i don’t like yoga but i tried it . . . Christina Rosso: www.yogaalignmentguide.com www.christinarosso.com https://www.yogaalignmentguide.com/yogastudenttraining Trauma-informed yoga: https://www.traumasensitiveyoga.com https://psychcentral.com/health/what-is-trauma-informed-yoga . . . . #yoga #yogaforbeginners #todayilearned #trynewthings

📽 @simonagyoga #EkaPadaGalavasana ↔ #OneLeggedGalava Pose or #FlyingPigeonPose on 👉@yogaalignment One of my favorite arm balances. Although I find it quite hard if my hips are not warmed up. That why I’m adding here some warm up poses and modifications to practice this pose. ___________________________________ 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 @yogaalignment 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗦, 𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦, 𝗛𝗢𝗪-𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗬𝗢𝗨 #IMPROVEYOURPRACTICE ___________________________________ #yoga #yogaalignment #practiceyoga

📽 @miriamindries #Inversons on @yogaalignment Inversions can definitely seem and be challenging at first. Going upside down can be scary initially because we are so used to being in the world and seeing the world from a specific angle, standing where our foundation has been developed. ✨It’s important not to force your asana practice. Allow the posture to come to you when your body is ready. There is also the aspect of safety when it comes to inversions, knowing how to approach the asana to keep your body safe and if falling happens (which most likely it will) to learn to fall in a safe way for the body. ▪️TRY THIS▪️ ▪️Most inversions require some physical strength and balance. Work on developing both of these through your daily asana practice. ▪️When approaching inversions, learn to trust yourself. Even if you fall, you can get back up and try again. Enthusiasm and self-belief are important qualities of a yoga practitioner, on and off the mat. ▪️The use of bandhas can help us to develop steadiness in the posture, so practice mula bandha particularly. ❗️If you pregnant, have any injuries especially of the spine, shoulders and wrists, are in your monthly cycle or feeling fatigued, inversions are not suitable. You can always check with your GP before. ✨✨✨ ___________________________________ 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 @yogaalignment 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗦, 𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦, 𝗛𝗢𝗪-𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗬𝗢𝗨 #IMPROVEYOURPRACTICE ___________________________________ #yoga #yogaalignment #practiceyoga

📽 @yogawithbriohny #Warrior3Pose ↔️ #Virabhadrasana3 on @yogaalignment These are my favorite drills to help you feel Warrior III 🆕 Hit that save button- you’ll want to keep this around, to help you achieve Warrior III 🔁 This pose can be hard to practice correctly as it requires balance, strength, and engaging your hips, legs & core. These 3 drills, are going to help you find your balance and get confident with it, to feel this pose in the correct way ⚡️ Ready to give it a try? if you like this reel, show it some 💗 Remember to save this post so you can practice this any time! Keep up the good work ✨ ___________________________________ 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 @yogaalignment 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗦, 𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦, 𝗛𝗢𝗪-𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗬𝗢𝗨 #IMPROVEYOURPRACTICE ___________________________________ #yoga #yogaalignment

📽 @miz.liz Spinal Rolls in #DownwardFacingDogPose ↔️ #AdhoMukhaSvanasana on @yogaalignment Try these step-by-step instructions for a downdog wave! Key is to isolate each vertebrae on your spine to have the nice wave action (this is one of my favorite ways to lubricate the spine and warm up for my practice!) 1. Warm up spine & shoulders (cat/cow, thread the needle, puppy pose) 2. Isolate each vertebrae starting from the sacrum in table top - arch from the sacrum, round from the sacrum (go slooooooooowly to feel it all) 3. Barrel rolls - side to side, round on the way up, arch on the way down 4. Downdog open shoulder presses to plank - press into your hands and send chest to thighs to open your shoulders in downdog 5. Downdog open shoulder presses round and roll to plank - articulating each vertebrae from the sacrum 6. Once this feels good, bend your knees and arch back to downdog - articulating each vertebrae from the sacrum 7. Straight legs round to plank from downdog, arch back to downdog from plank Try it out! ♥️♥️ ___________________________________ 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 @yogaalignment 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗦, 𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦, 𝗛𝗢𝗪-𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗬𝗢𝗨 #IMPROVEYOURPRACTICE ___________________________________ Wearing @aloyoga #yogaalignment #yoga

