Class Focus: External hip rotation done in a mandala format (2 full halves); back extension with Seal; crossover patterns with Dragonfly, Eagle Arm stretch; twists include Revolved Side Angle, Splits Prep with a twist, Revolved Triangle, Kundalini Tuck with a twist, and standing Big Toe Posture, 3rd variation. Peak Postures - Revolved Triangle, standing Big Toe Posture, 3rd variation
Class Focus: An intermediate class with a restorative ending; addresses external hip opening working towards Big Toe Posture, 1st and 2nd variations, followed by back extension including Puppy Pose and Seal; and a standing linear series of Crescent Lunge and Modified Crescent Lunge, leading to Dancer; then reclined twists, Thread the Needle and Restorative Child's Pose.
Class Description: Class starts standing and moves to an infinity pattern to gently stretch and open the energetic lines of the body; class has a focus on lengthening the vertical line of brahma sutra and also releasing foreign and unwanted energy from this area.
Three Part Breath (or Dirga Pranayama) is a simple and feel good breath technique, or pranayama, that helps to reduce stress in the body by turning off the stress response through mindful diaphragmatic breathing. It also stimulates all the organs held in the torso as you draw the breath into all parts of the torso, allowing rich prana to fill the organ body and nourish cells. The inhales feed our system and the exhales carry out waste, toxins and things that no longer serve us. This breath technique or pranayama is very grounding and calming to our body, and is a great way to start your day or end your day. This video will explain and demonstrate how to do 3 Part Breath. You may also review written instructions here. If you are already familiar with it, you may want to view the video below (Do 3 Part Breath) instead.
Three Part Breath (or Dirga Pranayama) is a simple and feel good breath technique, or pranayama, that helps to reduce stress in the body by turning off the stress response through mindful diaphragmatic breathing. It also stimulates all the organs held in the torso as you draw the breath into all parts of the torso, allowing rich prana to fill the organ body and nourish cells. The inhales feed our system and the exhales carry out waste, toxins and things that no longer serve us. This breath technique or pranayama is very grounding and calming to our body, and is a great way to start your day or end your day. If this is new to you, it may be helpful to watch the video above (Learn 3 Part Breath) first.
Alternate Nostril Breath (or Nadi Shodhana) is a breath technique, or pranayama, utilized to calm the mind, remove toxins, rejuvenate the nervous system, and set to balance the energy in the body and its impact on right and left sides of the body, as well as restoring balance in the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Done here in the primitive format, one can send healing energy to the right side of the body and the left side of the body while helping to clear each nadi or energy pathway that governs the right and left side of the body. This video explains and demonstrates how to do Alternate Nostril Breath. Written instructions for Alternate Nostril Breath are available here. If you are already familiar with it, you may want to view the video below (Do Alternate Nostril Breath) instead.
Class Focus: Addresses open hip with double mandalas including Pigeon, Triangle, Tree, Figure Four; addresses squared hip including Modified Crescent Lunge, Locust, and Teardrop Bow, closing out with restorative twists; energetically lengthens and strengthens the line of energy that extends within our being, head to toe, and connects us to heaven and earth.
