Thanks Tim, no yoga teacher has ever taken the time to show this in any class I've been to. 5 minutes is nothing out of an hour long class to help people improve and explore their practice further xx
I appreciate how much emphasis you put on strengthening BEFORE jumping into vinyasa, I'd love if you did a 30 day Pre-vinyasa strengthen/flexibility series for beginners that encourages spending at least that month on strengthening before attempting a full vinyasa class. I know that some people are too impatient for that, but I bet you'd have a ton of motivated beginners who would love it! I'm currently doing your 30 day series but repeating the first week for a whole month (as you mention many times that it's important to strengthen for months before diving too deep) and have found it extremely helpful compared to other yoga teachers programs that seem to ignore incorrect pose form due to lack of strength.
After doing yoga for about one year with you I am finally pretty happy with my chaturanga form. But correct chaturanga push ups are SO much harder, I always thought I could easily do 20 in a row, but now I find 10 slow chaturangas with good form already challenging and not only for the arms but also core and legs..
Oh my god, this is awesome !! no yoga teacher has ever taught me how to do this pose correctly so I just do it by my own way! After watching this, I really have to revise my chatulanka in my next yoga practice! Thanks Tim 🙏🏻 you’re the best !!!
One of my favorite things about your yoga videos is that you always correct our bodies in the postures... You know what we are doing wrong! I've learned so much from you, thank you! 💜
Love this. Would love to work with you i love to use blocks in my practice. This was a way that never occurred to me. Thank you for sharing I will use this with some of my yoga clients. May the generosity of your teaching prosper you.
Very helpful! Thank you. Do you have video demonstrating proper form moving from chaturanga to updog? I really appreciate you reinforcing proper form. The 30 day challenge had so much of it. I appreciate all that you do.
Doing my vinyasa YTT and chaturanga will be the death of me because I have a scaphoid injury from dancing at 13. This video helped so much especially trying to get the elbows to slide down instead of punching the back. THANK YOU!!
Thanks for addressing this! I am in this boat as well and it really bugs me the way most teachers like all they know how to teach are “flows” and “vinyasa” or if not then it’s some kind of “yin” and “melting into a stretch. I could never take their classes long because something inside was telling me there was something missing.
Thank you Stacy and Tim! This tutorial post is well needed and really helped me. If you get a chance, could you possibly add some nutritional advice to one of your videos? You guys are is such great shape and I wonder what you eat and if you take any supplements or protein shakes. Appreciate all your hard work and the time you take to produce these video. Have a great day! Namaste!
I'm thinking about doing a cooking channel haha JK ;-) I do offer consulting, if you're interested, just DM me on instagram @timsenesiyoga, I would love to go over it with you!
Some people can hold their hand at a 90 degree angle to their forearm when hands are place facing away from the body; others can only get to 45/50/65 degrees before they are stopped by their anatomy. This isn't something you can stretch, because if you have smaller angles bone is hitting bone way before the 90 degrees that is the standard for good yoga alignment. If you can't hit 90 degrees in the wrist angle, it then throws off your angles further up the arm. Imagine that instead of your hands forming an L on the floor, the formed something that looked more like a slide. Does that clarify my question? I think a lot about alignment..... Thanks.
@@yogawithtim Here's another way to explain it: if the angle between you hand and forearm is less than 90 degrees,, if your hands are under the shoulders the elbows will be behind the line of the other joints. The more you try to form a line, the more your shoulders will roll in to compensate for the lack of flexibility at the wrist. Does that make it clearer?
I can’t wait to try this. I have been feeling some discomfort in my right collar bone with some inflammation. It’s probably because I’m doing this pose wrong. I will get it right though! Thank you!
Not Tim, but - if you are noticing inflammation and discomfort, listen gracefully to what your body is telling you. Something happened, something's not right, and it needs fixing or repairing. Appreciate the need, and provide the resources (time, rest, medical advice if necessary).
