Beginners Yoga Course | Module A, Class 4 | 47 min | Cat de Rham | Online Yoga Teaching

Welcome to the 4th class of Beginners Yoga Module A! (link to previous classes below). It's a wonderfully constructed 12 part course inspired by the magnificent genius of B.K.S Iyengar and translated as 'purely' as possible for you here. It's really worth starting at the beginning as each teaching builds on the last. New poses, new alignments, new ways of understanding.
Practice each class 3X a week and then move onto the next. I promise that if practiced as suggested you will experience beautiful structure, strength and fluidity that will add in infinite empowering ways to daily life and living. Hope that those of you who have wanted to follow a course and feel a sense of evolution in their practice will join me here. Please do let me know your experience! Made with love and light 🌹 Cat
Note - During menstruation please avoid Core Work (Urdhva Prasarita Padasana Cycles), Strong Twists (Parivrtta Trikonasana) and replace the final Viparita Karani Resting Inversion with classical Savasana (the entire body including legs resting on the floor).
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Beginners Yoga Course | Module A, Class 4 | 47 min | Cat de Rham | Online Yoga Teaching
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[@chiplawrence7178]

Cat, Thank you so Much! We love Iyengar but have no local teachers. Your classes and teaching style(!) bring it right into our rural home. During these times of pandemic this practise provides such a great relief. Namaste

[@YogawithCat]

Oh I'm so happy to read that. Thank you Chip for taking the time to let me know. I'm truly honoured to be useful in any way possible, and am feeling beautiful connections with fellow practitioners worldwide. 💓 Hope you continue to enjoy the unfolding of this course and don't hesitate to reach out if you ever have any queries about anything. Take good care and Happy Easter! 🙏 X Cat

[@mithun.r.chidananda3094]

Bravo, I had many questions in my mind which I wanted to share with you and seek answers, but going through the comment section and reading your generous answers to that sloved all my doubts. I have become your dedicated student who wants to everything to full and enhance it in my life. Thanks is a very little word, but I use it whole heartedly for showing the real yoga ❤️

[@YogawithCat]

A bow of gratitude. 🙏 And please know and trust that I am totally committed to helping in all ways possible. Always! X Cat 🤍🕉🤍

[@ericascxia3949]

Thank you! This is true gold! Our family has been practicing with you for awhile, following your course like Bible. So well structured and systematic!.we love you! Thank you!

[@YogawithCat]

Aaaw!!! Thank you for your beautiful message Erica. Love thinking of you practicing as a family!!! Hugs and strength to all of you! 🧡🌸💕🙏🏼 X Cat

[@robinjaniga7821]

My sister in law told me about your wonderful, insightful, inspirational courses. I have been enjoying your gift!

[@YogawithCat]

Oh thank you to your lovely sister in law! And to your kindness for taking the time to connect here. I'm so happy you are enjoying these offerings. Thank you! 🙏 X Cat 🤍✨🌼

[@lainaclugston9338]

This is the best yoga class series - well paced, not too long, increasing complexity, and at home where I am free to stop, pause, redo, watch and learn. Thank you. I am looking forward to going on - I am in my 70's and loving this.

[@YogawithCat]

Good Morning Laina - thank you for your gorgeous message. It's an honour to meet you here and and honour to know that you are enjoying this journey! 👏 💜🙏🏼 X Cat

[@kartikabhandeyar124]

It's been just over a month and I'm already feeling so energetic and active throughout the day after practising module A, especially when I'm four months postpartum. Thank you Cat! ❤️

[@YogawithCat]

Congratulations!! For both the birth of a little miracle and for starting your practice so promptly again. I'm deeply honoured to be part of this chapter in your life. Blessings to the both of you 💕☀️💙 X Cat

[@monikakozma1566]

Thank you! Beginner doesn't mean wimpy! Wonderful leg and core strengthening! ❤️😁🙏🏻

[@YogawithCat]

Lol. Never wimpy! Have a gorgeous Sunday 🙏🏼💙

[@aodonnell3176]

Dear Cat, I have finished this week and will be moving on to week 5. I felt very weepy one day in Viparita karani. I am so grateful for your teaching and methods! What a beautiful course. Thank you so much, Amy

[@YogawithCat]

Your consistency is brilliant Amy! Thank you for your beautiful message 💜🙏🏼💜 ps - weepy in VK is a good place to be weepy. Allowing ourselves those vulnerable moments is so nurturing .

[@RobTraderOficial]

Wonderful class Cat. I feel my posture is improving very much with these great and basic adjustments. Thank you for taking the time, energy, love and passion to film these videos. X Rob.

