How To Use Your Arms in Downward Facing Dog: Tips for Yoga Students & Teachers
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- Опубліковано 6 тра 2021
- How To Use Your Arms in Downward Facing Dog: Tips for Yoga Students & Teachers
Downward facing dog (adho mukha svansana) can be confusing, but how we use our arms in instrumental in the stability and alignment of the pose. In this video, we'll look at how you can use your hands and arms in this pose to create space and stability~
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Thank you so much! Finally an easy explanation.
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First time I REALLY understand this! Thank so much!
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This makes very good sense. I watched several videos and this one is the clearest! Thanks 🙏
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omg finally someone explained it in a way i understand and that makes sense
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Thank you I love the way are cuing, I am learning with every video. Gabriele
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Thank you so much!! I started doing yoga by myself gathering resources from here and there but your explanation for downward dog are the best, so happy !
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Thank you for the explanation. I love the the anatomy lesson. I am trying to grow in my practice and explore the body as it connects with the mind and spirit. I appreciate your intelligent insight! Namaste!
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I just had this conversation with another yoga teacher the other day
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Omg this is so well explained! I've been trying to understand why and how about this upper arm roll out and forearm roll in concept in downward facing dog. Finally I get it now,thank you!
YAY!!! That is AWESOME! ;) It'll be fun to hear how this goes in your practice...will help set your shoulders ups for fun stuff like dolphiin dog, inversion preps, then handstand, forearm stand....
Wonderful explanation that cleared up some confusion from another yoga site. The rotation is counterintuitive when the hands are raised. You are a blessing!
Glad it was helpful! I agree - definitely counterintuitive ;)
Thank you Rachel, this is one of the clearest down dog tutorials on YT!
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oh my goodness thank you for this amazing video on alignment for the asana. i have watched so many yoga videos from even really experienced teachers and none of them can just break it down into a set of actions you just do which a 4 year old can understand and do.
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This is so helpful, very clear explanation. thank you so much.
May I ask you please to add more details regarding the movement/posture of the shoulder blades during down dog ?
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Great question! Yes, that's a good topic for a video - I'll try to pull that together for you :)
Thanks for your clear explaination, I didnt know this trick before. If I practise on my own, how do I know if I am doing the downward facing dog correctly? I set both of my hands on the mat in prepeartion as your demontrastion, however I felt like the direction of my arms twisted back to normal after I lifted up my hips.
Great video! Thanks for the clarification between upper arm( humerus) and lower arm( ulna,radius) movement ( rotation). I think I might have a touch of Dyslexia because I get confused between words that mean the opposite. Sometimes I have to translate anatomical terms into my own visual language first, then reconnect to anatomical terms. For example , in my mind external rotation becomes clockwise. So in my language downward dog becomes upper arms clockwise, lower arms counterclockwise.
It just takes me longer to figure out what is being said or instructed. More repetitions.More patience.
My personal perception issues aside, that’s the clearest explanation of shoulder, arm, hand rotation I’ve ever heard. Thanks a bunch.❤
Hi Paul! I think you are not alone in the need to translate these anatomical terms into something visual in order for them to make sense ~ clockwise and counterclockwise is such a brilliant way to do it!!!! Thank you for sharing ~ I'm sure others on this thread will benefit from that imagery 🙏🏻👍🏻
Excellent explanation 👌 👏 and very helpful. Thanks Rachel mam. Is the same position applies in chaturanga?
You’d want the same kind of stability (and there are opposing rotations from forearm to upper arm), but your arms are not above your head :)
Thanks Rachel for explaining this so well, as always. Is there any other benefit of external rotation at the shoulder joint apart from it feeling safe and less tight? Does it active a certain muscle or muscle group? Thanks
It actually serves to wind up the connective tissue of the joint capsule so that the joint is more stable! So crazy I didn’t know that until last year!
Wow! I had no idea that this is how you should do with the arms in downward facing dog. So if you rotate the upper arms internal as the lower arms, what effect will that have?
Your elbows will bend out to the sides and the upper back will get scrunchy and compressed ~ it’s also less stable for the shoulder joint ~
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