Apparently there's a significant, almost fundamental difference between ashtanga and vinyasa, when it comes to downward facing dog. I was taught to keep my shoulders away from my ears (depressed) but come to tink of it, I may have misinterpreted the que for rotating my upper arms out, and my sitting bones as much up as possible. Keeping my ribs 'unpopped is a personal struggle (you know, along with tipping the pelvis forward arching-in the lower back)and I'm actually doing a quick round on youtube to study down dog a bit more. I have found knowledge, new takes, and insights, thank you for yours.
Definitely did this not in alignment. Didn’t knew about the hollow in the tummy and always thinking how far apart the hand and legs are. So now I know and gives me real inspiration and joy to keep practicing in the right and wholesome way.
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I only started doing yoga 3 months ago and have made majour improvements in those 3 months. But my downward dog was always been horrible and had no idea on how to properly get into the pose. In just one watching of this video and my downward dog finally looks like a downward dog. Thanks so much.
I always have had difficulty with down dog , yet could find anyone to help me learn properly, always have too much stress in shoulder girdle , I am going to follow your instructions and hopefully do it properly. Thanks a lot. Pl teach us shoulder stand the correct way
Really helpful tips for this pose. My shoulders would ache in this pose (especially holding for 5 breaths). After seeing this and externally rotating the arms, then engaging the pelvic floor and getting into slight posterior tilt to push weight to the legs helped release the tension in the shoulders. Thanks a ton!!!
I just noticed that you guys have your own channel‼ This is SO beyond helpful🌹. Thank you so much for these incredible tutorials--they help me beyond measure🙏🏻💞
These tutorials are so incredibly helpful. The length of time I can practice (and over the long haul) has increased thanks to corrected form. Thank YOU both!
Thank you so much for this!! I find there's little attention to the basic asanas and instead the general focus is on the more complicated or visually beautiful ones. This is great! I wonder if you could do a tutorial on triangle pose, I always struggle a bit in it. Namaste 🙏
Found your videos by chance, as a swimmer looking to relieve pressure and elongate my streamline… and found super clear guidance and sheer joy! Looking forward to them all. So grateful!
I was having horrible shoulder pain from doing this pose and I couldn't figure out why. I actually quit practicing for about a month. The "shoulders down" really bothered me and I also now realize that I was too narrow. I am going to pick it back up today with these tips. Thank you so much!
Love your way of teaching. In such a short clip of a tutorial you both nailed the most significant aspects and the inclusion of bandhas 😅 thank you so much.i see some people arching their spine and they say it feels good but I understand that arching is a no-no, so wanted to check in with you the reason and if it's harmful or just depends on the body shape.....thank you again!
Jelena is always looking at David with love 😚. Ive learned a lot from them. ESPECIALLY HEADSTAND I finally got the point from her pose and did it sucessfully ☺
So helpful, feel like is one of the most popular/basic asana but hard to perform well and a lot of things going on in this asana :) Thank you so much for the work that u are putting in, i practice ashtanga by my own 5 times a week following your 30min ashtanga video and once in the shala 🙏🏼
I like your attitudes and careful explanation. I'm mostly into calisthenics but I think I have a ton to learn from yoga and gymnastics as well. Liked and subscribed. I have a lot of difficulty with shoulder extension and use this pose in part for that.
Thank you for the specific alignments. Helps me so much. Any tricks for keeping the hands from slipping forward in downward dog? Mine always do no matter the mat or ground surface.....
Gooooosh i thought there is something wrong with my down dog coz I started to have that sacrum bump (and that’s actually started to be appearing with my Ashtanga practice ) thank u for this point ❤️ love ur tutorials
I’ve been doing ashtanga for a few years now and my teacher is a senior instructor and amazing…he does allow modifications in order to accommodate his students’ various needs so it is really good to refresh on what are the conditions of the asanas. He used to be very hardcore fundamentalist but I think this must mellow with age…And you’re both not there yet 😃
i always failed in my downward dog but this video really fully help me to correcting my alignment & the content very details . tq very2 much 🙌 witing next tips/tutorial 💪
Commenting. :) Can there be a video of picking up things with yoga ques to protect your hips, lower back and wrists. Some practical yoga cues used in movements in construction work or farming or even sitting in a car!! There are p.t. and o.t. videos yes, but theyre not necessarily learned in yoga lingo. Thank you for your work.
Please keep posting! Would love to see a post on using the count integrated with breath and movement in standing poses. How to move, flow in and out of pose with economy of movement
Please could you talk about diet and lifestyle to help your practice? And whether you ever have days you don’t want to practice and how you motivate yourselves…and patience after injury.
