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Virabhadrasana1: The Twist and the Backarch in the Standing Asana

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This session is a combination of standing asanas done dynamically, twisting actions, and back arches.

Level –  Experienced Beginner, Intermediate

Duration – 60min

Part of the Series Deep Dive: Virabhadrasna1 (Short Course, Experienced Beginner)and Deep Dive: Virabhadrasana1 (Short Course, Intermediate).  save by buying the entire Course

Tagwords: 60min, shoulder, shoulders, arms, legs, standing, back arch, twist, Utkatasana, Parsvottanasana, Urdhvamukha svanasana, Virabhadrasana1

Practice Suitable for Back Pain (with Detailed Instructions)

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This is an asana session for recovering from a strained back. Each of the positions shown in this session should bring relief to the back when one settles down in the positions.

This class is part of the Short Course  “Asana understanding for a healthy back”.  Save by renting the entire course.

Level: All levels

Duration: 60mins

Tagwords: 60mins, back, back care, back pain, therapy, props, supported

Positioning the Neck in Back Arches Part1 (Level Exp. Beginner) : Salabhasana, Ustrasana

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This session explores how the cervical area and the skull can be held in back arches to avoid straining the neck. We work up to Salabhasana and Ustrasana in this session

Level: Experienced Beginner

Duration: 60min.

Tagwords: 60min, arms, shoulders, neck, cervical, back arches, half handstand, adhomukha svanasana, salabhasana, ustrasana

Positioning the Neck for Back Arches – Part 1 (Level Intermediate) – Salabhasana, Ustrasana, Adhomukha vrksasana

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This session explores explores how the cervical area and the skull can be held in back arches, using ahdo mukha vrksasana (handstand) as a preparatory position.

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 75min.

Tagwords: 75min, arms, shoulders, neck, cervical, back arches, handstand, adhomukha vrksasana, adhomukha svanasana, salabhasana, 

Long Holds in Supported Positions

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Supported Positions that make possible long holds.

Duration: 90min; Level: Intermediate

Tagwords: 90min, stress, anxiety, restorative, props, supported, chair, pre-menstrual practice, all asana categories, Parsvottanasana, Parivrtta trikonasana, chair Sarvangasana, chair Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana,  Sirsasana, Adho Mukha Svanasana, Purvottanasana

Improving Ankle Resiliency with Supports

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Our subjective experience of the legs starts at the hips.  The first segment of this session works on exercises to free up the joints – with a focus on the hips.  The second segment focusses on the ankle joint through a series of standing balancing and supine asanas.

This session may be done as a stand-alone session, but it is also part of the Short Course Stability and Mobility of the Feet: Toes, Ankles, Arches and More (Short Course, Level: Gentle).  You can save by renting the entire Course.

Level: Gentle

Duration: 70min

Tagwords: 70min, ankles, feet, hips, balance, standing, props, vrksasana, baddhakonasana, supta padangusthasana1

Parsvakonasana to Viparitakarani – Preparation for Breath Explorations

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This session explores some lateral/ side-body actions, followed by a deeply restful Viparitakarani, and ending with breath-work

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 75min

Tagwords: 75min, back, upper back, thoracic, chest, dorsal thoracic, breath, pranayama, spiral breath, props, supported, standing, side body,  inversions, multiple asana categories, parsvakonasana, parighasana, viparitakarani

Transitioning Towards a Quiet Practice: Beginner Level

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  • This session starts actively, directs attention towards the breath, and then culminates in some quiet positions.
  • Level: Beginner
  • Duration: 60mins
  • Tagwords: 60mins, standing, dynamic

Supta Virasana as Preparation for Advanced Back Arches – Kapotasana, Eka pada rajakapotasana

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This session is an advanced progression from Supta virasana.

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 80mins

Tagwords: 80mins, virasana, knees, hips, ankles, backbends, backarches, props, supported, virabhadrasana1, supta virasana, viparita dandasana, purvottanasana, parsva sarvangasana

Strengthening and Firming Shoulders and Shoulder Blades: Preparation for Sirsasana (Headstand)

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Sirsasana preparation..  But also, understanding the shoulder and shoulderblades actions separately not just prepares us for the more complex asanas, it helps us to target the specific areas for the health of the upper back-shoulder complex.

Level: Experienced Beginners

Duration: 60min

Tagwords: 60mins, shoulders, shoulderbades, upper back, sports, dorsal thoracic, CARS, inversions, headstand, gomukhasana, sirsasana, salamba sirsasana, setubandha sarvangasana

Introductory Course Class 1 of 24: Introduction, Arms and Leg Positions in Standing

499.00

general introduction
starting urdhva prasarita padasana
tadasana – observation of the feet, feet separate, together, one leg,
utthita hasta pada and parsva hasta pada
trikonasana
dandasana

Introductory Course Class 3 of 24: Supine Positions, Parsvottanasana

499.00

starting in urdhva prasarita padasana
intro seated OM
revision of previous asanas, intro supta tadasana, intro pavan muktasana and supta padangusthasana1, intro utthita hasta padasana, intro parsvottanasana concave back, seated swastikasana
ques: knock knees