Tag Archives: Back strength

The wall, the Teacher Mon 530pm

Hip Openers, Spinal Flows, Upper Body Strength, Wall Work

Working on the wall tonight to refine our alignment.  The wall helps us “feel” things we can’t see.

Pranayama:  Sahaja, Dirgha, Skull Shining with holds

Opening the hips, shoulders and heart with a few seated stretches. Moving to standing  at the wall will wall hang, wall lift and warrior.  Balance with raised standing.

Hip openers with swan, gentle wave spinal flow. Aromatherapy then back to the wall to finish the wall series on the back.

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

Beating the head with summer flows. Fri 1115

Balance, Spinal Flows, Standing Strength

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

Opening the hips, shoulders and working the core. Tues 530pm

Core Work, Hip Openers, Shoulder Openers

Pranayama: Sahaja, Dirgha,   Skull Shining Breath

100’s, Leg stretch to open the hamstrings, Hip rotations, shoulder openers.  Frog leg rolls, Dead Bug, Crisscross toe taps with wide circles,  Can Can (we all can 🙂   Side leg series that we all love, hot potato, knee toe and more.  Prone to strengthen and balance the work we did with the abdominal muscles with back work. Opposite arm & leg,  Heel beats.  Sweet twists and stretches.

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

Spinal flows and strengthening the back muscles. Tues 745

Spinal Flows

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

Fitness Ball Fun, working the core. Tues 530

Balance, Core Work, Hamstrings, Hip Openers, Upper Body Strength,

Sitting on the fitness ball for the breathing practice: Sahaja, Dirgha, Sun breath.

This class will be fun and funny as we work on the fitness balls and discover how hard the core needs to work to keep the stability of the body and the ball.

Bouncing, twists, holding the ball with motion, sitting on the ball, kneeling beside the ball, and being prone on the ball.   Fun with core work is what this class will be tonight.  😛

As always aromatherapy, relaxation/meditation and savasana will close the class.

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

Better posture by using the back correctly. Mon 530pm

Hamstrings, Hip Openers, Toe Stretch

Pranayama: Sahaja, Dirgha, Shining Skull breath with holds

Opening the side body with palm tree, spinal rolls, cat bow 1,  Standing strength,  mountain heel press, extended mountain moves to open the hips, forward folds with shoulder openers.

Support for better postures starts with the back muscles so tonight we will strengthen them. Cobra 1, Cobra1/Boat, Half Locust , Sphinx.   Releases for the back with Bridge rolls, Cradle, Cobbler and Hip side stretch.

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