📷 @awesomebodyrevolution HOW TO: FLOATING CAMEL 🐫#UstrasanaVariation ↔️ #FloatingCamelPose on 🌟@yogaalignment How to: ▫️Kneeling on the ground, sit on your heels ▫️Place your hands on the balls of your feet; wrapping hands around the feet ▫️Tilt back, putting weight into your hands ▫️Gently push the head back as you lean further backward, lift you hips and knees slightly off the mat ▫️With the help of your quads, slowly raise your knees & hips higher still, open up your chest and come into floating camel BENEFITS ▫️Stretches chest, hip flexor and ankles ▫️Strengthens wrists, ankles, arms and shoulders, back & legs, glutes COMMON MISTAKES ▫️Not pressing weight into hands ▫️Splayed knees ▫️Core not engaged ▫️Hips not lifted ▫️Pelvis pushing too far forward ___________________________________ 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 @yogaalignment 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗦, 𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦, 𝗛𝗢𝗪-𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗬𝗢𝗨 #IMPROVEYOURPRACTICE ___________________________________ #yogaalignment #yoga #practiceyoga

📽 @joshkrameryoga How to modify #ExtendedSideAnglePose ↔️ #UttithaParsvaKonasana on @yogaalignment The classical was is with your hand to the outside of your foot, you can also bring your hand to the inside of the foot. If that's not possible, bring the elbow or forearm onto the front thigh. Or use a block as a prop to yourself up! ___________________________________ 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 @yogaalignment 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗦, 𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦, 𝗛𝗢𝗪-𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗬𝗢𝗨 #IMPROVEYOURPRACTICE ___________________________________ Wearing @alomoves #yoga #yogaalignment #extendedsideangle

📽 @thebalancedpt Hand Engagement on @yogaalignment Do you often feel pain in the wrists when practicing yoga? If you do, it could be your hand placement! Try this tips for a better engaged hand to help you in poses like Tabletop, Downward Facing Dog and Handstand ___________________________________ 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 @yogaalignment 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗦, 𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦, 𝗛𝗢𝗪-𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗬𝗢𝗨 #IMPROVEYOURPRACTICE ___________________________________ #yogaalignment #yoga #yogapractice

📽 @susanbishopyoga {DIY INVERSION TRAINER!SUPPORTED INVERSIONS!! } on @yogaalignment #HeadstandPose ↔️ #Sirsasana Fun Tip! How to safely invert and play with new leg shapes and new movement patterns using a DIY Inversion Trainer! This is also great if you have wrist or elbow or shoulder challenges! Or… just for FUN! SAVE & TRY THIS! You will need: 1) 2 sturdy chairs on a non slip surface (mat or carpet) 2) A wall (to safely invert). No kick up needed! 3) 2 pillows! Tips: (1) place shoulders in center of chair seat (2) firmly grip chair seats, elbows up (3) use the wall to walk feet up over hips (4) orient chairs so legs dont bump seat backs!! 2 option here in my demo! (5) ⭐️ add pillows AFTER you confirm width of setup (for safety!)! (6) have fun!! ___________________________________ 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 @yogaalignment 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗦, 𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦, 𝗛𝗢𝗪-𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗬𝗢𝗨 #IMPROVEYOURPRACTICE ___________________________________ #yogaalignment #yoga

