Carol Yeung Yoga

O yeah, my favourite asana, to me this is convenient, if I don’t have time, if I don’t have enough sleep, if I feel sad, i will just do it for 10 minutes, sometimes 15 minutes, everything will feel better after that

Repost from @day1yoga May 16 2019
Day 4 #Sirsasana
✋Ok let’s start to turn these lessons upside down. Today we will do SIrsasana or headstand. Many people practice headstand and yet still
find it a bit scary or a bit elusive. Now is your chance to incorporate the work you’ve been doing into something that gets you literally upside down but also is common enough that it won’t completely freak you out. 😅
✋ Headstand requires the same scapular depression and protraction that I have been preaching the past 3 days. You’ll notice especially if you are on the right or new side to yoga asanas, that your shoulders may want to hunch or elevate towards your ears as you walk your feet towards your face. But if you do that you will somersault over and squish your fingers 😅. No one wants this. So you must learn to depress your scapula and engage the lats (not the traps!), maybe near a wall but not on top of it (give yourself a little wiggle room- to see how you do free balancing on your own. If you completely rely on the wall, you may allow some bad habits like scapular elevation to creep in and set! Don’t do this!
✋Lastly you can play with longer hold on this one. 1 min up to 5 min hold if you’re experienced. I promise you’ll feel that too! And you can also play with how much weight bearing your head will actually do. I’d say about 2/3 arms and 1/3 head is average. But if you’re new, maybe try to keep 80/90 % of the weight in your arms. If your more experienced you can play with 80/90% of the weight in your head! 😅 yes believe it or not- crazy advanced yogis out there can do unsupported headstands ! 100% head bearing the weight. Though not recommended for this challenge or on your own or for new practitioners. But something to be inspired by!
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Carol discovered yoga at just the right time in her life. Her passion for yoga began in 2013, when she first tried yoga as a means to balance her busy schedule. So moved by yoga's ability to bring peace and tranquility to her hectic life in Hong Kong, Carol felt a calling to share the gift of yoga others in Hong Kong who may be searching for ways to find a similar balance for their mind, bodies and souls. Not only had yoga provided her a means by which she could find balance, it also provided her with a clear new direction: teaching. Carol trained under Patrick Creelman, who provided her first teacher training certificate. She has since obtained additional training credentials to become certified to teach prenatal yoga and yoga for children. Carol founded Passion Yoga in 2015, and has been teaching group and private classes full-time ever since. In her classes, Carol focuses heavily on fundamentals that form the foundation of any yoga practice. She aims to provide top-level technical instruction while still creating a fun and uplifting environment for her students. In keeping with its namesake, Carol hopes Passion Yoga will inspire her students with a passion for yoga similar to her own and allow them an opportunity to balance hectic lifestyles with the peace and tranquility of yoga.

Carol is a certificated yoga teacher in Hong Kong, also she is the co-founder and teacher at The Practice Studio

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