The poses described in this video take a long time to be perform as beautifully as Neesha does. Does not mean you can't practice them, it just means it might take a while to practice them with the same easiness and steadiness as the instructor here. Yoga is more than 5000 years old. Is always important to learn from someone that knows more, understands the poses and the energetics of them.
Hi Neesha! Thank you so much for taking the time to teach and share your knowledge! I would like to answer to all the previous posted to clarify a few points. Yoga takes years and years of practice, introspection, dedication, patience, self awareness, studying and above all willingness to learn from others than know more than you. Yoga is NOT an exercise, the side effects are a tone body, sharp mind, great posture and deeper and better breathing. This video describes poses that take a long time
I think Yoga is really hokey. I tried it for a couple years and it did NOTHING for my muscle tone. I found it hard to concentrate and prefer vigorous exercise
@karlalucaz melt your heart means to soften the skin of your upper back so that your arm bones move more deeply into your shoulder sockets. An attitude of opening accompanies this action. You will learn this action and more in our beginning classes! Thank you for practicing with us!
@minimoongurll allow the space between your shoulder blades to descend to the ground with gravity. The skin and muscles of your upper back will melt toward your heart and your heart will move toward the earth.
@minimoongurll yes, you can! If you can not get it through my language use, find a teacher of Anusara Yoga to show you. When you are on all 4's, allow your arm bones to move into your shoulder sockets, your shoulder blades will move closer together the space between your shoulder blades gets soft. Your collarbones will widen and yes, your heart will move closer to the ground. Have someone show you, and you will get it, Good luck!
LOVE IT! but does that first arm ballance pose stretch and KILL anyone else's back arm skin or is it just me?? I feel like I'm going to give myself super horrid premature wrinkles...
FUN! Thanks, this is a new variation for me. Adding it to my practice. For those of us with wrist issues, doubling up your mat under your hands helps a lot.
stuff like "side bodies long " "melt your heart"...is gibberish...Seriously, when you first learnt to do these poses, no one said to you "side bodies long" and melt your heart" and you went "oooooh i totally 100% understand the mechanics of exactly what that means."
Come on man, esotheric yoga speak, is bloody exclusionary, people need to know exactly what muscles to focus on... "melt your heart" and "side bodies long" is just an abridged way of saying "do movements, x, y z," in a specific sequence... No one's psychic, so you need to use english, especially when you're getting people to balance on their arms with their faces an inch away from the floor.
@barelylegalpigeons hi, Thank you for the feedback. I realize that I should have mentioned that it is a level 2 pose/ and or "intermediate Anusara" I assume that in such a pose, people have the basics, including Anusara specific jargon that does not instruct exactly what to do. In my basic classes, I define terms like: "side bodies long" and teach the mechanics of "melting the heart". I will do better next time!
in order for most people to learn how how to do parvsa bakasana, they need to understand the body's alignment before pressing up into this armstand. "bringing your arms to the left side of your body" is insuffiencient detail. You have to explain "where are you toes and hands are facing prior to fully acheiving this asana (i.e., angles and inches of width or ).
instead of going for the full poses, work on the foundation of your hands firmly planted in poses like downward dog, plank and chaturanga. Keeping your hands steady, work the muscle energy of pulling your forearms toward one another and using your biceps to widen the upper arm bones away from one another. This will line up your arm bones to set the conditions for tennis elbow to heal.
Did this practice and it lifted a heavy depressed feeling! cant do the full eka pada koundiyanasana, but I can do the initial arm balance before going into it.."something to work towards" to quote Duncan Wong. I still need to memorize the sandscrit names of the poses..
Yoga is for all as long as you have an open mind, have the willingness to learn and find a teacher or a few that you feel you connect with!
Hope you can all appreciate this video, be humble and learn from others...
There's lots of basic classes out there that will lead you to understand this...but you can't skip the work that takes to get here SAFELY.
Cheers!
loopitech 3 months ago 2
@loopitech Thank you for your input!
neeshazollinger 1 month ago
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@loopitech CHEERS......HAPPY 2012....
wei461101 1 month ago
...continuing my previous post.