[@YogawithCat]

Thank you Rob for taking the time to notice the progression and details! It's all in the basics and i find that keeping that Beginners mind open is always enriching.X Cat 💛

[@yuvalbarhaim1394]

I JUST LOVE YOU! THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH US THIS WONDERFUL COURSE , IM GREATFULL.

[@YogawithCat]

Am so very pleased that you are loving this! Happy Winter Solstice Yuval and thank you for your fabulous message 💛🙏🏼💛 X Cat

[@Yvom]

Namaste🙏 It's wonderful journey up to lesson 4. Much luv 😘

[@YogawithCat]

Excellent Ed!! Keep up the great work. Practice. Practice. Practice. It's a fantastic journey 💫 X Cat

[@tinad1810]

I have been practicing yoga for long but after taking your class learned so many minute details, which no one told me before. Thanks for guiding us through the practice.

[@tinad1810]

I want to do a professional training. Can u plz guide me which one is good?

[@YogawithCat]

You're so welcome! I'm really pleased that you found it to be useful as this is my intent - to share the details. Thank you. 🙏 With light, X Cat 💫

[@YogawithCat]

If you are interested in doing a professional training in Asana and Yoga I would recommend an Iyengar training; It is very thorough. ✨ C.

[@MuradSadaf]

The energy reverberates through my home, through my day, making it impossible for people i meet with to not shine with my energy too!!

[@YogawithCat]

That is beautiful!!! 🌟 🌟 🌟 Thank you so much for sharing! Am really so happy. X Cat 🌺

[@TheMorganelip]

Muchas gracias, Cat. He practicado yoga en casa y con profesor desde hace un par de años, y hasta ahora con tus clases siento que estoy conociendo realmente mi cuerpo. Gracias por explicar tan bien cada postura. Un abrazo desde Costa Rica :)

[@YogawithCat]

Hola y gracias por tu hermoso mensaje! Estoy tan feliz de que te sientas conectado de esta manera. Y estoy muy feliz de compartir y ayudar. Siéntase libre de escribir si alguna vez tiene alguna pregunta específica. Estoy aquí. Con luz y amor de Suiza. X Cat 🙏🏼🦋☘️

[@Gabbagousch]

I have been running during lockdown, to help fight off feelings off depression and the yoga is critical to undoing the tight muscles. Not really a runner either, so not sure what muscles take the brunt of it, but I run on sand, to help protect my knees.

[@YogawithCat]

I understand... anything to fight off depression!!! A daily practice will certainly help too🤍💙🤍

[@pdharan22]

Guru Cat - thank you for this beautiful series for beginners you are offering during this time. So very generous and giving of you! My husband discovered you and has been so faithful in his practice. He started with trying to follow fun teachers from Beverly Hills and I am so thankful he found you. Your pace is just right and perfect for us with stiff, inflexible almost 60 bodies. Love your guidance through the class and the written names of poses. A mere Thank you will not do, but I shall say it loudly ...from our family to you. Stay well and safe❤️

[@YogawithCat]

Dearest Priya. Thank you for your absolutely gorgeous message which made my heart sing. The honour is truly mine. To be able to share and to feel useful is a precious gift! Am furthermore delighted that you appreciate the details such as pose names, which seem so small, but take so much work in the editing process. Most importantly am so very happy that you are both practicing! And please please don't hesitate to reach out if you ever have any particular issues or questions. I am here to help. Thank you again! With light. X Cat 💫

[@pdharan22]

Guru Cat, so sweet of you to respond! I am so touched. Virtuous even when virtual! I have a bad back but was a classical bharatanatyam dancer for years. That plus maybe my genetics have taken a toll on my lower back. I would love love to do back care yoga... but I find only one short module from you. Do you suppose you will post a few more flows for back pain sufferers like me? I’d so love to mix the practice up. Class 4 in Module A - the scissoring of the legs and also the new trikonasana pose have potentially caused a flare up. This is my guess. So I will go back and stay @ Class 2 or 3 perhaps until the back recovers🙏🏼

[@YogawithCat]

