Maintain Alignment in Seated Poses

Thank you, David. That class was perfect for me. I intend to get back into a yoga practice after years of physical difficulties and this practice was a really good start. I am amazed at how hard some of the poses were for me to hold! But I feel great, somehow revived, and I intend to practice every day no matter how much time I have to put into it!
Namaste!

Wonderful class David. Thank you 🙏

A wonderful foundation lesson for beginners. It was a difficult class for me, my muscles feel revived. Thank you for your instruction.

Thank you I needed this! Hope to accomplish the full 30 days. Am 6 weeks out from a unilateral mastectomy and my body needs to move. This seems like a great refreshing way to get my Qi flowing again, in an appropriate to my body manner. I also have stage 4 metastatic breast cancer and I am having an awakening today that I need to have this practice again in my life to help calm all the systemic inflammation and pain, and quiet my mind. Thank you so much.

STABILITY!

Thank you; This is a great class to help my knees! I'm glad I read the comments before starting the class; I would've been confused too. But every time pushing or tipping the pelvis was mentioned, in my mind I would say: "the top" of the pelvis and it all worked wonderfully!

Could someone please clarify the alignment of the tailbone/pelvis for the backbends? He is saying "tuck your tailbone", which makes me think push it forward. But then he says "push your pelvis back", which is the other way. I don't want to proceed until I understand this. Thanks in adavance.

Thank you for the reminder and very detailed instructions :) I always feel safe doing your classes. Yes new labels for the classes would be fantastic.

Wonderful class! It flew by. Thank you so much. Namaste

A great way to start this 7-day challenge. It is all about alignment and it is good to be constantly reminded of this. I love how the block between me legs gives me strength and supports my knees to.

Thanks David.

A great reminder of alignment, my thanks.

Excellent class David, thank you.
Just wondering if you could apply the new class labels (e,g, beginner II etc) to the challenges. I have been doing yoga for 20 years but due to health problems I had to stick to beginner classes which was frustrating as well. The new labels have helped with that.

Thank you, lovely class! Namaste

Happy to have found this lovely class. It is great to come back to foundation and alignment form time to time.

This Class was awesome; physically educational (if that makes sense. I love how you teach your classes with such ease.
Thank You. You make Yoga easier.

What am I doing wrong? When I lie back on the roll so that my heart is lifted then my shoulders are in the air, when I roll to get them on the ground it is super uncomfortable because the roll is under my rib cage below my bra strap and that is super unpleasant. The roll is about 3 in. Tall so not too big? Please help

I just become a sustaining member today. Although I have been following DoYogaWithMe on YouTube since quarantine. I feel that I will benefit more if I go directly to the website and create a session i.e. 14 day, 21 day challenge etc.. from start to end rather than picking some on YouTube whatever is available. I admire David & Fiji for challenging me and hope to keep up with the classes.

Thank you! Namaste :)

Thanks David. I’ve been just doing restorative yoga for the past couple of months due to an injury and I thought I would come back to Alignment once more. I love how the block between my legs gives me this alignment and strength. Looking forward to completing this 7-day challenge.

Really great.....the image of lifting the heart will stay with me!!

I ca n finally sit comfortably in staff pose thanks to the cueing. And, as someone else said in an earlier comment, the camel pose felt good with the cueing whereas before it hurt. Thanks David!

I did this last night and I can feel it in my body this morning - my body is settling in to a good posture much more easily. I will be coming back to this regularly. Thank you David!

Monday. A great kickstart to the week when I was too tired to decide which beginner class to start up again. Saw your email for a 7-day hatha yoga class. Just what I needed. Blood is pumping. Feel invigorated yet calm now. Thank you.

brilliant!

This class and the "Maintain alignment in standing poses" are two excellent go to's when I've not been as consistent with my practice for a few weeks. Coming back to these two fundamental classes always bring my body into alignment and subsequent practices feel much more grounded with intention. Thank you all for this resource, it has truly been instrumental in my yoga journey at home at such great value. Namaste!

Have had hip surgery few years ago for shredding ligaments, torn labrum etc. I need to get stronger, its just not the same. I took this just thinking ‘alignment’ in general for my back, but wanted to tell you this class is amazing for my hips and getting them straight. I get so frustrated cuz i want things like they were and get impatient, but i hung in there and this will really help me. I stayed at my edge without jamming anything, I think the props really helped, Just wanted to let you know.

I did the Senior challenge last month. My first yoga ever. Enjoyed it, but found a lot a little too low key. Decided to try this one . I was away first half of Feb. so just now getting to start. Wow! Big step from Senior Challenge, but if this first class was indicative, it will kick my b*tt, but be very good for me. I will keep revisiting the arthritis exercises in Senior for hands and feet though. Love those and they are great for keeping pain at bay and helping keep me flexible .

So glad I did the one year subscription, even though I am new to yoga. It gave me the incentive to keep it up at the beginning and now I am loving these classes. Love David. : )

Love it! I feel aligned!

Great class for me to make sure I was aligned correctly

Excellent re-entry class having been away for a long time.

Thanks, David.
I've been away for a while and this was just what I needed.

When the practice started I did not like the instructor but by the end I really enjoyed his calm energy.
Great 1st class of my 30 day challenge!

I was worried initially about a 50 minute course, piew. I've never yoga'd for so long, but David made time fly by, and I feel so good right now. Can't wait for the next day.

Great instructions.

These poses were much more difficult than they looked--as with many of the poses in yoga. A wonderful class as always, with great instruction and a calming voice. Thanks so much, David.

Great introduction

It took me 9 days to start the challenge and I am glad to be active again!
Love this class! Gentle and motivating.
Thanks David!

It took me 9 days to start the challenge and I am glad to be active again!
Love this class! Gentle and motivating.
Thanks David!

It took me 9 days to start the challenge and I am glad to be active again!
Love this class! Gentle and motivating.
Thanks David!

This is just what I needed. I started the intermediate challenge, but after 3 weeks of holiday celebration, my body needed to start at a slower pace to rewire itself.

Wow, excellent choice as the first challenge session! This is a exploration for all levels, moving us from thinking to sensing, feeling and connecting the body by focusing on alignment. Truly grateful for the pace, the pauses emphasizing intentional breathing, and cues such as "imprint," "ingrain," and "where do I need the effort and where do I need the release?"

I've been doing yoga from DoYogaWithMe for a year or more, but after some injury and time off I decided to try the beginner challenge. I still learned so much in this video! Excellent descriptions of how to engage and move each little part of the body. I look forward to incorporating this thought into later classes.

First yoga session for a while and a great class to start again ... I’ve really missed my practice!

It was hard but it felt good afterwards.