A Quiet Practice with Focus on Legs
Level: Experienced Beginner, Gentle Duration: 75 min Props needed: blocks, yoga belt, a sturdy chair, a couple of firm folded blankets
Experience of Breath in the Head and Face Areas
This is an audio/ video hybrid session. The first part is an active asana segment to stabilise the body, and the mind. In the second half of the session, we practice breath awareness with the head and the face region in focus. Level: Intermediate Duration: 60 min. Props needed: a sturdy chair, a strap, a […]
Using a Yoga Strap to Prepare for Forward Bends
There are literally more than a hundred muscles on the side of the spine. Gaining some awareness and control of these muscles goes a long way in ensuring overall health of the back, and also safety and comfort in more advanced asanas. In this session we access those para-spinal muscles by initiating with the […]
Active Practice on a Hot Day
A hot day can make us feel lethargic and dull. At the same time, physical activity can leave us feeling exhausted. This session gives some ideas about how to do an energising practice on a hot day – employing some strategies like use of supports, selecting asanas that open the pelvic area, resting the head, […]
Twisting Actions Leading to Forward Extensions
Forward extending asanas are not just bending forward. Instead, it is more useful to think of them as ‘forward extensions’. In this session we explore this extension action at the waist.
Forward Extensions: The Role of Hand Binds
Exploring forwards extensions with and without hand binds. Level: Intermediate Duration: 90 min Props needed: a belt, couple of blocks, firm folded blankets
Preparing Neck and Shoulders for Back Arches
This session involves simple actions done quite strongly, making them highly effective in maintaining pain and stress-free neck. Most of the work in done through strong arms and shoulders. We use this as a preparation for back arches where the neck can often end up being uncomfortable, and also test the involvement of the neck […]
Resilient Ankles: Balancing, Flexing, Extending
This session picks up from the previous session in this short course. It starts with exploring the role of ankles in standing balancing, weight bearing/ loading the ankles in both flexed and extended positions. The session ends with thorough resting of the calf area This session may be done as a stand-alone session, but it […]
Anatomical Information vs. Subjective Knowledge of Arms
Arms play a major role in inverted positions. This session goes into some anatomical explanations, and also some subjective experiences of the similarities between these joints, and explores and ready the arms through ‘extension’ action. Level: All levels Duration: 75 min. Props needed: 2 blocks This session is part of the Short Course#1 for Arms:Preparing […]
Breath Experience with Soft Groins
The last session in this Short Course, is an audio-video hybrid session. The first 20 mins of this session explains the asana positions that are then used for breath exploration in the subsequent 40 mins. The asana positions and the supports have been selected so that they either emphasize or encourage softening at the groins. […]
