Developing Lotus Flexibility - Preparing Yoga Padmasana Sitting Position
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ต.ค. 2011
- Open your hips, develop the flexibility necessary for lotus posture Padmasana - and sit more comfortably in any cross-legged position. Aruna and Sukadev instruct you in butterfly (Bhadrasana), Knee-Rocking (Yoga Nidra Pre-Pose), and the sitting triangle. If you master these three preliminary exercises, you will master the full lotus pose quite easily.
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Success! Thanks to your instruction and about six months of practice, I was able to achieve full lotus position this evening for the very first time. I am very grateful for your lessons and wisdom. Thank you so much!
After this video I realized I'm made of wood. Oak, for sure. LOL
But mine is steel 😂😂
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I appreciate this a lotus
This comment deserve more likes
I want to die
After 2 months of 4 days a week exercises, I've managed to do it on one side and later after 1 more month did it on another too!
so far the most beneficial lotus pose tutorial, especially the feet stretch. From almost no lotus, I ended up holding the pose for 10 minutes after just one session. Namaste 🙏🏻
Thank you so much i was able to do it right away although i couldnt hold it for too long but that comes with practice. I have never been able to do it before and i need this for my practice. Thank you so much!
This is EXACTLY what I've been looking for, thanks!
Thanks a lot, I tried this for a month and it worked for me . 😊
Thanks for talking about modifications. I did not have any knee tightness a few months ago when doing lotus position, but have been walking alot more and now my knees hurt/tight. I need to find exercises to get them more stretched.
With this video alone I was able to make it into the position for the first time, thank you
Thank you for your kindness sharing knowledge and instruction.
Peace to you and your family.
I’m going to practice these every day and reply to this when I achieve Padmasana!
Did u yet?
@@floatisdoodoo9871 I actually decided to learn Siddhasana (Adept’s Pose) instead
@@jackroeder1709 lol it's easier
This is an excellent sequence for comfortably acquiring the lotus position. Thank you.🙏🏼
Aruna and Sukadev, Thanks you very good instructions and helpful
Aruna and Sukadev, informative video. To complement the useful demonstration in this video I can say that after training in the Butterfly Pose, you should not - if being a beginner - start right away to train sitting in the Lotus Pose (Padmasana). Instead you should just start with one leg at a time by practicing the Half Lotus (Ardha Padmasana). Only after you have trained in the Half Lotus for a while, should you progress to practice with both your legs at the same time for the Lotus Pose.
To sit in the Lotus pose for a longer time you should also begin to build up your back muscles - as many people are just too used to sitting on chairs with back support and neglecting the back muscles. Thus endeavour to sit without any back support - whenever you are sitting down during the day. To take your mind off the effort you could do this while for example watching a movie and setting your mind to sit completely upright for the whole duration of the movie.
I have a video on Padmasana in my channel guiding you through this whole process and providing some complementary advice to what Aruna and Sukadev have demonstrated in this video.
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It's not indian culture it's yogic culture
@@maddythebeagle2792 Brother all the yogis are Bharatiya or indians
@@HarshVardhan-go2vm anyone can be a yogi doesn't matter to be an indian
@@maddythebeagle2792 What I'm trying to say is The yogic culture starts from India "Aryavart" And rest of the world learnt it from us . Our sanatan dharm us great bcoz it accepts everyone and help everyone not like Islam or Christianity who order to kill those innocents who doesn't follow their religion or " majhab " ❤️
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Om Shanti! I love the principles and actions of Yoga vidya. I wish the videos had other people Talking and Not exclusively Sukadev. ❤
Blessing of Buddha from Sri Lanka.🙏🙏🙏
Nicely, systematically explained, demonstrated, thanks, plz suggest similarly for shirshana
AMAZING FLEXIBILITY 👏
Thank you! Amazing video, this is just what I was looking for. Im sure it can help me to be in lotus position in a few weeks 💗
Thank you so much ☺️
Thank you so much for this. Much love :)
Nine years later & still usefull. Thank you.
Thank you 💗
okay i couldn't do it this time, BUT EVENTUALLY i'll get it right, and feel really cool about it, thank you for this video!!!
Thank you for the amazing practice! I need to work on butterfly and bring my foot to my sternum... I also realised that is my ankle that cannot internally rotate much.. Any exercises I could do to make it more mobile?? Thank you again
Fine stretching for lotus.
Going to try this everyday. Definitely feeling the stretch
We are on the same path
I've never struggled with something so much I must be one of the people who this is gonna take months smh
Don't rush it, it can take many months, if you try to do it too fast you can damage your knees for life, patience and you'll get there!
