Category Archives: Yoga Moves

Summer Solstice mon

Hip Openers, Spinal Flows, Toe Stretch

Summer Solstice time for healing and releasing the active mind and diving into Self.

Pranayama: Sahaja, Dirgha, KB with holds

Warming up in honor of the Solstice with Salutations two rounds then moving on to deep hip work to help focus our minds inward.  Self study and exploration, we keep many secrets in the hips. So we will allow them to open and see where that leads for meditation.

Meditation tonight with healing & self exploration.

Aromatherapy tonight will be Dharma for Yoga Flow Oils thank you Susan.

Flowing with strength & balance Fri

Balance, Standing Strength, Toe Stretch, Upper Body Strength

Pranayama: Sahaja, Dirgha, Sun breath (Surya Pranayama)

Suryanamaskara  (Sun Salute) with additions of strength building of Dolphin, doplhin plank, side plank,warrior 1 with prayer twist.

Standing strength. Balance of opposite arm and leg, Dance of Shiva, toe balance to floor with cobbler toe balance.

Easy twist and stretches, aromatherapy, savasana.

Aromatherapy is Energizing Blend from Yoga Flow Oils thank you Susan

Hold on to your flow- strength tonight with arm balances. Tues

Hip Openers, Shoulder Openers, Toe Stretch, Upper Body Strength,

Time to check in again with the arms and give them some work. Tonight we will be looking closely at arm balances.

Pranayama:  Standing Sahaja, Dirgha, Sun Breath.

Salutations with twists and 1/2 Hanumanasana in.  Opening up the arms and shoulders with Dolphin and variations of Dolphin.  Fun times are here   🙂 Arm balances:  Crow with option to hop back to plank.   Hopping forward to Firefly,  Tolasana.

Moving from standing to squat using blocks then to hand balance again.

Release the shoulders with Prone shoulder opener.   Forward folds and twists to settle the mind and body before Savasana.

Aromatherapy is Anxiety Ease tonight thank you Susan.   😀   Savasana wtih Rock the Clock

Aromatherapy is made by Yoga Flow Oils

Chandra’s suggestion– Salutations & variations Mon

Hip Openers, Spinal Flows, Upper Body Strength

Pranayama: Sahaja, Dirgha, Kapalabhati with holds

Chandra suggested we do one of her favorites which is a series of Salutations with lots of options. So we are going to flow through these tonight.  Ending with supine hip openers and twists.

Aromatherapy tonight is Anxiety Ease Blend thank you Susan.

Aromatherapy is from Yoga Flow Oils. 8)

Yoga basics @ LFF Tyrone 430 Tues

Hip Openers, Standing Strength, Toe Stretch

Subbing for Tee at LFF Tyrone.  It is a basics class so here we go back to the Yoga Sutras.

Pranyama: Shaja, Dirgha

Toe stretch, top of foot stretch, calf stretch, cat rolls

Sun Salutations: Basic salutation to look at safe movement from runner to Downward dog back to runner. Safe options for plank pushup to Cobra or upward facing dog.  Using blocks during this will help.

Standing strength: Wide Leg forward fold and looking at alignment of hips and feet. Triangle, side angle, Warrior 2, 1/2 moon, Deviasana, Skanda.

Balance:  Tree & Dancer  

Hip openers pigeon/swan with added thigh stretch, double pigeon, twists and forward folds.

Aromatherapy and Savasana

Aromatherapy blend is Shanti Blend from Yoga Flow Oils thank you Susan

Open Hearts with backbends, inversions. Tues 745p

Heart Openers, Hip Openers

Had a request to go back to some more backbends with inversion of plow so tonight is the night.

Pranayama: Standing Dirgha, Sun Breath and Breath of Joy

Two reg Sun Salutaions not real slow to warm up the body.

Balance: Vrksasana (Tree), Star, Natarajasana (Dancer)

Raja Kapotasana (pigeon) to open the hips. Bhujangasana (Cobra) work, Paripurna Navasana (prone boat), Dhanurasana (Bow), Ustrasana (Camel),Setubandhasana Sarvangasana (Bridge), Urdhva Dhanurasna (Wheel), Halasana (Plow), Ananda Balasana (Happy Baby), Supta Baddha Konasana (Reclined Cobbler)

Janu Sirsasana twists & FF  Mermaid,  aromatherapy, Savasana

Aromatherapy is Open Heart of course from Yoga Flow Oils thank you Susan

Gentle moves & meditation =Bliss mon 7pm

Gentle Stretches, Spinal Flows

Subbing for Judy tonight for her stretching & meditation class.

