Dec 9: Making Friends with Backbends - Intermediate Sequence
BACKBENDS, CORE, ARM BALANCES /INVERSIONS, TWISTS & SHOULDERS
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1h 2m
This is a practice for those of you who have a love-hate relationship with backbends. You know they are good for you but they are such hard work and often you don't feel warm enough in your spine to go deeper.
Today's practice incorporates a constant flow of gradual warming and blood pumping actions toward the spine: a continuous flow of cobras and spine strengtheners, a focus on the iliopsoas as well as lateral flexion and hip flexion. There is a mini-anatomy lesson as well for you to see what is happening.
Deeper variations of camel. pigeon toward king pigeon and more.
Up Next in BACKBENDS, CORE, ARM BALANCES /INVERSIONS, TWISTS & SHOULDERS
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Dec 2: Opening Up to Backbends
Low back/pelvis releases to start - followed by deep lunging flow to encourage front-body suppleness: back strengtheners + toward "mermaid" or option to King Pigeon. Camel. Wheel. Decompression.
Enjoy!
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Nov 25: Super Detox + Core Asana Set
This set works with uddiyana bandha (core lift) traditional core practices, abdominal work and breath to create a complete core-centric practice. We end in a restorative way that massages tension out of the belly.
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Nov 10: Mega-Core-Line Asana (Interme...
Today's practice is a slow burn working the many layers of the core as well as into the lower back. This is an excellent maintenance-practice for your core health as we also incorporate tons of breath work, uddiyana bandha (core cleanse) and twists into the spine and GI tract.
