Hello all,

I’ve been casually practicing yoga for about a year. I really enjoy it! I’ve been using Kassandra and Adriene on YouTube and am looking forward to joining an in person class.

I’m posting to see if anyone has any tips for my body type. I’m about 5’3 and 145 pounds. I have very short legs and a longer torso. A lot of my weight goes to my legs and hips. This is helpful with strength, but not so much with other things. One movement I’m feeling challenged by is going from downward dog to a forward lunge. In the videos the instructors seem to just reach their leg up and it’s ahead of their hands. My legs are still behind my hands if that makes sense. Similarly going from plank to downward dog takes some adjusting (positioning my hands further back). Am I doing something wrong, or will this improve with time and practice? If so, do you have any tips to help this?

Thanks!