Your one of many
I can't even get to Burmese!
Thank you😊
Many thanks, 🙏🙏🙏
wow, i was able to sit in a lotus position by the end of the video. That is amazing! only not for a long time, still have a sensation of too much strain in my feet. Will be practicing it for a week and curious about a result. Thank you!
That´s amazing! All the best for you 🙏💜🕉️
thank you
it's amazing.
9:50 OMG - that spider along the floorboard just starts cruising straight for her 0.o
Very much useful for elderly persons having some kind of joint stiffness!
🙏Om Namah Shivaya, we are happy to hear this video helps🙆♂️. Thank you for commenting🙂. Jaya Ganesha 🐘🙏❤️
Any tips? Doing these, even against a wall, really pulls my mid back muscles over time
Thanks
I absolutely love this routine! This has really helped me getting better and better lotus pose + I can kick a lot better now and it's also not too challenging, so I can do it in the morning without having the need to go to the shower. Brilliant job!
Thanks for your feedback.
We are glad that we contributed to your development!
Om Shanti
Mind body soul connection 🙏 Namaste
Wonderful! Glad you liked it 🕉️ Namaste 🙏
So, since I'm so noob that I can't even perferm a sukhasana, does this exercise help me for it too? I wish to do a bit of yoga but I can't even cross my legs, you know. Thanks
Wow its amizing
Good Work
Thank you it word
thank you : )
Lovely style
hello, what is the easiset way to reach full lotus posture? is it like everyday 10 minutes trying what is shown here? i am quite having hard times, knee hurts too much. I am applying 1 hour vipaşşana everyday and i want to do it with whole posture. can you help?
Very Good,Excellent tutorial
Thank you. 💜 Om shanti 💜
I literially used a triangle ruler for the 90° exercise
Thank you 🙏🏼 for your explanation! Very good 👍🏼
You're welcome!
Namasté
beautiful
How long do I practice the stretching a day is 10 minutes sufficient ?
hard to come back to this after 5 years and not be frustrated that not only did I lose the ability I am far less flexible than when I initially began all those years ago haha. oh boy the 30s is a diff time for the body than the 20s.
is this safe for people who have had ACL injuries ?
I know you probably don't read comments but I want you to know that this video has helped me so much with flexibility and pain management. I have pulled me lcl and mcl in my knee and injuries my hips from football and rugby. a couple years ago and have never been back to 100% however since I've been doing these stretches both knee and hip have made remarkable improvement so thankyou
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Thanks for sharing! Daily yoga practice improves our body and energy systems in various ways. So The own experience is the best proof for us. All the best for your practice. Enjoy our other videos and let yourseslf inspire in your practice. Do you know the english yoga community? Have a look: my.yoga-vidya.org/. Our english website: www.yoga-vidya.org/english Om Shanti! Your Yoga Vidya Team! am
Good to hear that. I cannot sit in a crosleged position. At how many time you see some upgrades?
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Thanks for this. I've never been very flexible and have long wanted to sit lotus style. But the real reason I'm grateful for this video is because the first stretch, the butterfly, has cured me of chronic back pain I've suffered from for 20 years. Thanks very much and namaste!
I need this practice as a part of my spiritual journey. I realized I can't meditate long without sitting in a lotus posture. Thank you!
Finally some real yoga!
One-pointedness of mind is the best posture.
@@nnlniclb Agreed. Flexibility expands your ability to practice one-pointedness in different settings, though. It's hard to concentrate without relaxation, and it's hard to relax when you're very tense or in pain. Anyone's practice will benefit from being more flexible.
holding the foot to the sternum is something I have never seen/done before. Felt soooo good! And I loved the phrase at the end "not yet young". Thank you so much for such a helpful video!
Doing this as a weight lifter I'm finding out what pats of my mobility are lacking. Slowly slowly I am getter better and my whole body is feeling more in balance..
The yin and yang, fire and water, lifting and yoga are essential.
can uni pre
+Guileful Cheshire
Thanks for sharing your experience! Yoga can support growth in so many different ways. Peace and Joy! Om shanti! am
same. incorporating gentle stretching to my weight lifting is ESSENTIAL.
Her smile makes me feel blessed :-).
me too
This video was so helpful to me! I've watched a dozen videos from different people about how to prepare for lotus, and yours was the only video that I really understood and could work with.
This girl clearly has high level of natural flexibility. For those who can't do full padma there is no shame in using cushions to get the correct and comfortable posture. it is the meditation which counts! Om Shanti.
