Conditioning Hips for Healthy Ankles
The first segment of this session works on the hips. Level: Experienced Beginner, Intermediate Duration: 60min Props needed: a couple of blocks, a sturdy chair, access to a wall This session may be done as a stand-alone session, but it is also part of the following Short Courses: Stability and Mobility of the Feet: Toes, […]
Increasing Mobility and Stability Challenge for the Ankles – Part1
This session is a progression from the previous session. It works on the ankle joint through a series of standing asanas. Blocks are used to challenge the balance and the stability at the ankles, and also to increase the range of movements. Level: Experienced Beginner, Intermediate Duration: 60min Props needed: a couple of blocks, a […]
Healing and Strengthening Knees through Asana Practice: Experience Sharing (FREE Resource)
Class/ experience sharing, with a student who has generously agreed to share her experiences in working with injured knees, and benefitting from her asana practice. Speaking about her journey out of pain, with practical demonstration about what is helping her knee to recover. An inspiration to anyone who is feeling dejected on account of an […]
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 […]
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 […]
Shoulder Medley (Short Course; All Levels)
We recorded the ‘Shoulder Medley’ Series in response to requests for shorter duration sessions, that quickly ease shoulder discomfort – especially from long hours of sitting. The sessions in this Series are based on asana-inspired shoulder/ shoulder blade/ upper back actions. Taken together, they cover the entire gamut of shoulder actions and positions. Each session […]
Strength & Mobility in an often-ignored Shoulder Position (FREE Resource)
The ‘rotator cuffs’ are involved in the more complex shoulder actions that come up in various asanas: especiall back arches and inversins. Rotator cuffs are a group of 4 muscles (and their tendons) that stabilise the shoulder joint, and also fine-tune many of the movements at the shoulder joint. Because of the nature of the […]
