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vicek22 | 3 years ago
I've been following Yoga With Adriene (https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene) for half a year and I was quite happy with the variety of routines. Especially the Move 30 day program (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmlh6AHFW0E&list=PLui6Eyny-U...). Even though the routines are great, her style didn't quite resonate with me (it's too spiritual/positive for an engineer like me). I installed Down Dog and I'll try that app for a while. Thank you for the recommendation.
> When you’re doing the poses, don’t be afraid to move about a bit and explore your body
I struggle with this, I want to get through the poses as the instructor says and moving around to stretch a bit differently is not something I remember to do unless the instructor explicitly suggests it.
rcarr|3 years ago
Yeh this is what I like about down dog, it’s very customisable. You can choose all kinds of things, instructor voice, how much instructing you want, different music types, body part focus, type of yoga, difficulty level and duration.
> I struggle with this, I want to get through the poses as the instructor says and moving around to stretch a bit differently is not something I remember to do unless the instructor explicitly suggests it.
Literally just listen to your body. If you’re doing a pose and you can’t feel a stretch then just start moving about a bit. You might have to twist a bit more, or straighten a limb, or straighten your hips, straighten your back, move an arm to a side, any number of things really. It helps if you have a few basic pieces of equipment: a stretching strap with loops like this https://amzn.eu/d/fAuEeio (far better than your standard plain yoga strap), a yoga bolster (essential for saddle pose if you’ve got tight quads), a crescent cushion and yoga blocks. I also recommend not using a yoga mat and instead getting a decent rubber exercise mat such as a Miramat and a yoga knee pad such as this:
https://amzn.eu/d/fP2aPQ8.
If you’re doing active yoga most of the time you want a stable surface to stand on and if you’re doing long holds in yin yoga it’s far easier to just move one of these into position under your knee or whatever than it is to deal with a yoga mat that is constantly moving about every time you change positions.