Thank you for this. I've been doing yoga off and on at home for many years (did it in a class in college, but now prefer to work out at home). I decided to record myself after watching this video, and holy cow my alignment was so off! I watched the video and tried again, and I think I'm going to be working on relearning this pose for awhile!
This is really helpful, thank you. I'd be interested to see a video that shows almost in slow motion the transitions from chaturanga to up dog and down dog to chaturanga because I'm pretty sure I lose the line and it would be good to learn how to keep it while moving between the postures. Thank you.
Thanks Tim, I learned a lot in your 30 day challenges and this video is a great review. More yoga teachers were focused on form. The constant reminders you give to keep the tadasana line have been really helpful for me.
Very interesting, thank you! For hoy long do you recommend practicing yoga before trying chaturanga? I have read that we could damage our shoulders if we start doing it before we are ready.
Hi Tim, this video is just about what I can do, I have a little difficulty with the passing into warrior 3. I also would like to have more information on the retreat in Portugal. Katrin from Paris
Great instruction, thank you. I'd love to see something on Tree pose, what to be feeling, how to keep your foot in place (ha ha), where do direct your knee...
In the meantime, take a look (and listen) at this video from New Zealand. The bit you want is at 25:50. th-cam.com/video/lbyHCkNEOKo/w-d-xo.html Critically, for me, your gaze should be ahead and on a distant object; and your mind is calm and clear, as you breathe slowly and steadily. As always, take it gently, steadily, and if you wobble and fall out of the pose, smile at yourself! Rome wasn't built in a day!
Thank you so much! This was definitely helpful and appreciated! I would love some instruction on how to do/build strength and balance to do crow's pose. I still can't lift my feet off the floor! I love all your videos, btw! I use them everyday!
Not Tim, but as he says, take it slow, stabilising each bit as you go. Two video links worth a watch, below. My personal experience: I do it with my chin facing a soft fluffy chair, so if I do tip forward, I get to bounce softly! Does wonders for your confidence! Also, when you get to the leg-lifting part, try one leg at a time, not both at once. And when you lift your backside into the air, imagine it light and floating upwards like a helium balloon. Those two video links: th-cam.com/video/FBzWk1bx9P8/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/lx7mB0o0WSk/w-d-xo.html
People usually do feet hip distance apart and go much lower in a deadlift. In chair pose you can have your feet and knees hip socket distance apart of knees and feet together, whichever feels best in your body.
Hey Tim, thank you so much for your videos! I love following your tutorials and flows. Also I really love that plant in the background. ;) would you mind telling what kind of plant it is? ;)
It's more upper body strength than wrists. Its important to develop core, back, and shoulder muscles before attempting chatturanga. Did you do the 30 day challenge? We work a lot of those muscles :)
Maybe also take a look at this video, as well: th-cam.com/video/sfnrqFYfLSw/w-d-xo.html. As Tim implies, it's practically a full-body workout, with the wrists in there, but as part of a working whole.
Hey Juan! Great question! May be an issue with your shoulders and back muscles not activating. Did you do the 30 day challenge? And if you did already, it may be that you are doing too much too soon for your body.
Not Tim, but - how about plank? It gives you that nice straight line (from your ankles, all the way to the top of your head), and you can position your elbows and hands straight down, keeping your elbows pointed back as above. It will also help strengthen your core.
What Spiralx6 said! Once you have that, you can add lifting one leg an inch away from the floor and switching sides, keep your shoulders and hips even.
Thank you for the video. Most so called yoga teachers don't know how to teach. All they do is telling students to inhale exhale and mumble senseless Sanskrit words.
Thanks Tim, no yoga teacher has ever taken the time to show this in any class I've been to. 5 minutes is nothing out of an hour long class to help people improve and explore their practice further xx
You're welcome Kristy, so stoked that you liked this little tutorial!
