Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Bend) with Gabriella Giubilaro, Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher

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[@dharmastudioyoga892]

I think Gabriella is one of the best Iyengar yoga teachers☺️ I love her way of teaching Thanks for sharing

[@PrepFolders]

The best explanation, I have found, so far. Many Thanks

[@2622Valerie1]

Wonderfull, This is my hardest asana, This helped me a lot, now i just needs to continue practicing, tfs . Great teacher!

[@shlomotaitz3373]

Wonderful.Such an insightful explanation. Really helpful. Can't wait to work on the pose

[@pankajpatel4559]

Perfact explanation by you with reason .

[@FiguraMolenMedia]

There is so much going on in a pose!

[@danieldaniel-qd6fq]

mon avis selon ma sensibilité et les livres de Noelle Perez auteur de Pathologie yoga et ancienne élève d'Iyengar, il faut mettre un support sous les fessiers et plier les jambes tant que les lombaires ne sont libres et les vertèbres s'allongent et ne s'étirent pas sinon risque de compression :

[@meenaparkash3366]

good explanation

[@adamoinvolution]

un giorno mi piaccerebbe essere insegnato da Lei

[@appiappi9412]

V.nice

[@TheDarshanProject]

Just to offer an alternative view on this pose for those with an open enough mind to listen: The real key to this pose lies in softening the navel and moving DOWN. For those of you having a hard time with it, try focusing less on moving forward and more on moving the navel deep into the back body on your exhalation as you release down, and slightly extending forward on the inhalation to make some space with which to move deeper into the pose. While the top leg can be firm don't overemphasize other things like spreading the toes or keeping the lower back concave,etc. and overusing the muscles in the legs which will block you even furhter in this pose as the navel often gets hardened with such actions, and definitely don't grip with the hands on the feet strongly at all, which tends to happen when you focus on moving forward before coming down.

[@dreamingeditsqwq5178]

Thank you.

[@harakeresuryanarayan4262]

What to when a arched back cannot touch feet and move forward...

[@jirzikonak3611]

Nice, but I am not able to do it. Not everybody has such a flexibility.