Tips for Yoga Teachers: How To Teach Half Moon Pose

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Half moon (ardha chandrasana) is a wonderful yoga pose, but is surprisingly hard to teach. In this videos, I share my favorite tips and strategies for sequencing and teaching ardha chandrasana in your yoga class, so that you can help your students practice this pose effectively.
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@tigrebonita 4 ай бұрын

Loved your explanation. And the sound effect was super! Thank a ton .

@RachelScottYoga 4 ай бұрын

😄🤍🙏🏻

@Christiansen365 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I wish I had a little you to put in my pocket when I go to class. Ok that’s a little creepy but seriously, your tips & tricks are amazing.

@RachelScottYoga 4 жыл бұрын

LOL I'm so happy to hear it! If there's anything that you're working on teaching, also feel free to let me know! I love to create targeted content that helps you out :)

@lucystevens1588 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you again. So incredibly useful

@inmovewithana 3 жыл бұрын

What an amazing videos . Really delighted by these talks !

@caro1591 Жыл бұрын

Excellent tips. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️

@KarinYogaLife 7 ай бұрын

Awesome Rachel! Thanks! About to teach this pose and decided to just focus on external rotation first before I venture on to the balancing aspect of it! Great tips!

@RachelScottYoga 7 ай бұрын

👍💚 Thanks for watching Karin!😀

@emmahenry1163 4 жыл бұрын

KWEEEEEN! 🙌🏻 Thanks Rachel, another super helpful video! x

@RachelScottYoga 4 жыл бұрын

Emma Henry Emma you are sooooo welcome 💕💕thanks for watching 🥰

@gracyandrade1320 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Highly appreciated!

@RachelScottYoga 4 жыл бұрын

Gracy Andrade you are so welcome!!

@FromTh1sDayForward 3 ай бұрын

The opposite hand on the outside of the thigh at the end was a good cue.

@RachelScottYoga 3 ай бұрын

👍🏻

@ilonaaagoossens 2 жыл бұрын

Wauw! Thank you so much! So happy i found your video! Amazing tips! Can't wait to watch your other videos:)

@RachelScottYoga 2 жыл бұрын

Yay! So glad it is helpful and great to connect with you here Ilona! 💫💫

@somyathareja2347 8 ай бұрын

Wow

@quodlibetful Жыл бұрын

So happy to have found you. It is so great to get some mew ideas for teaching. Sometimes we get in a rut after teaching so long and this gives me some new ideas and different words to say.

@RachelScottYoga Жыл бұрын

💛💛💛

@yael-le-bronze Жыл бұрын

I love so much your way of cuing! Very dynamic, very visual, simply explained, often so funny, and also, so realiable and precise! I do not comment much, but you're such an inspiration for every Yoga teacher out there :) Thank you for sharing freely all these gems.

@RachelScottYoga Жыл бұрын

💙💙💙 great to have you here! And I’m so happy to hear it’s helpful💛

@Darksilviah 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! Thank you so much this is so useful! 😍💙 Silvia

@RachelScottYoga 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome Silvia!

@kovaryanett3585 3 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot, it's amazing! :)

@RachelScottYoga 3 жыл бұрын

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@limonpamela 4 жыл бұрын

So many "Ohh, I get it now" going through my mind during this 8 minute video.. it's awesome how you explain everything! Thanks and keep teaching please!

@RachelScottYoga 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Pamela - ahhh I'm so glad! Happy this is helpful :)

@cripashresstha1508 4 жыл бұрын

Thank u 💓💓💓

@RachelScottYoga 4 жыл бұрын

KKRIPA SHRESTHA 🤩😁

@ysaideep 4 жыл бұрын

thank you..

@RachelScottYoga 4 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@StephDavison Жыл бұрын

This was a great explanation! Especially regarding your pelvis only rotating not really going forward and having your hand further beyond your body like 1-2 feet. Super helpful

@RachelScottYoga Жыл бұрын

🙌🏻awesome Stephanie ~ thanks for watching 🥰

@NM-sl1mw 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!!! I would like to join your class as soon as possible( I live in Japan.)

@RachelScottYoga 3 жыл бұрын

That’s be so fun! Nice to connect with you here🌸

@Tracks777 4 жыл бұрын

nice video

@RachelScottYoga 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

@proshatf7193 5 ай бұрын

@clouseaux 3 жыл бұрын

Question about foot alignment when in half moon; my foot wants to point slightly inward, towards 11 o'clock instead of straight up 12 (as where my spine, hand, etc point at 12). If I align the foot with 12 I find it much harder to balance

@RachelScottYoga 3 жыл бұрын

Which foot is forward? Right?

@RachelScottYoga 3 жыл бұрын

I'm just going to assume it's the right ;) Ideally we want the shin, knee, thigh aligned and the hip in external rotation. However, take a look at the relationship of your thigh to your knee to your shin: is your knee turning in as well? If that's the case, you need to externally rotate more from the hip to align the thigh and shin. Tip: you do not need to "square" your pelvis open to the right fully, in fact, most people can't. It's okay for your top hip to turn down slightly so that you can keep the external rotation of your standing leg. If you try to square your pelvis to the side of your mat fully and don't have the range of motion in your hip, then it will pull your thigh inwardly and cause your leg to turn in. We want to prioritize the alignment of the standing leg and let the pelvis open to the side as much as is possible. However, if your thigh, knee, and shin are aligned, it's possible that you have some torsion in your tibia (twist in your shin bone) that is natural. Internal rotation at the shin is not so common, but not impossible either. Hard to tell without seeing you in person, but those are a few thoughts!