Dearest Priya - my DEEPEST apologies for this late response. KZbin is excellent at letting me know when there is a new message but terrible at letting me know when someone has written back and it is on an existing 'thread' so to speak! Which is very frustrating. Because a big source of joy for me on this channel is the communication aspect. So please please accept my humblest of 'sorrys'!!! I've only come cross your response by 'accident' today otherwise I would never have known. So you were a dancer. And perhaps also genetics. And of course the natural ageing process of dropping organs... They lose fusion with the poor lower back which in turn causes pain. In terms of practice - I would love to create a back care programme for you. It's a wonderful idea. But I would love to know a little more about what you can and can't do... And in terms of this course - have you tried 2 blankets under the lower back when you do the core work sequence. This should tilt the pelvis sequence enough to make a difference. And if it doesn't - again - please do let me know. I would greatly appreciate learning more through you. Hope that you will respond. As a new message so that I am sure Youtbe will announce it. In the meantime all the best to you and your husband. With blessings. X Cat

[@jimikimoyle1750]

yeah thankyou Cat for offering this brilliantly made beginners course, its perfect!

[@YogawithCat]

You're so welcome Jimiki! I'm so happy that it's serving. Thanks for your awesome message! 🙏🏼☀️ X Cat 💫

[@jimikimoyle1750]

@@YogawithCat not only is it serving, but it’s fully complete , professional and the whole sha-bang, I think it would serve anyone wanting to get into yoga, and can handle the details of Iyengar. ;) :) well done Cat, a brilliantly made course.

[@YogawithCat]

@@jimikimoyle1750 🙏🏼💜

[@rebeccaharris7845]

I really appreciate your generosity in creating and sharing these classes. I’ve been practicing for some time, but being currently unable to go to class during lockdown, it means so much to be able to join yours. A million thanks, I am so grateful.

[@YogawithCat]

Thank you Rebecca for your beautiful message 🙏 💕 This course began at the very start of covid and we're now on Intermediate Module B 😅 Welcome to this journey. I hope you enjoy it and please feel free to connect anytime if/as needed! 🌈🤍🌿 X Cat

[@Sbannmarie]

Cat~ I just love your language in directing us within the poses "keep arm bright" "everything staying alert and sharp" (I'm an armchair linguist so it speaks to me. Pun intended. :-)

[@YogawithCat]

lol. Thank you AnnMarie! And I'm so delighted to know that you are practicing which means that you are well. 💓 I'm self-isolating in a remote cabin in the mountains. Sending blessings and love your way. x Cat

[@MuradSadaf]

Yes!! Her words!! Go above your pain, go above your lethargy. I find myself repeating this off the mat too!!

[@kajalmangukia]

Thank you so much dearest Cat!! 😘💝🙏God bless you 🙏🙇‍♀️🧘🕉️☮️🌷❣️

[@YogawithCat]

Hey you - good to see you back in foundational training. Beginner mind. 🌷💫 X cat

[@kajalmangukia]

@@YogawithCat xx💝😘🙏

[@muskanagarwal5808]

Most awesome class. Thanku so much☺️

[@YogawithCat]

Excellent! I'm super pleased that you enjoyed it! Thank you for your message Muskan. 🙏 ✨🌺 Cat

[@Trends1055]

Thank you. I live in Pennsylvania and my daughter (a professional dancer) lives in Houston. I told her about your classes and we are going to do a class together next week. 💜happy Saturday.

[@YogawithCat]

Oh that is so beautiful! Thank you for taking the time to let me know. I hope you both really enjoy your practice together. Feel free to message if you ever have questions or issues. I am here. Take good care. X Cat 🌟

[@manishajain8992]

Dear Cat, Thanks a lot for the series. I am starting class 4 today. I loved class 3 so much that I ended up doing it for more than a week :) ( actually, I was having a bit of a challenge in balancing while coming up from parsvakonasana) Looking forward to this week because of the challenge in balancing in parivrita trikonasana :)

[@YogawithCat]

Good evening dear Manisha 🌹 It is excellent that you spent a little more time on week 3. Some weeks are like that - they need more time to assimilate a certain action and it's a testimony to your inner wisdom that you did this! Parivrtta Trikonasana is a also a challenge so please don't hesitate to reach out if you need more direction or extra info. I am here for you and dedicated to your successful completion of this course. With love and blessings, x me

[@manishajain8992]

@@YogawithCat Thank you so much for your reply, dear Cat. They keep me so connected to you. You have explained very well in all your classes. Each instruction is so complete and so much coming from the heart. The instructions are given so lovingly that the mind accepts them. It is only when the mind starts to go elsewhere that I lose the balance in parivritta trikonasana. I love the challenge that I give to my mind to stay with the instructions. Loads of love to you!

