Mat Matters, Episode 42: Jumping Back to Chaturanga

Jump-backs are a funny thing. I find that they're a great indicator of personality, as you can usually learn quite a bit about someone by watching them play with jumping back for the first time. 

For some, they're really challenging and scary and totally mental. They go to jump and then get nervous and do a mini-jump, or stop mid-jump, or take a really long time to set up only to step back in the end. Others will be brand new to yoga and try jumping back in their very first class. Sure, they might be doing it totally wrong, but they don't care and just want to jump because they see other people doing it. It's quite interesting ;) 

So anywho, no matter where you are on the jump-back spectrum, today's video is meant to be a reminder and check-in on your jump-back alignment.

The two most common mistakes people make when jumping back? Jumping back to straight arms (plank) OR jumping back to a really low chaturanga (where the chest is almost touching the floor). Not sure what I'm talking about? Watch the video!

Oh,  and if you're still working on full chaturanga, then you should definitely wait until you've mastered that pose before moving on to jump-backs. If you missed it, you can check out last week's video for help with chaturanga!

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