The poses described in this video take a long time to be perform as beautifully as Neesha does. Does not mean you can't practice them, it just means it might take a while to practice them with the same easiness and steadiness as the instructor here. Yoga is more than 5000 years old. Is always important to learn from someone that knows more, understands the poses and the energetics of them.
loopitech 3 months ago
Hi Neesha! Thank you so much for taking the time to teach and share your knowledge! I would like to answer to all the previous posted to clarify a few points. Yoga takes years and years of practice, introspection, dedication, patience, self awareness, studying and above all willingness to learn from others than know more than you. Yoga is NOT an exercise, the side effects are a tone body, sharp mind, great posture and deeper and better breathing. This video describes poses that take a long time
loopitech 3 months ago
I think Yoga is really hokey. I tried it for a couple years and it did NOTHING for my muscle tone. I found it hard to concentrate and prefer vigorous exercise
CassieAnnaCary 6 months ago
What style of yoga is this? is it ashtangayoga?
dannish2000 1 year ago
@dannish2000 this is Anusara Yoga.
neeshazollinger 1 year ago
what does melt your heart mean?
karlalucaz 1 year ago
@karlalucaz melt your heart means to soften the skin of your upper back so that your arm bones move more deeply into your shoulder sockets. An attitude of opening accompanies this action. You will learn this action and more in our beginning classes! Thank you for practicing with us!
neeshazollinger 1 year ago
@neeshazollinger How exactly do you soften the skin of your upper back?
minimoongurll 8 months ago
@minimoongurll allow the space between your shoulder blades to descend to the ground with gravity. The skin and muscles of your upper back will melt toward your heart and your heart will move toward the earth.
neeshazollinger 8 months ago
@neeshazollinger That makes almost no sense to me .. your heart can't move towards the earth physically..
minimoongurll 8 months ago
@minimoongurll yes, you can! If you can not get it through my language use, find a teacher of Anusara Yoga to show you. When you are on all 4's, allow your arm bones to move into your shoulder sockets, your shoulder blades will move closer together the space between your shoulder blades gets soft. Your collarbones will widen and yes, your heart will move closer to the ground. Have someone show you, and you will get it, Good luck!
neeshazollinger 8 months ago
LOVE IT! but does that first arm ballance pose stretch and KILL anyone else's back arm skin or is it just me?? I feel like I'm going to give myself super horrid premature wrinkles...
Promthanius 1 year ago
Rub it in, with the Tetons in the background. Is your studio in Jackson?
papatooth1 1 year ago
FUN! Thanks, this is a new variation for me. Adding it to my practice. For those of us with wrist issues, doubling up your mat under your hands helps a lot.
purewonka 2 years ago
stuff like "side bodies long " "melt your heart"...is gibberish...Seriously, when you first learnt to do these poses, no one said to you "side bodies long" and melt your heart" and you went "oooooh i totally 100% understand the mechanics of exactly what that means."
barelylegalpigeons 2 years ago
Come on man, esotheric yoga speak, is bloody exclusionary, people need to know exactly what muscles to focus on... "melt your heart" and "side bodies long" is just an abridged way of saying "do movements, x, y z," in a specific sequence... No one's psychic, so you need to use english, especially when you're getting people to balance on their arms with their faces an inch away from the floor.
barelylegalpigeons 2 years ago
@barelylegalpigeons hi, Thank you for the feedback. I realize that I should have mentioned that it is a level 2 pose/ and or "intermediate Anusara" I assume that in such a pose, people have the basics, including Anusara specific jargon that does not instruct exactly what to do. In my basic classes, I define terms like: "side bodies long" and teach the mechanics of "melting the heart". I will do better next time!
neeshazollinger 1 year ago
in order for most people to learn how how to do parvsa bakasana, they need to understand the body's alignment before pressing up into this armstand. "bringing your arms to the left side of your body" is insuffiencient detail. You have to explain "where are you toes and hands are facing prior to fully acheiving this asana (i.e., angles and inches of width or ).
barelylegalpigeons 2 years ago
Soulsearch8,
instead of going for the full poses, work on the foundation of your hands firmly planted in poses like downward dog, plank and chaturanga. Keeping your hands steady, work the muscle energy of pulling your forearms toward one another and using your biceps to widen the upper arm bones away from one another. This will line up your arm bones to set the conditions for tennis elbow to heal.
neeshazollinger 2 years ago
neesha.. wow... just wow...
is there a modification for parsva bakasana, in case one has tennis elbow? is it even advisable to do the pose, with tennis elbow?
soulsearch8 2 years ago
Did this practice and it lifted a heavy depressed feeling! cant do the full eka pada koundiyanasana, but I can do the initial arm balance before going into it.."something to work towards" to quote Duncan Wong. I still need to memorize the sandscrit names of the poses..
thanks for this workout!
catgumart 2 years ago
heehee, "which leg is that?"
I wish I could do those poses.
Lamondra 2 years ago
huhucant seem to find a man who ill treat me like a princess
Amberdennoa 2 years ago
Thought that was an awesome pose for bboy. Cool vid. Reminded me of the "baby freeze"
Delc0 2 years ago