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Fixing Arms in Place for Gentle Anantasana and Vasistasana Adaptations

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Often, there is more focus on moving the arms, pushing or pulling with the arms.  This session explores the hidden power in fixing the arms in place  – this stabilises the shoulders and indeed, the entire upper back –  in standing asanas, and works up towards bearing weight on the shoulders and arms.

Level: Gentle, Experienced Beginner, Intermediate

Duration: 90min

Tagwords: 90mins, side body, lateral, shoulders, upper back, arms, anantasana, vasistasana

Forward Extensions from Standing to Seated

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Duration – 60min

Tagwords: hips, forward extensions, Paschimottanasana,  Uttanasana, Parsvakonasana, Triangamukha ekapada  paschimottanasana

Forward Extensions Overview – from Standing to Seated

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In this session we start with mobilising the arms and legs and integrating the action of the limbs going towards restful seated forward extensions.

Duration: 60min

Level: Experienced Beginners

Tagwords: 60min, shoulders, legs, forward extensions, standing, favorite, parsvakonasana, adhomukha svanasana. uttanansana, virabhadrasana3, janu sirsasana

Forward Extensions: 
The Essential Intermediate Stages

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The Intermediate positions of the four seated forward extensions that enrich Paschimottanasana

Duration: 75 mins.

This session is part of Short Course Seated Forward Extensions: The Fabulous Four Leading up to Paschimottanasana, from Preparation to Final Positions (Level: Experienced Beginners, Intermediate).  and also the Short Course Seated Forward Extensions: The Fabulous Four Leading up to Paschimottanasana, from Preparation to Final Positions (Level: Gentle).  Save by buying the entire Course.

Tag words: 75min, forward extensions, hamstrings, hips, shoulders, arms, Vrksasana, Parivrtta janu sirsasana, Dandasana, Padangustha dandasana, Janu sirsasana, Trianga mukha eka pada paschimottanasana, Ardha padma paschimottanasana, Marichyasana1, Paschimottanasana, Sarvangasana with chair

Forward Extensions: Preparing the Arms

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Finding Firmness in the legs and the shoulders as preparation for forward extensions.

Duration: 75 mins.

This session is part of Short Course Seated Forward Extensions: The Fabulous Four Leading up to Paschimottanasana, from Preparation to Final Positions (Level: Experienced Beginners, Intermediate).  and also the Short Course Seated Forward Extensions: The Fabulous Four Leading up to Paschimottanasana, from Preparation to Final Positions (Level: Gentle).  Save by buying this entire Course

Tag words: 75min, arms, shoulders, forward extensions, standing, Urdhva hasta, Utkatasana, Malasana, Supta padangusthasana

Forward Extensions: the Role of Hand Binds

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Exploring forwards extensions with and without hand binds.

Level: Experienced Beginner, Intermediate

Duration: 90 min

Tagwords: forward extensions, active, ardha baddha padma paschimottanasana, badhha padmasana, paschima namaskar

Fresh Look at Standing Asanas as Preparation for Back Arches

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A novel approach to practicing standing Asanas, as we prepare the arms, legs, and the spine for back arches, through a combination of seated and standing Asanas.

This session is part of the Short Course Intermediate Level Back Arches: Supported and Unsupported.  Save by buying the entire Course.

Level: Experienced Beginners, Intermediate

Duration: 60min

Tagwords: 60mins, back arches, back bends, backward extensions, standing, upper back, chest, shoulders, half handstand, favorite, adhomukha svanasana, trikonasana, parighasana, virbhadrasana1

Garudasana, Gomukhasana, and their Application in other Standing Asanas

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In this session we spend sufficient time on the intricate arm and leg positions of Garudasana and Gomukhasana.  When we combine these two Asanas with other standing Asanas, we also experience the lightness in the limbs.

Level: Experienced Beginners

Duration: 60min

Tagwords: Garudasana, Gomukhasana, calves, shins, flat foot, arches of feet, varicose veins, standing

Gentle Abdominal Actions Through Forward Extensions

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The intelligent use of abdomen in forwards extensions.  the use of supports makes these actions suitable for most people.

Level: Gentle, Intermediate, Experienced Beginner

Duration: 60mins

Tagwords: 60mins, forward extensions, forward bends, abdominal, core, abdomen, womens practice, props, supports,  parsvottanasana, uttanasana, prasarita padottanasana, 

Gentle Exploration of Back Arches: Chatuspadasana

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A Gentler back arches session suitable for those who need to work with more support

Level: Gentle

Duration: 60min

Tagwords: 60min, chatuspadasana, props, gentle, back arches, backbends, arms, shoulders

Gentle Exploration of Back Arches: Purvottanasana and Ustrasana

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This session prepares the arms and shoulder leading to the back arches Purvottanasana and Ustrasana, with options for doing the Asana with supports.