Pranayama Dirgha, Nadi Shodhana, Anoloma Viloma.

10 churnings    Yoga therapy foot work with point and flex as well as inversion, eversion.

 Wall work from TriYoga and Karin Stephan gentle moves to open the spine and body to allow easy meditation.  Wall chair to floor for legs up the wall, cradle work, & bridge rolls

Meditation will be Rainbow chakra meditation with aromatherapy Relaxation Blend  😮

Aromatherapy is Relaxation Blend from Yoga Flow Oils thank you Susan

Worshop overview from Chandra mon 530p

Spinal Flows, Standing Strength, Toe Stretch

Pranayama breath work:  Sahaja, Dirgha, Shining skull breath

Toe stretch, top of foot stretch, calf stretch with arm work. Cat bow 1 &2

Standing series. Prone work  moving from cat to facedown & extended child to facedown.  Forward folds and twist.  

Aromatherapy,  supine twist.

Aromatherapy  Relaxing  blend from Yoga Flow Oils thank you Susan

Pranayama after rolling up new pranayama from my 500 hour training.

Strengthening the arms & moving the spine. Thurs

Hip Openers, Spinal Flows, Standing Strength, Upper Body Strength

Prananyama:  Supine in Bridge prep moving with the breath to slowly fill the lungs while also waking the spine with bridge rolls.

Supta Tadasana using different arm movements to lengthen the side body and open the shoulders. Rolling like a ball to warm the spine.  Reverse table to build strength and openness in the upper body as well as balance & strength in the legs.  Cross squat to cat and cat rolls.  From cat moving to opposite arm and leg balance.  Hip circles. Thread the needle for the  shoulders as well as half dog.

Downward facing dog, pigeon,  swan rolls for hips and spine. Chair with Chair twist and balance.

Warrior 1, Revolved Triangle, Pyramid.  Eagle balance, wide leg forward fold, Skanda, forearm plank, forearm dog, side plank with many options.  Face down shoulder opener.

Dandasana, seated forward fold, Navasana, seated wide leg forward fold. Janu Sirsasana with twist, mermaid stretch, cobbler, cobbler/star forward fold.  Aromatherapy and Savasana.

Aromatherapy tonight will be Dharma blend from Yoga Flow Oils thank you Susan 8)

Finding the Warrior(Hero) in us then adding a twist. Tues

Standing Strength, Toe Stretch, Yoga Moves

Pranayama: Dirgha (long breath), Nadi Shodhana (channel clearing breath) Anuloma Viloma.

Advancing the toe stretch with one leg in squat other leg/foot in toe stretch, buttocks can be on block.  Gently lowering the torso back to come onto the elbows.  On one side I use a block under my elbows (that floor is lower on one side I think ha ha 😛 )  Top of foot stretch  adding in the thigh stretch.  Calf stretch with arm work.

Cat rolls for the flow of the spine. Up to standing.

Standing strength: Warrior work.  I made some confusion a few weeks back with this warrior series so we are going to break it down and do it a couple of times.

Standing, upward salute, forward fold, flat back extend, runner back knee down, crescent warrior, raised crescent warrior, sweep through runner to warrior 3, warrior 1, revolved triangle, revolved 1/2 moon, revolved triangle, inhale to lift up into chest expansion, Parsvottanasana,  Downward facing dog, vinyasa, flow to standing and other side.  We may do each side 2 times  alternating sides to really feel the flow.

Balance: been leaving this out toooo much.  Knee to chest, balance stick, star, knees to chest add twist.

Forward fold to squat 1 for alternating leg lifts, hand balance to floor.

L-seat forward fold, Janu Sirsasana twist toward straight leg, twist away from straight leg, L-seat Forward fold and other side.  Cobbler, sukasana.  aromatherapy oils    Savasana

Aromatherapy tonight will be Ananda Blend from Yoga Flow Oils thank you Susan