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Seated Virasana with Preparation and Adaptations

299.00699.00

Virasana, and its extensions into Supta Virasana, are excellent conditioners of lower limbs.  Supta virasana is often used therapeutically for a wide range of conditions, and is also a preparation for back arches.  Difficulty in Virasana can be due to limitation at the hip joint, length of the hamstrings, stiffness in the knee, shortness and hardness of the calves or stiffness in the ankles .
first half of the session: Preparatory asanas/actions
second half of the session: detailed explanation, along with adaptations for the most common limitations.

This session is part of the Short Course Virasana and Supta Virasana: the Seat for back Arches to Breath Practices (Short Course; Level Exp. Beginner) and Short Course Virasana and Supta Virasana: the Seat for back Arches to Breath Practices ( Short Course; Level Intermediate)

Level: Experienced Beginner, Gentle, Intermediate

Duration: 50min

Tagwords: 50mins, running, trekking, sports, knee, hips, ankles, favorite, virasana

Setubandha Sarvangasana and Viparita Karani: from Independent to Supported

499.001,099.00

This session is part of the short Course Two Bolster Magic; Course 1: Journey from Active to Supported Back Arches and Inversions using ‘Cross Bolsters’.  Save by renting the entire Course

Level: Intermediate

duration: 75min

Tagwords: 75min, back arches, backward extensions, props, bolster, restful, back, shoulders, wrist, Setubandha sarvangasana, Viparita karani

Short Burst of ‘Side’ Body Exploration

299.00699.00

A short duration practice-along class which is a recap of the previous 2 classes involving the side body with standing and balancing asanas.  may be done stand-alone as a dynamic, energising practice if one is familiar with the asanas.

This session is part of the Short Course Not Front, Not Back, On the Side: Exploration of the Lateral Body (Short Course; Level Experienced Beginner).  Save by renting the entire Course.

Level: Experienced Beginner

Duration: 40 min.

Tagwords: 40mins, side body, lateral, shoulders, upper back, arms, trikonasana, Parsvakonasana, Ardha chandrsana, parighasana, vasistasana

Short Course #1 for Squatting Health and Malasana (Short Course; All levels)

1,398.00

Malasana is the fundamental forward extension, and understanding its various parts prepare us for the deeper forward extending actions, as well as for arm balancings.

 

Short Course #2 for Knees: from Healing to Challenging (Level: Intermediate)

2,621.00

From the basics of knee alignment, caring for an injured or weak knee, all the way to challenging knee strength and flexibility, this Short Course covers a lot of ground. Recommended for anyone who wants a better understanding of this pivotal joint in our bodies

Simple and Energetic Shoulder Strengthening

299.00699.00

Strengthening actions for the upper back and shoulders in an active and energetic session, using only a belt and a block.

Level: Experienced Beginner/ Beginner

Duration: 45min

tagwords: 45min, sports, arms, shoulders, upper back, standing, favorite

Soft and Supported Preparation for Squatting

499.001,099.00

Introduces supports/ props to access the groins – building up from the unsupported actions of the previous sessions.

Duration: 90min; Level: Experienced Beginners,  Intermediate, Gentle

This Recording is part of the following Short Courses:

This Recording is part of the Short Course Releasing Tight Groins Due to Walking/ Running/ Bicycling (Course level: Intermediate) 

the Short Course Releasing Tight Groins Due to Walking/ Running/ Bicycling (Course level: Experienced Beginners an Gentle) Save by buying the entire Course.

Short Course #1 for Squatting Health and Malasana (Course Level: Suitable for all levels)

Save by buying the entire Course.

Tag-words: malasana, squatting, utkatasana, marichyasana, adhomukhasvanasana, groins, groin injury, cycling, walking, arm balance,  sports, soccer, football, adductors, inner thigh

Spinal Segmentation: Working on the ‘Concave Back’ with Belt

699.001,499.00

A 2 hour session is in 3 parts, guaranteed to remove dullness and leave you energised, and maybe pleasantly tired.

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 120min

Tagwords: 120min, standing, forward extension, spine, spinal segmentation, concave back

Stability and Mobility of the Feet: Toes, Ankles, Arches and More (Short Course, Level: Experienced Beginner)

1,497.00

Feet have the dual role of having to bear body weight, and also of controlling movement complexity.  The sessions in this Short Course address both these aspects of flexibility, and strength, building up ‘dynamic stability’.

Tagwords: feet, ankles, toes, sports, running, drills, CARS, standing, calves, shins, therapy, plantar fascities, bone spurs, varicose veins, sports, favorite, Garudasana, Utkatasana, Ardha chandrasana

Stability and Mobility of the Feet: Toes, Ankles, Arches and More (Short Course, Level: Intermediate)

2,245.00

Feet have the dual role of having to bear body weight, and also of controlling movement complexity.  The sessions in this Short Course address both these aspects of flexibility, and strength, building up ‘dynamic stability’.

Tagwords: feet, ankles, toes, sports, running, drills, CARS, standing, calves, shins, therapy, plantar fascities, bone spurs, varicose veins, sports, favorite, Garudasana, Utkatasana, Ardha chandrasana

Stable Hips and Mobile Ankles: Garudasana and More

499.001,099.00

In this session we prepare the ankles, and the hips for Garudasana legs: compacting the hips in standing asanas, and lubricating the ankle through simple movements.  In the Short Course, the complexity of binding is being introduced after the session on increasing ankle mobility, and weight-bearing actions on the ankles.

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: Experienced Beginners) and the Short Course Stability and Mobility of the Feet: Toes, Ankles, Arches and More (Short Course, Level: Intermediate).   You can save by renting the entire Course.

Level: Experienced Beginners

Duration: 60mins

tagwords: 60mins, hips, ankles, calves, shins, therapy, plantar fascities, bone spurs, varicose veins, sports, favorite, Garudasana, Utkatasana, Ardha chandrasana

Stable Shoulders and Pranayama Hybrid

499.001,099.00

 Shoulder stability in inverted and weight bearing positions, shoulder mobility in dynamic actions,  transitioning into supine pranayama.

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 60min.

Tagwords: 60mins, shoulders, shoulder blades, breath, favorite, adhomukha svanssana, sirsasana, setubandha sarvangasana, prasarita padottanasana, pranayama

Standing Asana Intensive with Focus on Ankles, Leading to Bhekasana (Part1 of Back Arches Weekend Intensive)

699.001,499.00

Focussing on calves, shins and ankles as the foundation for standing asanas.  Progressing to the basic back arches.

This session is part of the Short Course ‘Standing to Back Arches (Weekend Intensive).  Save by renting the entire Course.

Level: Experienced Beginners, Intermediate

Duration: 120min

Tagwords: 120min, standing, ankles, feet, utthita hasta padangusthasana, urdhva prasarita ekapadasana, bhekasana, malasana

Standing Asanas all the Way

699.001,499.00

This is a longer session for beginner level that goes into some detailed instructions for standing asanas, and goes through the entire range of standing asanas for this level.

Level: Experienced Beginner. Intermediate

Duration: 105 min

Tagwords: 105mins, standing, standing balancing, feet, ankles

Steady and Dynamic Abdominals

499.001,099.00

Deploying the abdomen in Standing and Forward Extensions

Duration: 75min; Level: Intermediate

This recording is part of the Short Course Abdomen in Asanas: More than Core Series1 (Level Intermediate) . Save by renting the entire Course.

Tagwords: abdominals, abdomen, core, abdominal toning, standing asana, Navasana, Jathara parivartasana, Supta Padangusthasana3, favorite

Strength and Fleexibility in Legs and Hips – a Practice Using a Chair

499.001,099.00

An active practice for the ‘Gentle’ level.

Level: Gentle

Duration: 75min

Tagwords: 75min, props, chair, legs, hips, arms, shoulders, standing asanas

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

499.001,099.00

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

Strengthening Legs from Thighs to Ankles

499.001,099.00

Using different arrangement of props to isolate and strengthen different parts of the leg – from the thighs, to the ankles.

Duration: 60 mins.

Tagwords: 60min, legs, sports, thighs, ankles, standing

Strengthening Spinal Muscles in a Short-burst Follow-along Session

299.00699.00

Strengthening the spinal muscles, connecting the arms to back – a short session comprising standing asanas and back arches.  It is meant to be a follow-along session.

Level: Experienced beginners, Beginners

Duration: 30min

Tagwords: 30mins, favorite, standing, back arches, backbends, dynamic, back, spine, short burst, utthita hasta padangusthasana, trikonasana, parsvakonasana,parsvottanasana, virabhadrasana1, ustrasana, bhekasana

Strengthening the Weak Underbelly of the Arms: The Triceps

499.001,099.00

In this session we explore and increase the range of motion of the arm in its joint

Level – Experienced beginners, Intermediate and gentle

Duration – 75 min session.

This session is part of the Short Course Arms that Power Upside-down Asanas: Preparing the Arms for Effortlessness in Headstand, Shoulderstand and Elbow Balance (Course Level: Experienced Beginners, Intermediate).  Save by buying the entire Course.

Tagwords: 75min, shoulder, shoulders, arms, upper back, elbows, triceps, arm strength, wrist, Tadasana, adhomukhasvanasana, urdhva hastasana, utthita hasta padasana, paschima hastasana,

Strengthening Wrists and Preparing them for Weight Bearing Asanas (Short Course; Level – Experienced Beginner)

1,272.00

Modern living with devices such as computers and mobile phones are not a natural way of living for us humans, yet we cannot live without them anymore. The use of these devices create imbalances and fatigue in the upper limbs that can lead to stressing the heart. The classes in this series are meant to address this imbalance and fatigue.

A 3 class series that is ideally suited to release fatigue from the shoulders, elbows and wrists, and also prepares the arms, elbows and wrists for more advanced asanas involving weight bearing on the wrists.

Tagwords:  sports, golf, tennis, favorite, wrists, elbows, shoulders, lateral, side body, deskworker

Strengthening Wrists and Preparing them for Weight Bearing Asanas (Short Course; Level – Intermediate)

1,422.00

Modern living with devices such as computers and mobile phones are not a natural way of living for us humans, yet we cannot live without them anymore. The use of these devices create imbalances and fatigue in the upper limbs that can lead to stressing the heart. The classes in this series are meant to address this imbalance and fatigue.

A 3 class series that is ideally suited to release fatigue from the shoulders, elbows and wrists, and also prepares the arms, elbows and wrists for more advanced asanas involving weight bearing on the wrists.

Tagwords:  sports, golf, tennis, favorite, wrists, elbows, shoulders, lateral, side body,  anantasana, vasistasanadeskjob, deskworker, salamba sirsasana2