[@blueskythinking8312]

Cat, I love how you build on each class gradually in these courses. My poses have improved tremendously. I eas relying excessively on props before and it prevented my perfecting the postures. Now I am making a lot of progress. Quick question - when do you start incorporating twists? I find that those really help me. Much love to you! 💕

[@YogawithCat]

Great job! This is really wonderful to read. I can feel your satisfaction 👏 The hard work and pain are paying off! As for twists (which I love too) they are coming! In the meantime here's one with gentle twists that you might enjoy: Legs, Hips & Twists: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6jGiHRrgbKenac Hope you're well! Thanks for checking in 🌸🙏🏼🌷 X Cat

[@bountyg8035]

Thank you very much ! How many classes have you planned, please ? I can't wait to see more, especially since we are confined. I will need to practice every day ... Thanks to you I will be much more zen at home or during my permanences at school :-)

[@YogawithCat]

Hello and thanks so much for your message. You are so right - this is a great time to be clear in body and mind! Am writing from Switzerland and we are in the Red Zone. It's intense to say the least... I have 12 (could be 15) classes planned for this particular Beginners Course A. Which will be followed by Course B etc. You can also find a big selection of practices under Playlists on the home page of thisKZbin Channel. Happy practicing and let me know how it goes. Stay safe! 🌷💫 🙏

[@Sbannmarie]

@@YogawithCat Thank you Cat. ;-)

[@mariajoseperezcuevas3586]

Love from Canada 💞

[@YogawithCat]

Thank you dear Maria. It's beautiful to hear from you. 💛

[@haplesson2]

#cdr another brilliant class in this Series! Thank you so much for this series and your wonderful teaching. #Iyengar is the light in this time of darkness.

[@YogawithCat]

Oh your positivity is so welcomed and I am honoured to be a vessel of service during this time. Sending love from Switzerland which is currently in the red hot zone. We are hunkering down and hanging in there. Hope that you are safe and staying strong and clear. 💓 🌟 ☮️

[@Gabbagousch]

did all of this class this morning.

[@YogawithCat]

Awesome!!!! Just keep at it. No matter what you're 'feeling'. It brings stability. 🌿💚💫

[@Gabbagousch]

@@YogawithCat Aiming for 1 class a day now, seems more realistic and sustainable. Mix between restorative and module A.

[@lexihuttonsoprano]

Again, fantastic! Thanks, Cat!

[@YogawithCat]

Hello Lexi! Always great to hear form you. Glad you enjoyed it! ☮️ X Cat

[@Gabbagousch]

I did this class after ages Cat. I hope you are well? I did a more 'stable' para pose where we twist and pull the outer hip backwards. I also enjoyed the core work. I have quite poorly since having my first jab of the covid vaccine (lot of muscle ache, and zero energy), so this was the first day I felt ok enough to do a class. Got my 2nd jab coming soon, lol x x

[@YogawithCat]

Oh so sorry to hear that you got the jab reaction Radha. My parents also but are absolutely fine now. Lots of rest and water. These Course sessions can be quite intense so adjust accordingly. Spring is here!!! I LOVE Spring! 💐

[@Gabbagousch]

@@YogawithCat haha, yes, today, we actually felt some sun on our faces. I think the worst has passed finally, until jab 2 comes! Have u had yours yet? People keep scaring me with their opinions and theories, but I've gone ahead with it now. I think I'm getting a kitten Cat. I'm so nervous and excited at the same time. It's a girl kitten. Have u ever had pets? I'm worried I'll never get anything done ever again with such a distraction or even resent it for having responsibility over it. I love having only myself to look after, I do love that. It's a good freedom that I have only just got finally in my life. Lots of toxic relationships held me back for years. But I wonder if I need more love. I'm hoping the cat and me can give each other that.

[@mithun.r.chidananda3094]

Hi cat sis, this is prashanathi from India you're regular student. I have started class4 in modula A. It's getting intense day by day and I am enjoying it. I request please upload proper way of practicing "Suryanamskra". And inform us how to add up to daily routine of asanas and also it's uses. I am having benefits from your classes and also eecmending it to my friends ❤️

[@YogawithCat]

Beautiful to hear from you Mithun. And congratulations on your discipline! Should you ever have questions or concerns I am here to help as best as I can. As for SuryaNamaskar - this will come in Intermediate Course Module A. For now - just follow and evolve with this course and all the rest will follow. With love and light ✨ X Cat

[@5523louisa]

Thank you as always for these great classes! Feel the tightness and a bit of pinching in my hip and groin area in the new pose today, any suggestions on how to release that aside from the hand pulling it open as you twist? Think I may be also closing the back leg groin as I twist towards the front leg.

