Thank you, Jennifer L! Good to be here with you. 

Hi Christie K :)

I always learn something from you which profoundly affects my practice in the long-term and this is true again. Thank you so much Nathan. I recently began teaching and I will be trying to incorporate these principles into my teaching.

Ali, that means the world to hear. That you have discovered valuable ideas by working with these principles AND felt them important enough to share with your students. As a teacher, i can’t think of kinder praise. Thank you 🙏 

Second time taking this class. Good review of the job of the triceps and biceps when doing side plank. (I’ve been away because I cut my thumb and couldn’t support myself and I’ve been working on renovating.) so good to be back. Thank you!

Brenda S, I’m glad you’re all healed up. Welcome back! 

Wow, I never understood how to engage the quads until today without hyper extending the knees. Interestingly, I feel some engagement up into my core, as well. It's like a whole body engagement. I have hyper extensive elbows, too, so the arm action was so helpful. I found that by properly supporting my arm muscles, my shoulders dropped from my ears and gave my neck a lot more space, too. Thank you so much!

Rosanna S!! Yes :) You nailed it! Once the muscles support the structure of the pose, hidden resistance can let go. The body can “unlock” into the shape of the pose. I use the work unlock rather than stretch because, to me, they are very different feeling. You felt the shoulders let go as opposed to feel like they’re being pushed into a position. This unlock feeling is what I would call Ahimsa :)

Hi Nathan, missed your series! I’ve been doing other types of yoga. Thanks for the review of how the tricep and bicep 💪🏼 Work together.