‘Active’ and ‘Passive’ Actions to Strengthen Legs (Level Experienced Beginner)
₹499.00 – ₹699.00As the seat of the largest muscles and bones in the body, the thighs built for strong actions. However, quite often, due to our limited range of actions, and due to aging, the thighs start losing their firmness. We explore the interesting concepts of ‘Active’ and ‘Passive’ muscular actions in this session.
Duration: 60min
Level: Exp Beginner, Intermediate
Tagwords: 60min, dynamic, legs, hips, thighs, standing, lateral, side body, supta padangusthasana1, urdhvaprasarita padasana, utkatasana, ardha chandrasana
‘Side’ Body Explorations Part1: Parighasana, Trikonasana, Vasistasana
₹299.00 – ₹699.00In the asana vocabulary, there are many positions and actions that take awareness to the side body. This starts with the simplest of actions – raising the arms overhead or sideways, and then extends to the simplest asanas taught to beginners – the lateral standing asanas. This lead towards Vasistasana.
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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: 50 min.
Tagwords: 50mins, side body, lateral, shoulders, upper back, arms, parighasana, vasistasana, trikonasana
‘Side’ Body Explorations Part2: Parsvakonasana, Ardha chandrasana, Parivrtta Ardha chandrasana
₹499.00 – ₹1,099.00In the asana vocabulary, there are many positions and actions that take awareness to the side body. This starts with the simplest of actions – raising the arms overhead or sideways, and then extends to the simplest asanas taught to beginners – the lateral standing asanas. In this session we progress to Ardha chandrasana, and then Parivrtta ardha chandrasana.
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: 60 min.
Tagwords: 60mins, side body, lateral, shoulders, upper back, arms, trikonasana, Parsvakonasana, Ardha chandrsana, Parivrtta ardha chandrasana.
Active Preparation Culminating in Quiet Seated Forward Extensions (Short Course; Level: Intermediate)
₹1,572.00This Short Course ends in long holds in seated forward extensions without any props. The preparation for this is done with a certain theme that is introduced in the first session, and progressively re-inforced as well as refined to make the final experience rich.
Tagwords: arms, shoulders, hips, sports, favorite, breath, dorsal thoracic, upper back, props, support, shoulder blades, scapulae, dorsal thoracic, upper back, forward extensions, lateral, side body, vasistasana, padahastasana, sarvangasana, janu sirsasana, triangamukha ekapada paschimottanasana, ardh padma paschimottanasana, ardhmatsyendrasana2, gomukhasana, paschima namaskara, upavistakonasana, parsvottanasana, utthitahasta padangusthasana, utkatasana,
Anantasana
₹499.00 – ₹1,099.00As the seat of the largest muscles and bones in the body, the thighs built for strong actions. However, quiet often,due to our limited range of actions,and due to aging, the thighs start losing their firmness. We explore the interesting concepts of ‘Active and passive’ muscular actions in this session.
Duration: 75min
Level: Intermediate
Tagwords: 75min, dynamic, legs, hips, thighs, standing, lateral, side body, favorite, supta padangusthasana1, urdhvaprasarita padasana, utkatasana, ardha chandrasana, vasishtasana, anantasana
Arms and Shoulder Connections in Anantasana, Vasistasana – Alternatives for a Gentle Approach
₹499.00 – ₹1,099.00Arms and their connection to the shoulders: This session may be used by experienced practitioners, but it also shows some supported adaptations for gentler versions of vasistasana and anantasana.
There is a vinyasa sequence in the earlier part of the class – you may do this part with supports, or skip it altogether.
Level: Experienced Beginner, Gentle
Duration: 60min
Tagwords: 60mins, shoulders, elbows, lateral, side body, anantasana, vasistasana
Arms and Shoulder Connections: Anantasana, Vasistasana
₹299.00 – ₹699.00Arms and their connection to the shoulders: preparation for anantasana and vasistasana
This session is part of the Short Course Strengthening Wrists and Preparing them for Weight Bearing Asanas (Short Course; Level Exp. Beginner), and
the short Course Strengthening Wrists and Preparing them for Weight Bearing Asanas (Short Course; Level Intermediate) Save by buying the whole Course.
Level: Experienced Beginner, Intermediate
Duration: 50min
Tagwords: 50mins, favorite, sports, shoulders, elbows, lateral, side body, anantasana, vasistasana
Control and Precision in Shoulders and Shoulder Blades: Refining Forward Extensions (Vasistasana)
₹499.00 – ₹1,099.00Understanding the role of the shoulder-complex in forward extensions. This action is sought to be understood by breaking it down into simple steps, and then integrating it into a simplified Vasistasana.
This session is part of the Short Course Active Preparation Culminating in Quiet Seated Forward Extensions (Short Course; Level: Intermediate). Save by renting the entire Course.
Level: Intermediate
Duration: 75min
Tagwords: 75mins, shoulders, shoulder blades, scapulae, dorsal thoracic, upper back, forward extensions, lateral, side body, vasistasana, padahastasana, janu sirsasana, sarvangasana
Control and Precision in Shoulders and Shoulder Blades: Refining Forward Extensions (Virabhadrasana3)
₹499.00 – ₹1,099.00Understanding the role of the shoulder-complex in forward extensions. This session includes some interesting use of a block to understand the connection of the arms to the shoulders.
Level: Experienced Beginner
Duration: 60min
Tagwords: shoulders, shoulder blades, scapulae, forward extensions, dorsal thoracic, upper back, forward extensions, lateral, side body, virabhadrasana3, padahastasana, janu sirsasana
Deep Dive – Virabhadrasana 1 (Short Course; Level – Intermediate)
₹1,572.00Virabhadrasana1 is a basic standing asana with many moving parts. It has traces of forward extensions, backward arch and twist. Explore some interesting variations and progressions of Virabhadrasana1 in this set of classes.
Tagwords: shoulders, arms, legs, standing, twists, seated, abdominals, back arch, lateral, Parsvottanasana, Vimanasana, Virabhadrasana1, Urdhvamukha svanasana, Virabhadrasana1, Utkatasana, Parsvakonasana, Parivrtta Parsvakonasana, Eka Pada Setubandha Sarvangasana
Fixing Arms in Place for Gentle Anantasana and Vasistasana Adaptations
₹499.00 – ₹1,099.00Often, 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
Not Front, Not Back, On the Side: Exploration of the Lateral Body (Short Course; Level Exp. Beginners)
₹699.00 – ₹1,499.00This Short Course in 3 parts is an exploration of all of these asanas that increase awareness of the sides of the body.
Level: Experienced Beginner
Tagwords: side body, lateral, shoulders, upper back, arms, trikonasana, Parsvakonasana, Ardha chandrsana, Parivrtta ardhachandrasana, parighasana, vasistasana