Tag Archives: Back strength

Opening the New Year with Yoga. Sat 1030am

Balance, Core Work, Forward Folds, Standing Strength,

Pranayama: Seated Sahaja (natural breath), Dirgha (3 part breath) done slowly to prepare for the adventure of the practice of Yoga.

Opening the hands with a few hand stretches, cat rolls, cat hip circles, crossing the leg over to admire the foot and to feel the stretch.  Toe stretch, toe balance and stretching the top of the foot.  Ankle rolls, inversion and eversion of the leg, reverse table, Navasana with a little more abdominal work by coming into 1/2 Ardha Navasana.

Sun Salutation A variation adding in some twists.  Moving into standing postures with Warrior 2, Side angle, Triangle, Moon Triangle, Warrior 2 then to the other side.  Balance today was Crane, seagull, airplane, star and back to crane.

The floor was for strengthening the back with cobra 1/boat flow and a swan added in as well as a twist and a thigh stretch.   Some twists and forward folds concluded the asana practice.  Aromatherapy and Savasana

Aromatherapy today was Shanti Blend from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan

Shanti Vinyasa Flow Inner Peace from the Heart Mon 530pm

Hamstrings, Spinal Flows, Standing Strength

Rounding out the holidays with a general flow class.  Smooth and fluid for the holidays.

Pranayama: Sahaja, Dirgha, Nadi Shodhana

Sun Salutation then moving onto Cobra swings, swan to 3 leg dog, runner hamstring stretch (YUM YUM).  Gate before moving with a flow through the standing postures.  To the floor to build back strength then finish with cobra swings.  Swan to twists, rolling like a ball to release the back, squat 1 to hand balance, forward bends, aromatherapy rock the clock, butterfly flow, Savasana.

Aromatherapy tonight will be a new blend Vata/Kapha from Yoga Flow Oils, thank you Susan

Strength with an open heart. Fri 1115 am LFF Sem Shanti Vinyasa

Spinal Flows, Standing Strength

Pranayama: Sahaja, Dirgha, Breath of Joy

Flowing Sun Salutation with hip openers and toe stretch.  Moving on with wide leg forward fold to Skanda, standing strength Warrior 2, side warrior, 1/2 moon to arching 1/2 moon, triangle, warrior 2, sun warrior, deviasana.  Adding in cow face pose or face of light pose to open the hips, added in the arm movements, forward fold and open & closed twist in the pose. Aromatherapy and Savasana.

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

Shanti Vinyasa Flow Friday 1030am LFF Tyrone

Balance, Core Work, Hip Openers, Spinal Flows, Standing Strength, Toe Stretch, Upper Body Strength,

I LOVE to teach morning classes… wake up the body for a beautiful day. Lets Play

Pranayama: Breath of Joy, Goddess breath

Sun Salutations, warrior 1, with a balance twist, warrior 3, standing split, Skanda, warrior 2, side angle, triangle, triangle, Skanda.  Bird of Paradise, & Dancing Shiva for Balance.  Hip openers to release the hips, core strength with the can can, opposing muscles of the back with dolphin/plank, cobra boat flow, finishing with twists & forward folds. Aromatherapy and Savasana to send you off for your day and weekend.

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

Visting some moves we have left on the shelf too long. Tues 745 Shanti Flow

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

Pranayama:  Sahaja, Dirgha, box breath

Point & flex feet, reverse table, roll back and twist, toe stretch with eagle arms, rabbit, forearm plank with oblique twist.  Sun Salutations with wild thing, belly of the dragon, standing strength mixed in. Balance flow.  Squat with twist, gate pose, quad stretch, Janu Sirsasana with twist, 1/2 lord of the fishes with bind, seated star, seated wide leg forward fold.  Aromatherapy and Savasana

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

Fall Fun- Flow witn Iyengar. 10am Fri Yoga4All

Balance, Core Work, Toe Stretch,

Hi all,

I am subbing Wanda’s Friday morning class today so we will have a little flow and lots of Iyengar.

Pranayama:  Shaja, Dirgha, Kapalabhati with holds.

