Yoga Hip Openers! With Shana Meyerson YOGAthletica

[@YOGAthletica]

When you are ready to level up your practice, do my FULL-LENGTH classes to build strength, balance and flexibility to change your whole yoga game! www.union.fit/orgs/yogathletica/videos

[@lenoremeyerson6681]

Nobody is as patient as you, as supportive as you, and as excellent as you…. You help us conquer all the moves we may have thought we never could do!!!!❤️

[@YOGAthletica]

you are too kind! ☺ so glad to help! it's why i show up! :)

[@pvspeaks]

You are an awesome teacher. Love your way of explaining and your humor. 💕

[@YOGAthletica]

Thank you so much! I appreciate it! 💗💗💗 you may want to try my channel of full-length classes at vimeo.com/ondemand/yogathletica ☺️

[@christine1962ful]

Thank you for breaking it down so one can find which fit is best suited to one's capabilities! Namaste 🙏🏾🧘🏾‍♀️🙏🏾

[@YOGAthletica]

my pleasure! thanks for watching! ❤️

[@patrickmiller4877]

Hi Shana, You are an amazing teacher. My Yoga practice has improved tremendiousley as a result of following your instructions. I'm very grateful. I love your personality as well.

[@YOGAthletica]

thank you so very much! this really made me happy to hear! ❤️❤️

[@happybabygirl4]

Love that you take your time to EXPLAIN. That an awesome benefit of watching your channel over others! I really think my other poses aren't so great because my hips are tight. Thanks for sharing

[@YOGAthletica]

thanks, *****! i appreciate your comment and thank you for watching my videos. :) so glad they help! and i hope this one helps those hips...

[@kanwoljeetkaur1191]

Shalom, pls share the video of uttanasan dear

[@wernermartin2254]

always wanted to do this pose I accomplished it with the blocks and was able to go into scorpion legs yeah!!!!

[@josephinecarmen8324]

Your instruction is amazing - so clear and helpful with the way you explain things! AND I just love your vibe!!

[@courageiscontagious]

These are super thanks so much. I'm only 5ft 3" and have short legs so find some of the lotus type poses really challenging. I shall use these a lot. Thanks again! x

[@idontfart]

LOVE your teaching style Shana! Miss your voice.....I'll be seeing you soon. Many blessings!!

[@Mijaaaw]

The tip with the feet for the baddha konasana was so helpful!!! :D I was always pushing the feet out with my hands instead of doing that without the help and it made the stretch so much more intense.

[@YOGAthletica]

Mijaaaw, so many postures have these little "secrets" built in. :) glad it helped!

[@renematosjr]

Thank you for this video. I wish you taught in NYC I would absolutely sign-up for everyone of your classes. Keep up the great work! 👍👍👍

[@YOGAthletica]

Rene Matos Jr. thank you! I do privates on Skype, if you are interested. And I also have a channel of full-length classes at vimeo.com/ondemand/yogathletica . 💗💗💗

[@caro1591]

Shana, you are such an amazing teacher - the best.... and I love your lovely down-to-earth sense of humour. Thank you so much.

[@YOGAthletica]

thank you!

[@donwetherell8738]

I love all of them poses, they are excellent hip openers and you are super flexible! 2nd vídeo I’ve seen of yours now. Excellent tuition.

[@YOGAthletica]

thank you so much! keep watching! ;)

[@yogawithz]

I love this breakdown, thank you, Shana! 💗 Really helpful 😊

[@YOGAthletica]

so glad to hear! ❤️🤗

[@yhlifeyuliiahoriunova]

Thanks a lot for your videos Shana! They help me a lot with my yoga struggles in some poses). You’re incredibly awesome!

[@YOGAthletica]

YHLIFE YULIIA HORIUNOVA I am so glad to hear that! :) thanks for your note!

[@elizabethvesely97]

This is so helpful. Thanks!

[@YOGAthletica]

so glad it helped! you're welcome!

[@dizilly]

Thank you so much! I learned a lot of new things from this hip opener video!!!

[@YOGAthletica]

Diana Zilly awesome to hear! and i hope you got some open hips, too! :)

[@alisonmccarthy9529]

Shana- thank you so much! Keep up the wonderful tutorials and smile!

[@rigo.garcia]

Great explanation! I struggle with cobblers pose.

[@YOGAthletica]

it all comes in time. ☺️🙏

[@NN-mx7zx]

Thank you so much! I've been doing these and I have already done progress!

