Yoga for Beginners (part 3) – Twists and Stretches
Hi everyone,
Part 3 of yoga for beginners! The final part of the Yoga for Beginners series focusses more on poses that require a bit more strength, in your arms and core! We are getting into a baby backbend (cobra) and a twist. Hope you’ll enjoy it!
As you know I haven’t been feeling great the past week so I haven’t got a new video for this week so here is an older one which fell through the cracks and wasn’t put up previously here. This completes the Yoga for Beginners series.
In this video the poses I explain are:
- chair pose / utkatasana
- downward facing dog pose / adho mukha svanasana
- plank pose
- variation to chaturanga dandasana
- cobra pose / bhujangasana
- lunge / lunge twist
- child pose / balasana
Enjoy
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.
8 Comments
I’m loving these 3 videos. I have been wanting to get back into yoga, and these have been the perfect prescription! Still having trouble keeping my back flat, like in down dog, it tends to round out. any help on how to do this?
Comment by Amy Feb 09, 10, 3:10 amHi there,
I’ve just been through 4 of the clips and I feel so revived and energized. Not been doing much exercise recently as I’ve been signed off work due to anxiety and low mood and it’s hard to get motivated to exercise. I’ve only ever tried Yoga a few times before and it’s quite tricky trying to do the moves whilst still having to keep looking up at the screen and maneuvering round the furniture but I managed.
Thank you for the lessons x
Comment by Vesna Feb 12, 10, 2:25 pmHello Esther!
Comment by Neil Lin Feb 19, 10, 2:14 pmI been checking out some of your video and learned so much that I have never ever tried before! I am so excited and really like the way you navigate through all your moves. You are a suburb teach of yoga! I will dedicate more time to do yoga learning from your videos!! Thank you so very much!! Namaste
Neil
hello esther,
i just started practicing yoga,i’ve been doing it regularly for about 3 weeks now and i’m loving it .I checked out yoga for beginners 1,2 and 3 just want your advise on what to do next and if there will be a part 4? thank u sooo much for your effort=)
Comment by salma Feb 27, 10, 10:30 pmSalma
hello esther!!
Comment by Vicky Mar 03, 10, 2:09 pmthank you so much for your videos!!it’s my first time doing yoga but i like it!!does the begginers series has 3 parts?if i repeat them daily would it help?
I you repeat the 3 parts daily, you will definitely benefit a lot, you will feel great, and become stronger. Than you can add on some of the other video’s, maybe a vinyasa..
Have fun with it,
Esther
Thanks Esther for putting up such great videos. These are perhaps the best online yoga videos I have come across, these are something that one can actually follow!
I have a question, I have been doing the full series of your ‘yoga for beginner’ daily for the past 2 weeks and already feeling much fitter! But I am wondering what’s next. What all should I add to my routine? Or should I change to an entirely different set? which one should those be?
I have seen that you have many more yoga videos other than the beginner’s ones. But I can’t find what to choose next.
Thanks again!
Comment by Roy Mar 05, 10, 5:43 pmRoy
Hi Roy, I will adress this question soon with a post or video about it! But in the mean time try out one of the vinyasa flows on the website.
Esther