Im curious. Why is it safe to round the lower back in down dog but not other positions such as a seated forward fold? Thanks! These videos have helped me so much!
Any additional recommendations / modifications for protecting wrists, easing weight, helping you hold downward dog without wrist fatigue, injury, such as for seniors or heavy or newbies, please? Thanks!
I came here looking for an explanation why my shoulder blades and traps are constantly in spasm. My yoga teachers do a lot of downward dogs, but they are large classes and nobody gets personal feedback, and I have come to the conclusion that the reason for all my muscle spasms and pain is because I am doing it wrong! Thank you for the Insights
Hi Jelena & David, asking myself where my head feels good in this position and I just need some instructions to know if I’m doing it right… do I leave my head hanging? where do I gaze with my eyes ? & chin tucked in or not… sorry if I overheard you saying it in the video.. would be great if you could answer. 🙏🏼☺️✨
Namaste 🙏🏻 I personally, find this to be a very active pose where I'm rooting with my feet, pushing through my hands, engaging the bandhas...:) but, I also tend to curve my lower back being flexible just aggravates it and would really appreciate if you can suggest some cues on how to overcome it :)
As a suggestion: perhaps a video on your pet peeves about yoga mistakes/differences. Eg flourishes, grabbing the big toe and bending versus staying straight and not grabbing big toe. Basically a summary of uncommon wisdom.
The obstacle I have with the pose is all the blood flow rushing downward into my head. I'm surprised more people don't find it to be uncomfortable. And just generally dizziness from the orthostatic hypertension. 😖
Question: Jelena has done the Chatturanga with feet back on her toes and not stretched out on the tops of her feet as shown in the Chatturanga tutorial........so we missed a small transition piece in there.....or did we just want to measure and it has nothing to do with Chatturanga done on the toes? I am contused,,,,,does that change the length of the down dog?
These youtube clips are great, please keep doing more: details and alignment cues for other postures! :)
Yes, absolutely - more tutorials coming soon :)
How to Doming In Downward Dog Yoga
Apparently there's a significant, almost fundamental difference between ashtanga and vinyasa, when it comes to downward facing dog. I was taught to keep my shoulders away from my ears (depressed) but come to tink of it, I may have misinterpreted the que for rotating my upper arms out, and my sitting bones as much up as possible. Keeping my ribs 'unpopped is a personal struggle (you know, along with tipping the pelvis forward arching-in the lower back)and I'm actually doing a quick round on youtube to study down dog a bit more. I have found knowledge, new takes, and insights, thank you for yours.
Love their body language and energy together ❤
I lie not, this is the best video on Downward Facing Dog I have seen!
Many thanks. 😁
your channel is top quality, seriously
Definitely did this not in alignment. Didn’t knew about the hollow in the tummy and always thinking how far apart the hand and legs are. So now I know and gives me real inspiration and joy to keep practicing in the right and wholesome way.
Love this! 🥰 So many insights yoga teachers rarely share.
Omg, first time im feeling what this is! Thank you so🙏🏻
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I only started doing yoga 3 months ago and have made majour improvements in those 3 months. But my downward dog was always been horrible and had no idea on how to properly get into the pose. In just one watching of this video and my downward dog finally looks like a downward dog. Thanks so much.
I really appreciate your time and precise instruction. ❤
I always have had difficulty with down dog , yet could find anyone to help me learn properly, always have too much stress in shoulder girdle , I am going to follow your instructions and hopefully do it properly. Thanks a lot.
Pl teach us shoulder stand the correct way
I just love you. So much infos. I watch your videos before teaching myself lolll
Amazing! Thanks for watching and commenting :)
Really helpful tips for this pose. My shoulders would ache in this pose (especially holding for 5 breaths). After seeing this and externally rotating the arms, then engaging the pelvic floor and getting into slight posterior tilt to push weight to the legs helped release the tension in the shoulders. Thanks a ton!!!
1:44 in and I already learned more about this pose than in two years of searching for info on this pose. THANK YOU
I just noticed that you guys have your own channel‼ This is SO beyond helpful🌹. Thank you so much for these incredible tutorials--they help me beyond measure🙏🏻💞
Glad that you found us. We're fairly new here so keep an eye out - lots more to come soon!
while im designing my first class
i use your vedio to focus on the movment
love u
These tutorials are so incredibly helpful. The length of time I can practice (and over the long haul) has increased thanks to corrected form. Thank YOU both!
Thank you so much for this!! I find there's little attention to the basic asanas and instead the general focus is on the more complicated or visually beautiful ones. This is great! I wonder if you could do a tutorial on triangle pose, I always struggle a bit in it. Namaste 🙏
Found your videos by chance, as a swimmer looking to relieve pressure and elongate my streamline… and found super clear guidance and sheer joy! Looking forward to them all. So grateful!
