Opening the heart with spinal flows and backbends.
Warm up of a Sun Salutation variation adding in some leg stretches and shoulder stretches. Cobra rolls, boat, bow with stretched bow, raised cobra, swan bows and a twist, wide leg forward fold
Aromatherapy tonight will be Shanti Blend from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan
Rolling out the balls to work the core tonight. Aromatherapy tonight will be Shanti Blend
Aromatherapy tonight will be Shanti Blend from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan
Pranayama over 2 blocks
Supine with arm slides, roll to side for arm and hip movements, rock the pelvic clock adding in the head. Rocking hips with arm stretch opening the side body. Child pose walk right & left. Hip openers half hanumanasana with long holds. Cat rolls,bridge rolls, cradle stretch, aromatherapy & savasana
Aromatherapy tonight will be Anxiety Ease Blend from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan
Subbing for a body flow class at Tyrone LFF this morning.
Pranayama: Sun breath, breath of joy, deviasana breath.
sun Salutation B, standing strength, crane, seagull, airplane, star. Hip openers of down dog, wild thing, belly of the dragon, swan with an added twist. Abdominal work of roll back with a twist, navasanana flow. forearm plank, dolphin & dolphin/plank, side plank with thread the needle. cat, facedown, cobra 2 flow. Twists and forward folds close out the practice.
Aromatherapy today will be Vata/Kapha Blend from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan.
All I am going to say about my classes this week is that we are all going to give into healing and loving ourselves. Time is now to let go of the busyness and take care of yourself. Join me all this week to feel Love, Healing and Restoration of the Self.
Namaste & Blessings to all
Pranayama over 2 blocks: Sahaja, Dirgha
Slide a strap that is made into a loop over the body before coming onto the floor. Leg lifts, leg stretch, hip rolls, reclined tree, extended reclined tree, half happy baby, cradle, cobbler. Roll up Cat rolls, cat to child roll. aromatherpy & Savasana. Savasana tonight will be with the legs propped up on a huge stack of blankets yummy
Aromatherapy tonight will be Pitta/Kapha from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan
Seated sun breath with arm movements. Mula rolls, easy seat reed and twist. Gate to open the side body, downward dog. Sun Salutation A, Sun Salutation B, Wide Leg Forward fold with a twist. Locust, frog, Janu Sirsasana, Cobbler, Navasana, twist, aromatherapy, savasana.
This is a class that Amanda does so we will see how everyone is progressing.
Aromatherapy tonight will be Pitta/Kapha Blend from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan
Warming the body tonight with a nice holiday flow. Well that was my intention however, Mr Iyengar’s birthday was today and the practice just flowed into a strong standing (grounding) practice that honored Mr Iyengar.
Pranayama: Sahaja, Dirgha, Nadi Shodhana
Sun Salutations before moving on to opening the hips with pigeon, 3 leg dog, runners stretch. Strong set of standing postures held with awareness and purpose. Hand Balance of crow, squat to cockey mudra with a cooling breath. To floor for forward folds and twists. Aromatherapy & Savasana rounds out the evening.
Aromatherapy tonight will be Vata/Kapha Blend from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan This blend is perfect for the weather we are having now cold and windy. This has a wonderful smell of warmth and love. I also brought some yogi tea to warm the body,mind and spirit for the journey home on this cold evening.
Thanks to everyone for coming out tonight.
Flex band work today. Wrapping the band around the chest to feel the full expansion of the chest. Dirgha breath.
Band around the feet to start the arm/shoulder work. High rows, tricep work, upper shoulder work from cactus arms, rotator cuff strengthening. Roll backs with rhomboid pulls, oblique work with the band and roll backs. Abdominal work simple small movements using the hip hinge to work the abdominals. My friend Laura a physical therapist assistant just loves this set of movements small but very strong. Rhomboid, tricep, deltoids, supraspinatus and rotator strengthener. Stretch all this out with some shoulder stretches, before aromatherapy and savasana.
Aromatherapy tonight will be Vata/Kapha Blend from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan.
Pranayama: Sahaja, Dirgha, Nadi Shodhana
Flowing with a wall series that is just sooo yummy it is almost as good as a chocolate. Wall hangs to wall lifts, gentle warrior, raised wall lifts. Palm tree, balance with raised standing 1 &2, half tortoise twist, free seat forward fold. Legs up the wall to continue the wall series, bridge rolls, inverted V stretch, cradle, reclined twist, butterfly. Aromatherapy & Savasana.
Aromatherapy tonight will be Vata/Kapha Blend from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan.