Category Archives: Spinal Flows

Beating the head with summer flows. Fri 1115

Pranayama: Sahaja, Dirgha, Nadi Shodhana, Analoma Viloma

Flowing through the summer with a peaceful (shanti) vinyasa flow.    Opening the body with grace and love.

Everything will be moved today, balance, standing strength, upper body strength, back strength, twists and folds.

Join me for the juicy feeling with a fluid flow.

Aromatherapy today will be Relaxing Blend from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan

Arching 1/2 Moon? Yup come balance & flow. Tues 745pm

Pranayama: Sahaja, Dirgha, Sun Breath

Flowing Vinyasa to open the hips and warm the legs and spine.

Standing strength:  Skanda, Warriors and  Half moon and arching half moon.  Arching Half Moon is a posture we will work on to continue with the balance building of Half Moon.  I remember when Half Moon was a posture that was alittle “out there” for almost everyone, now however, everyone floats into the posture with beauty and grace. Most of the time anyway, we all have our balance challenge days. 😀 Building on the strength of the back with Cobra rolls.  Twists, Forward Folds.  Aromatherapy & Savasana.

Aromatherapy tonight will be Open Heart from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan

Putting everything together. Fluid Fun Flows. Mon 530

Pranayama: Sahaja, Dirgha, Nadi Shodhana, Analoma Viloma

Everything is a fluid flow tonight.  Cat bows, swan, heel presses, standing strength with Warrior 1 added in.  Toe balance, cobra flows, bridge, hip side stretch, basic hand balance, butterfly, twists.    Aaaah flowing. 😀

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

Spinal flows and strengthening the back muscles. Tues 745

Tonights class will be flowing along, moving with the breath to open and strengthen the body.

Pranayama: Sahaja, Dirgha,  Sun Breath

Opening the spine with spinal flows side to side and forward and back.  Toe stretch. The focus tonight will be on strengthening the back muscles.  Cobra 1, Cobra 1/Boat, half locust, Boat, Cobra 2 rolls,  Sphinx.

Onto the now strong back to release with bridge rolls, reclined cobbler, adding a twist to this then onto the wonderful opening twist of Hip side stretch with a long hold and my assist.

Roll up for aromatherapy then back down to strap work to open the hamstrings.  Hope we have time for this as the hamstrings are so important. Savasana

Aromatherapy tonight will be Dharma, from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan

Time to open the shoulders and the hips DEEPLY. Tues 745pm

Pranayama: over noodle first then moving onto blocks to deepen the opening, arms will go over head to start to open the shoulders.  Sahaja, Dirgha

Sleepwalker, leg stretches, hip rotations, supine cobbler with twist, knees to chest twist adding in shoulder opener, Hip side stretch with long hold and my assist to help open.  😀  Both sides 

Deep shoulder openers: some of these I have not shared before so be careful and mindful of your body.  Prone- arms in “T”  roll onto arm and side body, Thread the needle move only lots more…. and then adding on to this.   Cobra 1 with twist.   Spinal flow rest in child 2

Hips: Raised runner with open & closed twist, hip flexor stretch, external hip openers, calf stretch

Twists,  cradle.  Savasana

Aromatherapy tonight Relaxing Blend from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan

The Core and More. Tues 530pm

Standing Pranayama:  Sahaja, Dirgha, Sun

Standing 100’s from Pilates.  Toe Balance, toe stretch, top of foot stretch, ankle stretch.  Neck work continues tonight.

Roll like a ball, roll up, roll down,  cross crawl sets, seal, frog.  Cat rolls for the spine, buttock tighteners, and onto the legs.   Shoulder openers with strap, Twist and Forward folds, Aromatherapy, Savasana

Aromatherapy tonight is Relaxing Blend from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan

Strengthen the body to flow through summer. Mon 530pm

Pranayama: Sahaja, Dirgha, shining skull with holds.

Spinal flows with Pyramid 1 rolls, Triangle, Toe Stretch, Toe Balance.  Extended Mountain to work deeper into the hips and legs. Extended bend with shoulder stretch. 

Cat rolls and Cat bows adding in if got cat bows down moving into extended cat bows.  Cobra flows with cobra twist added in.  Half Locust & Opposite arm and leg lift to strengthen the back muscles on a diagonal.

Cooling down on the wall with wall hang, wall lift, gentle warrior, water fall, squat 1.   Lowering to floor and away from the wall for leg stretch, knees to chest twist, reclined butterfly with twist.  Savasana

Aromatherapy tonight Prana from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan.

Tri Yoga continuing with Level 1 series Mon 530

Pranayama: Sahaja, Dirgha, Box breath

Building strength by jumping back to Mountain (Downward Dog) then opening the hamstrings with extended leg stretch. Gate, Extended Child, Toe Stretch, Toe Balance.

Standing Posture flow adding in the extended bend with extended shoulder stretch.  Mountain to cat movement to build strength in the arms, Cat Bow 2. Spinal Flows with Cobra1/Boat, Cobra 2,  Sphinix.

Moving from monkey to mountain, mountain to pyramid 1,  pyramid 1 to toe balance  adding these jumps in to bring awareness to the abdominals that are such a large part of TriYoga practice. Upper body strength with hand balance. FF twist   Aromatherapy     Tranquility

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

Too much fun to not do it again. Summer Flows Fri 1115

Tuesday nights class was so much fun we are going to do it again today.  8)

Pranayama: Sahaja, Dirgha, Box Breath

Salutations with upper body strength as well as core in the flow.  Spinal flows to strengthen the back, hip openers, hamstring stretches.  Standing strength. Hip openers with longer holds as well as quad stretches.

Twists, forward folds, bridge rolls to smooth it all out.

Aromatherapy today is Prana Blend from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan

NEW CLASS Advanced asana/pranayama Thurs 6pm

Pranayama: Standing Sahaja, Dirgha, Sun breath, breath of Joy  😛

Sun Salutations with crescent warrior.  Balance

Hip openers to start the backbending flows. Prone Boat, Bow, Cobra rolls, Camel. Bridge, full Wheel, Plow, Happy Baby, Reclined Cobbler with Twist.  Other twists and gentle forward folds.

Aromatherapy tonight Open heart from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan