How To Do Chaturunga Dandasana | Correct Ashtanga Technique | 9 Minute Tutorial

[@laurentlasoen5990]

Guys i love all of your videos, one request for people like me who are practicing but dont have access to teacher (i d come everyday to your soreclass if i could!!!) My request is; could you breakdown every position of peimary series, one video per week, giving us, who dont have access to you as our teacher. Thank you

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

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[@samamuse1353]

Great demo. I Had a severe shoulder tendinitis by practicing wrongly this asana for years. When you don't have enough strength in your arms please put the knees down before being able to have the correct pattern

[@miakaya2226]

This is a really helpful demonstration. Each time I do chaturunga I feel I need to put more focus in it than in some other postures. Thank you for this video! Namaste.

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Glad it was helpful! :)

[@shobhanahanubal7959]

Six years into the practice, but I dunno why I fail to do this asana.. I struggle a lot.... but thank you so much for going step by step. 🙏🏻❤️

[@kristendawson273]

This transformed my chaturanga. The width of the hands adjustment, just a little change, and I feel so much more strength. Thank you both 🙏🙏

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Very true, so much can change from a small adjustment. Great to heard you're finding more strength :)

[@Arsh2436]

Breaking down and recapping even basic poses is really helpful in developing consistency in a practice as niggles are primarily what hold me back. Thank you for sharing this.

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Glad it was helpful! :)

[@niloufarkhalili]

I’m so so so thankful for the best tutorial ever

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Many thanks! Happy you found our tutorial helpful :)

[@minhvuyoga2509]

Thanks for your video!!! I'm practising the 2nd and I'm stopping at the Supta urdhva pada vajrasana, because I can't catch my bigtoe in the Halasana position. Hope to see your guide 😍😍😍

[@mannymartinez4017]

i've never appreciated the pose as much as how you both explained it !! thank you !

[@sanyuktadutta5604]

I always come to the two of you for extremely useful tutorials backed with imp details. My pincha is so much better after watching your tutorial, and now this, thank you so much ♥️ 🙏.

[@3115191024]

I have been looking for something like this for a while. thank you

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Glad you found our channel :)

[@jannytang2536]

Very educational, learn a lot in your every video, thanks !!

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Thank you for the feedback :) Happy to hear that you're enjoying our videos!

[@myrid]

I'd love to see a video on Jump into Chaturanga Dandasana

[@KatarzynaMarkiewicz-y1t]

Hi, i want just thank you. I wanted to learn ashtanga, but I get so frustrated. Even doing half series everything was in pain (wrong postures), ending in the middle with tears of frustration and disappointment. I am starting to build strength with your videos. Just making ashtanga for the beginners and tutorials how to do properly make postures. I search through many different tutorials but yours is really great and full of good explanation

[@leontienruissen6028]

Of course I'd like more tutorials by the two of you!!

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

We'll be adding lots :) Thanks for the support!

[@leontienruissen6028]

@@DavidandJelenaYoga thanks!!! 😊

[@bonnieprunella4650]

I’ve never been able to get the arms to bend enough to get this alignment. However, I love you tutorial videos. I’ll keep working on this & other poses you explain so well. Helena is so strong.

[@danielasouza7333]

Your tutorials are awesome, thank you so much. Hope one day I'll be able to practice with a smile on my face like Jelena! Greetings from Brazil.

[@Pureprofitincome]

I Would really appreciate if you Will do the first halv series, at a pace with all the modifications for beginners, so we could get a full experience,, so we have the time to do the positions correctly, without having to rush through, But still in a good flow ❤️🙏🏻✨💫 much love from Denmark 🇩🇰💋

[@michellemaunder2622]

thank you so much. Very helpful. I didnthe new primary series today and noticed how lox jelena was going. thanks for explaining :)

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

You're very welcome! Glad you're finding our videos helpful :)

[@astridcarolinacanascortes4315]

Love you guys. Lessons are quite effective... the way David give the instructions helps keeping the positions. Jelena's way of doing movements is inspiring. All my love from Colombia 🇨🇴 .

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Thank you so much for your kind comment :)

[@jordy4054]

Fantastic breakdowns!

[@alma1820]

I love that i found your channel. I started following your TikTok and practiced a few poses, but i really love that you have these videos more in-depth on how to get the pose right and how it helps strengthen or be more flexible with each practice. Id love to see breakdown poses on how to do it properly and how to get there. My next pose to learn will be headstand 😃

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

So great to hear that you're finding out channel helpful. This is exactly why we started it - to dive a little deeper into some of the tutorials :)

[@joseluisrincon8330]

Muchas gracias! Su demostración es de mucha ayuda. Gracias de nuevo. Saludos desde Guadalajara, México

[@wiolettachristensen6281]

Thanks for this video. I still struggle with this position but you explain so good that makes it easier.

