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Fundamentals of Practice Day 1

Beginner II
(97 Reviews)
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In this class, Rachel guides you in setting up your foundation, teaching you how to place and activate your feet and hands to stabilize and support your yoga practice. This class can either be done as a stand-alone or as part of Rachel's 7-Day Fundamentals of Practice Yoga Challenge.

Equipment

  • Block

Focus

  • Strength
  • Balance
  • Legs and Feet
  • Arms/Hands

Style

  • Vinyasa/Power Yoga
namastacey
March 15, 2020
Comment:

Thanks Rachel! I am restarting yoga again with your challenge after many years (and several extra pounds). One problem I have is a bone bruise on my left knee (exterior) so I have to modify child pose if you can believe it, but so far I'm able to do most everything..

Looking forward to the next 6 days!

Comment Replies

MarjB
March 5, 2020
Comment:

Although I've been doing yoga for a while, I learned many little details in this class. Rachel has done an excellent job of showing and explaining the fundamentals. I feel this class (and series) will enhance my future practices. It is a class I will definitely come back to. I purchased and downloaded this class and hope to download the rest of this challenge series. I hope I don't have as many problems with the download process, but that's a subject for another post.

jdwatson1991
February 19, 2020
Comment:

This was amazing! I practiced daily before I got pregnant, but my pregnancy was so rough that I unfortunately couldn't do much during it. I had my son in December, and I want to get back to the flow of things. I was sort of worried that I wouldn't be able to get through this video, but I was able to complete it and I feel great! Thank you!

kellyglostott
February 6, 2020
Comment:

I have a lifelong shoulder deformity and cannot raise my arms over my head far enough back to get my arms next to my ears. This means that when I try to do downward dog, I cannot get any spinal lengthening, and it puts awful strain on my arms. Guess what pose is in every beginner American yoga class? Downward dog. They spend a lot of time in it. I had to quit this video because there's so much focus on downward dog, and my body gave out. Do you have any classes for people with physical limitations?

Comment Replies

Rachel Scott
February 6, 2020
Comment:

Hi Kelly, that is an EXCELLENT question. You're right; downward facing dog is a challenging pose that gets introduced very casually in most group classes (including mine). Folks who have frozen shoulder or shoulder impingement also have the same trouble (getting their arms so far up). As a general note, I'd suggest alternating between plank (if you're feeling fiery) or an extended version of child's pose (hips over knees rather than ankles, arms angling down so they're not by ears but so you can still get some spinal traction....) as an option for downward facing dog. My "Empower your Boundaries" class may have some good leg stuff in it, but off the top of my head, I'm not sure which of my classes would be best. However, I'm filming more soon, and I'd LOVE to do a class that takes out downward dog entirely. It's an excellent idea.

cbolson
March 10, 2020
Comment:

Hi! I just recovered from a broken thumb and was limited in the classes I could do. I searched the site using "wrist free" and found several classes that were wrist-friendly including one by called Happy Wrists by Melissa Krieger. It's a fun class with no downward dogs - I would recommend checking it out.

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