Episode 1: Chaturanga Dandasana and the Obliques
I am so so so so so super happy to present you with my latest work of art: Yoga with Elliot, a YOUTUBE series. I have been working towards this for a long time and am stoked to see where it goes. Sometimes its hard to believe that I’ve been teaching for 7 years now.
I am looking for yogis and yoga instructors to collaborate with, so send me an email or leave a comment if you wanna do an episode with me!
Check out Episode 1 below:
Here’s a good description of Episode 1 sequence:
Beginner oriented warm-up sequence – this one is geared towards beginners, or people coming back to their yoga practice. We are going to hone in on chaturanga form.
~88 breaths – Oblique, lower back and neck tightness focus
10 minute duration, beginner’s difficulty level
(don’t forget to breath through your nose and rest)
- Mountain pose breathing mediation 5 breaths into standing back-bend
- Forward fold- Half lift 5 breath repetitions
- Plank pose 3 breaths
- Modified Chaturanga on 5 breath repetitions
- Cobra pose 3 breaths
- Child’s pose 5 breaths
- Downward dog 5 breaths
- Forward fold 3 breaths
- Half lift
- Standing back bend x2
- Forward fold
- Half lift
- Plank
- Chaturanga
- Upward dog
- Downward dog 5 breaths
- modified side plank 5 breaths x2
- Forward fold
- Half lift
- Standing back bendx2
- Chair pose 5 breaths
- Plank
- Chaturanga
- Upward dog
- Downward dog 5 breaths
- Child’s pose 5 breaths
- Virasana 5 breaths
*bolded poses are Oblique-centric
I hope you enjoy the sequence, please take your time to practice yoga, there is no need to rush through any of this. Subscribe to my youtube channel to get updated when I post new episodes.