I appreciate how much emphasis you put on strengthening BEFORE jumping into vinyasa, I'd love if you did a 30 day Pre-vinyasa strengthen/flexibility series for beginners that encourages spending at least that month on strengthening before attempting a full vinyasa class. I know that some people are too impatient for that, but I bet you'd have a ton of motivated beginners who would love it! I'm currently doing your 30 day series but repeating the first week for a whole month (as you mention many times that it's important to strengthen for months before diving too deep) and have found it extremely helpful compared to other yoga teachers programs that seem to ignore incorrect pose form due to lack of strength.
Great idea! Appreciate you writing and letting me know! Great job on repeating the first week and taking it at your own pace :)
I totally agree with you! Lack of strength causes wrong poses. Where can I find a 30 day Pre-vinyasa program?
After doing yoga for about one year with you I am finally pretty happy with my chaturanga form. But correct chaturanga push ups are SO much harder, I always thought I could easily do 20 in a row, but now I find 10 slow chaturangas with good form already challenging and not only for the arms but also core and legs..
Totally!
Good to look at chaturanga correct practice.
Thanks Mr Tim
Always welcome. 😉
SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPER HELPFULL, thanks Tim!!
You're welcome Ana!
Awesome instruction, as usual! Thank you Tim and Stacy!
You're welcome!
Thank you. That was very helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you. Such a great explanation.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much. I have such a hard time with this
Your welcome
very helpful
Thanks for sending this...I will definitely practice, and appreciate the specific tips: "the stick," the inner elbows pointing back instead of in.
Right on!
This is awesome!! Which video has the downdog tutorial that you mentioned in this video? Thank you!!🙏
Oh my god, this is awesome !! no yoga teacher has ever taught me how to do this pose correctly so I just do it by my own way!
After watching this, I really have to revise my chatulanka in my next yoga practice! Thanks Tim 🙏🏻 you’re the best !!!
So helpful! Thank you Tim!
You're welcome!
Really helpful!
Right on!
One of my favorite things about your yoga videos is that you always correct our bodies in the postures... You know what we are doing wrong! I've learned so much from you, thank you! 💜
You're welcome!
Thank you! I am learning so much from your channel!
Right on! You're welcome
This is a great helpful video. Thanks!!
You're welcome!
Love this. Would love to work with you i love to use blocks in my practice. This was a way that never occurred to me. Thank you for sharing I will use this with some of my yoga clients. May the generosity of your teaching prosper you.
You are so welcome! Thanks for the kind words 😊
Very helpful! Thank you. Do you have video demonstrating proper form moving from chaturanga to updog? I really appreciate you reinforcing proper form. The 30 day challenge had so much of it. I appreciate all that you do.
Hey Michele! Not yet, but really good idea! I will work on that!
Doing my vinyasa YTT and chaturanga will be the death of me because I have a scaphoid injury from dancing at 13. This video helped so much especially trying to get the elbows to slide down instead of punching the back. THANK YOU!!
You're welcome! Thank you, Nancy Ruth!
Thanks for addressing this! I am in this boat as well and it really bugs me the way most teachers like all they know how to teach are “flows” and “vinyasa” or if not then it’s some kind of “yin” and “melting into a stretch. I could never take their classes long because something inside was telling me there was something missing.
Thanks Danielle. 😊
My posture has improved tremendously after your 30 day challenge. Thank you Tim!
Thank you so much. Great tutorial.
You're welcome!
Thank you Stacy and Tim! This tutorial post is well needed and really helped me. If you get a chance, could you possibly add some nutritional advice to one of your videos? You guys are is such great shape and I wonder what you eat and if you take any supplements or protein shakes. Appreciate all your hard work and the time you take to produce these video. Have a great day! Namaste!
I'm thinking about doing a cooking channel haha JK ;-) I do offer consulting, if you're interested, just DM me on instagram @timsenesiyoga, I would love to go over it with you!
Thank you very enlightening
Love yoga instruction on poses. Thank you.....