Very good, enjoyed your vid!! Thankyou!!
Please do a video for the Ashtanga practitioner in their 50's and 60's (and beyond) specifically flexibilty, aging joints, mobility, etc.
I was having horrible shoulder pain from doing this pose and I couldn't figure out why. I actually quit practicing for about a month. The "shoulders down" really bothered me and I also now realize that I was too narrow. I am going to pick it back up today with these tips. Thank you so much!
Love your way of teaching. In such a short clip of a tutorial you both nailed the most significant aspects and the inclusion of bandhas 😅 thank you so much.i see some people arching their spine and they say it feels good but I understand that arching is a no-no, so wanted to check in with you the reason and if it's harmful or just depends on the body shape.....thank you again!
So nice to see so many videos from you two here on UA-cam
Excellent explanation. Much appreciated.
Jelena is always looking at David with love 😚. Ive learned a lot from them. ESPECIALLY HEADSTAND I finally got the point from her pose and did it sucessfully ☺
Thank you for the tutorial! How do you stop your hands from slipping?
Excellent instruction, very good and helpful.
Great and detailed information. Thank you so much
Thank you this Helps So Much!! Love your Way of Explaining poses So Helpful, Love you Two❤❤
I love Your Tutorials. Help me so much in my Home-practice
Sorry guys, I already subscribed. Thank you both for your tutorials - they help a lot, especially with my home practice. Keep going!
So helpful, feel like is one of the most popular/basic asana but hard to perform well and a lot of things going on in this asana :)
Thank you so much for the work that u are putting in, i practice ashtanga by my own 5 times a week following your 30min ashtanga video and once in the shala 🙏🏼
Thank you! Tutorials are very helpful. You guys are so awesome!
You're so welcome :) Thanks for watching!
Thank you. Beautifully explained!
Absolutely loved the explanation. I hope I’ll be able to put it in good use during my practice.
Thank you ❤
A very thorough and concise explanation! Thank You👍
I like your attitudes and careful explanation. I'm mostly into calisthenics but I think I have a ton to learn from yoga and gymnastics as well. Liked and subscribed. I have a lot of difficulty with shoulder extension and use this pose in part for that.
Your videos are so helpful! Thank you!!
thank you so much.
You're welcome! :)
Thank you for the specific alignments. Helps me so much. Any tricks for keeping the hands from slipping forward in downward dog? Mine always do no matter the mat or ground surface.....
Thanks for this video!
Glad it was helpful!
Super clip! Love learning from you!
Gooooosh i thought there is something wrong with my down dog coz I started to have that sacrum bump (and that’s actually started to be appearing with my Ashtanga practice ) thank u for this point ❤️ love ur tutorials
Great video!!! I never know whether my downward dog is good enough but this video gave me so much reassurance that I'm heading the right direction ❤️
Great to hear! :)
Great content by great masters. Very helpful for beginners. Thanks a lot 🙏
woww this is so new and very helpful. Thank you so much!
loved this video thank you!!!
Glad you liked it!!
I’ve been doing ashtanga for a few years now and my teacher is a senior instructor and amazing…he does allow modifications in order to accommodate his students’ various needs so it is really good to refresh on what are the conditions of the asanas. He used to be very hardcore fundamentalist but I think this must mellow with age…And you’re both not there yet 😃
You're amazing. It helps my training so much🙏
111th comment on the 11/11 new moon weekend. Thank you for teaching this in such a succinct and precise way. Subscribed
More tutorial videos please…I’m planning to take yoga teacher’s training next year… so these videos is a big help…☺️❤️
More to come! :)
Thanks for your sharing !!
i always failed in my downward dog but this video really fully help me to correcting my alignment & the content very details . tq very2 much 🙌 witing next tips/tutorial 💪
I love your tutorials 😘. Please keep posting 👍🙏
We will! Thanks for watching and commenting :)
Thanks. Great tutorial!
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Like the lesson
Commenting. :) Can there be a video of picking up things with yoga ques to protect your hips, lower back and wrists. Some practical yoga cues used in movements in construction work or farming or even sitting in a car!! There are p.t. and o.t. videos yes, but theyre not necessarily learned in yoga lingo. Thank you for your work.
If ever, I would lofe to see a video on a basic posture. The cobra pose. I know easy but I found it one of the must uncomfortable one.
Hi Marc, We've just added one for upward dog - check it out! It' will be all the same work as for cobra pose :)
Muchas gracias:) 🙏🏼
Well explained ... thanks
thank you for sharing this🙏⭐
Thank you!!. A very good explanation for the technics of Adhomuka Svanasana.
