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Aligning Calves, Ankles, Feet: Healthy Actions for Varicose Veins, Flat Feet

299.00699.00

Gentle but powerful work on calves and shins, and the small connective tissue on the soles of the feet to lengthen, to widen and to align.

Level: All levels

Duration: 45mins

Tagwords: 45min, ankles, shins, calves, varicose veins, flat foot, dropped arch, sports, standing, virasana, utkatasana, adhomukha svanasana, tadasana, parsvottanasana

Brisk and Supported – A Gentle Way to Practice Back Arches (Short Course; Level Gentle)

1,198.00

Level: Gentle

Tagwords:  hip, knee, ankles, back arches, backbends, virasana, bhekasana, salabhasana, bhujangasana, urdhva mukha svanasana, bhekasana, upavistakonasana, baddhakonasana

Brisk and Supported – A Gentle Way to Practice Back Arches Part 2

299.00699.00

A brisk and energetic session of supported back arches, done after the adequate preparation (of the previous session)

This session is part of the Short Course Brisk and Supported – A Gentle Way to Practice Back Arches (Short Course; Level Gentle).

Level: Gentle

Duration: 45min

Tagwords: 45mins, hip, knee, ankles, back arches, backbends, urdhva mukha svanasana, bhekasana, upavistakonasana, baddhakonasana

Building up to Challenging Leg and Knee Actions

499.001,099.00

Tagwords: 90min, knee, knee health, ankles, balance, standing asana, utthita hasta padangusthasana, yogidandasana, mulabandhasana

Conditioning the Hips for Healthy Ankles

499.001,099.00

The first segment of this session works on the hips.  The second segment focusses on the ankle joint. through a series of standing asanas.  Blocks are used to challenge the balance and the stability at 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 Beginner, Intermediate

Duration: 60min

Tagwords: 60min, ankles, feet, balance, standing, props, vrksasana, ardha chandrasana, prasarita padottanasana

Extending Forwards and Backwards from Seated Virasana: Adhomukha and Supta Virasana

499.001,099.00

In this session, we look at forward extension from Virasana to Adhomukha virasana, and a supine extension to Supta virasana. 

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)

Level:Experienced Beginner, Beginner

Duration: 60mins

tagwrods: 60mins, props, support, hips, knees, ankles, favorite, virasana, adhomukha virasana, supta virasana 

Extending Forwards and Backwards from Seated Virasana: Adhomukha and Supta Virasana Ending with Breath-work

499.001,099.00

In this session, we look at forward extension from Virasana to Adhomukha virasana, and a supine extension to Supta virasana.  The session ends with breath-work preparatory to pranayama.

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

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 75mins

tagwrods: 75mins, props, support, hips, knees, ankles, favorite, virasana, adhomukha virasana, supta virasana 

Feet, Toes, Ankles: Simple Conditioning Drills – a FREE Resource

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Our feet are capable of an amazing range of movements and positions – something that we tend to forget, and therefore lose.  This actions in this session re-introduce some of these movements. there are no complex technical instructions for this session. enjoy the exploration. Those with ankle injuries are advised caution.

This is a FREE Resource.  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). , 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).

Level: All levels

Duration: 30min

Tagwords: 30mins, feet, ankles, toes, sports, running, drills, CARS, standing

Feet, Toes, Ankles: Simple Conditioning Drills and Asanas for All Levels

499.001,099.00

The session is in two segments.  in the first segment, there are simple drills for the feet, ankles and toes that can be attempted by anyone – these are not classical asana positions. In the second segment, we attempt a few standing asanas with additional supports and additional focus on the feet, to explore the difference/ improvements.

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: All levels

Duration: 60mins

Tagwords: 60mins, feet, ankles, toes, sports, running, drills, CARS, standing

Feet, Toes, Ankles: Stability and Mobility

499.001,099.00

The previous session in this Short focussed on mobility aspect of the lower extremities, in this session, we add the strengthening/ load bearing aspect as well.  Most of the positions involve moving the ankles and feet, but also bearing the weight of the body.

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)   You can save by renting the entire Course.

Level: Beginner, Experienced Beginner

Duration: 60mins

Tagwords: 60mins, feet, ankles, toes, sports, running, drills, CARS, standing, favorite, vrksasana, adhomukha svanasana, supta padnagusthasana1

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

499.001,099.00

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

Improving Ankle Resiliency with Supports

499.001,099.00

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

499.001,099.00

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

499.001,099.00

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

New Movements and Connections for Feet, Ankles and Hips

499.001,099.00

In this session we explore some new movements and connections of the feet/ankle/ hips.   The effects of these actions are then experienced in familiar asanas. These movements might be new to you – be a little careful if you have knee and ankle injuries.

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 :70min

Tagwords: 70min, feet, hip, ankles, mulabandhasana, upavistakonasana, ardha chandrasana, parsvottanasana, sirsasana

Preparing for a Gentle Back Arches Practice: Hips, Knees, Ankles

499.001,099.00

In addition to supports, the other aspect that determines the safety and efficacy of back arches is adequate and appropriate preparation.  In this session, the hips, knees and ankles are prepared.  While being good back arches preparation, the actions are beneficial also for maintaining the health of these joints.

This session is part of the Short Course Brisk and Supported – A Gentle Way to Practice Back Arches (Short Course; Level Gentle).

Level: Gentle

Duration: 60min

Tagwords: 60mins, hip, knee, ankles, back arches, backbends, virasana, bhekasana, salabhasana, bhujangasana

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

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: Gentle)

1,797.00

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

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

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

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

499.001,099.00

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

Utkatasana Deep Dive for Experienced Beginners – Healthy Actions for Flat Foot and Varicose Veins

499.001,099.00

Exploring some direct and indirect relationships of the feet, the back, the arms, to this versatile foundational asana: Utkatasana.

Level: Experienced Beginner

Duration: 60min

Tagwords: 60min, ankles, shins, calves, varicose veins, flat foot, dropped arch, sports, standing, utkatasana, adhomukha svanasana, ustrasana

Virasana and Supta Virasana: the Seat for back Arches to Breath Practices ( Short Course; Level Exp Beginner)

1,422.00

Virasana, and its extensions into Supta Virasana and Adhomukha virasana, are excellent conditioners of lower limbs.  Supta virasana and Adhomukha virasana are often used therapeutically for a wide range of conditions, as preparation for other types of asanas, and as a seat for pranayama. In this Short Course, we cover ground from healing actions for injured knees to prepare them for Virasana action, preparing for Virasana, and extending to adhomulha and supta virasana.

Tagwords: knees, therapy, props, support, running, trekking, sports, knee, hips, ankles, virasana, supta padangusthasana, baddhakonasana, janu sirsasana, virasana, padmasana, upavistakonasana, adhomukha virasana, supta virasana 

Virasana and Supta Virasana: the Seat for back Arches to Breath Practices ( Short Course; Level Intermediate)

1,422.00

Virasana, and its extensions into Supta Virasana and Adhomukha virasana, are excellent conditioners of lower limbs.  Supta virasana and Adhomukha virasana are often used therapeutically for a wide range of conditions, as preparation for other types of asanas, and as a seat for pranayama. In this Short Course, we cover ground from healing actions for injured knees to prepare them for Virasana action, preparing for Virasana, and extending to adhomulha and supta virasana, ending with breath-work in supta virasana.

Tagwords: knees, therapy, props, support, running, trekking, sports, knee, hips, ankles, virasana, supta padangusthasana, baddhakonasana, janu sirsasana, virasana, padmasana, upavistakonasana, adhomukha virasana, supta virasana