You're welcome Rick!
Excellent video. Thanks so much 👍🙏
Thank you! Appreciate the direct and straightforward instruction.
You're welcome!
This is a great reminder of proper form. What about those of us with smaller angles between the hand and the wrist?
Right on! Hm, I'm not sure what you mean
Some people can hold their hand at a 90 degree angle to their forearm when hands are place facing away from the body; others can only get to 45/50/65 degrees before they are stopped by their anatomy. This isn't something you can stretch, because if you have smaller angles bone is hitting bone way before the 90 degrees that is the standard for good yoga alignment. If you can't hit 90 degrees in the wrist angle, it then throws off your angles further up the arm. Imagine that instead of your hands forming an L on the floor, the formed something that looked more like a slide. Does that clarify my question? I think a lot about alignment..... Thanks.
@@yogawithtim Here's another way to explain it: if the angle between you hand and forearm is less than 90 degrees,, if your hands are under the shoulders the elbows will be behind the line of the other joints. The more you try to form a line, the more your shoulders will roll in to compensate for the lack of flexibility at the wrist. Does that make it clearer?
And again........awesome!! Thanks Tim!
Super video...
Thanks Nadia!
I can’t wait to try this. I have been feeling some discomfort in my right collar bone with some inflammation. It’s probably because I’m doing this pose wrong. I will get it right though! Thank you!
Not Tim, but - if you are noticing inflammation and discomfort, listen gracefully to what your body is telling you. Something happened, something's not right, and it needs fixing or repairing. Appreciate the need, and provide the resources (time, rest, medical advice if necessary).
Thank you for this. I've been doing yoga off and on at home for many years (did it in a class in college, but now prefer to work out at home). I decided to record myself after watching this video, and holy cow my alignment was so off! I watched the video and tried again, and I think I'm going to be working on relearning this pose for awhile!
Thank you! I'm impressed with your diligence
Can’t wait to introduce this to my students....brilliant!
Right on!
Could you demonstrate how to do the plough pose...halasana?
Nice piece. Love how you broke it down
This is really helpful, thank you. I'd be interested to see a video that shows almost in slow motion the transitions from chaturanga to up dog and down dog to chaturanga because I'm pretty sure I lose the line and it would be good to learn how to keep it while moving between the postures. Thank you.
maybe in another video!?
beginners have to start somewhere , too much can be overwhelming!
Do you have a video like this for up-dog?
Not yet! Good idea for a video!
Great tips, will work on that. Thanks so much!
Thanks Tim, I learned a lot in your 30 day challenges and this video is a great review. More yoga teachers were focused on form. The constant reminders you give to keep the tadasana line have been really helpful for me.
You're welcome Dave!
Very interesting, thank you! For hoy long do you recommend practicing yoga before trying chaturanga? I have read that we could damage our shoulders if we start doing it before we are ready.
Hi Tim, this video is just about what I can do, I have a little difficulty with the passing into warrior 3.
I also would like to have more information on the retreat in Portugal. Katrin from Paris
Very very helpful ! Please can you also make a video about how to gently jump back in chaturanga ?
Yeah for sure! Good idea
Can you do a "fix: on the lower ab/core ..I love the levity and the banter btw.
Right on! Hm, I'm not sure what you mean but the 30 day challenge addresses a lot of the low ab and core you need to do chatturanga properly.
Hoping this change will eliminate some elbow discomfort I’ve been experiencing!
Let me know how it goes for you.
Great instruction, thank you. I'd love to see something on Tree pose, what to be feeling, how to keep your foot in place (ha ha), where do direct your knee...
Good idea Cynthia!
In the meantime, take a look (and listen) at this video from New Zealand. The bit you want is at 25:50. th-cam.com/video/lbyHCkNEOKo/w-d-xo.html Critically, for me, your gaze should be ahead and on a distant object; and your mind is calm and clear, as you breathe slowly and steadily. As always, take it gently, steadily, and if you wobble and fall out of the pose, smile at yourself! Rome wasn't built in a day!
