Adell Bridges hehe, yeah, and that dude was probably pretty flat in the front. Lots of ashtanga yoga (most of it I’m afraid) was made for young male body, and many stuff simply doesn’t work. I appreciate all your replies! I definitely opt for “my way” of doing things and the above Peacock workshop was the best way of explaining the mechanics and dynamics of this pose ever. I am so so grateful for your teaching 🌺

Adell Bridges I will definitely watch this video today! And thanks for brilliantly explaining that in the peacock tutorial too ❣️

Adell Bridges thanks for that. Sadly I noticed in ashtanga world you have either approach with no much anatomy behind it, or an over complicated anatomy alignment cueing that can makes some individuals confused. My guess is that idea on pressing the organs was borrowed from Hatha Pradipika concept that Mayurasana is supposed to heal your digestion. Yet, as a nutritionist I believe there are far better ways to do that instead of mechanical pressure (that’s a bit hardcore😅) Not to mention a female body pressed this way will create a different feedback then a male body.

Thanks Adell! I loved this tutorial. I’m working on this pose and now I realised fingers can grip too and it made huge difference in my stability. A question about the Ashtanga yoga variations when they want you to have palms, and forearms together creating like a solid shelf ( and legs squeezeing in tight). That particular arm position brings in unpleasant pain for me on my abdominal cavity. You mentioned you don’t want to press your elbows into your inner organs but with that Ashtanga variation I think the original idea was press them into the organs on purpose? I would love to hear your views on that. Saying that, I love your approach of verity of options and flirting with it made it so much lighter 🦚🙏

Thanks for the class with helpful drills for cerebellum. Blocks are handy here, jumping through and back in straight line is a challenge, my straight leg wanted to cheat, I am glad I’ve noticed that thanks to calm and focus tempo of this flow 🙏

This class was so balanced! I’ve been afraid for months that this class would be a killer (due to dragons 🐉😉) but the sequence was amzingly feel good with elements of balance, strength and stretches and pauses for mindfulness. I’ve loved the spaciousness of this class and the theme that created a reflective experience for me. Definitely Dragon Squat is not born in a day but this class is facing this challenging squat in a perfect way. Hips, spine and mind feels great and a bit more distanced to the inner narratives. Thank you for this masterpiece Adell ❤️

This class was so much fun. As a Bakasana enthusiast I loved all the variations and jumping in and back from different angles, side crow jump was a novelty and so much fun for me. Definitely you need some strength for this sequence but once you have the strength it becomes so playful and brings up for me inner child qualities 😉❤️ thank you Adell 🙏

I felt this flow left me very balanced, gentle but purposeful movements with few opportunities to take up a notch. I enjoyed a calming rabbit pose 🐇 a great intro into our skill set this month 🙏

Feeling greatful to have lately discovered this section on MWA with more focused classes and I am simply addicted to try all of them now! I loved this eye-drills in Mandala flow. It was a great start of the day for me! Thank you Adell for your creativity and sharing 🙏

I enjoyed this flow so much. Super collection of fav arm balances and I love the space for variety so you can repeat this flow and it would be a different sequence the next time. A perfect practice to be done outdoors if you can, you feel you are flying 🌞