I'm more aware that that my hamstrings and piriformis are so tight, but this seemed like just what I needed for today. And that's a very pretty top you're wearing!
Thanks Ellen! I never wear white {with pets and kids it just doesn’t stay that way} but I saw this and couldn’t resist! I saw that Paul Grilley teaches dragons with the option to take knee over toes and was intrigued. After some tries, I found I enjoyed it for a very different stretch and it worked places that I hadn’t reached before in quite that way. It is good to practice many variations to move the fascia around! So glad you enjoyed this and it was what you needed today. Have a wonderful weekend! Peace, Aprille 🙏🏻💜🙂
Fantastic! What a wonderful response to opening! Yoga should be playful and I am so glad you enjoyed this practice. Thank you for joining me. Peace, Aprille
This is awesome! My acupuncturist worked on my psoas just yesterday based on a few of my concerns (I didn’t know what it was ... I do now)! Thank you for this unique practice Aprille!
Welcome Grace! I didn't know what the psoas was until about 6 years ago. It plays such a pivotal role in back pain relief and hip movement too! Thank you for sharing this practice with me! Peace, Aprille 🙂
This is a great class. My psoas on the right loves to tighten up and this gave me some stretches to do before bed so I can hopefully improve my flexibility there.
Thank you for sharing your practice with me and I am happy this practice helps! Psoas muscles are something many people don’t think about so I am impressed you are focused on caring for it! Over time, I think you will see more opening. Have a lovely evening! Peace, Aprille 💗🙏🏻
Hip flexors are pretty tight for many folks I think (from sitting) and I know mine are super sticky so this practice is one of my goto's to release that too! Thanks for joining me Sarah and I hope you are having a wonderful weekend! Peace, Aprille
Thank you for joining me and I am very happy you enjoyed this practice (definitely one of my favorites and for an area that a lot of us struggle with). You are welcome and I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Peace, Aprille 🤗💖🙏
Fantastic practice thank you so much Aprille for your time and knowledge. I always feel so much better after and love how you explain everything in depth 💖
Thank you Lisa! I am a bit of an anatomy geek and love knowing how things work so I try to share that! Glad you enjoy it and I really appreciate your sharing your practice and taking the time to comment. Have a great day! Peace, Aprille 😊💗
Hello Aprille :-) Do you still have a link to this "constructive rest" you mentioned at 3:52? I could not find it in the video description, it sounds really interesting. Anyway, I wish you a wonderful week :-)
dear aprille, who whoouuu. i feel my legs are as two happy boiled noodles. thank you very much. dragon pose is really pushy. i wonder if first pose is enough for my mother to relax a little whose cant bend her knees after the operation
Dragon pose is the most Yang pose of the Yin poses but it does get deep into the whole hip and thigh area. A supported bridge pose can be relaxing but always check with her doctor before doing anything that might not be advisable after surgery or with an injury. Glad you enjoyed this and thank you for joining me! Peace, Aprille 🤗❤️🙏🏻
You are welcome! I have a tutorial for Saddle pose with some ideas that might help (just search saddle tutorial) and/or you could take supported bridge with hips on bolster. Thanks for joining me! Peace, Aprille
Thank you so much for this class! How often do you recommend using this practice? For the last six months or so my left hip has become very tight as a fun new part of that time of the month. It seems like the pain is mostly from the psoas. This practice has helped tremendously, but I don't want to over do it.
If you sit a lot in your daily life, using a hip flexor opening class could be useful each week. I have some shorter ones you can use as well to open this space or you can use hip opening all around. I hope you feel much better and thanks for joining me!
Thank you so much for this practice. Are there any poses here that you would advise someone with milde hernia disc to avoid? Also in the half dragon fly and half hero pose with one leg bent behind and the other stretched out to the side, I feel the stretch many in the quads rather than the psoas. Am I doing this correctly? Excited to be attending the module 1 Yin Yoga training in October. Really enjoy your practices.
