Angelica GovaertOwner/Founder, Yogalebrity · Online Yoga Empire Builder

Yoga for All Bodies

9 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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In this instructional yoga video, the instructor explains how Dandasana (staff pose) serves as a preparatory posture for jump-back movements. She emphasizes the often‑overlooked concept that every yoga pose builds on the previous one, highlighting the importance of preparatory poses in sequencing. The tutorial details hand placement, the goal of lifting the hips, and demonstrates using a yoga block to assist in hip elevation. She notes that full apex of a posture isn’t required to reap alignment benefits. The video concludes with a promotional call‑to‑action for her online yoga teacher training program.

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Who am I to crush your dreams? When we're in Dandasana, this is a preparatory posture for another posture, for your jump backs. And a lot of times when we're teaching yoga these days, people don't talk about preparatory poses or how poses build on each other. And honestly, every pose builds on itself to the next pose. We want to take our hands and instead of having them back here, we want to move them forward. And the reason why is because in Dandasana, we are working and building the strength in this pose to push the hips up. That's something that you're never going to be able to do and leverage your body when you're back here, right? Because now, how am I going to be able to bring my hips back? If it helps, you can work with a block by bringing the block next to you and pressing up. This allows us to start to work on getting those hips up so we can bring them back. We don't have to get to the apex of a posture to enjoy the benefits of good alignment. If it's your dream to teach yoga, check out my online yoga teacher training, and I'll see you in the next video.