Awesome Rachel! Thanks! About to teach this pose and decided to just focus on external rotation first before I venture on to the balancing aspect of it! Great tips!
LOL I'm so happy to hear it! If there's anything that you're working on teaching, also feel free to let me know! I love to create targeted content that helps you out :)
I love so much your way of cuing! Very dynamic, very visual, simply explained, often so funny, and also, so realiable and precise! I do not comment much, but you're such an inspiration for every Yoga teacher out there :) Thank you for sharing freely all these gems.
So happy to have found you. It is so great to get some mew ideas for teaching. Sometimes we get in a rut after teaching so long and this gives me some new ideas and different words to say.
This was a great explanation! Especially regarding your pelvis only rotating not really going forward and having your hand further beyond your body like 1-2 feet. Super helpful
So many "Ohh, I get it now" going through my mind during this 8 minute video.. it's awesome how you explain everything! Thanks and keep teaching please!
I have two options for you ~ Check this out! You'll sign up but it's free: www.doyogawithme.com/content/5-poses-halfmoon I teach a ton of lovely prerecorded classes on DoYogaWithMe. Or you can check out any of the livestream recaps from my sequencing mentorship here. rachelscott.offeringtree.com/online_store Half Moon is the very first class on the page :)
Question about foot alignment when in half moon; my foot wants to point slightly inward, towards 11 o'clock instead of straight up 12 (as where my spine, hand, etc point at 12). If I align the foot with 12 I find it much harder to balance
I'm just going to assume it's the right ;) Ideally we want the shin, knee, thigh aligned and the hip in external rotation. However, take a look at the relationship of your thigh to your knee to your shin: is your knee turning in as well? If that's the case, you need to externally rotate more from the hip to align the thigh and shin. Tip: you do not need to "square" your pelvis open to the right fully, in fact, most people can't. It's okay for your top hip to turn down slightly so that you can keep the external rotation of your standing leg. If you try to square your pelvis to the side of your mat fully and don't have the range of motion in your hip, then it will pull your thigh inwardly and cause your leg to turn in. We want to prioritize the alignment of the standing leg and let the pelvis open to the side as much as is possible. However, if your thigh, knee, and shin are aligned, it's possible that you have some torsion in your tibia (twist in your shin bone) that is natural. Internal rotation at the shin is not so common, but not impossible either. Hard to tell without seeing you in person, but those are a few thoughts!
Awesome Rachel! Thanks! About to teach this pose and decided to just focus on external rotation first before I venture on to the balancing aspect of it! Great tips!
👍💚 Thanks for watching Karin!😀
Awesome! I wish I had a little you to put in my pocket when I go to class. Ok that’s a little creepy but seriously, your tips & tricks are amazing.
LOL I'm so happy to hear it! If there's anything that you're working on teaching, also feel free to let me know! I love to create targeted content that helps you out :)
Excellent tips. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️
Loved your explanation. And the sound effect was super! Thank a ton .
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I love so much your way of cuing! Very dynamic, very visual, simply explained, often so funny, and also, so realiable and precise! I do not comment much, but you're such an inspiration for every Yoga teacher out there :) Thank you for sharing freely all these gems.
💙💙💙 great to have you here! And I’m so happy to hear it’s helpful💛
Thank you!
My pleasure!
Awesome! Highly appreciated!
Gracy Andrade you are so welcome!!
KWEEEEEN! 🙌🏻 Thanks Rachel, another super helpful video! x
Emma Henry Emma you are sooooo welcome 💕💕thanks for watching 🥰
So happy to have found you. It is so great to get some mew ideas for teaching. Sometimes we get in a rut after teaching so long and this gives me some new ideas and different words to say.
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This was a great explanation! Especially regarding your pelvis only rotating not really going forward and having your hand further beyond your body like 1-2 feet. Super helpful
🙌🏻awesome Stephanie ~ thanks for watching 🥰
Wauw! Thank you so much! So happy i found your video! Amazing tips! Can't wait to watch your other videos:)
Yay! So glad it is helpful and great to connect with you here Ilona! 💫💫
So many "Ohh, I get it now" going through my mind during this 8 minute video.. it's awesome how you explain everything! Thanks and keep teaching please!
Hi Pamela - ahhh I'm so glad! Happy this is helpful :)
Thank you very much!!!
I would like to join your class as soon as possible( I live in Japan.)
That’s be so fun! Nice to connect with you here🌸
What an amazing videos . Really delighted by these talks !
this was so helpful for my final practice! thanks so much! do you have a flow already for this on your UA-cam?
I have two options for you ~ Check this out! You'll sign up but it's free: www.doyogawithme.com/content/5-poses-halfmoon I teach a ton of lovely prerecorded classes on DoYogaWithMe. Or you can check out any of the livestream recaps from my sequencing mentorship here. rachelscott.offeringtree.com/online_store Half Moon is the very first class on the page :)
@@RachelScottYogathanks so much Rachel! Love your explanations, looking forward to it
Thank you again. So incredibly useful
Great tutorial! Thank you so much this is so useful! 😍💙 Silvia
You are so welcome Silvia!
thanks a lot, it's amazing! :)
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nice video
Thank you :)
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You are so welcome!
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Question about foot alignment when in half moon; my foot wants to point slightly inward, towards 11 o'clock instead of straight up 12 (as where my spine, hand, etc point at 12). If I align the foot with 12 I find it much harder to balance
Which foot is forward? Right?
I'm just going to assume it's the right ;) Ideally we want the shin, knee, thigh aligned and the hip in external rotation. However, take a look at the relationship of your thigh to your knee to your shin: is your knee turning in as well? If that's the case, you need to externally rotate more from the hip to align the thigh and shin. Tip: you do not need to "square" your pelvis open to the right fully, in fact, most people can't. It's okay for your top hip to turn down slightly so that you can keep the external rotation of your standing leg. If you try to square your pelvis to the side of your mat fully and don't have the range of motion in your hip, then it will pull your thigh inwardly and cause your leg to turn in. We want to prioritize the alignment of the standing leg and let the pelvis open to the side as much as is possible.
However, if your thigh, knee, and shin are aligned, it's possible that you have some torsion in your tibia (twist in your shin bone) that is natural. Internal rotation at the shin is not so common, but not impossible either. Hard to tell without seeing you in person, but those are a few thoughts!
Talking too much
I do talk a lot; you may prefer a different teachers tutorials. 🙏🏻💛
@@RachelScottYoga I find the talking very helpful.
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