Yoga Teacher Companion #11: Best Modifications and Alternatives to Chaturanga

[@leonardcasteel6617]

As someone with a permanent shoulder weakness because of cancer band rotator cull injury, your first and third alternatives look doable. I will add those to another alternative that I have found.

[@susannahazzaro2071]

OMG! The strap is amazing! Brilliant! Thank you!

[@evawilhelm7878]

Hello Yogaland, i just got involved in your 500h teacher traning, and i also agree with your approach to chaturanga an teach it most of the time the same way. But i like to teach the iyengar version too, where you come from down dog tu up dog an then lower to chaturanga. especially for newer students using a bolster under the chest. I feel this is very helpful to understand the transition and work of the poses, there is for sure less of core engament, so i´d like to teach also the way up to chaturagna from the floor. head down, first engage the legs and lift quads up, second pelvis in posterior and belly up, third chest up and last head up. hard work:)

[@csgarrett1]

Love the belt , thank you . I have lots of trouble with chattarunga and the block feels awkward.

[@joanoldmixon941]

As someone with “a nagging shoulder thing” 😂 I found this extremely helpful. Thank you.

[@goldenhouryogini]

Also saw from other videos that dropping the humerus bone in chaturanga and other poses like eka pada 2 is not ok. Can someone expound more on this? is it dangerous?

[@seechangenyc280]

TY for this! I am a modifier as I build strength. I do have a shoulder “thing.”Though I am more advanced in some poses, chaturanga continues to confound me. Question: as I go from my knees to a modified plank, am I moving my body slightly forward as I go down before lowering. It may seem like a silly question but it does alter my position. Looking for guidance.

[@velana_net]

I agree fully. Great teacher!!

[@lorrainechick7023]

Hi Jason, so I assume that if you do a charuranga modification on your knees you would transition to upward facing dog?

[@justyoga5118]

Love the strap! The block took longer to adjust for me. Do other women find the breast area an issue?

[@rosepemulis325]

Hi Jason, thanks so much for this video - it is super helpful. I have two questions - one, if you are moving from plank all the way to the ground, is it totally necessary to lower to knees first (I'm guessing yes because you want to prevent load on your shoulders when they go into extension)? And two, if you are doing a 'shallow' chaturanga, what is the best way to transition out of it? Is it just a regular up dog?

[@elizabethdoherty811]

Too funny “ a drive by of Chaturanga”