Long Spine for Twisting

For this class you may want a chair, we will also use yoga blocks and a blanket for padding.

This is a wonderful, active sequence! We start off with wrist warm ups, and then add in shoulders and hips. From there we first work on extension and flexion in the spine, this work can help lengthen and decompress the spine, giving us more room to twist. From there we build in twisting, first from a neutral spine and then with a side bend. All of these variations really help to access the full range of motion of the spine. We then use this in our standing twisting poses. The class was filmed live September 13, 2021.

Pigeon Pose Variations

For this class it is helpful to have a bolster or a couple of blankets folded up. You will also want blocks and a strap with a buckle.

We continue our hip strengthening work in this class. This helps prepare the hips well for our active pigeon pose variations. In these we work on back bending, core strength, stretching the back thigh, and extending the arms up and over head. This full body version of the pose is a wonderful active version of what otherwise is often a passive stretch. This class was filmed live Sept 11, 2021.

Pigeon Pose Hip Warm up

For this class you will need blocks and blankets or a bolster.

We continue our work on strong and mobil hips tonight. After our hip strengtheners we take a long stretch in pigeon pose. How does this mobility work show up in your standing poses? This class was filmed live September 7, 2021.

Visions, Hip Strength, and Balance

In this class you will need blocks, a blanket and a chair.

We start out with our vision work and wrist warm ups. From there we work on strengthen the hips from all directions. Strong hips and improved balance help us as we work on balancing poses. We build up to a flow linking tree pose, dances pose and half moon while holding the back foot. This class was filmed live September 4, 2021.