Stretching out the hands before beginning.  Lots of warm ups as a morning class we need to have the joints oiled. Cat rolls, cat hip circles, calf stretches, toe stretches, hip rolls with shoulder opener.

Warming up the feet with the ole golf ball massage.   Darsha Charna.  Sun Salutation with some cobras added in to strengthen the back.   Wanda wanted you all to have some abdominal work so here we go with that.  Shoulder isolation awareness.   Balance.  Iyengar leg and movement awareness for moving into 1/2 moon, from runner to forward fold, warrior 1 to warrior 3.  Hand balance,  Twists and forward folds. 

Aromatherapy then down to floor for some bridge rolls with block support.   Savasana

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

Opening the heart before the Holidays begin. Tues 745pm

Balance, Heart Openers, Hip Openers,

Finding the smoothness of the breath with Sahaja, Dirga.

Starting in Cat with some cat circles, into cat rolls, donkey kicks to Downward Facing Dog.   Opening up the hips and leg muscles with low lunge moving to gate variation, cowface pose, Downward Facing Dog to Lizard.  Onward to a pigeon series adding in a strap on the back foot to open the front body.  Downward Dog, plank to cobra and cobra rolls.   Camel, child, roll to standing for balance.  Tree, Goddess to up on toes to knee to chest balance. 

Standing strength as a flow no long holds tonight. Triangle, 1/2 moon, warrior 2, side warrior, triangle, wide leg forward fold.  Warrior 1, pyramid, warrior 3, pyramid, revolved triangle, forward fold.  Other side yup we are going to fire up the tapas in one leg before moving to the other. no worries as we are not holding for long.

Squat to boat, staff,  fish twist, 4 square stretch or firelog. Aromatherapy, happy baby, knees to chest twist, rock the clock, Savasana.

Aromatherapy tonight will be Shanti Blend from Yoga Flow oils, thank you Susan.

Touching base with TrIyengar tonight. Mon 530

Heart Openers, Standing Strength, Toe Stretch,

Pranayama:  Easy seat with seated breath of joy.

Moving through a Cindi Lee warm up with cat rolls, downward dog, thread the needle, arm circles and chest expansion before opening the feet with toe stretch.  Hindi squat to a temple twist.

Sun Salutations with the cobra work for the back before sharing the Iyengar option of the Tri Yoga Cat Bows  3 in 1 with a block.   Using the dowel for the side body backbending work to again expand the side body.

 Bridge rolls to body awareness by observing the hips to notice if there is one that is “wayward” as Karin calls it.  Usually everyone has 1 that is wayward.  We will discover how to recognize it and how to work with it to bring it more into balance.

Folds and twists before aromatherapy and Savasana.

Aromatherapy tonight will be a new Blend Pitta/Kapha from Yoga Flow Oils,thank you Susan

Welcoming in the fall with a fluid flow. Mon 530

Hip Openers, Spinal Flows, Toe Stretch, Upper Body Strength

Pramayama:  Sahja, Dirgha, Nadi Shodhana

From Vajrasana moving into Rabbit to stretch the neck and awaken the top of the head.

Smooth Sun Salute with cat bows, cobra work for the back.  A few twists before opening the feet with toe stretch, toe balance and stretching the top of the feet.  Opening the hips with swan bows and rolls and a few other hip openers.    Extended squat and extended leg hold to hand balance (?)   Adding in a twist or two here before rolling down into happy baby, hip side stretch and reclined cobbler.

Aromatherapy tonight will be Dharma Blend from Yoga Flow oils, thank you Susan.

Hello Fall let’s roll & Flow. Friday 1115am Shanti Flow

Balance, Hip Openers, Shoulder Openers, Standing Strength

Pranayama: Seated breath of joy and when we move to standing – standing breath of joy.

Cat rolls, opposite hand and leg balance, gate adding leg circles, 1/4 dog. Standing breath of joy, reed, gentle flow sun salutation, forward fold with crossed legs, chair with chair kicks, warrior 1, humble warrior, pyramid, revolved triangle, moon triangle, wide leg forward fold.  Goddess squat and twist, wide leg forward fold with twist. Toe balance to floor, cobbler, janu sirsasana, aromatherapy, leg circles, frog legs, happy baby, savasana.

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