[@esmeraldayachting]

Always precise explanations👏👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️

[@ceefiahay1833]

You guys are honestly a blessing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I love that discuss the differences from Ashtanga to other forms of Yoga too. Such amazing tips for practice thank you thank you thank you!

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Thanks for watching our channel and for the feedback :)

[@moniqueleonardi1730]

omg!!! This was so helpful! Thank you so much, guys, for sharing extended versions of the Instagram videos. I'm an ashtanga beginner, and your detailed instructions are vital for my progress. I'm in Brazil and saving money to sign up for the online course, and hopefully, I will get the chance to be in class with you guys someday :)

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Glad it was helpful! Hope to meet you someday as well :)

[@lorithomasscott349]

these videos are amazing!! thank you so much. i've been practicing yoga for 12 years and still feel like i'm learning so much from every single one of these. my alignment is improving immensely!!!

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Hey Lori - thank you so much for the feedback. Really happy to hear that our videos are helping you to refine your practice :)

[@manasichivate]

Looks so easy when this beautiful lady does it! Seems next to impossible when I try to do it😢

[@MariaFernandez-fb1qd]

Loved it, thank you, thank you, thank you. Clarity, precission, thourogh explanation, excelent teaching style. See you in all future videos!

[@karitaalmeida1429]

Perfect tutorial! Thank you very much, David and Jelena.

[@krisgi00710]

I just love you guys... Muchas gracias from Spain 🥰

[@MLNoff]

Very helpful. Thank you. Recovering from bilateral frozen shoulder and it's a long road back.

[@leasushi1968]

Thank you for this breakdown 😊 when I started yoga I found this pose soo hard with a lot of things to focus on. I also had such a hard time tucking my tailbone because of a drastic lack of core strength. It really took me a few years to master it correctly ! And it was really hard to develop patience and commitment in a world where everything is supposed to be instantly there. I guess this is when I learned sole of the 8 lines of yoga: non grasping, and non violence. 😊

[@mondeehadibroto7052]

Please continue to make more videos of the correct break downs of yoga postures! Your videos are very good! Thanks for all the details here.

[@priscasaiti]

from Africa here Malawi I love this am the am doing everyday change

[@visa9189]

Wow, that’s super useful! Thank you so much!

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

You're welcome! :)

[@krazrad]

This is what I needed ☺️ That is probably my most confusing posture. I have had a frozen shoulder also and I definitely know I was doing that wrong. Not sure if my incorrect posture contributed to it but I feel like it did not help for sure. This video was very clear and helpful. I am not shy about doing the modifications anymore until I'm strong enough to do it right. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@J_Riversun]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATIVE VIDEO! The best video on chataranga. I’m so glad I found your video. I subscribed so I can learn more from you.

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Wow thank you very much for your kind feedback. Happy to hear this was helpful for you. :)

[@tiffanychiang3500]

just found you guys as i'm moving into an intermediate stage of my yoga practice now after a few years. I'm sustaining some injuries as my strength and flexibility allows me to go further or deeper into poses, without the proper breakdown. i'm loving you guys so much. just subbed

[@priscasaiti]

yout the best you guys this is so important am feeling the flexibility of my body...am learning here so that I can have my own yoga classes too,ur explanations are super cool ,,keep it up guys..africa we love you

[@RohitDhavade]

My goodness, what a great detail!! I love this channel, Thanks David and Jelena for studying this from the ancients and bringing out to us in such an approachable manner.

[@mollybohnsack4601]

You both are amazing! You help my practice so much!

[@_elfifle_]

Love you guys! Super helpful tips to improve my postures.

[@blackplague-x3y]

Cheers! Its beautiful to be able to advance the poses after thinking they were simple. It really helps to enliven practice.

[@RockLizard5]

Good details, clear and precise. Thanks so much.

[@veronicarossi8074]

Loved the tutorial! Will give it a go tomorrow. One question: how do I get my hamstrings to get stronger? Thank you!

[@almondtree2011]

This is very helpful 🙏

[@anngo9742]

Love it

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

You're so welcome! :)

[@alessiasalamina7799]

You guys are great!!!

[@pascaleledbetter4265]

Wow that was so helpful. I feel like I really got it this time!

[@КатяМ-е9я]

Thank you very much

[@MAYK1NG]

Your videos are VERY well done. Thank you.

[@sushilanahar]

Such superb content. Thankyou so much. ❤

[@slimpunu]

Thank you for sharing

[@SoniaLongarela]

Wonderful explanation!, thanks 😊

[@marinamonachesi7755]

Amazing, thank you so much!

[@laurabutie611]

Very helpful tutorial. Thank you so much!

