Upgrade to Premium for Unlimited Access

Unlock Premium Content
Unlimited access to 1000+ yoga, meditation and movement classes
You can enjoy one of the biggest collection of professional classes, including:
  • 400+ Vinyasa yoga classes
  • 350+ Hatha yoga classes
  • 250+ Gentle yoga classes
  • 170+ Yoga after workout classes
  • 100+ Yoga for back classes
  • And much more!
Complete collection of 30 curated programs & 50 challenges
Enhance your practice with our comprehensive collection of courses and special challenges.
Watch classes from your laptop, TV, phone or tablet
Take your yoga practice anywhere, anytime using our website or mobile app.
Exclusive access to all new releases and livestream events
Enjoy new classes and get 25% discount on livestream events.
Use our App

Hatha Yoga for Arm Strength

Intermediate I
(165 Reviews)
PREMIUM

Access this free class

Get access to this and 1000+ other premium classes

Get Full Access Now

Anastasia gives you a tough shoulder work-out in this 30-minute hatha yoga class, including many variations of plank pose and downward facing dog pose, while pacing the class so that you rest at the right times.

Equipment

  • Strap

Focus

  • Strength
  • Core Strength
  • Legs and Feet
  • Neck/Shoulders
  • Arms/Hands

Style

  • Hatha Yoga
Marcy
April 24, 2018
Comment:

I enjoyed this because some of the poses were either too lengthy or too difficult for me to attain/maintain in my current state. I feel that as I strengthen, my ability to keep up with this class, which is currently just out of reach for me, will be an excellent marker of my progress. Thank you.

birdnthesky
December 13, 2017
Comment:

This class was challenging for me but I what I need to build strength. It was very hard on my writsts. I wish modifications were offered during the routine. I read the ones in the comments and came up with a few of my own but still feel like it was too much for my wrists.

Comment Replies

Anastasia Hangemanole
December 14, 2017
Comment:

Glad to hear you are building strength and trying out classes that challenge you, and sorry that your wrists were hurting. Unfortunately putting weight on your hands like that is hard to avoid in many yoga classes, but you can always try making fists or going doing in your elbows. The other thing is to rest when needed - that's the nice thing about this medium is being able to pause. So when your wrists hurt, pause, give them a gentle shake, and perhaps doing a counter stretch by putting the backs of your hands together, fingers down.

Hjhbutterfly
November 28, 2017
Comment:

I've only been doing yoga for about 6 weeks, so perhaps that's why I found this so difficult. I probably made it less than 20 before resting a lot and ultimately not finishing. Is this more intermediate than beginner? Either way, it felt like a fun challenge...relaxing because of the focus it required. I'll be coming back to this regularly and looking forward to getting better at it, as with all of my yoga practice.

Comment Replies

Anastasia Hangemanole
November 29, 2017
Comment:

First - welcome to the wonderful world of yoga! I would say that being so new to yoga is definitely part of the reason you found this class so challenging. You may be in great shape, but some of these poses may be asking you to use muscles and muscle groups that you rarely use or build. They require a fair bit of core strength.

In terms of whether this is more of a beginner or intermediate class, there are no hard fast rules in yoga, which makes it hard sometimes to designate classes as one or the other. I would say that this could either be a really advanced beginner class, or an easier intermediate class. What I like about it being beginner is that it asks people to challenge themselves, and hopefully I have provided good enough instruction to help you through it safely. Try again and rest as much as you need.

Loading... Click here if it takes longer.