NAMASKAR 🙏
Please keep posting! Would love to see a post on using the count integrated with breath and movement in standing poses. How to move, flow in and out of pose with economy of movement
Thank you so much ❤
I would love to see Trikonasana. Its the pose I always struggle with. I never feels right in my lower back...
So helpful. Thank you
Please could you talk about diet and lifestyle to help your practice? And whether you ever have days you don’t want to practice and how you motivate yourselves…and patience after injury.
Thank you for the suggestions - we'll add these to our list for upcoming videos :)
Love u both ❤
Im curious. Why is it safe to round the lower back in down dog but not other positions such as a seated forward fold? Thanks! These videos have helped me so much!
Thanks!😍
Top.thank you so much
This is awesome!
A very helpful video with great explanantions, thank you. Is chataraunga the same positioning as plank? As in hand and feet placement?
Here's perfect jodi for learning ashtanga.
Thank you
You're so welcome! :)
YOU are great 👍
Wonderfull ! Je ne parle pas assez bien l’anglais pour tout comprendre … bientôt en langue française ? Perhaps ?
Thank you so much 🙏🏼
Gracias 🙏🏻
Our pleasure :)
Love love love all your tutorials and IG videos. Could you do a tutorial on back bends wether standing or standing on knees? Thank you!!
Yes, absolutely - we'll add a tutorial on that soon :) Thanks for the suggestion!
I thought I had a lot of Liforme yoga mats(9) then I see youse guys have two walls of them, nice.
love it as usual, thank you very much, could you two please do a tutorial supta kurmasana
Yes, absolutely - we'll add a tutorial on that soon :) Thanks for the suggestion!
Any additional recommendations / modifications for protecting wrists, easing weight, helping you hold downward dog without wrist fatigue, injury, such as for seniors or heavy or newbies, please? Thanks!
Hi Colleen, have you seen our tutorial on happy wrists? Click this link to check it out :)
ua-cam.com/video/YKZIfvLdLy0/v-deo.html
Namaste 🙏🏻
Thank you for the holding your pee description. That is perfect.
Thanks a lot, jealous to people who can practice in your Yoga Shala, do you plan to have same tutorial for Navasana?
Yes - we actually have one filmed already for Navasana. It will be posted in the next few weeks so stay tuned :)
Thank you so much!
Great and very helpful as always.
Could you please do a tutorial on Setu Bandhasana?
Handstand Yoga 🧘♂️
Have you done a tutorial about malasana?
I came here looking for an explanation why my shoulder blades and traps are constantly in spasm. My yoga teachers do a lot of downward dogs, but they are large classes and nobody gets personal feedback, and I have come to the conclusion that the reason for all my muscle spasms and pain is because I am doing it wrong! Thank you for the Insights
Hi Jelena & David, asking myself where my head feels good in this position and I just need some instructions to know if I’m doing it right… do I leave my head hanging? where do I gaze with my eyes ? & chin tucked in or not… sorry if I overheard you saying it in the video.. would be great if you could answer. 🙏🏼☺️✨
Hi Rachel! The gaze is toward your navel in downward dog, so yes, the chin is tucked. Hopefully this helps :)
Namaste 🙏🏻 I personally, find this to be a very active pose where I'm rooting with my feet, pushing through my hands, engaging the bandhas...:) but, I also tend to curve my lower back being flexible just aggravates it and would really appreciate if you can suggest some cues on how to overcome it :)
As a suggestion: perhaps a video on your pet peeves about yoga mistakes/differences. Eg flourishes, grabbing the big toe and bending versus staying straight and not grabbing big toe. Basically a summary of uncommon wisdom.
Hey Cam, great suggestion! We'll put something together soon :)
I m beginner practitioner and afraid of backbending like rajkapotasana, purna ushtrasana, etc. From where should I start. TIA🙏
Are we supposed to walk around doing uddyana Bandha all the time?
Can you guide about the wrist position/alignment as sometimes it gets painful or uncomfortable in downdog. Thank you
Hi! :) We have a tutorial on keeping the wrists healthy here: ua-cam.com/video/YKZIfvLdLy0/v-deo.html
The obstacle I have with the pose is all the blood flow rushing downward into my head. I'm surprised more people don't find it to be uncomfortable. And just generally dizziness from the orthostatic hypertension. 😖
how about the Drishti for this move please?
Can you do a tutorial on pincha.
Question: Jelena has done the Chatturanga with feet back on her toes and not stretched out on the tops of her feet as shown in the Chatturanga tutorial........so we missed a small transition piece in there.....or did we just want to measure and it has nothing to do with Chatturanga done on the toes? I am contused,,,,,does that change the length of the down dog?