While having the attentiveness of an experienced instructor available is ideal, the beauty of practicing at home is that you have more freedom to adjust your pacing or position. You can hold some delicious poses longer, skip others, and let go of the pressure of doing something just because you’re instructed to do so. Most of us are not symmetrical so you may want to press pause and hang out in a hip flexor stretch for awhile on one side. If your ankle is bothering you, skip a leg balance. Use your fists instead of palms if you experience wrist pain.
The videos I am sharing are for various levels of yoga practitioners and work for me. The teachers from the classes I have selected give clear and well-paced instruction. If you aren’t familiar with yoga beyond what I’ve shown during a session, you can try a beginners class. Focus on how you are feeling during each breath and shift into a more comfortable position as soon as you need. If you’re interested in more, you can gain more experience from an in-person tutorial or class. Hopefully you’ll find this nourishing to your body too.
Here’s my Youtube Playlist – all classes vouched for.
Do Yoga With Me Classes
This is a service with many free videos, as well as more for subscribers. You can search by length, experience level, focus. Update: You now need to create a profile even for a free account, but it’s simple.
Stretch for Neck, upper back, and forearms at minute 22 – This is a stretch I share with many of my clients (Gets the traps, scalenes, forearms. The rest of the class is for people with yoga background.
Rachel Scott has clear and unique cues that really assist awareness of posture and muscle engagement. Dozens of classes on Do yoga with Me and on her website.
More great classes, here’s my full Do Yoga with Me playlist.
Emily Luhrs Massage & Cranial Sacral Therapy 