Awesome! I love that you found this so useful and deeply understood it's purpose in making flexibility more natural and less forceful. Let me know if you want to explore any other poses or have questions that I might be able to help with :)

Thank you for the offer. You can send me some information and I will check it out. [email protected] ;)

I appreciate that! Let me know if there is something specific you'd like to see ;)

My pleasure! Glad you've found it valuable :)

It depends on which stage of jumping/hopping you are at. This video addresses the foundations of teaching it from the yoga teacher perspective, and it might be helpful. Let me know and I can see if I can give you some other tips or do a video on it ;)

@ thanks, I will check it out.

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@@c2442l kzbin.info/www/bejne/in60aoKsmNekicksi=UD1D60ksl-Hp9yM5 sorry i forgot to include the link!

@@jenelleleatyoga thanks I can see how transferring weight to the hands will help with hopping to the back of the mat. Will this idea also work for jumping to the front of the mat? I have seen some yoga teachers jump to the front of the mat with a moment of suspension like a pike handstand before landing in forward fold. I would like to work towards that.

Yay! That is music to my ears! I am super glad that you had this realisation, it will greatly improve the longevity of your yoga practice among other things. Reach out with any questions :)

It really makes a big difference doesn't it? Just a little something I discovered through my own practice ;)

Thank you so much for that, I appreciate it. Glad you're finding these useful :)

Thank you so much! I am really glad that you're finding it valuable! Let me know if there is anything you'd like to learn more about and I'll see if I can make a video on it ;)

Yes I agree, this is definitely a thing! It also goes the other way, many yoga teachers actually don't do this in their own practice and haven't taken it upon themselves to find a way to make it accessible to others who do want to try. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this ;)

my pleasure! glad you've found them useful ;)

Thank you for sharing those supportive words. I appreciate it! I am really glad that you've found this useful :)

Sure thing ;)

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@@jenelleleatyoga thanks so much Jenelle! Thinking about signing up for your new course🧘

@@Bexit22 That sounds great! Please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions you have - [email protected]

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Thank you for sharing that, I am so glad that you've what I am sharing to be helpful!

Thanks Amber! You'll have to let me know if you give it a try ;)

Thank you! I find it to work really well ;)

Aw thank you. I am so glad that you have found this useful. I appreciate your beautiful feedback :)

Oh yay! That is great to hear. It worked a treat for me too and so many others. Glad it's been helpful!

My pleasure, thanks for watching. Are you a teacher too?

Glad that this tip has resonated with you! It can feel a bit 'extra' or artificial when you start doing it but as you said it will feel a bit natural with practice. I like to think of the action of squeezing toothpaste out of the tube, you need to create a 'squeeze' on one end for the toothpaste to come out on the other and the squeeze between your thighs is the same. Once you create that inner thigh activation and/or slight internal rotation (both will work in varying degrees for different bodies) you will feel the lift in your chest and the upward/outward energy be transferred through the spine instead of just concentrated in one hinge point. 100% squeezing action isn't necessary but just the simple awareness of the drawing together energy between the thighs IS necessary to create a more functional and healthy spinal extension :)

HAHA. tells someone they're just "wrong" then preaches about humility. How does the view of your stomach look with your head so far up your ass? Also, is yoga all about hypocrisy? If so, you're def doing it right

Glad you enjoyed it! Was there anything specific that clicked for you while watching this?

I think understanding the history of yoga definitely has a significant role. I view it as one of those things that matters if you care but it doesn't matter if you don't care. Whatever is important to you will take priority! It is common in the yoga industry to discount particular styles of yoga as they are considered as being out of alignment with the original intentions of yoga. However given that yoga has constantly evolved and shifted over time, it begs the question 'what EVEN is traditional yoga?' That's what I find interesting :)

you need to understand one thing.. any thing.. maybe start with humiility

Sorry for the late rely! Glad that you enjoyed this ;)

@@jenelleleatyoga more like this would be amazing ... like for standing head to knee and sit ups

@@LilaConder cool, thank you! I will get onto doing those and share them with you within the next 30 days :)

Yes! Addressing meridians and organ health are very important aspects to a yoga practice. The nice thing with yoga is that you don't HAVE to know which organ is affected by what you are doing in order for your efforts to be fruitful. But having the knowledge is definitely empowering and really interesting to some people ;)

I think that if someone experiences a transformation that takes them beyond stretching, we can't really deny that their yoga practice is about something more!