When it comes to herniated discs, there can be so many variations and complications that I advise reaching out to your healthcare provider or physical therapist on what poses or positions would be best to avoid for your personal situation. This class is for psoas and hip flexors and hips so if you feel it in any of these areas then you are doing it right! I often use quad openers to get deeper into the hip flexor area. Excited to have you join me in October and I look forward to seeing you live! Thank you for joining me - Peace, Aprille
my pain isn't where you described. Mine is the hip on the lower left side where the lower hipslightly towards the back where it meets the bottom but slightly down but I still think this helped. I dont know if its weather or food but that left side.
Hip pain can be caused by various issues/muscles/ligaments/damage. This practice is focused more on the front side of the hip. If you are feeling a lot of pain or consistent pain throughout the day - I would highly recommend reaching out to your health care provider or a physical therapist for a diagnosis and specific movements for your situation. If it just feels tight, then you might try one of these to see if this reaches that area better and I would also recommend rolling out the glutes several times a week with tennis balls: Restorative Yoga for Hips th-cam.com/video/96hPTKagmDE/w-d-xo.html Morning Yoga for Hip Release th-cam.com/video/jOcbL7ArVeU/w-d-xo.html Yin Yoga for Hips & Hamstrings th-cam.com/video/xckVsxxwXQo/w-d-xo.html Yin Yoga for Hips th-cam.com/video/IoCqVttlaIQ/w-d-xo.html Yin Yoga for Hips & Glutes th-cam.com/video/IK9k5y_47cA/w-d-xo.html Yin Yoga at the Wall for Hips/Lower Back th-cam.com/video/2g5M_2BYLtE/w-d-xo.html Yin Yoga Snack for Hips and Hamstrings th-cam.com/video/D445HoEwI7M/w-d-xo.html Myofascial Release Deep Tissue Massage for Glutes th-cam.com/video/PI8cD95DYiA/w-d-xo.html Let me know how these work and I wish you healing and good health! Thank you for joining me and have a lovely day! Peace, Aprille
@@YogaRangerStudio you are such a wonderfully generous woman Aprille thank you so much for going to so much effort. Kindest kindest regards. X I'll try them. I am currently sleeping on floor and weather here is cold so think that's a huge contributing factor but it's more of an dull ache and yoga most definitely helps. Thank you so much. 🌝
You are my go-to channel for a good yin/restorwtive practice when i have an injury. Saves me every time!
So glad you come back time and again - but, Yin and Restorative can also serve as GREAT injury prevention too by helping keep your body mobile and your connective tissue healthy.
Just what the dr. ordered. love my legs being moved by a gentle breeze.xo
Thanks for joining me Felicia!
Anybody else focused on her heart beat to zone into practice…sure as hell worked for me ..thank you for this class it was great
Thanks Steven!
Saddle pose is my nemesis but you made it so accessible and my hips & psoas now feel 'eased' up. Thank you Aprille. So glad to have your authentic teaching on TH-cam.
Thank you! Saddle pose used to be my nemesis too - it has taken a few years to really find it in my body but now that I have, I truly love the pose. I often think that the poses that are the most challenging are the ones we learn to love more deeply because we worked with them so much! May you have a wonderful week! Peace, Aprille
I have been doing this video for 5 months and it has helped my quads and hip flexors loosen tremendously. I no longer feel tight in those areas and it has helped my knees too with stiffness but what i am most proud of is i can stay 3 or 4 minutes in saddle pose without cursing. Thank you, Aprille for this video and all the videos you post online. Forever grateful.
Thank you Gilda - that was the BEST description of change ever and I love that Saddle pose is now a bit more of a friend. Know that when I started yoga, Saddle pose was something I only dreamed of ever getting partially into but with a lot of patience, it is now one of my favorite poses to just hang out in : ) So glad this helped and thank you!!! Peace, Aprille
Thank u april.feels so good to my back!
Wonderful Tonia and thank you for joining me for practice!
Thank you Aprille, my psoas was sore this morning. Voila, I found this very soothing, helpful practice.
Wonderful! So glad this helped Nicola and thank you for sharing your time with me today. Have a wonderful weekend! Peace, Aprille
Wonderful flow! Very helpful! Thank youn😊😊
So happy to hear this and I hope you are doing well?
This was perfect and eliminated the pinching I had begun feeling in my childs pose recently, highly recommend!💚✌️
Thanks for sharing!!
