Improving Ankle Resiliency with Supports
The first segment of this session works on exercises to free up the joints – with a focus on the hips. The second segment focusses on the ankle joint through a series of standing balancing and supine asanas. Level: All Levels Duration: 70min Props needed: a sturdy chair, a couple of blocks, a yoga strap […]
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 […]
Knee Health: Simple Adjustments to in Asana Practice to Improve Knee Health
Simple ways to align the knees, and using asanas to strengthen knees while preventing knee pain. This can be done as as stand-alone session, but we recommend following it up with the session Knee Health: Further Diagnostics, and Ways to Improve Knee Health through Asanas. Duration: 75min Level: Beginner, Experienced Beginner Props needed: a […]
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. […]
Back Arches: How to Warm-up, Cool Down, and Use Supports
Back arches are not just an important category in asanas, they are an invaluable part of our movement vocabulary for a healthy life. However, bending backwards is something that many of us have lost touch with in our adult lives. This session starts with a preparatory phase to prepare the arms, legs, and the back, […]
Soft and Supported Preparation for Squatting
Introduces supports/ props to keep the groins soft and supported – building up from the unsupported actions of the previous sessions. We prepare for malasana. Introduces supports/ props to access the groins – building up from the unsupported actions of the previous sessions. Level: Experienced Beginners, Intermediate, Gentle Duration: 90min. Props needed: yoga strap, a […]
Beyond Squatting to Arm Balances and Inversions
This session goes beyond malasana (the squatting position), to integrating the ‘softness’ of the groins into arm balances and basic inversions (including a deliciously quiet supported sarvangasana with chair) Level: Intermediate Duration: 90min Props needed: 2 blocks, yoga strap, access to a wall, this session uses 3 chairs/ a combination of chairs and low tables […]
Knee Health: Simple Strategies for Stronger Knees Using Yoga Asana Practice
Simple pracitce of standing asanas for healthier knees
Arm Balancing Short Course (Weekend Intensive; Level: Experienced Beginners, Intermediate)
Two long sessions building up to arm balancings, from basic to intermediate. Day1- Preparing through foundational asanas Day2: Arm balance followed by breath work