[@YogawithCat]

Hello Louisa! Apologies for the delayed response. I'm in a jungle shack in Hawaii with terrible internet and have been unable to open the video to see what the new pose is and am thus unable to give precise advice. If you have a moment feel free to send me another message with the name of the pose (or description) and I'll respond. Having said that, from your description it does not sound as if it is 'unhealthy' pain. I suspect that with a little practice these pinching sensations will open up. Do let me know! Sending special Aloha your way! 🌊 💙 🙏🏼 X Cat

[@afsoonshodjaee2272]

So grateful for this amazing class. ❤️

[@YogawithCat]

Thank you dearest Afsoon. Wonderful to hear from you! Hope that you are in a safe space right now. 💓

[@afsoonshodjaee2272]

@@YogawithCat Thank you Cat! I am working from home these days and on the brightest side I can use my commute time to practice your amazing classes. I love all the details even the font you use to label the poses and progress of the class. So honored to be in your class.

[@YogawithCat]

And I'm so honoured to be giving back in any and all ways that I can. Especially right now! As for the details - thank you for noticing Afsoon because they are so small but they take so much time... Your words make them feel worth it. 🙏 🌍 💖

[@nhmoudgil]

Hello Cat! Thank so much for all your yoga teachings with techniques. I am starting with the Beginners class Module A. I did class 3 & 4 for two weeks each.I still struggle to put my lower back on the floor when I do vertical stretch. There is always an arch. What can I do to hit my lower back to the ground?

[@YogawithCat]

Good Morning and congratulations on starting this journey Naina!! You will feel transformed in new ways by the end of it. Meanwhile, it's important to know that it takes time to feel one's body and time to change its habits. So for instance with the arch of your lower back - the fact that you are noticing it is excellent! This is the beginning of change and it will lead you to develop more holistic sensitivity as you explore how to adjust until the lower back feels flatter. (In this case learning how to move the buttocks and sacrum towards the heels) However do not feel that you must wait for the lower back to completely flatten before moving to the next class. Instead; take the time needed to absorb each new class (you mentioned 2 weeks, which is excellent!) and then keep going. Some poses will take longer to 'get' and some will flow more easily. But at the end of the day it will all come together because that is how the body works. Meanwhile, as the practice makes you aware of ways in which you hold yourself, take these 'ah-ha' moments off the mat and into your daily life. For instance, watch the over arching of your lower back when you are sitting. Try to be mindful in that area, engaging the pelvic floor and lifting the pubic bone to combat the dropping of the lumbar. Similarly when sleeping, you could (lying on back) fall asleep with a pillow under the backs of knees which will help ensure that you are able to really move the buttocks towards the feet direction and that your lower back is thus supported by the mattress (not arching). These small adjustments may feel inconsequential but they are ripples of positive change. Hope this helps! Please feel free to connect with questions anytime. Sending courage and faith. X Cat

[@danhering2057]

Dear Cat, thank you so, so much for your amazing online courses. They’re really changing a lot in my life! On my way home from work, I’m already looking forward to going to your classes. I am really just a beginner and therefore the beginners classes are absolutely fantastic at this moment and I’m recommending your channel to all friends interested. Now I have a question. I have a slight pain in my left shoulder (from trying iyengar yoga in a studio a couple of year times, six years ago) and some of the asanas stretching my arms up/ back refresh this pain. Then I didn’t go to the doctor and after a lot of time the shoulder was ok again. Is there an intelligent way to handle this shoulder practicing for example Urdhva prasarita Padasana..thank you very much in advance, David ❤️

[@YogawithCat]

Hello David - great to meet you here and thanks for connecting. The shoulder as you well know is a sensitive and tricky area. It takes a while to heal and in the healing process it is definitely best not to push it. When bringing the arms back in UPP try putting a bolster (or 2 as needed) so that the arms are lifted. Also be sure that the upper outer arms are moving towards the sky and that the humerus bone is coming into the shoulder socket. Also in Trikonasana etc. pay extra attention to your tendencies in the top arm. Often we over extend that arm because it makes us feel that we are twisting more. If you think that this might be your case counteract this tendency by bringing the top arm slightly forward and then working the twist from the belly button so that the action stays in the trunk. Hope this helps and if not - or if other issues arise - please feel free to reach out. I'm always so pleased to support this Module experience. It is a beautiful journey!! ☀️💛 X Cat

[@danhering2057]

Thank you so much for taking your time to answer so fast and in such a detailed way, Cat! I will try your advice tomorrow in my next practice! Many thanks again and have wonderful week!