I really didn't understand what the psoas was until I took this class. It was really neat to explore it with the stretches and
I apprieciate the knowledge you brought to the class. I feel open in places I never knew were tight. Thank you!
Thank you Anna! I think a lot of people don’t know about the psoas but have probably heard of it. Keeping the psoas area healthy can do so much for overall back and hip opening and definitely gives a sense of deep release. Thank you for joining me and I wish you a wonderful week...Peace, Aprille 🙏🏻💕
Many thanks for the great new class! I really enjoyed it :)
Thank you for joining me today and have a wonderful weekend! Peace, Aprille 🙏😊🌼
Thank you thank you for this practice! I somehow injured my psoas over the weekend and I just KNEW you had a practice for it! Awesome! Also I would like to say I, too, enjoy the silence in your classes. No gimmicks. Just really peaceful leading. Thanks again❤️🙏
You are very welcome and I hope your psoas feels better soon! Thank you...I really appreciate your words! Have a wonderful week! Peace, Aprille 😊🙏
Heard of the psoas but aren't really sure what it does and how to work with it? We cover all that and more in this 50 min practice! Enjoy! Peace, Aprille 💗💗💗😊
Wonderful as ever
Thank you! 🙏😊
My hip flexors feel soooo much better, thank you :)
Great to hear and thank you for joining for practice today! Peace, Aprille
Great as always 🙏🕉
Thank you 🙌
Whoo! This is a good one for my tight hip flexors! Thank you! I need to keep doing this one!
Thank you Kate! I admit, I work on my hip flexors almost 3x a week due to tightness. Glad you enjoyed this practice! Peace, Aprille
Great class !
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for practicing with me Patty!
Thanks, Aprille! I love doing your practices ❤️
Thank you Jodi! Hope your hips feel really free and open now 🙂. You are so very welcome and have a glorious day! Peace, Aprille
Excellent course. Really nice and personally new stretches for the psoas. As a massager student I liked the details you layed out.
Thank you! I like information on what I am working on and I hope others do too so I appreciate your comment! Have a great day! 😊
Thank you for this practice! It was very helpful. I have been following your channel for a few months and I really get a lot out of your teaching. Thank you again Aprille!
Thank you Melanie for sharing your time with me today and also for joining me over the past few months! I appreciate your taking a moment to comment and let me know how the practices are working for you. Wishing you a wonderful day! Peace, Aprille
Thanks for another great class! I fell yesterday and reignited an old tailbone injury, so this practice was divine timing indeed. I can already feel the healing and flow happening! Keep up your fantastic work! Much love and peace❤️
I am so sorry to hear about your fall and I wish you a fast recovery and full healing! Glad you enjoyed this practice and thank you for joining me! Namaste, Aprille ❤❤❤
Wow, another great practice. My lower back feels amazingly relax. Thanks again.
I am so glad to hear this Gilda and thank you for joining me today! Have a fabulous week - Peace, Aprille
A fantastic practice! Thank you!!
Thank you and you are very welcome! Glad you enjoyed this practice! Peace & Namaste, Aprille 🙏😊
I truly enjoyed the depth and slowness of this practice. Not happy when I’m rushed through each position. This was great!
Isn't it nice to slow down and just explore the poses more deeply? I love it too. Thanks for joining me today and take care of yourself - Peace, Aprille
Really enjoyed this. Hero and saddle are excruciating for me, but not with props and just doing one side at a time. You are so right about being told in every class to not go take your knee out to/past your feet, so it felt a little strange at first but gave a good stretch and didn't seem like it was pushing it just holding still and being mindful. I would never have requested a psoas practice---I'm more aware that that my hamstrings and piriformis are so tight, but this seemed like just what I needed for today. And that's a very pretty top you're wearing!
Thanks Ellen! I never wear white {with pets and kids it just doesn’t stay that way} but I saw this and couldn’t resist! I saw that Paul Grilley teaches dragons with the option to take knee over toes and was intrigued. After some tries, I found I enjoyed it for a very different stretch and it worked places that I hadn’t reached before in quite that way. It is good to practice many variations to move the fascia around! So glad you enjoyed this and it was what you needed today. Have a wonderful weekend! Peace, Aprille 🙏🏻💜🙂
Thanku for the information on psoas, aprille... This felt so.....good!😊😊😊...love and light to u soul sis💞💜💞
Welcome and so happy you enjoyed this practice! Have a beautiful day! Namaste, Aprille 💗💗💗🙏🌞
The Yoga Ranger Studio with Aprille Walker ...💚🍀💚
Thank you! My hips needed this.