[@YOGAthletica]

that is wonderful to hear! do them every day and you will see even more progress. :)

[@llilev]

You're advice seem amazing. I'm gonna try them Monday 4 sure!! I'm precisely searching to precise and deepen my stretching;

[@YOGAthletica]

hi Manon London. i hope this video makes the difference for you and really helps to open your hips. if you have any questions, just let me know. :)

[@Andrew171067]

Awesome teaching.:)

[@YOGAthletica]

Andrew Knight thanks! 💗

[@VisinskiRadoviBeograd]

Just watched it again, very informative. I forgot that part about negative energy stored in the hip area. I'm surrounded by some such people :) I'll try to tell them to release a little...

[@YOGAthletica]

get those people out of your hips! :)

[@VisinskiRadoviBeograd]

:)

[@mahassensulaiman5485]

thank you so much you r amazing.. ive been doing yoga for years and i can do the deepest backbends like full camel and bind in almost anything but pigeon makes me cry! i can even cheat my way into the full pigeon pose using my back but i cant forward fold for more than 5 secs...my hips were never that big of an issue till i got pregnant and gave birth last year and it seems my hips r getting worse..will definitely be trying to lengthen my hips out and not push down and will c how this goes!!

[@paulvalery2298]

One more great video, with a lot of excellent advices and tips. I make huge progresses in my practice with your videos. Can we hope to have something about eka pada sirsasana and kashyabasana ?

[@jenniferginas]

i love your videos so much! you're easy to learn from and sooo helpful!!

[@YOGAthletica]

thanks, jennifer! anything to help. :)

[@joannak2365]

I love your video's Shana! But I'm just a beginner and I have to practise a lottttt!!!! :-)))

[@YOGAthletica]

thanks, Joanna K! have you seen my beginner-friendly playlist (kzbin.info/aero/PLEk7dn2pk4QWdOSQLbLbHF-jMvW6sHY15)? also...always just do what you can and work up to the rest. i try to make the videos sort of all-levels (unless they are labeled as advanced), so everyone can go as far as they can and practice over time to get stronger and stronger for the harder parts. :)

[@joannak2365]

I am working on my handstand already... LOL...

[@yannischatziioannou4648]

Great video!

[@YOGAthletica]

Thank you! 🙏

[@samtengymtso1196]

Thank you so much.

[@YOGAthletica]

You're welcome! ❤️

[@samtengymtso1196]

Great job.

[@YOGAthletica]

thank you 🤗

[@yessensei]

Excellent vid! Thanks!

[@YOGAthletica]

it's on my list! :) stay tuned!

[@satyasinha7485]

Thanks shana ❤the vedio

[@YOGAthletica]

you're welcome! 🙏🙏🙏

[@YOGAthletica]

thanks, micaela! i appreciate your comments! :)

[@ohhhsocute]

GREAT video

[@YOGAthletica]

thanks!

[@RagandBoneMeadery]

I love your videos!!

[@YOGAthletica]

thanks, Hamsa Yoga Farm! glad they help! :D

[@mausambhawsar3529]

you are great 🙏❤️🙏

[@YOGAthletica]

thank you so much! 🙏

[@camarovibe]

Awesome flexibility and instructions! I definitely learning something from this. Thanks!

Hello. Thank you for your videos. Which prep poses/stretch can help, to close the foot under the pelvis (in siddhasana) or the hip (in half lotus). I focus do to a lot of hip openers since long time ago but for half lotus or siddhasana (that some beginners can do so easy....) it's 'stuck' lol. When I begin, of course I tried to force but I felt pains in meniscus, so I gave up on to do this kind of poses. But now I'm motivate even if it's take me 1 year everyday. Thanks.

[@YOGAthletica]

Hi Kevin, if you are experiencing knee pain, I would personally suggest backing off. Cartilage tears can be excruciating and really cause long-term issues. I tore my meniscus a few years back and it took a year-and-a-half to get back to, say, virasana, when I used to be able to access it in my sleep. And four or five years later, I am still limited in how far I can take my knee and it still flares up. All this is to say, it doesn't really matter if a pose is easy for someone if it feels intuitively wrong to you. It sounds like your hip is not the problem but your knee. Cartilage has very limited elasticity, so you can't really stretch a knee like you can the muscles of the hip. That being said, I suggest you never force anything, but always work to your edge...never beyond it. The easiest ways to get easier into these poses would be: (1) Whenever you are just sitting around (reading, watching tv, etc), try to sit in a cross-legged position, preferably on a hard surface like the floor instead of the couch (2) For a stretch, I would say that eka pada rajakapotasana would be your best bet. And if you feel knee pain, try flexing your foot to see if that helps relieve it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmLZdKp-rKd-odk

