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Intermediate I
Integrate deep core awareness into your practice and prepare your body for safe hand-balancing in this beginner/intermediate class. Rachel guides you in revisiting your foundation to safely protect your wrists when weight-bearing in balancing poses like side plank and crow. This class can either be done as a stand-alone or as part of Rachel's 7-Day Fundamentals of Practice Yoga Challenge.
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As someone said earlier, I will come back to this class so I can work on crow. Would LOVE to be able to master it. Using the block definitely helps.
Wow. I've been doing yoga for over a decade and this was the most stable I've ever felt in a side plank. Amazing what just a slightly different approach to the pose and emphasis on different parts of the body can do!
Wow, Rachel you are a star. Could barely do a side plank till today. You make it so easy. Made my day. Thanks a ton.
Yay! Sorry this is such a late reply, but when I saw I had to respond! That's wonderful!! Sometimes it's just about finding the right support/ entry into the pose. YAY!
I will do this class a few times! I think it is the best class ever to master the crow pose! Hopefully I will master it! It’s hard to put weight to fingertips and inside palm. Practice practice!
Thanks Rachel! This class made me feel more ease in side plank.
Love reviewing the fundamentals! This series has reminded me of and given me some new tips on maintaining proper form through my practice.
I do have a question about crow pose though. When in crow pose the discomfort where my shin contacts my upper arm bone is intense and prevents me from continuing. I’m not sure if I’m positioning my legs incorrectly or what the problem is. Any advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks Rachel for an inspiring series of classes!
I started doing yoga 5 months ago with DYWM, consistently 5-6 days per week. This Fundamentals of Practice series by Rachel is excellent for beginners like me to learn proper form and technique.
Yoga has been part of my life for sometime . Since I don’t feel I ever learned the basics, I decided to try these Fundamentals classes and have learned so much already. In order to review the previous day’s class, some days I will do two classes in one day which gives me a longer practice. For example, today I did Day 3 and then Day 4. Because of my schedule, some days I can’t do even one Fundamentals class so this 7-Day Challenge is going to take a bit longer. This review method helps me when I’ve missed a few days. Eventually, I will finish the entire Challenge. On busy days, I try to do one of the shorter under 15 minute DYWM classes.
An interesting practice to have fun trying crow and side plank (if you are not familiar with these) or want to know another way to get into these poses. Rachel, as always, is thorough with her guidance, and she makes it fun.