Releasing Tight Groins Due to Walking/ Running/ Bicycling (Short Course; Level – Intermediate)
The only time you might have paid attention to your groin is when you might have got a groin strain or ‘pull’. M of us have never given a thought to our groins because we have got used to living with chronically ‘tight’ groins. Groin tightness is common across the spectrum – from those who […]
Experience of the 3 Kriyas in Asana and Pranayama
Doing asanas with a body-focus does activate specific nerve plexi (chakra regions) in the body. Level: Gentle Duration: 75 mins. Props needed: a sturdy chair, a few blankets/ bolster, a couple of blocks ( optional), access to a wall
Challenging Your Standing Position: Forward Extensions
In this session, we explore a small part of the latent potential in our legs and feet in the standing positions: that of standing forward extensions. Although this may be done as a stand-alone session, it fits in very well with a a few other sessions on forward extensions that were recorded in a series […]
Hip Connection to Back and to Legs Reinforced
This session explores external rotational movement, using a belt to coax the hips to the end range of its rotational movement. We often dont touch these ‘outer corners’ in our regular activities. In fact physical pursuits such as bicycling and various athletic activities might diminish them further. This not only makes the hips stiff, setting […]
Receiving Quietness and Support From the Wall: Abdominal Engagement
These set of sessions facing the wall have a calming effect on the nervous system. They are also preparation and orientation for the classical prone positions that are greatly beneficial for respiratory health. While not a menstrual practice, this session is supported, and relaxing. It is, therefore, also suitable to be done during normal menstruation. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Quiet Forward Extensions: Using Beds & Tables
This session seeks to give a glimpse of the quietening effect of forward extensions through the use of household objects as props. Most of this session is not just suitable, but will also bring relief to those with back weakness. Do a couple of shorter holds in case a longer hold in a position gets […]
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 […]
