Ashtanga: Strengthening Lifts with Lorraine

If you are an Ashtanga practitioner and you want to work on strength a great way is to incorporate some lifts into some of the seated postures. I bring my wife Lorraine along to demonstrate some of the lifts it is possible to do between Paschimottanasana, Trianga Mukaikapada Paschimottanasana, MarichyasanaA, B C & D, and Supta Konasana.
If you would like more detail on some of the lifts, leave a comment and we will see if we can make some individual tutorials.

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[acidmagneta]

Wow, I love that it is not perfect. It is so much more motivating to see people working on something. You only see perfect things on youtube. And that is just not the real world.
Thanks, Stu and Lorraine!

[trishratcliffe]

Lifts are such a struggle for me but as I worked along with Lorraine, I came closer to achieving some than I have before. Thank you, Stu, for sharing the details of the lifts. Thank you, Lorraine for making the lifts seem within my capability.

[KG]

More detailed tutorials would be awesome! Nice to see the whole Stu/Lorraine family involved 😁❤️

[Mariongr]

Not one minute in and I have to say what a beautiful couple!!

[subashchandrayadava]

U have made easy to lift and guided very well for L sit. Thanx.

[frbartist]

Dear Stu,
I found out your YouTube channels only few months ago...how I wish I had found them out earlier
( I hope I didn't get messy with English verbs ....) .
Thanks for these wonderful tutorials, for the interesting interviews, and for the joy and fun you spread and share with people who love yoga !
Hugs from Roma !
Francesca

[pacozatarain]

Excelente demostration Lorraine que Stu
Hugs from Cabo :)

[subashchandrayadava]

Its your own research. I became your fan stu.

[clray]

The most puzzling thing to me is how soft her gut is. Mine seems to be almost always tense (or is it bloated? I can't really tell), not allowing the heel in and also preventing deeper twists. Maybe you could do a video on how to relax abdominal muscles because it seems to be the key to these postures.

[gouraumanayoga]

what a beautiful and strong wife Stu!! <3

[StEvEable]

Blimey Stu, all those years that you’ve been sat talking, Mrs Stu has been practicing!🙊
”Wash up?; I thought you said lift up!”
(just kidding)

[umamoon]

Sharath has just recently adviced not to do these kind of lifts (like after Marichyasana B or D) as it can be detrimental for the shoulder joint in the long term