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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

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 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

The Back and the Legs Supporting and Strengthening Each Other

299.00699.00

The Back and the legs are connected to each other.  In this short, brisk session we experience how strengthening the legs prepares the back for standing asanas, and how standing asanas benefit the performance of the legs.

Level: Beginner, Experienced Beginner

Duration: 40mins

tagwords; 40mins, legs, back, standing, dynamic, sports, Supta padangusthasana1

Twist with Ease

399.00

Twists done gradually and gently where they feel more like turning and revolving, rather than ‘twisting’.   Done like this, they have a very different effect on the physiology and the psychology.

This recording is discounted – apologies about the poor video quality in the first half hour

Level: Experienced Beginners, Gentle, Intermediate

Duration: 60 min

Tagwords: 60mins, twists, supine, sports, parivrtta, favorite

Twisting Actions Short Course (Weekend Intensive) Part1: Preparing with Standing Asanas, Basic Twists in Standing and Using Chair

699.001,499.00

Beginning with standing asanas, this session prepares the body by introducing the basic concepts of twists in simple seated and standing positions.

Level: Experienced Beginner, Intermediate

Duration: 120min.

This session is part of the Short Course Twisting Actions (Weekend Intensive).  Save by renting the full course.

Tagwords: 120min, arms, shoulders, spine, frozen shoulder, props, supported, chair, sports, standing, twists, paschima hasta, chair bharadvajasana

Twisting Actions Short Course (Weekend Intensive) Part2: Open, Closed, Supine and Inverted

699.001,499.00

Building up on the first part of this two-part series, This session explores the next level of complexity in twisting.

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 150min.

This session is part of the Short Course Twisting Actions (Weekend Intensive).  Save by renting the full course.

Tagwords: 150min, arms, shoulders, spine, sports, props, supported, inversions, twists, handstand, adhomukha vrksasana, pinca mayurasana, headstand, sirsasana, parsvakonasana, parivrtta parsvakonasana, maricyasana3, pasasana, supta padangusthasana3, parivrtta ekapada sirsasana, parsva halasana

Urdhva Hasta Dandasana Part 1: Legs and Spine Connections

499.001,099.00

Dandasana is one of the foundational seated positions. But this seemingly simple position teaches us very important lessons about making connections between the limbs, and the spine. These connections are lost with sedentary lifestyles, but they are often other physical exercises cannot establish them.

This session maybe done stand-alone, but we recommend you do it in combination with the recording Urdhva Hasta Dandasana Part2: Taking the L-Shape Upside Down to connect Arms, Legs, Spine and Abdomen

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 85mins

Tagwords: 85mins, legs, spine, arms, shoulders, weights, props, ropes, half handstand, favorite, sports,  yoga kurunta, paschima namaskara, paschima baddhahasta, dandasana, supta tadasana, setubandha 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