How to Stretch Your Hamstrings and Deepen Your Forward Folds in Yoga

[@mbpsd]

I would love to see a tutorial on how to self-adjust supta kurmasana

[@victoriabrowne6713]

i would like a tutorial on how to protect the lower back in yoga

[@EllenAsaida]

i think this basic is really important to know...thank David and Jelena 🙂

[@jamesf.jordan2683]

Just started yoga at 61 years old about a month ago. You all have been very helpful as classes move to quickly to get into the kinds of details you share. Thank you.

[@georgemaniere7919]

Just started yoga at 66 years old 6 years ago. When Covid closed all of the yoga studios I found Ashtanga online with Tim Miller and then Eddie Stern. I love the practice. I really like these videos, especially David's purity toward the practice. Just wish I could get to Toronto to study with you. Please let me know if you will be in New York.

[@daphnehinds7846]

Great tutorial

[@TheDanicks]

SO SO helpful!

[@Light71717]

The stretch with the strap is a really effective one! Another really effective tip for stretching the hamstrings is engaging the hip flexors and the core to assist in increasing the range of motion with a neutral spine. Strengthening the hip flexors has helped me lots!

[@majikal32]

thanks a lot ,it was really helpful for me ❤️❤️

[@simsiili5534]

You explain things so clearly. Thank you so much, really!

[@mariamercedessanabria2421]

Thank you.Great tutorial.

[@marioferminio1]

I would like to see a series with you two together.

[@doyeljnj]

Hi david and jelena, pls make more 1hour classes on ashtanga..pls pls pls...i am exclusively doing your yoga only

[@aaaa4086]

This the second time that I am watching the video. Wonderful teachers! You two tell the crux of what is to be told.

[@laraclementucci6507]

You guys are so precious with your short videos. Thank you so much from Italy🇮🇹❤️

[@hotmarry4584]

your tutorials are great, i watch all of the few times and such general advices are so useful, i love it !!! thank you !! i buys with pancake and it would love to have some more tips how to get there

[@prtomov4431]

Big thank you guys ❤ I would love to see a tutorial how to fix chest posture ❤

[@dariakopaliani6121]

thank you!

[@theoptom_yogi]

👌🏽 please do a video for improving backbends please. I started yoga late in my 40s and haven’t progressed with UD

[@gaboriaucoralie8998]

Thank you for all your tips. I have been wathching again and again and still finding some clues for my practice.

[@neonoirite]

This was so helpful. Thank you for making this video!

[@SvenVin]

Love your videos! Thank you! I'd love one on drishtis with demonstrations where you can actually see the eyes' positions of each drishti.

[@shoaibhamid9333]

I tried to find tutorial video on paschimottanasana but couldn't find. Please make a detailed video on Ashtanga yoga paschimottanasana. Thanks

[@kimtouzel3894]

Thanks for another helpful tutorial. Love your tips! Cheers from Australia

[@EmmyStone-w8i]

So helpful! Thank you. It’s great language to share with students.

[@madhulikasajith9005]

Amazing! I just love the way you have explained everything in great detail which is easy to understand and experience.

[@lindariopel2925]

Fantastic explanation. I am nursing some nasty medial hamstring tendinopathy and this has really encouraged and given a path forward to avoid this in the future. Much gratitude to you both!

[@doingthework717]

Thanks so much for this one! Very timely for me as my inability to tilt my pelvis due to tight hamstrings is driving me crazy and compensating with my back hurts. Love the "homework" part of this... more homework would be welcome in these videos where applicable.

[@claudiaabadia9300]

Je leña; I love your hair.. thank you both for such a contribution to the oldest practice and the clear an simple teaching…

[@aaaa4086]

Hi David and Jelena, Thanks a lot for all that you two are giving. I would be grateful if a tutorial on balancing poses is there. I find it quite difficult to to virbhadrasana. Is there anything which will make it easier to do?

[@charorm7056]

Thank you so much!

[@AndreaFry]

LOVE LOVE LOVE your videos. "The obstacle is the path." A real lightbulb moment. Also, reminding us to 'stay with sensations and don't get caught up with how the posture looks'. In terms of the instruction on stretching hamstrings specifically - I learned so much. I teach yoga and plan to first play with the asana cues of 'pushing heels into the floor', 'gently squeezing feet together' and 'bending knees so that spine is not compensating' in my own practice. Once I am comfortable with the cues in my practice I will introduce them to my students. Thank you so much.

[@vahidrahmati1539]

I dont know how to thank both of u❤️

[@blanche2negru]

Thanks for this great tutorial. 1 year into practice and still feel my hamstrings tight but I was also bending at the back to get closer to my shins with my head 😂 it’s useful to know there’s hope with regular practice!

[@elhamnakhostin2827]

That was great, hope you tell us more about the anatomy.