Thank you so much! This was definitely helpful and appreciated! I would love some instruction on how to do/build strength and balance to do crow's pose. I still can't lift my feet off the floor! I love all your videos, btw! I use them everyday!
Hey Nancy! Take your time, better to go slow and build strength :) Good idea for a video!
Not Tim, but as he says, take it slow, stabilising each bit as you go. Two video links worth a watch, below. My personal experience: I do it with my chin facing a soft fluffy chair, so if I do tip forward, I get to bounce softly! Does wonders for your confidence! Also, when you get to the leg-lifting part, try one leg at a time, not both at once. And when you lift your backside into the air, imagine it light and floating upwards like a helium balloon. Those two video links: th-cam.com/video/FBzWk1bx9P8/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/lx7mB0o0WSk/w-d-xo.html
Tim , are the feet and hip position in chair pose the same as deadlift? Great job by the way, your videos are really helpful.
People usually do feet hip distance apart and go much lower in a deadlift. In chair pose you can have your feet and knees hip socket distance apart of knees and feet together, whichever feels best in your body.
I love you Tim!!!!
OMG this was so helpful
Hey Tim, thank you so much for your videos! I love following your tutorials and flows. Also I really love that plant in the background. ;) would you mind telling what kind of plant it is? ;)
You're welcome! It's Ficus triangularis
Would love some tips on how to manage this with weak wrists. The angle Stacy had would be impossible for me.. thank you so much for the tutorial.
It's more upper body strength than wrists. Its important to develop core, back, and shoulder muscles before attempting chatturanga. Did you do the 30 day challenge? We work a lot of those muscles :)
Maybe also take a look at this video, as well: th-cam.com/video/sfnrqFYfLSw/w-d-xo.html. As Tim implies, it's practically a full-body workout, with the wrists in there, but as part of a working whole.
spiralx6 thanks very much x
Yoga With Tim thanks Tim. Will embark on the 30 day challenge!
Hey Tim! This video was very helpful, but was hoping for some advice on elbow positioning? They ache a a lot :/.
Hey Juan! Great question! May be an issue with your shoulders and back muscles not activating. Did you do the 30 day challenge? And if you did already, it may be that you are doing too much too soon for your body.
What exercises do you suggest doing if one doesn’t yet have the strength for this pose?
Not Tim, but - how about plank? It gives you that nice straight line (from your ankles, all the way to the top of your head), and you can position your elbows and hands straight down, keeping your elbows pointed back as above. It will also help strengthen your core.
What Spiralx6 said! Once you have that, you can add lifting one leg an inch away from the floor and switching sides, keep your shoulders and hips even.
Only channel I've found that actually tries to explain form for REAL beginners
Appreciate that, Thomas! 😊
Thank you for you smile :)
Hi Tim! Where is the other video you were talking about, please?
Thank you for the gudline! Cant you just do a video in upward facing dog position? I really dont get my feet to follow in this posture. Thanks 🙏
Good idea! Thanks Caroline
Doing yoga forever and this is still so hard.
Understood 😉
Tim can you help me with hand placement in chaturanga? Should my hands be even with my breasts or behind them? Not feeling confident. Thanks.
Thank you for the video. Most so called yoga teachers don't know how to teach. All they do is telling students to inhale exhale and mumble senseless Sanskrit words.
You're so welcome! Thank you.
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Hi, Shelby. Is there a question/comment?
Sir plzz kindly post a full body weight loss workout..
gemini shweta24 - he already has several.
Is this a good move for kids grades 1-6?
Hmm, have them try it and see! May be pretty challenging for them but could try and see how it goes. Let me know haha ;)
Anyone succeed?
Is Stacy ok? She looks pained
She's good :)
Love the cropping out of your face.
:)