Happy and Healthy Shoulders

In this video Doron shows and tells some basic but crucial information about how to align your shoulders both for yoga and for your life. Learning to adjust to the right position will keep your shoulders and neck healthy and happy, as well as offer better support in many of the fancy yoga poses. Activating the shoulders throughout your whole yoga practice will make your practice much better aligned and healthier for your body.

The basic idea is to create space between the shoulder blades, instead of pinching them together and creating tension.

• • Turn the shoulders away and down from the ears
  • Keep the space between the shoulder blades so that you are not pinching them together
  • When lifting the hands up, externally rotate your arms 
  • Shoulders are rotating in, pinky fingers facing towards each other

Keep your alignment in mind especially in these fundamental poses:

• • Urdhva hastasana, Virabharasanas (warrior I & II) and all poses where hands are lifted up
  • Ardha mukha svanasana (Downward dog)
  • Utthita trikonasana, triangle
  • Parvritta trikonasana, extended side angle
  • Chaturanga dandasana, plank
  • Handstand

Align and Maintain Happy and Healthy Shoulders

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Thank you for reading! Please join us for a yoga retreat or yoga teacher training at Doron Yoga & Zen Center in beautiful Guatemala.

Check out Doron’s Youtube Channel for more great content like this. For more detailed information on alignment and modifications, have a look at the Doron Yoga Manual, a complete guide to everything you need to know about yoga!

Blissful Living,

Doron