You are welcome and I am SO happy to hear this helped! Thank you for sharing your time with me. Peace, Aprille
Thank you for this practice! Very helpful! :)
Welcome and have a wonderful week! ☺
this looks great! love working the hips!!
Thanks! Enjoy! Peace, Aprille ❤😊
Thank you so much for sharing this; it felt sooo incredibly good on my left side I started to giggle! thank you!
Fantastic! What a wonderful response to opening! Yoga should be playful and I am so glad you enjoyed this practice. Thank you for joining me. Peace, Aprille
this is wonderful
Thank you Colten! Have a great week! Peace, Aprille
Excellent video, thank you. Feel more stretchy and fluid already x
Thank you Lana and I appreciate your taking a moment to comment! Stay healthy and I wish you a peace filled week. Aprille
Thank you, April, for another beautiful and helpful session. I am so glad I found your chanel. All the best to you...*)))
Thank you! I wish you an amazing and beautiful day! Peace, Aprille 🤗
This is awesome! My acupuncturist worked on my psoas just yesterday based on a few of my concerns (I didn’t know what it was ... I do now)! Thank you for this unique practice Aprille!
Welcome Grace! I didn't know what the psoas was until about 6 years ago. It plays such a pivotal role in back pain relief and hip movement too! Thank you for sharing this practice with me! Peace, Aprille 🙂
Loved this! One hip flexor gives me a lot of aggravation, & this really helped stretch it out!!
I am glad to hear it helped and thank you for joining me! Have a wonderful day. Peace, Aprille
@@YogaRangerStudio you too!
Thank you. Jsut what I needed today!
So glad! Thank you for joining me for practice and have a lovely week! Peace, Aprille
This is a great class. My psoas on the right loves to tighten up and this gave me some stretches to do before bed so I can hopefully improve my flexibility there.
Thank you for sharing your practice with me and I am happy this practice helps! Psoas muscles are something many people don’t think about so I am impressed you are focused on caring for it! Over time, I think you will see more opening. Have a lovely evening! Peace, Aprille 💗🙏🏻
I also enjoy when your cats join you...I rarely find myself alone on the mat...😁
Wow this was a tough one for me. Thanks for the challenge!
Hip flexors are pretty tight for many folks I think (from sitting) and I know mine are super sticky so this practice is one of my goto's to release that too! Thanks for joining me Sarah and I hope you are having a wonderful weekend! Peace, Aprille
@@YogaRangerStudio Much easier today. Thanks for the motivation!
That was amazing! Thank you!
Thank you for joining me and I am very happy you enjoyed this practice (definitely one of my favorites and for an area that a lot of us struggle with). You are welcome and I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Peace, Aprille 🤗💖🙏
Fantastic practice thank you so much Aprille for your time and knowledge. I always feel so much better after and love how you explain everything in depth 💖
Thank you Lisa! I am a bit of an anatomy geek and love knowing how things work so I try to share that! Glad you enjoy it and I really appreciate your sharing your practice and taking the time to comment. Have a great day! Peace, Aprille 😊💗
Hello Aprille :-) Do you still have a link to this "constructive rest" you mentioned at 3:52? I could not find it in the video description, it sounds really interesting. Anyway, I wish you a wonderful week :-)
alexandertechnique.com/constructiverest/ It's quite simple but every effective!