Level: Gentle

Duration: 90min

Tagwords: 90min, purvottanasana, ustrasana, props, gentle, back arches, backbends, arms, shoulders

 

Gentle Relief for Wrists and Elbows from Mobile Phones, Laptops and other Electronic Gadget Use

299.00699.00

This session is mostly drills to bring relief to our abused wrists/elbows/shoulders, from over-use of electronic gadgets. These actions are good by themselves, and also good preparation for asanas where wrist/ elbow/shoulder strength is called for.   Can be attempted by all levels.

Level: Gentle

Duration: 45mins

Tagwords: 45mins, sports, golf, tennis, favorite, wrists, elbows, deskjob, deskworker

Gently Done Lower Back Actions in Forward Extensions

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The intelligent use of abdomen in forwards extensions.  the use of supports makes these actions suitable for most people.

Level: Gentle, Intermediate, Experienced Beginner

Duration: 60mins

Tagwords: 60mins, forward extensions, forward bends, abdominal, core, abdomen, lower back, back care, props, supports,  parsvottanasana, uttanasana, prasarita padottanasana, malasana, supta padangusthasana1 

Handstand/ Full Arm balance/ Adho mukha vrksasana: Arms, Shoulders, and Wrists

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Wrist, shoulder and arm strengthening leading up to supported full-arm balance, but scalable enough to be attempted by most practitioners

Level: Experienced Beginner, Intermediate

Duration: 75 min

Tagwords: 75min, wrist, arms, shoulders, handstand, inversions, standing, adhomukha vrksasana, adhomukha svanasana

Hip Connection to Back and to Legs

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external rotation at the hip and work on the thighs and the lower back simultaneously to effect the hip in a healthy manner.

This session is part of the Short Course Hips that dont Need Replacement (Course level: Experienced Beginners, Intermediate).  Save by buying the entire Course

Level – Experienced beginners, Intermediate, Gentle

Duration – 75min

Tagwords: hip bone, hip, sports,  bicycling, running, femur, thigh, lower back, prasaritapadattanasna, utthita hastapadasana, Tadasana, Anantasana, Supta padangusthasana2

Hip Connection to Back and to Legs Reinforced

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Activate the thigh muscles and muscles of the lower back to stabilise and energise the hip.

This session is part of the Short Course Hips that dont Need Replacement (Course level: Experienced Beginners, Intermediate).  Save by buying the entire Course

Level – Experienced beginners, Intermediate and gentle

Duration – 90 min session.

Tagwords: hip bone, hip, sports,  bicycling, running, femur, thigh, lower back, prasarita padattanasna, utthita hastapadasana, Tadasana, Anantasana, Supta padangusthasana2, Sirsasana, standing, inversions

Hip Mobility through Thigh Rolling Out – Baddhakonasana Legs

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Baddhakonasana and supta baddhakonasana are hold a special place in asana vocabulory. The baddhakona legs involve an external rotation of the femur (thigh) that is the base for other seated positions as well as supine positions. Supta baddhakonasana is a foundational position in restorative work and therapeutic work. This is a beginner-level introduction to these two positions.

This session is part of the Short Course Baddhakonasana and Supta Baddhakonasana: for Physiological and Emotional Benefits (Short Course; Level: Experienced Beginner/ Beginner)

Level: Beginner, Experienced Beginner

Duration: 60min

Tagwords: 60mins, women, womens health, urinary health, reproductive health, supta baddhakonasana, supine, thigh external rotation, thigh, hips, hip joint, hip mobility

Hips and Spine Movements to Complement Running/ Walking/ Sitting at Desk

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Spinal movements, extension at the hip, and the use of ankles.  In addition to running and walking, these actions are also great to neutralise the effects of long hours of deskjob.

Level: Experienced Beginner, Intermediate, Gentle

Duration: 75 min

Tagwords: 75min, running, walking, deskjob, hamstrings, spine, back, ankles, supine, standing, Supta padangusthasana1, Virabhadrasana1, chatuspadasana

Hips that dont Need Replacement (Short Course; Level: Experienced Beginners, Intermediate)

1,572.00

In these 3 sessions we learn to activate the thigh muscles and muscles of the lower back to stabilise and energise the hip.

Level Experienced beginners, Intermediate

Tagwords: hip bone, hip, sports,  bicycling, running, femur, thigh, lower back, prasaritapadattanasna, utthita hastapadasana, Tadasana, Anantasana, Supta padangusthasana2, Sirsasana,

Virabhadrasana 2, Virabhadrasana 3, sarvangasana, 

 

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

Increasing Mobility and Stability Challenge for the Ankles – Part1

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This session is a progression from the previous session.   It works on the ankle joint through a series of standing asanas.  Blocks are used to challenge the balance and the stability at the ankles, and also to increase the range of movements.

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 Beginner, Intermediate

Duration: 60min

Tagwords: 60min, ankles, feet, balance, standing, sports, running, CARS, standing, vrksasana, , Virabhadrasana1, Janu sirsasana, malasana, Virasana

Increasing Mobility and Stability Challenge for the Ankles – Part2

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This session is a progression from the previous two sessions.  There is re-inforcement of actions done in the previous session, and introduction of higher levels of complexity or subtlity.   It works on the ankle joint through a series of asanas.  Blocks are used to challenge the balance and the stability at the ankles, and also to increase the range of movement.