+Beadybonce this girl is clearly an advanced yogi - flexibility is a part of it. You don't know she's naturally flexible, either way the usage of cushions is encouraged in this video; if a person watching this doesn't understand that you don't have to be like her, but this is a video on how to get more flexible (with or without "natural flexibility"), that only shows their level of intelligence; as nowhere in this video has anyone said that you MUST be as flexible as her to meditate. But I guess you've posted this to encourage people who are easily discouraged.
Oni Berugu It takes liberation for her to be a yogini not just flexibility.
absolutely, that's why I never said it's just about flexibility
Oni Berugu Thats why you deleted the comment...
The only comment I'd made before yours is still there and clearly says: “flexibility is a part of it”, which implies that flexibility isn't the only thing it takes for her to be a yogini.
My comment was critical of Beadybonce's claim to the yogini owing her advancement in flexibility to it being “natural”, instead arguing that it is rather a result of her continuous practice. Which, in my opinion, matters, as it's easy to think that one can't achieve something due to the lack of some “natural” advantage and be discouraged by it, by such limiting one's possibilities and motivation.
As much as I do not deny predispositions, I believe that this video's intention is exactly to help anyone achieve higher flexibility, even if not such as the yogini's at first. And yet the comment was probably reluctant as it doesn't seem to communicate well instead making you focus on something I hadn't even said.
It's really weird that not only you disregard the fact that I agree with you, but go on to state I'd deleted something that never existed, when in fact the illusory issue lays in your poor interpretation.
i absolutely love this girl, she's just so modest and amazing
this is my favourite yoga channel, I started yoga with Vidya. in september 2014. I even remember my first practice :) then I went to yoga classes. but never ever will forget this beautiful voice. thank you a lot
i have checked out EVERY yoga instructor. your by far the most traditional, and very life changing...
i have a great appreciation for the light you bring to all that accept it.
and manly man...if you really want the best results/body..instead of only pumping iron, and getting crazy aggressive ..try the opposite as well. yoga and meditation. you'll truly have it all.
I went to TH-cam to find a tutorial on poses which will prepare me for full lotus, and I was lucky enough to find this. Thank you very much!
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Been looking for a good tutorial for this position for a while, this is by far the best, thank you.
Finally something I can do without giving up! I'm flexible in the hips that's it. Thank you for this!
Thank you, very helpful. I use to be more flexible when I was younger. (Take care of the girl, there´s a spider at 9:45 walking behind her).
Thank you so much for your generous teachings!!!
I just started for about 2 Months with yoga and I´m already able to make this position, It´s amazing how my body and my life has changed because of YOGA....I love it!
Yay! I'm so excited to know how to work towards the lotus position! Thank you!
This was SO helpful! Thank you so much for sharing this and the complementary video to get into the position itself.
Where is the complimentary video to this preperation for Lotus position video? I can't find it. Please share.
Very welcome - I'm glad it is helping you :).
both the videos are extremely helpful... thank you Aruna and Sukhdev!!
The yoga starts from the biginners as well as for those who is in touch of yogaclasses are very helpful to improve.My thanks to the channel.....
Thanks to India for giving the wonderful yoga and Pranayama to the world. It has been an integral part of Indian hindu culture for thousands of years.
thank you! love this one! going to do it daily!
i am very driven to achieve a strong lotus pose. what is the maximum number of seconds per stretch in this series, and what is the maximum times per day it can be repeated? thankxssxs
this video helped a lot ! thank you for posting
Love your video's! Thank you both for the good examples and explenation!
thank you so much.. really useful instructions which i have been looking for past few months
Gutes Lernvideo. Besten Dank für die Einführungsübungen. Toll erklärt und visuell perfekt umgesetzt. Namaste
There is a bug behind you at the end : (
Thanks a million...this is something that I'd been looking for a long time.
this is awesome, i swear i was able to do it after following what he did the first time!
This video is simple and to the point and is exactly the method used by my own teacher whom I respect very much. Thanks
thx you for this lesson now ican sit in padmasana :)
Wow what a great video. I liked the pillow under the feet this should help open the hips for an easier transition into lotus. I'll add that into my practice :)
Thank you for the loving kindness... namaste
This video was very helpful. Thank you! :)
The video is really helpful! Thank you!
Thx for the video. Simple and well explained, just what I was looking for.
10:09 "...in a few months, if you are not yet that young..." xD
😅😅😅 Me
Hi thank you so much for the video it's. Very helpful . I was just wandering how long to hold the stretches for? Also if you wanted to achieve flexibility quicker would you recommend doing it twice or three times daily instead of once? Many thanks!
Thank you very much for this wonderful video. It was really helpful.
This was extremely useful!!! Thank you!
she is so adorable
Thank you for these "pre" flexibilities.