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Jan 9: Rejuvenate & Somatic Stress Release (35 min)
Note: My face is a bit blotched out due to low lighting! This is a rejuvenating stress release practice that integrated somatic movement and yin restorative shapes into deep relaxation.
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Jan 8: Somatic Sweat & Brain-Body Cleanse (44 min)
This is a fusion of sweat, yoga & somatic tension and mood, heart and brain booster. It is intermediate intensity. Expect repetition, shaking the body, jumps, squats, core work, breathwork, leg endurance - all while increasing your heart rate and stretching your body in yoga poses. This is one of...
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Jan 5: Mellow Hip Rx (34 min)
This is a quick practice for circulation and energy in the hips. It is more therapeutic than flow. We do a slow hip sequence and breathe into hip openers, hamstrings and add 4-8 breath into deeper held hip openers near the end.
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Jan 2: Five Poses for the Five Actions of the Hips (28 min)
This restorative includes the hip flexors, extensors, abductors, adductors and rotators. I give anatomical cues and guidance as well as to what these joint movements mean. This is excellent if your exhausted, post-workout, you're short on time or before bed.
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From the Archives: Breath for Headaches, Hangovers & Holidays (30 min)
This is a gentle set for headaches, aggravation/neck tension, bad moods, dehydration/headaches and hangovers, stress hangovers - it is gentle breath for soothing the nervous system: viloma breath, honey bee breath, gentle neck circles, 4-7-8 anti anxiety breath, cooling sitali breath.
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Dec 29: Quick Hip Maintenance (32 min)
This is a short, easy going flow integrating the hips with breath. We begin with a malasana (deep squat flow), chair pose, forward folds, lunges into a lounging lizard, followed with a quick twist, side angle, triangle, external rotator pose, jan sirsasana and closing breath.
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Dec 24: Special Holiday Practice: Activate, Calm, Restore & Music (55 min)
This is not suitable for raw beginners, if you are pregnant, have hyperthyroidism, heart or blood pressure issues or conditions where intense breath may agitate you. We begin lying down and do the physiological sigh x 4 sets of increasing pacing and longer breath holds. We then end with 4-8 breat...
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Express Core Flow (35 min)
This is a quick hit of a core & detox flow practice! It is moderate/intermediate intensity. It begins with core-work (find a pillow or block), followed by a core and breath-centric practice. Twists and shoulder work is also involved.
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Dec 10: Headaches, Face & Jaw Rx
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Dec 9; Basic Body Flow (44 min)
This is a full body flow - nothing too intense but just enough! This is a basic flow including basic standing poses, followed by core work, bridge work (glutes) and a plow pose shoulder stand near the end of class.
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Dec 5: Fluid Restorative for Tension (33 min)
This is a short practice that integrates a bit of fluid restorative practice and longer holds into the hips and hamstrings + releasing of tension and stress via breath. Enjoy!
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Dec 4: Spinal Flush Flow (50 min)
This is a cleansing, energizing easy going practice with focus on moving spinal tension.
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Dec 3: Deep Rest & Nidra Set (25 min)
This is a deeply restful practice using intention and breath.
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Nov 21: Rx for Ribs, Scapula & Neck Tension (22 min)
This is a shortened restorative for the scapulothoracic region, trapezius, rhomboids and sub occipital tension that can lead to headaches, migraines, mood disturbances and tension.
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Nov 20: Body Scan (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) 29 min
This is a form of MBSR - mindfulness based stress reduction. It is a great practice if you're exhausted, feeling heavy, have excess adrenaline - this is a good practice for you. It is supine, the screen will be darkened, eyes closed and a practice of breath awareness.
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Nov 19: Yin with 4-7-8 Breath (29 min)
Today's practice integrates hips, hamstrings and a spinal twist with an optional breath type that is helpful for rejuvenating and down-regulating your system: 4-7-8 breath
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Nov 18: Quick Hip Therapy (20 min)
If you're short on time, this is a quick hips restorative into hip extensors, flexors, adductors, abductors and rotators.
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Nov 14: Friday Express Flow (35min)
This is a classic intermediate vinyasa practice that is condensed if you're short on time. We do a few handstand hops, standing one legged balancing poses - and build heat/sweat in a quick, efficient practice. (Please note, the sound may be a little quieter today due to a temporary mic issue).
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Nov 12: Get High Hamstrings (30 min)
This is an intense restorative focus on a long, deep held series of hamstring stretches - where you get an lovely release of tension / rush when you come out of it! If you have a herniated disc - this is NOT for you.
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Nov 7: Full Body Flow (32 min)
This is a shortened practice that gets into the hips and spine with a bit of quick heat and sweat. This is great if you are short on time and inspiration - and deep down you know you need to move your body. Just do it!
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Nov 5: Gentle Hips Rx (22 min)
This is a gentle grounding practice into the hips, inner groins and hamstrings.
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Oct 15: Restorative for Distress, Tension & Circulation (26 min)
This is a restorative practice for the beginning or end of day that is helpful for moving distress, tension in the body/mind/fascia. We tap the body, open the hips, twist the spine, breathe into the gut brain axis and rest.
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Oct 1: Detox Flow (44 min)
We begin with core work (grab a block or pillow) and do a sweaty, healthy practice that is moderate/intermediate in nature with a focus of supporting the detoxification process in your body.
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Sept 30: Quick Restorative (25 min)
This is a shortened 25 min practice including thread the needle, hamstrings, twists and a restorative camel.