Flexibility-The Yoga

Hi! I'm fairly new to the yoga scene, but I'm looking to make it a serious part of my life :). Although I know this isn't the point of yoga, I love the flexibility that comes with it. That GIF with the yellow pants is amazing; I'd love to be like that! But...I'm already 20 years old :( is it too late to be that flexible through yoga?

I love the flexibility aspect of it as well. I think it’s okay to like certain parts of it. You might start for one reason but begin to enjoy it for many more (: Ah, me too! She’s amazing. No way, it’s never too late! I think it’s a great time to start, really. (: Start practicing daily or every other day, stretch every morning and/or evening, you can definitely do it! read more..

Flexibility

best yoga poses to increase flexibility? and some challenging yoga poses for who want to get out of the 'beginner category'? pleaseee.

There’s a lot of poses that you can do to increase flexibility in so many different places of your body. I used to do poses from this video to gain flexibility in my hamstrings and calves. The laying pose with the scarf I did daily. Camel pose is my favorite for back flexibility. Here’s a video on opening your shoulders and gaining flexibility there. Here’s a list that I made for opening your hips.Beginner category… Hm. I’m not entirely sure where exactly you’re at or how to answer this since there are so many different ways I could go with this. Like you could be looking for poses with more flexibility or that are a lot more difficult, like inversions. Or you’re just looking for a more regular practice. I think maybe go on youtube and go through some Tara Stiles videos and find which one’s you enjoy most and what poses that you really like! Sorry I couldn’t help you more here (: read more..

Upper Body Strength-Flexibility-Pose

So i dont have a lot of upper body strength and im trying to change this, also i can do the wheel and was wondering what is a safe way to learn how to do it and also get back flexability to adventually also do the spcorpion i think its called, thanx love xx

My favorite pose for back flexibility is camel pose. If you can’t touch your heels without pain, just hold your hands on your back and hips and go as far as you can until you can go further, possibly during your next practice. When you come out of it, come out slow and do cat and cow pose after to stretch your back out a bit more. Cobra and upward facing dog are also two poses that will help gain a bit of back flexibility. A safe way to practice the wheel… once you get more flexibility, that pose will become easier. Just take it slowly. I think you can use yoga blocks as well for that pose!Push ups (girl push ups are fine, of course), tricep dips, and working with weights are some things that will help you gain upper body strength. Of course, you will also need core strength for inversions. Start off practicing forearm stands against the wall. That will help you gain a bit of strength as well, and will definitely help with balance. Once you have more back flexibility, you can try scorpion against the wall and continue to progress from there.I hope this helps! (: read more..