Hi everyone,
Here a little tutorial about jumping forward from downward facing dog pose / adho mukha svanasana to standing forward bend/ uttanasana. Have fun practicing it, you’re working on your upper body strength and core strength while you’re at it!
:) Esther

After many request, here a sequence to help you get more flexible. Now almost all yoga poses will help you do that to a greater or lesser degree, but here a sequence to get you started. You’ll have to do it regular enough, a few times a week at least for you to notice an effect, how quickly you will notice is different for everybody but if you do something for a few weeks you should feel some difference.

Good luck! and let me know if it works for you!

Esther

the poses demonstrated here are:

easy pose / sukhasana

spinal flexes

side stretches

twists

reclining big toe pose / supta padangustasana

mountain pose / tadasana

standing forward bend / uttanasana

pigeon pose / eka pada rajakapotasana

butterfly pose / baddha konasana

Here a sequence to help you strengthen your arms and upper body.  Yoga becomes more fun, really life in general feels easier when your body feels strong and capable. It helps us to feel more “grown up” and less like a “helpless child”. Always handy when you are an adult, to feel like one!

Now if your body is injured, or weak for whatever reason, there are always things you can do to make it feel better and stronger, you have to actually do it though! the easiest simplest exercises will empower you, so if you cannot do this sequence find one you can do!

In this sequence I demonstrate :

full body stretch                                         urdhva hastasana

standing forward bend                             uttanasana

downward facing dog pose                      adho mukha svanasana

yoga push ups

plank pose

upward facing dog pose                           urdhva mukha svanasana

upward plank pose                                     purvottanasana

Enjoy :)  Esther

Here is part number 3 of the ashtanga yoga series. I demonstrate here

padangustasana / big toe pose

padahastasana / hand to foot pose

Both are forward bend poses.

With these 2 poses you begin the standing series in the ashtanga yoga tradition. Before these 2 poses you do a few sun salutations A and a few sun salutations B to warm up the body.

Remember your options of bending the knees or holding the back of the legs if the feet are too far away!

Esther

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Here a nice upbeat vinyasa sequence to practice when you want to do something dynamic. The sequences is going fast enough, so its more for you who are practicing yoga for a while already. Hope you enjoy it! x Esther

The poses that are being used in this sequence are:

downward facing dog pose / adho mukha svanasana

standing forward bend / uttanasana

mountain pose / tadasana

lunge / ashwa sanchalasana

plank

cobra pose / bhujangasana

extended side angle pose / utthita parsvakonasana

bound extended side angle pose / baddha utthita parsvakonasana

warrior II / virabhadrasana II

extended triangle pose / utthita trikonasana

garland pose / malasana

boat pose / navasana

revolved belly pose / jathara parivarttasana

Hi Everyone,

Here some exercises to do when you have a headcold and you feel miserable. This will at least make you feel a bit better, and free your head a bit. Let me know if it works for you ….

The poses I demonstrate in this sequence are:

standing forward fold / uttanasana

downward facing dog pose / adho mukha svanasana

rabbit pose / sasangasana

reclined bound angle pose / supta baddha konasana

Here a little sequence to prepare the body for the shoulderstand, and I will talk you through the shoulderstand itself. Called the queen of the yoga poses, a very worthwile pose to practice a lot. I would still recommend doing this pose with a life instructor at least once for your alignment. Most important thing to remember though is to keep your neck safe, that is why you use the blanket! Bring your breastbone to your chin, but NOT your chin to your breastbone…

Some of the other poses I demonstrate here are

cow face pose arms / gomukhasana

eagle arms / garudasana

standing forward bend / uttanasana

bridge pose / setu bandha sarvangasana

supported shoulderstand / salamba sarvangasana

fish pose / matsyendrasana

enjoy this little sequence that you can do at the end of any yoga routine.

Esther

Hi everyone,

Here some exercises to work with if you have tight hamstrings. Tight hamstrings take time, but they will relax and lengthen a bit sooner or later, if you keep at it. Do be nice to your hamstrings, if you force them too much you can start over, they will lock again.

some of the poses I demonstrate here are

reclining big toe pose / supta padangustasana

standing forward bend / uttanasana

and some reflexology to work with!

Good luck,

Esther

Hi Everyone,

For all of you who want to do yoga, but don’t know how! There’s no time like the present to start practicing , Just start…, begin with this part one. Slowly get used to some of the basic standing poses that I will go through in this part and the next few. Your body will begin to get stronger with repetition and you’ll get used to the instructions. Most important of all is to end with a few minutes of relaxation to let whatever you’ve done integrate in the body and to observe what it has done for you.

The poses I demonstrate here are:

• cat pose / marjaryasana
• cow pose / tibilasana
• mountain pose / tadasana
• standing forward bend / uttanasana
• low lunge / anjaneyasana
• downward facing dog / adho mukha svanasana
• warrior I / virabhadrasana I
• warrior II / virabhadrasana II

If you enjoyed this feel free to move to the second video in this beginners sequence here.

Esther

Yoga for Beginners – Full Series
Part 1 - Basic Standing Poses
For all of you who want to do yoga, but don’t know how! There’s no time like the present to start practicing , Just start…, begin with this part one. Slowly get used to some of the basic standing poses that I will go through in this part and the next few.

Part 2 – Standing Side Stretches
Here part 2 of the beginners series. Still focussing on standing poses! When you begin with yoga I think they are the core poses you need to learn first.

Part 3 – More Advanced Poses
The final part of the Yoga for Beginners series moves from the basic standing poses to some of the more exerting twists and stretches.

HI everyone,

Twisting is such a great thing to do, you give your organs a nice detoxing squeeze, not to mention the benefits for your spinal column and back muscles. Bring a twist into any practice you do and sometimes just focus on twisting only. Here are some of my favourite twists, Enjoy..

Esther

The poses I demonstrate in this sequence are:

standing forward bend / uttanasana

chair pose or powerful pose / utkatasana

twisted chair pose / parivrtta utkatasana

reversed side angle pose / parivrtta parsva konasana

half revolved belly pose / ardha jathara parivarttanasana

downward facing dog / adho mukha svanasana

high lunge