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Shoulder Opening Flow (60 min)
This is a shoulder specific practice within the body of asana, breath and releasing stagnant energy.
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Aug 20: Shoulder Restore Rx (30 min)
This is a quick practice that is minimal flow and specific to opening and releasing shoulder and upper body tension.
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Sept 3: Shoulders & Spine Rx (60 min)
Today is a longer practice (in lieu of Monday's long practice). Today is moderate pacing in vinyasa/flow with basic movements in the shoulders to relax and release the shoulder girdle (grab a strap) and back bends. We pulse strength into the spine as well as deeper backbends.
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Sept 9: Shoulder Rx + Backbends/strength (60 min)
This is a moderate/intermediate practice that focuses on the shoulder girdle and backbends.
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Sept 16: Intermediate Shoulders & Spinal Therapy Flow (60 min)
This is a therapeutic vinyasa practice that is specific to the shoulders and spine - grab a strap!
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March 13: Hips & Shoulders Vinyasa (60 min)
This is a 60 min intermediate flow practice with a focus on opening the shoulders and hips.
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Asana + Shoulder Opening Flow
The shoulder complex and chest holds physical and energetic tension. Modern bodies have had to adapt to laziness: chairs, cars and activities that involve continuous forward flexion. As a result over the years, our shoulders slope forward (sitting, laptop life) our spine gets weaker, and the neck...
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Nov 9: Shoulder Sweetness: Therapeutics for Tension
This practice focuses just on the shoulder complex and the movements (mainly of the scapula) and how we collect tension. It is intermediate in intensity but filled with cueing and therapeutic movements for shoulder tension. One of my favourite classes to teach!
Enjoy!
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Dec 17: Hand/Head/Shoulder Stand(s) + Core
We work into core integration into three main inversions: handstand, headstand and shoulderstand. The first bit is strong core work! The second part is integration of the core-lift. We then do variations of handstand hops, headstand and a shoulderstand sequence. Some standing poses and two backbe...
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Jan 7: Shoulder Openers + 4 Arm Balances
Today's practice weaves opening the shoulder complex within standing poses. Steps toward arm balances are also included: Crow, Side Crow, Koundinyasana, Ashtavakrasana
We end with a shoulderstand basic sequence as well.
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Jan 14: Intense Shoulder Therapy
This is a 60 min practice working deeply into the shoulders. We end with a shoulderstand as well.
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Jan 28: Slow Shoulder Therapy (Basic-Int)
This practice is committed to your shoulder complex. It begins with a screen-share and a five min anatomy lesson.
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March 26: Juicy Restorative: Shoulders & Pelvis
This practice is all about releasing tension from your shoulders and hips! Relaxing with snips of anatomy info. :)
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April 5: Easter Asana - Shoulders & Hips
This is a hips and shoulders combo class. Enjoy! You will need a strap.
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May 5: Shoulder Tension Practice
A practice that focuses specifically on opening the shoulders and neck. Grab a strap or t-shirt.
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June 2: Breathwork + Hips & Shoulders
A regular set of the usual with Gomukhasana, twists and forward folds. Enjoy!
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June 15: Shoulders + Basic Flow
Have a strap available. This is medium-intensity and into the shoulder girdle as a focus.
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SUMMER SHORTS: 30 min Yin: Shoulders & Twists
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Shoulder Juice (60 min)
A brief description of the shoulder, rotator cuff - grab a strap, Release tension from your shoulders and neck. Breath and shoulder therapy.
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Dynamic & Functional Core (50 min)
Expect: 5 min warm up, + core vinyasa flow to open, dynamic breath, planks. Expect constriction - then relaxation... I love this practice! Sneaky core work :)
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Arm Strength + Glutes + SweatyChallenging (60 min)
This is a challenging upper body workout + repetitive glute work. Expect a repetitive chatarunga, plank sequence, gluteals and a sweaty burn. We end with a long inversion of choice.
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Slow-start + Shoulder Opening Flow (40 min)
Grab a strap today! We work into your shoulder complex. Enjoy!
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Moderate Shoulder Therapy Flow (40 min)
Grab a strap! We work into the shoulder girdle a variety of directions. Enjoy!
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Back Therapy: The Sciatic Nerve, Psoas & Erectors (40 min)
A brief anatomy lesson followed by a slower moving vinyasa practice for lower back stiffness.