Testing Your Boundaries – 65 min

Testing Your Boundaries – 65 min

by | Oct 23, 2022

Testing Your Boundaries

Testing Your Boundaries tests your balance, strength, flexibility, endurance, AND your mind body connection.

This explores playing between easy & hard and finding your greatest potential. Notice what your mind thinks compared to what your body can do. The saying “Mind Over Matter” applies here.

Do your best not push beyond what you can handle, instead, bring yourself right up to it and take notice of what comes up emotionally and mentally.

Come back to this practice often to see how your boundaries change over time.

Props Needed:

Opt. Yoga Strap, Blocks, Pillows

Asana Modification Tutorial Reference

COMMON ELEMENTS: Half & Full Sun Salutation A, Childs Pose, Savasana, Plank

KNEELING: Cow/Cat, Gate Pose,

STANDING: Parsvottanasana, Triangle Pose, Extended Side Angle,

BALANCES: Half Moon Balance,

SEATED: Paschimottanasana, Janusirsasana,

RECLINED: Reclined Bound Angle Pose, Reclined Spinal Twist,

Enjoy! Be well.

Remember to breathe.

🙏🏼Namaste my friends🙏🏼

Warm Up Your Body with Yoga – 5 min

Warm Up Your Body with Yoga – 5 min

by | Aug 29, 2022

Warm Up Your Body with Yoga

5 min is all you need to get the body warm!

 

Why use yoga to warm up your body?

To wake up your muscles & fascia for better function and to connect with your breathing.
👉Use this as a stand alone practice OR use it before another type of workout!

Constant movement, like in this practice, creates warmth by moving the energy around the body. This wakes up parts that were stagnant and relieves tension from areas that were over stimulated—in other words, it creates energy balance.

As you move through the warm up, your heart rate will slightly increase and the breath will get faster which may feel challenging as it quickens.
It’s okay — when you are warmed up, the breath, although at a faster pace, feels less labored.

NOTE: Feeling ‘out of breath’ means you may be pushing too hard.

Intense stretches are avoided in this warm up as those types of stretches tend to come after warming up; so when we do stretch, move mindfully and stay shallow in the stretch.

Afterward you can easily move directly onto a cardio workout, another yoga practice, weight lifting, or any other physical activity that requires warming up!

Props needed:

Opt. Blocks

Asana Modification Video Suggestions:

 Enjoy! Be well.
Remember to breathe.
🙏🏼Namaste my friends🙏🏼

Introspective Static Yoga Practice – 55 min

Introspective Static Yoga Practice – 55 min

by | Jul 30, 2022

Introspective Static Yoga Practice

Welcome to 55 min of pure ‘you time’…

Need some time to yourself?
Step onto your mat to escape and replenish your energy.

This introspective, static practice will keep the dristri, or the focus of the eyes, in positions that keeps our energy inward to keep all that good energy for taking care of ourselves.

The static part means that we’re going to hold the poses for roughly a minute at a time.

This style of practice provides the opportunity to check in with the nuances in each asana as well as observing what comes up in our thoughts. And lastly, the static practice helps to create heat and strength.

 

Props needed:

Blocks, Bolster or Pillows for Savasana

Asana Modification Video Suggestions:

Enjoy! Be well.
Remember to breathe.
🙏🏼Namaste my friends🙏🏼