[@jostoornstra7625]

Dearest Cat, did it! With joy, I loved it. I'm sure you can't imagine how you changed my life! With you on the mat every day, wonderful and delicious. I love you for that dearest friend and teacher! ❤, x, Jos

[@YogawithCat]

I love you too Jos!! Isn't it so beautiful ❤️

[@jostoornstra7625]

I go on dearest Cat, with you for the rest of my life!​ You , yoga and your stretchlove mean a lot to me.Thanks for loving me dearest Cat, I love you, a lot, in my ❤, ❤, x, Jos❤❤❤@@YogawithCat

[@Gabbagousch]

I'm 17 mins in and the para stretch was so intense, I'm like 47 mins and i've done 17. who is this woman! hahahaha. I'm eyeing the video thats called chill-out yoga on the right hand side right now.......

[@YogawithCat]

Thank you for the good giggle. Hope you're still going strong! 🌟

[@neharanjana]

Hello Cat, Hope you are doing great! From today I have started doing class 4. I want to share my happiness(update) while going through this journey. Initially when I started using second strap around my ankle it was extremely painful but after finishing my 3rd lesson (I did this lesson for 8 days as was not very good in few poses) the pain has gone very down. I can say 2 out of 10😊😊 I have a question about core workout. Q -- I am still not very comfortable doing the core workout ☹ Doing the 30 degree angle is really uncomfortable. Sometimes I couldn't hold it for more then 3 to 4 seconds. Sometimes having lower tummy pain.Is my core weak? (Just a background, I have 2 kids both natural birth) Could the pregnancy be the reason of not having the core function properly. I also have bulge on my tummy which I really want to fix as I have lost most of my pregnancy weight but the tummy is not going down. I know spot reduction is a myth and I never wanted to learn yoga for focusing only on reducing body weigh. I want to make my body strong and healthy. Please let me know how I can proceed with these core workouts. Thanks in advance! Namaste 🙏

[@YogawithCat]

Hello dear Neha and thanks for taking the time to reach out. First of all congratulations on your discipline and commitment! I know that it's hard work in so many different ways but I promise that you will eventually feel transformed both mentally and physically! It's wonderful that you took the time to really assimilate the 3rd class as was needed by your vehicle. This is the sign of wise intelligence. And I'm very happy to hear that your foot pain has reduced to a 2 out of 10! Soon you will wonder if it ever hurt at all. Furthermore, by now your body will be beginning to trust that you mean 'business' and it will start to open up to you. Like a plant that is being watered and given sunlight. Just be consistent and everything will blossom as it should. As for the core - I understand. Especially after 2 children. Yes it sounds as if your core is weak, but you are not alone!! So many of us have weak cores. And 30° is really hard! The good news is that - with absolute certainty - our cores can 100% be made strong and useful again. You just have to give it time. Consistency. Patience. And muscular pain is entirely normal when you are waking this area up again. Don't worry if you can't hold those poses very long. Just keep igniting that area and the strength will grow. It might be helpful to add another blanket under the lower back to relieve some of the strain. But if you have lower back pain please let me know! Referring to the bulge in your tummy - as long as it is not a hernia - you can trust that with the practice it will diminish. Ageing and childbirth have the effect of making one's inner organs drop forward and down. They 'separate' from the lower back bringing weakness there. As we begin to get in touch with these forgotten areas - eventually - with practice - the organs will be taught how to lift again - and how to naturally move in and up - fusing with the lower back and bringing great stability and inner health. It is a journey. Please keep sharing yours with me when and as needed. Blessings fellow yogi! X Cat 💫

[@neharanjana]

@@YogawithCat Hello Cat, I would like to repeat "You are God sent ANGLE to me"🧡 . The way you answer my questions I feel like talking to someone very close👩 Thanks for listening and giving such a detailed response. Answering your query, NO I don't feel any back pain while or after doing the core workout its just holding the 30 degree pose is not very comfortable. However when I started doing lesson 1 even 60 degree was not that comfortable but not it is. So you are right looks like I need to be consistent in my practice. I will definitely update you (Hope I am not bothering you). Hope to get better and better each day! Namaste🙏

[@YogawithCat]

Hello again Neha - I am really so relieved to hear that you have no back pain! This is wonderful news! So just keep practicing and the discomforts will fade... and definitely keep me updates on your progress. You are not bothering me at all. It is a pleasure to help! 💛 X C.

