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23 Feb 2023 · 0 min

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In this segment of a one‑minute yoga teacher‑training video, the lead instructor (Speaker A) demonstrates a precise cueing method for Shalabhasana (Locust Pose). The instruction begins with the student lying prone, then directs the hands to align with the breastbone, drawing the shoulders down the spine while turning the elbows inward and keeping fingertips tented. The instructor emphasizes relaxing the tops of the feet and the glutes, explaining that releasing the glutes shifts the spinal bend upward into the thoracic spine, fostering a more advanced variation of the pose. The purpose of these cues is to teach students proper alignment, engage the thoracic spine, and avoid common mis‑alignments in Shalabhasana.

One Minute Yoga Teacher Training. I've got a very specific way that I cue Shalabhasana, which is the Locust Pose. The reason why I cue this way is because most people are not doing an advanced variation of this posture. We start Shalabhasana prone, which means lying on your stomach.
Bogged up my glasses. Next, ask them. Next, ask them to— I keep saying ask—
ask them to bring the right hand and then the left hand in line with their breastbone. What we do here is very important. We're going to draw the shoulders back down the spine and then elbows inward. Keep those fingertips tented. Relax the tops of their feet. Relax the glutes. What has happened when we relax the glutes is we just moved that bend right up into the thoracic spine. What we really want our students learn here is