How to Approach Stiffness in Hips
Stiff/ ‘tight’ hips, are connected to lower back pain, wearing out of the hip socket, arthritis of the knee, menstrual discomfort etc. and therefore do not realise the importance of flexibility in hips. Once stiffness has set in, re-gaining flexibility might feel like an impossible feat. But it can be done through consistent effort. This […]
Detailed Before-walking Routine for Aligning and Activating (FREE Resource)
This before-walking routine will help prepare the legs, hips, arms and shoulders for walking. Can be done at any time of the day – and is a gentle but energising practice by itself. This recording is part of the FREE Short Course Compliment your Walking Routine FREE Resources are available to everyone without payment, and […]
Training Legs for Standing
In this session, we look at some of the common standing postures that may lead to imbalances, and how to correct them. Level: Beginner/ Experienced Beginner Duration: 60 mins. Props needed: yoga strap, a couple of firm blankets, access to a wall
Forward Extensions: What to do When it Comes too Easy
Forward extensions for flexible practitioners: this session uses props not to make the forward extension positions asanas easier, or even to make them more challenging, but to push sensations to parts of the lower back that are often overlooked in our eagerness to go into a final asana. We experience the ‘broadness’ of the lower […]
Receiving Quietness and Support From the Wall: Prone Positions
These set of sessions facing the wall calming effect on the nervous system. They are also meant as preparation and orientation for the classical prone positions that are greatly beneficial for respiratory health. In this session, we integrate the abdominal engagement (introduced in the previous session), as we explore a few prone positions. This can […]
Follow-along Before-walking Routine for Aligning and Activating (FREE Resource)
This before-walking routine will help prepare the legs, hips, arms and shoulders for walking. Can be done at any time of the day – and is a gentle but energising practice by itself. This recording has minimal demonstrations and instructions. Work with the ‘detailed’ version of this routine before doing this follow-along version. This recording […]
Recovery after Road Travel or Prolonged Inactivity
Recommended session on a cold day to warm yourself up, or after a long road trip sitting in a car, or to do it on a day that you are feeling dull, or to use it to re-start your practice after a break. Level: Experienced Beginner, Intermediate Duration: 55 mins. Props needed: a yoga strap, […]
Invigorating Standing Asanas with Focus on Lower Back
An invigorating asana session of standing asanas with focus on positioning and toning the tailbone – the lowest part of the back.
Use of Chair in Asana Practice: the ‘Sides’ of the Body
Many important organs – the lungs, digestive organs – exist as much on the sides of the body, as they do towards the ‘middle’, or the ‘front’ or the ‘back’; The chair can be useful in helping us to identify and experience these exciting category of ‘lateral asanas. Level: Experienced Beginner, Intermediate Duration: 75 mins. […]
Increasing Mobility and Stability Challenge for the Ankles – Part2
This session is a progression from the previous two sessions. There is re-inforcement of actions done in the previous session, and introduction of higher levels of complexity or subtlety. It works on the ankle joint through a series of asanas. Blocks are used to challenge the balance and the stability at the ankles, and also […]