@@YogaRangerStudio Thanks for your kindness, Aprille :-)
Thanks a lot 🙏
You are very welcome - wishing you a wonderful week! Peace, Aprille
dear aprille, who whoouuu. i feel my legs are as two happy boiled noodles. thank you very much. dragon pose is really pushy. i wonder if first pose is enough for my mother to relax a little whose cant bend her knees after the operation
Dragon pose is the most Yang pose of the Yin poses but it does get deep into the whole hip and thigh area. A supported bridge pose can be relaxing but always check with her doctor before doing anything that might not be advisable after surgery or with an injury. Glad you enjoyed this and thank you for joining me! Peace, Aprille 🤗❤️🙏🏻
Thank you and namaste
Thank you for sharing your practice time with me today. Have a beautiful day! Peace & Namaste, Aprille 🌞🌞🌞
Thank you for the practice. I have lot of tightness in the psoas.
Do you have another option for saddle pose. I have knee problems!
You are welcome! I have a tutorial for Saddle pose with some ideas that might help (just search saddle tutorial) and/or you could take supported bridge with hips on bolster. Thanks for joining me! Peace, Aprille
Wow!
Thank you for joining me today!
Thanks Aprille
You are very, very welcome and I hope you have a wonderful Monday! Peace, Aprille
Would this help my lower back pain?
It might and I have several other classes including myofascial release that could also help in other ways.
Thank you so much for this class! How often do you recommend using this practice? For the last six months or so my left hip has become very tight as a fun new part of that time of the month. It seems like the pain is mostly from the psoas. This practice has helped tremendously, but I don't want to over do it.
If you sit a lot in your daily life, using a hip flexor opening class could be useful each week. I have some shorter ones you can use as well to open this space or you can use hip opening all around. I hope you feel much better and thanks for joining me!
Thank you so much for this practice. Are there any poses here that you would advise someone with milde hernia disc to avoid?
Also in the half dragon fly and half hero pose with one leg bent behind and the other stretched out to the side, I feel the stretch many in the quads rather than the psoas. Am I doing this correctly?
Excited to be attending the module 1 Yin Yoga training in October.
Really enjoy your practices.
When it comes to herniated discs, there can be so many variations and complications that I advise reaching out to your healthcare provider or physical therapist on what poses or positions would be best to avoid for your personal situation. This class is for psoas and hip flexors and hips so if you feel it in any of these areas then you are doing it right! I often use quad openers to get deeper into the hip flexor area. Excited to have you join me in October and I look forward to seeing you live! Thank you for joining me - Peace, Aprille
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Thank you!
My hips love you for this!
Great! Thank you for joining me today and have a wonderful week! Peace, Aprille
my pain isn't where you described. Mine is the hip on the lower left side where the lower hipslightly towards the back where it meets the bottom but slightly down but I still think this helped. I dont know if its weather or food but that left side.
Hip pain can be caused by various issues/muscles/ligaments/damage. This practice is focused more on the front side of the hip. If you are feeling a lot of pain or consistent pain throughout the day - I would highly recommend reaching out to your health care provider or a physical therapist for a diagnosis and specific movements for your situation. If it just feels tight, then you might try one of these to see if this reaches that area better and I would also recommend rolling out the glutes several times a week with tennis balls:
Restorative Yoga for Hips th-cam.com/video/96hPTKagmDE/w-d-xo.html
Morning Yoga for Hip Release th-cam.com/video/jOcbL7ArVeU/w-d-xo.html
Yin Yoga for Hips & Hamstrings th-cam.com/video/xckVsxxwXQo/w-d-xo.html
Yin Yoga for Hips th-cam.com/video/IoCqVttlaIQ/w-d-xo.html
Yin Yoga for Hips & Glutes th-cam.com/video/IK9k5y_47cA/w-d-xo.html
Yin Yoga at the Wall for Hips/Lower Back th-cam.com/video/2g5M_2BYLtE/w-d-xo.html
Yin Yoga Snack for Hips and Hamstrings th-cam.com/video/D445HoEwI7M/w-d-xo.html
Myofascial Release Deep Tissue Massage for Glutes th-cam.com/video/PI8cD95DYiA/w-d-xo.html
Let me know how these work and I wish you healing and good health! Thank you for joining me and have a lovely day! Peace, Aprille
@@YogaRangerStudio you are such a wonderfully generous woman Aprille thank you so much for going to so much effort. Kindest kindest regards. X I'll try them. I am currently sleeping on floor and weather here is cold so think that's a huge contributing factor but it's more of an dull ache and yoga most definitely helps. Thank you so much. 🌝