Use of Chair in Asana Practice: Reinforcing the Standing Asanas
In this session, we use the chair not to make the standing asanas easier, but to increase their intensity. We use the chair to make it easier for us to work a little harder. Level: Experienced Beginner, Intermediate Duration: 80 mins. Props needed: Chair, bolster, blanket, blocks, access to a wall This recording is part […]
Learning the Use of Props in Standing Asanas
In this short beginners session, we bring together some of the prop-based adaptations we introduce to the beginner-level students. Notice that the focus is not on learning ‘prop-technique’. The focus is on developing our awareness: to assess how these prop-based adaptations improve our understanding, and our execution of asanas. No specialised props required. Duration: […]
Exploring Principles of Flexibility through Sama Konasana Preparation Part I
Sama konasana (full sideways splits) is one the popular icons of flexibility. The obvious focus of this session is to prepare for sama konasana, or to improve upavistha konasana. But the broader focus is to explore the concept of ‘improving flexibility’: the role of strengthening along with stretching, the importance of working on all the […]
Vasisthasana Part I: Preparing Shoulders and Arms
Use of props makes many asanas – especially intermediate and advanced level asanas – accessible to practitioners who might otherwise not be able to approach these asanas at all. They also make the therapeutic benefits of many of these asanas available to those who are most in need of them. However, in many cases, an […]
Levelling-up Sirsasana, Part II: Complementary Practice for Headstand with Lower Body Focus
The sessions in this Short Course present the most common sirsasana (headstand) mistakes, and strategies to correct them. The first two parts of the Short Course present preparatory actions/ asanas that must be consistently done for a robust sirsasana practice. This second part focuses on the lower limbs (although you will find that preparation for […]
The Bounty of Straight Legs
There is straight legs – and then there is ABSOLUTELY straight legs – and the difference between the two is astounding! Duration: 75 mins. Level: Intermediate Props needed: a couple of yoga blocks, 3-4 firm blankets or a bolster, at least one yoga strap, access to a wall. Plate weights are optional