[@felicitygallimore8800]

Hi Cat. I am loving your course and so grateful for all your direction. Can I ask a question? When I am facing the blocks with one foot in front of the other. How far apart width-wise are my feet meant to be}. Ie Are they hip width apart or are they closer together ie more in line with each other. I can’t quite see in the video as we are looking from the side. Thank you again. This is my first attempt to embrace yoga following a stress fracture that is preventing me running for 6 months and I’m hooked. Fx

[@YogawithCat]

Hello Felicity. So wonderful to meet you and know that we are working together. I'm super happy that you're finding healing and strengthening here. The practice will support your future running in so many beautiful ways! 💛 As for your question - each foot is in line with each hip so they are not directly in line with each other. Apologies for the camera angle which limits certain crucial views. Please always feel free to connect anytime! And a big congratulations for undertaking this course. There is also a Beginners Module B that follows this and then a whole range of Intermediate Modules too! About a year and a bit of training if so desired. Happy practicing! x Cat 💫

[@felicitygallimore8800]

Thank you Cat. I was not expecting such a quick answer. Already I feel more flexible and have less back discomfort in my day to day life (and only week 4). So much to look forward to! 😘

[@YogawithCat]

@@felicitygallimore8800 yes!! I'm also excited Felicity because i think that you'll get so much out of it. The evolution of the Training Modules keeps them super interesting because we always have a sense of learning and progression within a solid sense of structure. My aim in sharing them was to help everyone learn to make asana truly their own self-practice experience - with integrity and understanding. And as long as I have wifi I always answer every question. We're a small community (for youtube) and I really love everyone here. 💛

[@MuradSadaf]

Good evening Guruji I have restarted and after 5 times each class every alternate day, I have reached here. Sadly, I cannot even balance myself in the Parivarta Trikonasana now and the wobbling makes me almost fall. I managed to reach the block, but I cannot hold. Any guidance to achieve the balance and the twist, please

[@YogawithCat]

Hello dearest Sadaf. Apologies for such a late response. I have been travelling out of wifi zone ... In response to your question - first of all please be assured that you are not alone. PT is a tricky pose indeed! I suggest using a higher block (such as a chair or stool). I am also including a link to another class that will help you to understand it better 1 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/inSxnqWreq6ffrM Also - Parivrtta Supta Padangusthasana is an excellent pose to do everyday to help prepare the vehicle for this pose. Here is a link to a class that covers the Supta Padangusthasana Cycle. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5qpXnutbs-kf9U Hope this helps and keep me posted! 🤍

[@cynthiabaumhauer8403]

Hi, Cat. When doing the pose using blocks, when right foot's forward, bringing left arm across connecting forearm with front shin, I find when using the blocks I can't seem to do this without bending my arm. However, if I remove the blocks it works and the crossing arm can be straight and connect with shin. I'm assuming it's fine to do the pose without blocks. If this is not correct and I'm not understanding, please let me know. Thanks, Cynthia

[@YogawithCat]

Absolutely correct Cynthia! I keep the blocks in for those who might not yet be able to reach but if you can reach the floor the pose become easier (in a way) because the arm and shin can truly connect. Congratulations!! 💯 X Cat

[@anatmeiri7633]

Question: Do I tighten the glutes during Long Vertical Stretch? Thank you for your beautiful offering and generosity. Peace and health :-)

[@YogawithCat]

hello dear Anat - good question. The action of the buttocks in long vertical stretch is this: each heel connects to each buttock. The heels are pulling the buttocks towards the heels which moves the sacrum in the direction we want. Each buttock is indeed slightly tightened but it is a different type of contraction than tightening the glutes towards each other. Best way to describe it would be a contraction with a very specific direction. Let me know if this helps. Or not! And thank you for your blessings. 🙏 🌟 💖

[@anatmeiri7633]

@@YogawithCat Very helpful. I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question, and the detailed response. Thank you!!!

[@ManpreetSafari]

Hi Cat, Love your classes. Been doing beginners Class 1-4 , each 5 times . In class 4 while doing Parivrtta Trikonasna , both legs specially front leg remains unstable ..it starts shaking. Should I be focusing on something ,that I am not doing right? Secondly should I transition to Class 5 now or do more of Class 4 ?

[@YogawithCat]

Hello Manpreet and congratulations!! The shaking leg will go away with time. It is a sign that you are really working deeply. Just continue with the same energy into Class 5. And keep me posted on your developments! Once again a big bravo!!! X Cat 💫 🌼🦋🙏🏼

[@irenebazalka3785]

Dear Cat, when I put the strap over the ankles tight my sitting bones are outside the heels. Is that what is needed? or is that too tight? Thanks for your classes I really like to go back to ur beginners modules and getting the details again.

