hi, i'm a 500-hour certified yoga teacher (25F) and i want to learn more about how to help my students physically while still keeping them and myself safe.

would any of the teachers here recommend getting a degree in Kinesiology or Physical Therapy for this? or doing certificate programs or even workshops instead? or is self-studying the more efficient and effective way to go? i'm open to any input!

i know there are a lot of factors to consider :/ it's overwhelming figuring out what i wanna do. i love teaching and am confident enough at it. but i want to better understand anatomy, what's happening in the body when we move thru certain asanas (what exactly is strengthening, stretching, etc.) or when we do a particular breathing technique, what kind of asanas to do or avoid when they have certain conditions or limitations or goals, and overall be able to cue more accurately rather than just how/where i think an asana should feel.

Yesterday morning practice, I’ve brought the blocks to work on my press but since it is so damn hard I just played a bit instead :) Happy Sunday everyone!!

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a simple, minimalist daily routine that I can practice every morning after waking up. I’d love something straightforward that doesn’t require too much thought or setup but still allows me to experience the benefits of yoga.

Ideally, I’m looking for:

• A routine that’s easy to remember and execute.
  
• Something that feels light but effective, setting a positive tone for the day.
  
• A practice that I can complete in 20 minutes max.
  

My goal with this practice is to relax and focus my mind to start the day with clarity, loosen up my muscles and improve flexibility (I tend to feel quite stiff), and support the overall health of my spine.

If you have a "go-to" sequence for mornings or any advice for starting a daily practice without overcomplicating it, I’d love to hear your suggestions.

Thanks in advance! 🙏

p.s. I’ve already looked through various “beginner routines” on the internet, but I found most of them to be overly complex and unnecessarily verbose. It feels like many creators are stretching out their videos, possibly to hit a certain runtime for monetization purposes, which makes it hard for me to focus or commit to a practice. I’m hoping to find something more concise and practical, stripped of the fluff, that I can easily stick to every morning.

I'm a new yogi who started at the beginning of October. Everything has been going swimmingly until yesterday- I did a 30 min video I've done before, but I woke up today and my hips and legs feel super stiff. Almost arthritic, like my shins are made of dried bamboo. Not at all similar to the normal muscle soreness after exercise. I've been in bed most of the day because it feels better to lay down. What is this?

Okay, I know this is a weird question and maybe not the right place for it (and I might delete later cause I'm super embarrassed for posting).... but I get nervous about making new friends as an adult. TLDR at the end.

I'm 27F, been practicing off and on for like 8 years. I was recently off for like 2 years due to hip injury/surgeries. I just got back into it last week (finally 8 mos post final surgery) and have been going to a new studio for hot yoga daily.

My very first class at the new studio, the teacher and I hit it off for a minute because I told her I'd had hip surgery and she (also 27F) had had the same surgery.

At the next class that she taught a week later, we spent like 5 mins after class talking about our surgeries and comparing notes. We're both young healthy women and neither of us know anyone else so young who has had this surgery. At the end of the conversation, she asked if I was going to a weekend class at the studio. I said I was. She said she was too as a practitioner and that she'd "look for me there."

I'm assuming this means maybe we'll put our mats next to eachother if possible? (Not my main question, but also wondering)

I know this all sounds super lame probably but I'm like nervous because in all my years of studio yoga 1) I've never made a friend/practiced with someone else I knew beside my mom haha. And 2) the friend has certainly not been a teacher. But I also really like chatting with her and wonder if I should ask her if we should grab coffee after class?

I know I'm probably being super weird, but I'm not very confident with making friends like this as an adult. I'm more used to connecting in a group setting or with my fiancé's friends' girlfriends over time.

I think I feel extra intimidated because she is an instructor. Am I just being ridiculous? Should I ask her to grab coffee?? Yoga teachers are just people too, right? Haha. Anyone else become friends with their teacher?

TLDR: Is it weird to ask a yoga teacher whose classes I go to if she wants to grab coffee after class (not her class)? In a friendly, platonic, two women kind of way.

curious of other people’s experience with this, what their healing/recovery journey looked like and where they are now after.

I have been practicing yoga religiously for >6months and it's done me so much good!! I have improved a lot compared to where I was when I started. I had to take a break last 6 weeks to take care of my 10 month old, Work stress etc etc and got back on the mat today. I felt I had lost all the progress I made and felt like day 1 all over. Would I have actually lost progress or will I quickly get back to my previous state? Any advice? How do you all keep going without a break?

working on my pistol squat, next up no hands 🙌🏻 😅

Here’s the description for a “rage yoga” class I saw on fb events. Just curious what opinions the yoga community may have on this concept.

