Yoga for Hypermobility | Beginner-Friendly | Bad Yogi

[@badyogitv]

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[@bettinacollins98]

The cues with each pose were perfect! It's not that those of us who are hypermobile shouldn't do yoga, it's how we do it that matters! staying in mid range instead of full range with the stretch and focus more on strength and stability while still maintaining safe levels of flexibility! Thank you for this!

[@kishichilds7325]

ABSOLUTELY LIFE CHANGING. Been inlove with yoga for two years now after practising for about 4 to try and cure chronic pain and never once have I thought about considering my hyper-mobility. It had got to a stage I think I was actually making myself worse through over stretching and not strengthening enough. This video was such a revalation. Thankyou Thankyou. x

[@tamcallaghan900]

Thank you so much for this it really helped. At 38 I feel like I’ve done some damage due to my hyper mobility and during this exercise I could feel all those muscles working. I feel so refreshed by this class and satisfied 😊

[@abclikeomg]

Great session, I love the inclusion of warrior pose. My only “gripe” is I also have pots so I struggled to keep up with the up and down a bit. I took it slow, though. I will use this video again!

[@mutant6445]

Thank you very much! I had all of my joints hurt recently, so I took a pause at moving to prevent overworking. I felt like it doesn't really get better, so I wanted to engage in some gentle, stabilizing routine to alleviate the pain. I feel so refreshed after your practice. You seriously helped me a lot and I am grateful.

[@marleenrooseboomdevries8592]

It was until this video that I realized my hypermobility is more in the way of my yoga practice than helping it. I struggle with a lot of poses like warrior 2 or goddess pose and I really think it is because I rely too much on my flexibility instead of strength. It really helped me to do these poses on 50% of what I think I can do, so this video really gave me an answer to why I something feel worse after a yoga practice instead of better, so thank you Erin! I'm coming back to this one or incorporate it in my practice or strength training at the gym!

[@badyogitv]

So glad that this was helpful for you!

[@Laura-zc3ee]

That really helped me as well! I had a yoga friend online help me with the going only 50% and I think that makes a huge difference!

[@chaoticneutralmystic]

thank you can't wait to try this!

[@charcharfern]

I've done this video every day for a month now and my progress with core strength is so good for my quality of life, without pain too! Thank you!!!!

[@marge6581]

Hi have you been doing other exercise as well?

[@Someonewhocanspeak]

This is the most helpful yoga I’ve e done. I’m autistic and have interoception so I can’t really feel what part of my body is being used. I have poor posture and a weak core and regular yoga is not it. This is thank you

[@aliengellyfish]

Aaaa this was so hard 😂 it's so easy to fall into the hyper flexible positions. And they feel good because they stretch the painful stiffness but I can see exactly how I've been "cheating" lol. I'll be doing this regularly now-as soon as I recover from the burn hahha thank you!

[@lauraalanis4998]

Loved this! Regularly with yoga positions I feeling like I'm lacking support and putting a lot of pressure on my joints, so this is really helpful. Maybe it's a good idea to add some variations of the positions in your other videos for us, people with joints problems. Thank you for sharing 😊

[@badyogitv]

Glad this class was beneficial!

[@kylieshuman3264]

Thank you so much! I recently got into aerial silks and Ive been so interested but it doesn't always feel right! I will be trying to aply the 50% rule. Hopefully it makes practice easier, less painful and more purposeful!

[@millytorres9777]

Great explanation thank you so much 🙏

[@badyogitv]

Glad it was helpful!

[@medafamily7499]

Thanks for sharing

[@badyogitv]

You bet!

[@freddahallford8856]

Thank you so much for this video! This will be very helpful for people with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.

[@amt8038]

What's that??

[@freddahallford8856]

@@amt8038 It's a connective tissue disorder. People with this (my daughter and myself) are hypermoble, experience pain, joints dislocate and many more symptoms. Thanks for asking, it usually takes many years to be diagnosed. With videos like this it may expand awareness and someone have an ah-ha moment. It took 37 years for her diagnosis. Even longer for mine.

[@badyogitv]

You're so welcome!

[@Eneliya]

Yes, 38 years for me. I’m so surprised now whenever a doctor actually knows what it is. I’m glad you got your diagnoses. My doctor had me specifically looking for classes like this one, I did yoga years ago but had to stop. My body and especially my core are so weak now. I’m excited to try this.

[@funwebshowNL]

Just came across this video and its amazing that these videos excist. I have a question tho. My hypermobility is mainly in my wrist. Which means I can't lean on my wrist as my body weight is resting atop of them. It hurts a lot. Any alternatives for those positions?

[@craftyjo]

I'm the same, and also a beginner. The only thing I've found so far is on Yoga with Adrienne, she has a vid called 'Yoga for wrist pain'. I've started with the short training sessions and slowly built up, and come back to this one a couple of times. I do hands-free yoga when my wrists need a break. Good luck!

[@funwebshowNL]

@@craftyjo amazing! Thank you for the tip!

[@craftyjo]

@@funwebshowNL No worries :)

[@fabuloesly]

If you're like me and can't handle your wrists bent with hands flat against the mat but might be able to do it with wrists straight: for me it sometimes works to lean on my balled wrists, keeping my wrists straight

[@craftyjo]

@@fabuloesly I started that way too, but the yoga with Adrienne vids really helped me be able to get to the point where I can bear weight on the falt of my hands. Also, I did finger pushups against the wall, that really helped build wrist strength

[@Alexis-iq7lz]

Are there any modifications available for the shoulders and wrists? Mine we're close to dislocating with most of these exercises, so I had to stop. It hurt my hands and wrists too much to extend like that too. I barely got halfway through and now everything hurts. Perhaps this was intended for those whose joints never go as far as dislocating.

[@gracebrown3074]

Hey thank you so much this was awesome. I found for some reason every time you said that you should feel the muscles in your butt working, I couldn’t really but all the other muscles you mentioned were engaged, was there something could have been doing wrong? How can I make sure the muscles in my butt are engaged. I try concentrating on them, but they only seem to half engage like the don’t understand why they need to be engaged when in those positions 😂

[@miranda1594]

~9:00 I always struggle with my wrist having too much pressure on it when it's in that position. Any suggestions on this pose?

[@cultivatecorazon]

coming down to the elbows with cushioned floor surface or blocks

[@madeleine4650]

Is this for hyper-flexibility or actual hypermobility (which is just joints, nothing to do with flexibility elsewhere necessarily)?

[@alligotwasthislousyhandle]

this is really helpful, but I need some guidance on the bending exercise. You say that my glutes and thighs should we engaged but the only thing I naturally engage is my core and my lower back (although I try my best not to). could you elaborate on how to engage my glutes/thighs in the exercise?

[@dave51375]

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