@@YOGAthletica Thank you very much. Yes don't worry I forced few years ago, some pain but nothing wrong (I did ultrasound to be sure, and as I love trail/hike I stop everything before continue). I gave up mentally about try padmasana even siddhasana. Now that I accept maybe it's not for me, it's like a relieve so I don't be stubborn and I can works on hips safely, I see some improv but it's really slow. That's why I often ask different person which pose is good to close feet to hip or perineum. And as I see the stretch you advice me, maybe it's that the big 'problem', when you talked about the rotation of the femur, it's tight and that reveal me maybe it's morethe abductor is tight than adductor (even it knee don't touch the ground in butterfly, same to close the feet to me :D). Aside as hip have so muscles I've to work on all of them too ;)

[@YOGAthletica]

absolutely! i always do my splits right after hip openers. :)

[@ComingFrom775]

Thank you for this. :)

[@YOGAthletica]

i'll put hanumanasana on the on-deck list...it's a pretty long list. but let me say this much for the moment...hanumanasana is a great pose to practice right after your hip openers. :)

[@terryhall29]

First time I’ve seen your stuff can’t wait to get on the mat tomorrow thank you.

[@YOGAthletica]

Welcome to the team, Terry! 😀

[@YOGAthletica]

above all else...patience with stretches! general rule: if you're feeling it, you're doing it. :) in fact, it's the people who have tighter hips who will access the stretch easier and more efficiently. i do hope the video helps, but always be mindful with your stretches so you don't pull any muscles. :)

[@LaraAdrienne]

This is great.

[@jase874]

oooo thank you! I do the first pose once or twice per week but I've been pulling the soles of my feet together, won't be doing that anymore. How often do I need to stretch to notice progress in my flexibility?

[@YOGAthletica]

i personally recommend stretching every day...preferably after warming up your body. but every body is different. :)

[@Yogamama100]

When you bring the foot in single pigeon to the midline does it have to be an open pigeon it can it be closed as well?

[@YOGAthletica]

Yogamama100 not sure what you mean? :/

[@roseannemalone5693]

I have always heard 5 was the "magic" number in yoga but have been unable to find any significance. Is there something more than just a good amount of muscle memory time? Love you videos! I am noticing a difference in my practice thanks to the secret of all yoga and a humbling thanks to core lunges. THANK YOU!

[@YOGAthletica]

Roseanne Malone so glad to hear the videos are helping you and making a difference in your practice! i'm embarrassed to say that i don't know if there is any deeper significance to the five breath rule other than that's how long things are done in ashtanga...and it works for me. ;) sucky explanation, i know. :P

[@skywalkerssp]

Thank you! I've been trying to do this king pigeon pose wtih straps.. How long do you think I can do this without the straps?

[@YOGAthletica]

i can't really give a timeframe, as it really depends on your personal flexibility. some people may never get it, but it's all in the process, the effort. my suggestion is to make the strap smaller and smaller and find your edge each time. once the strap is basically the size of your foot, you are ready to dump the strap! but don't get frustrated...it's a big stretch and it requires a lot of patience. :)

[@skywalkerssp]

I am going to take on your suggestions.. Thank you Shana!

[@YOGAthletica]

let me know how it goes! you can always post a video response and i can give you pointers...

[@sarojiniramkumar589]

My dear loving pretty girl 👧 you are pretty 😍 and your teaching also very pretty. I love ❤️ so much you. This all poses I can. Worth of teaching for every one. Thanks for your lovely human good wishes you and your family members.

[@YOGAthletica]

you are so sweet! like you were sent to me from heaven to put a smile on my face each day! ☺️❤️🙏

[@bevlee4324]

Much appreciated ""/

[@YOGAthletica]

+Bev Lee thanks for taking the time to write! :) glad you liked the video.

[@clray123]

I missed my favorite one, which is pushing the supporting leg's knee outwards while twisting upper body toward it in very low lunge. It's shown at 6:00 in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZjLcmCXrZaomMU

[@YOGAthletica]

that's a good one! there are so many!

[@brandenchen7492]

可不可以請老師將解説的內容，加上文字，讓我們不懂英文的學員也能學到老師精彩的教學，非常感謝！

[@YOGAthletica]

很抱歉，我的任何视频都没有脚本，所以很难添加。 😭

[@queenelizabethwho1478]

My back literally broke I had to give up and I’m 13...

[@YOGAthletica]

FUTURE ME! Sorry to hear that! With all these videos, there are a lot of steps and you only should go as far as works for you. You don’t have to do everything at once! You can go to a certain point for as many times as you want until you are ready for the next step. :)

[@wernermartin2254]

sorry I was posting about ganda bherundasana

[@YOGAthletica]

glad to see you have watched more than one of my videos, Werner Martin. awesome that you got that ganda bherundasana! :)

[@MrDubaz]

You are angry with me .no reply my answer. I am big fan for u

[@YOGAthletica]

M Saeed Ather not sure what you are talking about? I always reply...

[@MrDubaz]

shana meyerson sorry