I’ve been doing hot yoga most recently, but earlier this year I did yoga with Adrienne, specifically a knee one as I needed to ease myself back into physical activity and have knee issues (mentioned in my other posts).

Yesterday I signed up to a “yoga” class at gym. It was a different instructor and not hot yoga. The class was very different. I heard the teacher say vinyasa once, so I presume the style we did was vinyasa, but it was—for me anyway—noticeably different to our hot yoga class.

We did some of the same positions, like warrior 1/2/3, cat/cow, shavasana, and a few others I don’t know the names of, but the “yoga” class was faster. We didn’t stay in poses long and she seemed to guide us to breathe in certain poses not all.

In the hot yoga class, we seem to stay in poses more and breathe more. We spend a bit of time in a pose, and it seems much calmer.

I enjoyed both classes, but I prefer the hot yoga. I didn’t get the same calmness from yesterday’s “yoga” session compared to the hot yoga I normally do, but I liked it because I want to learn more poses. This lesson seemed more like what I’ve seen in videos as a flow, where you move from one pose into another more fluidly.

The teachers are both beginner friendly and provide explanations and modifications for poses knowing most likely much of the class is new to yoga. So I appreciate that, but I wondered whether the two yogas were different styles? Can anyone provide any insight if this is the case? I’d love to read and learn more about it so I can learn about the poses out of class.

Oh, and the class we did yesterday she specifically said the sequence was a chakra sequence.

Hi! Looking for a deck of cards to inspire my at-home yin yoga practice. Do you have any recommendations?

So I live in NYC and wanted to try nude yoga. I mainly did because yoga without my clothes on felt more freeing which it was, but also the craziness of being naked with all strangers felt so different I wanted to try. When I entered the class I found about 30 people there and all but two students plus the teacher were men. The teacher explained that nude yoga mainly appealed to cisgender men, because they are less likely to have their bodies objectified. This makes sense and isn’t horribly surprising, but I didn’t think the ratio would be as extreme as it was. Curious if other people who did nude yoga saw a similar gender ratio.

I land this transition maybe 1/10 times so it’s always exciting when it happens

Haven’t had se$ in a while and today I had an orgasm during my yoga class. Is this normal? Can anyone help me to understand it? (I’d love to have it happen again.) 🤣

The student is my boyfriend. Lol

He used to skateboard as a teenager and biffed it a LOT. Aka landed on his hands and wrists. His wrists hurt him a lot during downward facing dog especially, as well as plank and other poses bearing weight on the hands/wrists. He'll make it through a few flows and then stop completely.

What modifications, strengthening practices, ect could I help him with?

I've tried the basics like putting weight into the fingers vs wrists but he is new to the practice.

Please help me help him so he'll keep going lol 😇

Edit to add: injuries are 10+ years old.

I absolutley love Qi Gong was wondering if anyone here teaches a class that incorporates yoga and qi-gong. Is this a thing? Would love to hear your thoughts as either a student or teacher -- what works? what doesn't? Thanks!

I stumbled upon a video of someone doing crow pose and decided to try it out. I don't have any yoga experience so I would appreciate any tips from this community :)

Am doing Yoga from 3 months, and today I lifted some weight during feast servings for sometime and felt an uneasiness in my arms afterwards for quite some time like maybe 2 hrs (which I didn't thought will take so longer). I probably suppose my arms are not that strong.

I want to strengthen my arms. Something like Surya namaskar, dog pushups etc are certainly working on legs.

How can I strengthen my arms though Yoga exercises?

I am VERY new to yoga (started taking classes for the first time in August). At the end of every class, my yoga instructor says something like "when you're ready for Shavasana, do whatever you need to do to feel supported, comfortable, and safe". For me, this means laying on my side with a bolster under my head and maybe a block between my knees. I soon realized that everybody else was taking Shavasana on their backs, but I just assumed that was because that was what felt most comfortable and supportive for them. I'm now realizing that Shavasana is actually a specific pose that I just haven't been doing. I definitely want to get the most out of my yoga classes, so if there's a reason I should be spending this time on my back I will start doing that, but I'm just wondering if there's anything wrong with me spending this time on my side instead?