Prevent Yoga Injuries: Natasha Rizopoulos Video on How to Find Correct Shoulder Alignment in Chaturanga

Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-Limbed Staff Pose) is one of yoga’s most challenging postures and the most common. Most people lack the arm strength to do Chaturanga properly right off the bat, and alignment issues are all too common. Unfortunately, some of Chaturanga’s most common misalignments of the shoulders and arms can lead to shoulder injuries over the long term, so this is one pose you want to pay particular attention to mastering correctly.

Yoga Video: Chaturanga Alignment

In this excerpt from Natasha Rizopoulos’s “Supercharge Your Vinyasa: Tackling Chaturanga,” Natasha demonstrates a simple trick for ensuring proper shoulder alignment in Chaturanga.

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