[@reetamohun6170]

That's great explanation.Thank u both 👌👌👌

[@katerinag.5985]

Very well explained thank you so much 😊

[@kcrun]

Could you cover also protecting your back during this and how doing it wrong could damage your lower back

[@sarabarreiro9401]

That’s extremely helpful! Thank you!

[@shriyacooray783]

Very clear Demonstration ....

[@jessicasamuelsson2330]

I love your tutorials, thank you for yet another great video 🙏

[@prana8660]

Gracias chicos

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Our pleasure :) Thanks for watching!

[@unclesam51]

Love these videos!! Keep them coming - thanks you thank you!

[@lizschroeder9888]

I really appreciated this tutorial. Would you mind breaking down this movement from downward dog to upward dog? I would like to be certain that I am doing it correctly. Also crow position. I tend to rock forward into this pose as opposed to having my knees locked into my armpits as they just won’t stay there!! Thank you!

[@keta_claure6267]

Thanks, its really helpful

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Glad to hear that :)

[@seoulbookclubbarrywelsh]

Great video. Great explanation. Thank you 😊

[@dianariani351]

Just subscribed. Thank you so very much, David and Jelena ❤

[@afsanehkalali9185]

So help full your video,Thank you

[@aydaalberm1240]

🙏🙏

[@gracebelmonte1982]

Great breakdown! Thank you :)

[@sitoe9858]

I’ve been doing this all wrong! Thank you

[@DieDieEla]

I love your explanasions

[@mikeylikey2306]

You guys are so cool

[@mariapelaez4634]

Love your tutorials.

[@aylavero9828]

Great tuto but still one question about the shoulders... Are you retracting them as you go down? Are you going from protaction in plank to retraction in chaturanga? Thank you so much! 🙏

[@puchululina]

Thank you! In my case Chaturanga makes me feel pain in my shoulders

[@ciaevaluna]

when i started doing this way it became light

[@Giantcjy]

the best!! Just got a question after watching the arm position video - when the elbows bend at 90 degrees, do we do an internal or external rotation?

[@cecilybailey5720]

So one thing about this Chaturanga you are teaching...I do Love it, but I just wonder about no mention of shoulders? I was always taught not to let the shoulders come lower than elbows...in your demo it looks a little like sometimes the shoulders are coming lower. Isn't this a problem for the rotator cuff? Thank you.

[@cheerubebayonettaholopaine2638]

at the beginning, a chaturanga pose was always hard for me. i never really held it long. so i did not put effort in it. my acutal yoga journey brought me to a point when i suddenly realised, i was able to do it for a pretty long time 😂 i simply lowered slowly from plank every time i did yoga with mady morrisons videos and after around 8 weeks i was strong enough. 😅

[@carinesinclair3789]

Thank you!

[@nissarafunbootan8925]

Thank you for your vdo

[@lenaleodotter2725]

Thank you ❤

[@adam.motions]

Gold 🙏

[@kenzmaddoc1975]

In what style of yoga is chaturanga taught to be parallel with the floor?

[@GolnazJamsheed]

Dope✨

[@Yogini_MeghaG]

When I do plank poses or chaturanga…. My shoulders began to hurt I get stiffness in my shoulders and have to see physiotherapists. What could be the reason?

[@prettyzen2]

Basically a push up?

[@joedagoe9952]

The scaps are depressed and a little retracted at the bottom position, right?

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Not completely retracted, but yes, and depressed too

[@ameliacerchi7145]

Please, translate in italian. I don't understand. I like your tutorial very much but my english is so bad! Thank you so much!

[@flor.7797]

Easy 😂😂😂

[@sammiba90]

Damn that was hard lmao

[@HairGlitter]

I'm here bc i blew out my elbow in chatarunga.

[@tamarmeir]

Whats yoga about this? Looks like bodyworkout

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

And meditation looks like sitting

[@silviapozzoli9495]

Thank you so much for this very helpful video. Can you give some advices for people with hyperextended elbows? Thank you guys 🙏

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Hi Silvia - thank you and great suggestion. We'll add it to the list for upcoming videos :)

[@firdevsgultekin1693]

Thank you it is vert useful. I wonder that if somesone has elbow is hyperextended; how to be positioned in several poses. Please give us some examples 🪷🙏🏻 namaste

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Yes, absolutely - we'll add a tutorial on that soon :) Thanks for the suggestion!

[@sgeschdesign]

I've had to recover from a shoulder pinch injury and am obviously concerned with my Chaturanga form. I've heard instructors say tuck your chin for neck length. Clearly, the chest and chin raised up comfortably definitely aids proper shoulder placement. Shoulders are always trying to take the brunt of an exercise and I want to engage more muscle recruitment. This is really great bc shoulder injuries are so painful. Thank you.

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Thanks for the feedback and yes shoulder injuries are no fun at all. Happy to hear you're on the mend!