Yoga is also about breathing, useing your muscles dynamically and isometricly and it is about finding precision in your movements. Most of all and in between the lines yoga is about allignment and interdependent integration of bodily systems! If you do yoga consciously, scientifically and for yourself there comes a point where you can consciously massage organs in your body by streching your fascial inner anatomy and breathing them into certain directions. It's a question of precision and coordinating breathing movements, subtle movements in pivotal points like spine hips etc. etc. and also about broader movements. Classical streching is rather unprecise because it tends to be isolated. If your yoga practice is as unprecise and not fit to your body individually it might not benefit you more than classical stretching. But Isolated work on muscles like in classical stretching or strenghening etc. will not give you as many neuromuscular benefits and highten your ability to sublimate your movments as much. But. Yeah. Of course stretching is an important part of yoga but saying yoga is stretching and nothing more is simply wrong. And imo; Nothing speaks against adding new movements to yoga or combining it with other practices like animal movements or qi gong for example. As this video says; There is not one traditional kind of yoga - it never originated under one comittee or anything.

Thanks so much! Glad it resonated with you ;)

I know this video is old - but it’s exactly what I needed right now. I got back on the mat after a few years off during a very demanding job. After a few months of regular practice my flexibility has increased significantly. My balance is usually good. But I’ve been pushing myself to go deeper, but today my knees gave out & I almost fell over in warrior. It was a good reminder to slow down & reorient myself to hoe yoga isn’t about performance or perfection, but a practice.

I agree with you on all of this! Thanks for your comment. I do think that we have discounted the value of the physical practice in regards to how it can draw us deeper into all of those spiritual aspects you mentioned. As a modern society we have become so unhealthy in our physical bodies that we need something like yoga asana to help us prepare ourselves for the deeper aspects of yoga just as you mentioned.

"spiritually evolved" ... this phrase means nothing ...this is why I don't go to yoga classes much. I just do it on my own. People who are so into the "spiritual side" and the chakras and the blahblah bullshit have their heads SO FAR up their asses that they have lost the ability to reason at all. The depressing part is, you probably tell people in your class this garbage, and since you're wearing beads and have a statue of buddha, they believe you. They actually convince themselves that this nonsense carries meaning. This type of behavior devolves the human race.

I agree that everything is called 'yoga' these days. It definitely has taken a commercial turn to become popular with the masses. The point I am trying to make is the judgement that comes with one's practice being better or more traditional than someone else's only serves to make someone feel more superior than another and at the end of the day, yoga is what you make of it. It is constantly evolving and changing so I don't think that just one way of doing it is the answer. Thanks for chiming in on this topic ;)

@@aniketsatpute2389 Love your knowledge! Thanks for sharing :)

coming from someone who clearly has no idea what yoga is, I believe you. You used words that are supposedly Sanskrit, which means you're in tune with the universe and the chakras and the chi and the blahblah... go be USEFUL!

Thanks for your comment Chris. Sorry for the late reply! I agree that everything is now yoga! It's a bandwagon that everyone and their baby goat has hopped onto! I'd love to know how you would define what a legitimate or 'real' yoga teacher would be? When would someone be able to call themselves a yoga teacher? I personally prefer the title of yoga 'guide' as I strive to align my offerings with the personal intention of a practitioner instead of imposing some sort of set way of doing things onto them.

If you are interested, you can read the book Yoga Makaranda by Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (aka father of modern Yoga)

Thanks for your comment Jahnvi! You could definitely say that it would be more beneficial to learn from someone who is in the field, as they do have experience, like you said! However there is some value to a more objective approach which isn't influenced by one's own personal experience. I think that there's an interesting aspect to what he is pointing out, which is basically that science and research needs to catch up with the anecdotal evidence of what a yoga practice can really do for someone. That is actually how he ends the book; by stating that there is plenty of valid experiences had by people who can back up these claims that many yoga teachers preach, however if things want to be taken seriously and to the next level with more substantial proof of yoga's benefits, then there needs to be supporting research done. I can definitely see both sides to that opinion! However what resonated with me more than anything was how this opinionated, dogmatic approach that many yoga teachers and styles have towards those who aren't considered 'traditional', is actually not really founded on anything real other than criticism and self-righteousness! Because, yoga is constantly changing to suit the people and the times and it has been for many, many years! Such an interesting convo to have ;)

@@jenelleleatyoga Well, I can't say I disagree (◠‿◕)