[@YogawithCat]

Hello Irene. Yes the sitting bones are - at a certain point - wider than the heels. The heels can be used to keep them well spread. However there is also such a thing as 'too tight' so I suggest trying afew variations and seeing what feels good but still 'instructive' to the feet. Hope this helps and well done for revisiting the foundations. We always hear new details. ☯🤍🙏

[@Gabbagousch]

That was first class again after a long break. I think I had a strain of covid in-between. My main question today is around the foot alignment; when you say the heel needs to be in line with the front of the arch (do you mean the middle of the arch of the back leg foot?) Do you have any diagrams or anything you can link? Or any other links that show this clearly? I think I do it correct, but obviously its a foundation point, and so I wanted to clarify.

[@YogawithCat]

Good Morning dear Radha! Welcome back!! 💜 As for the foot alignment in this Module - it is the front heel to the front of the arch. More towards the big toe part of the arch than the middle. This will shift later but for now is important to help really absorb the front buttock. Let me know if this is clear now? Have a wonderful weekend and am delighted that you are feeling better and are back on track! 🌈🌺☀️

[@Gabbagousch]

@@YogawithCat This helps. The clarity is useful, and the front buttock point interesting. I noticed today whilst doing the restorative, and with you saying lift the arches up, my feet were more or less flat against the matt - there was no arch, not visibly to my eyes (my head was low so I could see them well). I can somatically feel a sensation of lifting the arch sometimes, but visually they look flat as hell - is that normal?

[@YogawithCat]

@@Gabbagousch don't worry about normal or abnormal. Just go with the somatic experience of lifting until - one day - the outer expression of that is made manifest in your unique way.

[@MuradSadaf]

I am unable to balance on the parivtta trikonasana. My legs keep wobbling and the back heel doesn't reach the floor, as a result I am not just unsteady but can't grip the inner knee of the back leg

[@YogawithCat]

Hello Sadaf! Parivrtta Trikonasana is indeed a tricky pose. Try putting a rolled blanket underneath your back heel so that the heel has something to press into. This will help with the steadiness. Also - on the days that you don't practice make sure to do some Supta Padangusthasanas lying down on the floor with a belt. This will help open the backs of the legs which will also help your Parivrtta Trikonasana. The important thing to remember is that there are always some poses that take longer than others to flower. Don't let this discourage you at all. Just be detached and persistent. It is coming! Hope this helps. Take good care. C. 💫

[@kartikabhandeyar124]

Hi Cat.. Is it safe to practice this module A during pregnancy? Thanks.

[@YogawithCat]

Good Morning! ☀️ This is not the ideal pregnancy sequence as it is too strong. I do have this one which is specific for 1st Trimester. But it is Intermediate level. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2rNpGmCpNqMfJY Are you pregnant and just starting Yoga? If this is the case you must work gently with lots of support. Hope this helps. With love and congratulations! X Cat heart 💖

[@kartikabhandeyar124]

Good morning Cat, thank you so much for your considerate reply!! I've been practicing your module A since past three months.. With minimum two classes a week.. My flexibility has also improved.. I'm on class 4 n comfortable to step up to class 5..Last weekend I got to know that I'm pregnant.. So I was wondering whether I should continue.. Nevertheless I shall try the link given by you. Love and Regards

[@YogawithCat]

@@kartikabhandeyar124 Hi again - if you've been feeling comfortable I would follow your intuition and body intelligence - but absolutely avoid all core and twists in the 1st Trimester and use blocks or chair support in strenuous Standing Poses to lighten the intensity. Basically the first Trimester is all about letting the baby settle in comfortably. 2nd Trimester is different. As is the 3rd... As for the practice I sent you - this was the practice my teacher gave me when I was pregnant. Ideally one would practice it from the screen a few times, writing down the recipe of poses for oneself and then eventually practicing it on ones own within the time frame that one has available. My version is long because I have to make sure to include all the details. Just to conclude - pregnancy is such an individual experience so I have to be cautious in giving advice especially through the screen. In the meantime will work on 2nd Trimester and 3rd Trimester so that you have the complete set. 🌺

[@kartikabhandeyar124]

@@YogawithCat thank you so much Cat for your invaluable advice . I really appreciate the effort you are taking to understand the situation of your pupils. Thank you again. Will try trimester 1 link.. N get back to you incase I have questions.. Best regards.