Yoga Teacher's Companion #32: How to Teach the Most Essential Backbends to Beginners

Are you a Yoga beginner that wants to learn more about safe and skillful backbends? Or, a teacher that wants to refine your ability to teach the most important yoga backbends to beginners? If so, here's the perfect breakdown of Locust Pose, Cobra Pose, Sphinx Pose, Camel Pose, Anjeneyasana, and Bridge just for you!
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Highlights:
1:42 How to Teach Locust Pose to Beginners
3:33 How to Teach Cobra Pose to Beginners
5:47 How to Teach Sphinx Pose to Beginners
7:49 How to Teach Anjeneyasana to Beginners
10:16 How to Teach Camel Pose to Beginners
13:07 How to Teach A Passive Chest Opener to Beginners
15:11 How to Teach Bridge Pose to Beginners
ABOUT JASON:
Jason Crandell is a natural teacher and author with more than 20 years of experience. Named “one of the teachers shaping the future of yoga,” by Yoga Journal, Jason has been an in-demand teacher at conferences around the world for more than two decades.
For the past 10 years, Jason has honed his approach by looking to peers outside of the yoga community, in the fields of physical therapy, orthopedics, and sports medicine. These collaborative partnerships have enabled Jason to offer the most up-to-date to asana technique, cueing, injury management, and hands-on adjustments. Jason’s goal is to blend the timeless wisdom of yoga philosophy with evidence-based information to create yoga curriculum that helps modern practitioners grow and evolve.

[@Amillionbeesandbutterflies]

Jason is one of my favorite teachers. I have learned so much by watching his classes

[@JasonCrandellYoga]

Thank you!!

[@southernyogini]

Omg why haven’t I suggested this in my last 20 years of teaching? Makes so much sense.

[@JasonCrandellYoga]

I'm glad this helps!

[@MrSophiaCampbell]

Thanks for your channel, Jason.

[@theresamcmanus4139]

Really lovely and clear cues for our students. Love the permissive, safe and expansive directives regarding foot placement in bridge, letting the hips go back a bit during locust and engaging strength and ground force when in poses. Thank you.

[@clemencel6976]

Thank you very much for this video 🙏🙂 That's exactly what I like with yoga, I never stop to learn and practice with more intelligence. Thank you for giving me a new opportunity if doing it 😊 Have a nice day!

[@JasonCrandellYoga]

Thanks for learning with me!

[@alisonreilly1391]

Absolute game changer for bridge pose! Looking at the feet, feet position, brilliant!Also for camel, it was drilled into me that hips have to be stacked over knees, I am crossing that cue out ❎ thank you, very helpful video 🙏

[@JasonCrandellYoga]

You're welcome, Alison!

[@bonnielynch5142]

Thanks Jason 🙏

[@darlenecarman7644]

LOVE your podcast you are both so genuine never do I miss! I am so grateful that I was able to study with from the start of my teaching. Thank you for continuing to share your wisdom and growth. Question: Bridge with block feels more like fish pose to me? am I missing something? when I think bridge with block I think under sacrum .Is it because you are focusing in more strength, or simply finding and feeling that area? Thx for being so real, dar

[@JasonCrandellYoga]

Thanks, Darlene!

[@dianelanders7095]

This was great! Thank you!

[@JasonCrandellYoga]

you're welcome, Diane!

[@snehayogish]

Amazing insights about bridge. I never realized to make my students sit with bent knees and go on back to bridge :)

[@JasonCrandellYoga]

This insight will definitely help your students, Sneha!

[@jenpatterson5406]

I really appreciate this video and the tips you shared!! I’m really curious if when you teach the supine backbend with block support under the scapulas if then an additional block could be placed under the back of the head as another optional support? Thank you! I plan to use some of these in my classes

[@virginiahilton4175]

Not related to backbends but you should know i teach "our Jason Crandalls" every class - an old core move with block from an old YJ. Inhale- squeeze block, lift the toes - oh yeah, baby. No one better for foundational or advanced yoga movement.

[@JasonCrandellYoga]

old-school I like it!

[@Amillionbeesandbutterflies]

Jason, one question. In the newer anjaneyasana, how do we ensure too much load is not transferred to the back knee? Thank you!

[@JasonCrandellYoga]

This can be tricky. If it's uncomfortable on the back knee you can pad it. If that's not enough, you might need to split the difference in pelvic position between the old-school and new-school versions!