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: Intermediate).   You can save by renting the entire Course.

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 80min

Tagwords: 80min, ankles, feet, balance, standing, sports, running, CARS, standing, vrksasana, Prasarita padottanasana, Virabhadrasana1, Janu sirsasana, malasana, Virasana, utthita hast padangusthasana1

Intermediate Level Back Arches: Supported and Unsupported (SHORT COURSE; Level: intermediate)

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An Intermediate level Short Course focussing on different facets of back arching Asanas: preparation, using of supports, and independent Back arching Asanas done without any support

Level: Intermediate

Tagwords: back arches, back bends, backward extensions, standing, upper back, chest, shoulders, half handstand, favorite, props, supports, chest, shoulders, viparita dandasana, adhomukha svanasana, trikonasana, parighasana, virbhadrasana1, eka pada viparita dandasana, makarasana, shalabhasana, bhujangasana, chatuspadasana, purvottanasana, urdhvadhanurasana

Introduction to Supta Baddhakonansana

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Building up on the active work done in rolling the thighs out, we continue to one of the most accessible restorative positions: supta baddhakonasana, including the use of simple ‘props’ to support this position.  This is one of the essential positions that women should know for reproductive health.  Breath studies (progressing to pranayama) are often introduced in supta baddhakonasana.

This session is part of the Short Course Baddhakonasana and Supta Baddhakonasana: for Physiological and Emotional Benefits (Short Course; Level: Experienced Beginner/ Beginner)

Level: Beginner, Experienced Beginner

Duration: 50min

Tagwords: 50mins, women, womens health, urinary health, reproductive health, supta baddhakonasana, supine, thigh external rotation, thigh, hips, hip joint, hip mobility

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

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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 10 of 24: New Arms Movements

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– intro to new arm actions – paschima baddha hasta, gomukha, urdhva namaskara
– explanation of shoulder action vs shoulder blade action and why we need to differentiate
– weight bearing through the arms and shoulders – use of chair for adhomukha svanasana, chaturanga dandasana preparations

Introductory Course Class 11 of 24: Virabhadrasana1

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– significance of maintaining consistency
dandasana with block for the legs at different places
– arm positions revision
virabhadrasana1 final position and deeper exploration
adho mukha restful positions – in swastikasana and virasana

Introductory Course Class 12 of 24: Weight Shift to Hands in Prasarita Padottanasana and Ardha Chandrasana

499.00

revision of standing asanas done so far
urdhva hasta tadasana to utkatasana to malasana repeats – only if there are no knee weakness/ injuries
– weight shift to arms in prasarita padottanasana
– introducing ardha chandrasana

Introductory Course Class 13 of 24: Sideways Leg and Back Arch

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– revise standing asanas with arms spread to sides
– reinforce ardha chandrasana
– understand connection to supta padangusthasana2
– expl the significance of holding the sideways foot off the floor in supta padangusthasana2
– introduce urdhva mukha svanasana

Introductory Course Class 14 of 24: Parivrtta Trikonasana

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– explanation of front foot heel to back foot middle arch in standing asanas
– forward extensions – intermediate and final positions, intro parivrtta trikonansana

Introductory Course Class 15 of 24: Shoulders and Shoulder Blades

499.00

Unlike most other sessions in this Course, this session does a deep-dive focussing on the shoulder area. these actions lead up to a half handstand.
parts of the session can be done stand-alone on a regular basis to strengthen the shoulder area.

Introductory Course Class 16 of 24: Twists in Standing and Supine Positions

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– twists in standing position (parivrtta trikonansana) and in various seated positions
– introducing supta padangusthasana3
– inverting to take weight on shoulders
– introducing uttanasana to adhomukha svanasana jumpings

Introductory Course Class 17 of 24: Virabhadrasana3

499.00

exploring the difference between using and not using the belt for supta padangusthasana1,2 and 3.
introducing virabharasana3
introducing gomukhasana and bharadvajasana leg positions

Introductory Course Class 18 of 24: Parts of Spine

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introducing the major parts of spine – cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and coccygeal. experiment with spinal segmentation
– introduce halasana – rolling up from the floor
introduce setubandha sarvangasana with block

Introductory Course Class 19 of 24: Adaptations for Minor Back Ailments

499.00

Adapting asanas for minor back ailments. this is not not for therapy, and not for those going through acute back discomfort. In such cases, a regular class might not be suitable. The adaptations shown are very simple, so that a beginner level practitioner can quickly make these adaptations themselves with a very few props.

 

Introductory Course Class 2 of 24: Abdominal Actions

499.00

moving from introductory to next level of practice -the example of adhomukha svanasana
– revise Surya Namaskara
– revise halasana
– introduce abdominals urdhva prasarita padasana, navasana