[@aarthiharidasu7677]

Love both of your energies 💜. Your tutorials are such an amazing combination of technique and warmth in equal measure. Thank you!

[@laschicasRloca]

Wow super helpful tutorial. I was doing the movements along with the video. I really truly love these videos. Jelena your skin is so luminous. 💡David I love the no glasses look. 🤩Bless you both.

[@sandrinelouvet8186]

Love your videos guys, thank you so much!!😍

[@diegoraimondikonig3942]

Namaskar. Thank you so much for this teaching. Blessings. 👐🏻

[@nidhimenon3489]

You guys are awesome..all tips are very helpful

[@martina8736]

Thanks guys, your videos are always great! Can you do a tutorial on kurmasana and suptakurmasana?! 🙏🙏🙏

[@monicavivianaosoriocaliz3072]

Gracias por sus enseñanzas 😊

[@stephaniestanton9138]

Can you do some stuff on shoulder and shoulder stretches?

[@VasiliiFadin]

Clear, concise and straight to the point. So helpful as always. Love your work. Thank you so much 🙏🏻

[@JasbinderSingh-wh9ho]

Thank you for your very professional way of giving the instructions. I plan to share your videos with all my friends and fellow yoga students. I believe I have a special problem in stretching my hamstrings. I am about 79 years old. I tried stretching my hamstrings by using your recommended way - laying on the floor raising a leg to 90 degrees (or more) to the floor. Unfortunately I cannot raise my leg (s) as you suggest. I can raise one leg to about 60 degrees and the other to only about 45 degrees. I used to be an athlete - play cricket, table tennis. So, this performance is a bit discouraging. Do you have a suggestion or two for stretching the hamstrings? Should I continue to lay on the floor and continue to use the method you suggested in the video? Thank you in advance.

[@jyotidhani279]

I m suffering from yoga butt n it surfaces time to time - thanks for the detailed video n reminder to stretch 😊🙏🏽

[@gaynorconstantine5064]

I've been doing yoga for many years now also passed my teacher BSY exams at the age 60 I've also been training for my splits I'm down on the one side and nearly down on the other could you give some tips on some stretching and positioning on improving this posture please I also love your videos they are so helpful in my journey of yoga.

[@gaynoryoung4192]

Love these tutorials, I teach Ashtanga Yoga and learn from you both. Thank you 🙏🏿

[@_elfifle_]

Thanks for another super helpful video! And you guys are so cute together 🙂 I wonder: in one of the videos of Purple Valley of years ago, you David were giving instructions and Jelena came to show the posture - she rocked it, and your response was "WOW"! It seemed love at first sight... Was it??

[@MyriamDiJi]

As useful as always!!!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@juliavlasova830]

Great explanation! Very helpful! Thank you

[@shadimehr9348]

Very useful. Thanks.

[@ArlinDixon]

So grateful to you both for sharing these tutorials. I'd love to see something similar for the hips.

[@Nae641]

Your guys are super sweet and very self conscious. I have chronic pain with restless legs. One day I practice everything is super I feel great and another day I might did to much or I was not present enough and I have to spent half day lying down. Do you teach people with chronic pain issues in Ashtanga is that a thing?

[@lindasouccar1881]

Love your videos

[@apeters903]

Can you cover how to work towards half lotus and full lotus 🙏🏽🧘🏽‍♀️

[@joseph.r1122]

Great video. Are you familiar with stretching via proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF)? It has helped me significantly.

[@DavidandJelenaYoga]

Yes, PNF can be very helpful!

[@hairandknits4827]

Marichayasana d ....pls make a video ...am on it since a year....don't know how to move ahead....

[@elizabethbreinich3735]

Thank you for your tutorials. They are very helpful! I am currently struggling with my periformis muscle. It aches like a toothache. It gets better when it is warmed up but wakes me up at night. Any suggestions on periformis syndrome? Thanks

[@georgiajunmei1900]

Thank you for all your videos! I would love some advice on how to approach a tight body in a morning practice. My body continues to be very tight at the wee hours when I do Mysore, so I often end up waking up even earlier to do additional stretching before beginning the sequence. Sometimes I practice again in the evening and that seems to help. Do you have any suggestions for the challenge of early morning tightness? 🙏🏼

[@lindahomerealtor5461]

Very helpful! I like how you explain the physiology, and demo many common mistakes, explaining them in detail. Thank you for sharing this! P.S. for navigating your videos, it might be helpful if they were organized into playlists

[@phanihishi]

I have a short torso and long legs. Is it a limitation to be able to forward fold properly?

[@MBosEs]

Could you make a video on what to do when you have a yoga but please?

[@sandrinelouvet8186]

I always thought that you are supposed to "let go" of the strenching tension in the exhale. Is this not your approach? I am a bit confused! :)

[@MeghanMarshall-u3y]

❤❤❤

[@laurabutie611]

Super helpful! Thanks so much!