Angelica GovaertOwner/Founder, Yogalebrity · Online Yoga Empire Builder

You are F*%king this up in Yoga Class #yoga #yogateachertraining

12 Jan 2022 · 1 min

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In this brief instructional video, a yoga teacher with 17 years of experience highlights frequent errors students make, such as obsessively trying to touch their feet, rounding the back, and adopting poor posture. She emphasizes that the goal should not be foot‑to‑hand contact at the expense of alignment. Instead, she demonstrates a safer forward‑fold sequence: inhale to lift the arms, exhale to fold, allowing the hands to land naturally, letting the head drop softly, and breathing deeper with each exhale. The video ends with a call to follow for more simple yoga improvement tips.

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I've been teaching yoga for 17 years, and these are some of the most common mistakes that people make in their yoga practice. Students are obsessed with touching their feet. They'll do anything to get there— rounding the back, feet split open, really poor posture. That's not what you want. Instead, inhale, reach your arms up. Exhale, fold forward and let your hands come wherever they land. Let your head softly come down and Exhale as you fold deeper. Follow for more simple tips to improve your yoga practice.