Practice and Teach Skandasana: Teaching Tips with Rachel

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  • Опубліковано 5 бер 2023
  • What is Skandasana? Why do it, how do we do it safely, and what are some good stages? In this video, we'll look at this newcomer to the yoga practice a little more closely and offer some tips for incorporating this fun (and useful) pose into your sequences and teaching safely.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 32

  • @erkameksen7481
    @erkameksen7481 Місяць тому

    Very descriptive... It was nice of you to demonstrate everything by doing it yourself... Your energy transfers to me... Namaste

  • @martinecollins9001
    @martinecollins9001 Рік тому +2

    Just found your channel as I embark on a 200 hour YTT course at the ripe old age of 62! I absolutely love your energy and enthusiasm and your general awesomeness!😃

    • @RachelScottYoga
      @RachelScottYoga  Рік тому

      Martine! That is so awesome!! I am so excited for your YTT journey and commend you for diving in :) Enjoy the ride!!!! And glad to connect with you here!😀

  • @laraclementucci6507
    @laraclementucci6507 Рік тому

    Always clear✨✨✨✨✨. Your videos are so nice and helpful to practice in a safe way….. thank you Rachel🙏🙏🙏❤️

  • @isabelc.m9593
    @isabelc.m9593 Рік тому

    love these videos you've been posting! super helpful for me as a Yoga teacher! thanks!!

    • @RachelScottYoga
      @RachelScottYoga  Рік тому +1

      Awesome to connect with you here Isabel 🥰🥰

  • @proshatf7193
    @proshatf7193 Рік тому

    Thank you sooo much! 🙌🏼💜💜💜 Great as always!

  • @KarinYogaLife
    @KarinYogaLife 11 місяців тому +1

    Awesome Rachel! Didn't realize there were so many options to this pose. I teach it to my chair yoga ladies and they do it by holding onto the seat of the chair, basically doing option 1. Thanks for sharing!

  • @MegaSmilexoxo
    @MegaSmilexoxo Рік тому

    Your tips are so valuable. Thank you so much for sharing.

  • @anansari9693
    @anansari9693 5 місяців тому +1

    Very detail good explanation❤

  • @flohoward7114
    @flohoward7114 10 місяців тому

    Thanks for this! Great tips on how to progress gently to doing this pose. Could you add a side view to help us see the alignment of knee over ankle?

  • @WendyTubeYou
    @WendyTubeYou Рік тому

    Fabulous breakdown… great tips! I love this pose as a part of Chandra Namaskar! Thanks Rachel 🫶

  • @caro1591
    @caro1591 Рік тому +1

    I’m always very wary about this pose but you have inspired me to go and explore it safely. 🙏🏻❤️

    • @RachelScottYoga
      @RachelScottYoga  Рік тому +1

      Awesome! I think it’s gotten a bad rap because it can get “tossed in”~ much more fun to play with the accessible versions ;)

    • @caro1591
      @caro1591 Рік тому +1

      @@RachelScottYoga Your tip to put the weight in the heels made a massive difference. 🙏🏻❤️

    • @RachelScottYoga
      @RachelScottYoga  Рік тому

      @@caro1591 👍🏻🙌🏻

  • @laurengroch407
    @laurengroch407 Рік тому

    So useful thank you. I attempted to teach this for the first time recently but we stayed pretty high which was where everyone was at. Will keep on it thank you so much 🤸🏽‍♀️

  • @Nadiau100
    @Nadiau100 7 місяців тому

    Hi Rachel, I Love your videos and teaching...they are so informative and you break down the material so that is practical and usuable. Thank you for all your hard work and sharing this with us. I was just wondering with this pose about the possibility of twisting our knee...in an earlier video you mentioned about the importance of keeping the knee in a hinge motion/position...does tracking it over the ankle as you mention in this video take care of that? Is that why this cue is used here? Thank you

    • @RachelScottYoga
      @RachelScottYoga  7 місяців тому +1

      Hi Nadia!
      Great to hear from you - and EXCELLENT question! As a best practice for general cuing, I do prefer to track the knee in yoga. And YES! That is why I would cue that here. Also, sometimes we avoid stretch the calf or working ankle mobility by caving the knee (or b/c of outer hip weakness), so I think it's useful to try. That said and truth be told, our knees move in a variety of non-linear ways. The key is that there is no pain! :)

    • @Nadiau100
      @Nadiau100 7 місяців тому

      Thank you @@RachelScottYoga ! Great information. I was worried about the overuse/repetitive injury (the no pain now, but slow progression over time and then poof). So, as long as we track the knee ...we should be safe. I guess we could also cue, feel the stretch in your calf... I think this has sunk in now. Thank you very very much for your help.

  • @yogeshtyagi6307
    @yogeshtyagi6307 Рік тому

    Very beautiful.

  • @yogawithrai
    @yogawithrai Рік тому

    What if you bring rolled blanket under lifted heel ?

    • @RachelScottYoga
      @RachelScottYoga  Рік тому

      Yes! That can work, good solution~ I like that because you can still anchor heel into something ~