Yogaland's Yoga Teacher Companion #27: How to Jump Back Into Chaturanga More Gracefully

Jumping back into Chaturanga more gracefully isn’t about raw strength—although, a healthy amount of strength is certainly helpful. It’s about using leverage and motion to your advantage. The key to the process is simple: you need to counter the motion of jumping back with greater motion moving forward.

This video teaches you 3 essential drills for learning to jump back into Chaturanga more gracefully. You and your students will have great results!

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Video Highlights
:25 Overview of jumping back concepts
:56 How to stay centered in a transition
1:15 Explanation of first two drills
1:50 Jump Back to Chaturanga, drill #1
2:34 Jump Back to Chaturanga, drill #2
3:52 Where to place your hands when jumping back to Chaturanga
4:00 Where to place your hips when jumping back to Chaturanga
5:05 Jump Back to Chaturanga, drill #3
6:06 Do we need to jump back into Chaturanga

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Jason Crandell is a natural teacher and author with more than 20 years of experience. Named “one of the teachers shaping the future of yoga,” by Yoga Journal, Jason has been an in-demand teacher at conferences around the world for more than two decades.

For the past 10 years, Jason has honed his approach by looking to peers outside of the yoga community, in the fields of physical therapy, orthopedics, and sports medicine. These collaborative partnerships have enabled Jason to offer the most up-to-date to asana technique, cueing, injury management, and hands-on adjustments. Jason’s goal is to blend the timeless wisdom of yoga philosophy with evidence-based information to create yoga curriculum that helps modern practitioners grow and evolve.