📽 @docjenfit @yogaalignment #UtthitaEkaPadaRajakapotasana ↔️ #ExtendedOneLeggedPigeonPose PIGEON POSE & HIP ER | This is a POPULAR one. In fact, I usually see people with much more hip external rotation than internal rotation HOWEVER... Our hips are not all shaped the same! So FORCING a position because that’s what it’s “supposed to look like” or because “that’s what my instructor said” isn’t always best for the body. 💥Here’s the deal💥 When you lack the ability for your body to achieve that hip external rotation (maybe because of the structure of your hip socket, the structure of your leg bone, or just the result of neglect overtime), forcing these stretches will just have your body pulling from range in other places like... THE KNEES 😨 TRUE STORY: When teaching anatomy at a yoga teacher training, a woman could do lotus pose (crossing the feet over the legs in a seated position), but when we checked her passive hip external rotation, she had like 10 degrees!!! Friends... that’s like NOTHING! Ideally, we’d like about 45 degrees. So how did she get into lotus pose?! From the KNEES (and ankles)!!! Her knees learned to take the force of rotation, create more laxity at the tendons and force her way into lotus pose 😳 All of this to say, STOP FORCING RANGES THAT AREN’T HAPPENING and focus on the actual INTENTION of the stretch! To actually gain range of motion, I do recommend being a bit more active in the stretches. Passive (relaxed) ranges of motion are fine to tell the brain your safe, can relax, and relieve some tension. But to actually create change in the range, we have to load it a bit. So again, why just having someone else stretch you... Eh. Probably NOT going to be as effective as you doing it yourself in the long run. So check these out, modify as needed for your body, and DO. IT. DAILY. If you want to see change, we HAVE to maintain consistency. Period. ___________________________________ 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 @yogaalignment 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗦, 𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦, 𝗛𝗢𝗪-𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗬𝗢𝗨 #IMPROVEYOURPRACTICE ___________________________________ #yoga #mobility #yogamobility #pigeonpose #yogaalignment

📷 @the_exit_strategy on @yogaalignment The best transformations 🥰 ... I see them growing up, progressing, developing their own preferences and attitudes, their unique beings. What a blessing for me 🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️ And scrolling down through my feed... to see when I took the 2018 pic, I found out I dedicated the ‘18 ‘behind the pic’ to my mother. Grazie mamma ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Both in #WheelPose #UpwardBowPose ↔️ #Chakrasana #UrdhvaDhanurasana ___________________________________ 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 @yogaalignment 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗦, 𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦, 𝗛𝗢𝗪-𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗬𝗢𝗨 #IMPROVEYOURPRACTICE ___________________________________ #yoga #yogaalignment

📽 @riva_g_ on @yogaalignment "How to SAFELY FALL OUT of your #HandstandPose ↔️ #AdhoMukhaVrksasana 🙌 (Watch until the end for some of my IRL 🤸🏽 falls!) ❤️ So very often the FEAR of falling is what holds us back from fully committing to our handstand. Not having a thought-out exit strategy is one reason why we may find progress in this posture slower. 🙈 Learning how to land with a sense of control can make ALL the difference - AND it’s easier than you might think! The Cartwheel is one of the safest and most accessible ways to exit this posture. 😊 🙌 Here are a few tips for getting comfortable in your Cartwheel: 🔹 Start in your handstand at the wall. Begin to lower one leg out to the side & away from the wall. Push through your opposite hand, shifting your body weight over as your leg continues to lower & eventually land. Do this a few times until it begins to feel natural. 🔹 When you’re ready to move away from the wall, start with small cartwheels keeping the hips low. Begin to get the hips higher until you’re comfortable getting them all the way up. 🔹 Incorporate this cartwheel motion of the legs from your handstand position. Repeat often & allow yourself to get comfortable exiting the pose this way. Did you find this helpful? Let me know below! ❤️ Tag a friend who is learning to handstand, & tell me what other tutorials you’d like me to share. Happy practicing! 😍" @riva_g_ ___________________________________ 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 @yogaalignment 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗦, 𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦, 𝗛𝗢𝗪-𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗬𝗢𝗨 #IMPROVEYOURPRACTICE ___________________________________ #yogaalignment #yoga #yogapractice