Advance Your Vinyasa Yoga Practice
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- Meditation + mantra.
Why You Want to Join this Daily Email Series:
Preparing for the peak pose decreases the chance of injury and strain, and teaches your body how to get into the peak pose through muscle memory since muscles perform better through repetition.
Repetition is how we learn, and the purpose of the practice is to create sustainable rituals that ground the body and mind.
In this yoga series, you’ll find peak pose practices featuring:
The collections in this playlist are accredited by Yoga Alliance and count toward CE (Continuing Education) credited hours.
More About: Turtle Pose
This collection is accredited by Yoga Alliance and counts toward 6.0 CE (Continuing Education) credited hours.
Build the strength and open your body for Turtle Pose in this 7-Day Progressive Series!
This 7-Day Series features 1-2 classes per day to prepare you for Turtle Pose (Kurmasana). You’ll move through vinyasa, yin/restorative, mantra, and meditation courses throughout the 7-day progressive series. The goal is to complete the series feeling stronger, balanced, and empowered to practice peak yoga postures. Each day there is a different focus, so you don’t burn out or overstrain the muscles necessary to advance to the peak yoga pose.
Turtle Pose, aka Kurmasana, is an advanced yoga posture that requires flexibility in the inner thighs, hamstrings, back body, shoulders, and neck. This pose symbolizes connecting to one’s inner self with a deep forward fold by placing the hands under the thighs and the forehead on the ground with the legs spread wide.
ABOUT THE POSE
Body Parts Targeted: hips, back body, shoulders.
Level: advanced
Props for Turtle Pose: blocks for under the forehead.
Benefits: Lengthens and releases the muscles on the back body, specifically, the lower back. An elongated spine encourages better blood circulation and strengthens the respiratory system as the diaphragm presses towards the ground.
Who Should Do It: Those seeking to express the back body and connect to a more grounded state of being.
Who Should Not Do It: Pregnant yogis, those with severe sciatic or injury at the lower back and hips should avoid this pose.
More About: Revolved Half Moon Pose
This collection is accredited by Yoga Alliance and counts toward 7.0 CE (Continuing Education) credited hours.
Build the strength and open your body for Revolved Half Moon (Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana) in this 7-Day Progressive Series!
This 7-Day Series features 1-2 classes per day to prepare you for Revolved Half Moon (Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana). You’ll move through vinyasa, yin/restorative, mantra, and meditation courses throughout the 7-day progressive series. The goal is to complete the series feeling stronger, balanced, and empowered to practice peak yoga postures. Each day there is a different focus, so you don’t burn out or overstrain the muscles necessary to advance to the peak yoga pose.
Revolved Half Moon is an advanced yoga posture that requires strength in the legs, core, and back body. A deep twist stimulates the abdomen and massages the inner organs to release toxins. This pose opens the shoulders, chest, and upper back.
ABOUT THE POSE
Body Parts Targeted: ankles, legs, core, upper back.
Level: advanced
Props for Revolved Half Moon: blocks for under the hand on the ground.
Benefits: Improves balance, builds strength in the core, back, and legs, and expresses the chest and spine.
Who Should Do It: Those seeking to build tapas (discipline) in body and mind.
Who Should Not Do It: Pregnant yogis. Do not turn the head if issues at the neck; avoid deep twists if abdominal issues.
More About: Wheel Pose
This collection is accredited by Yoga Alliance and counts toward 7.5 CE (Continuing Education) credited hours.
Build the strength and open your body for Wheel Pose in this 7-Day Progressive Series!
This 7-Day Series features 1-2 classes per day to prepare you for full wheel pose. You’ll move through vinyasa, yin/restorative, mantra, and meditation courses throughout the 7-day progressive series. The goal is to complete the series feeling stronger, balanced, and empowered to practice peak yoga postures. There is a different focus each day, so you don’t burn out or overstrain the muscles necessary to advance to the peak yoga pose.
Wheel Pose, aka Urdhva Dhanurasana, is an advanced yoga posture that requires flexibility in the spin. An open chest (pectorals), hip flexors (psoas) and thighs (quads) will assist this pose. A strong core and inner thighs will create stability in the low spine to come into this posture.
Deep backends such as wheel stimulate the adrenals and release adrenaline in the body. Backbends are great to spark energy and enthusiasm.
ABOUT THE POSE
Body Parts Targeted: abdomen, back, chest, front of the pelvis.
Level: intermediate/advanced
Props for Wheel Pose: blocks for under the hands or feet.
Benefits: Opens and releases the front of the chest and shoulders. Stimulates adrenal glands, Elongates the throat. Strengthens and stresses the core muscles, back muscles, and inner thigh muscles.
Who Should Do It: Those seeking to express the front body and open the chest/shoulders, and those who want a
Who Should Not Do It: Those who suffer pain in the low back or mid-back and those with shoulder or wrist injury/sensitivity.
More About: Handstand Pose
This collection is accredited by Yoga Alliance and counts toward 7.5 CE (Continuing Education) credited hours.
Build the strength and open your body for Handstand (Adho Mukha Vrksasana) in this 7-Day Progressive Series!
This 7-Day Series features 1-2 classes per day to prepare you for Revolved Half Moon (Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana). You’ll move through vinyasa, yin/restorative, mantra, and meditation courses throughout the 7-day progressive series. The goal is to complete the series feeling stronger, balanced, and empowered to practice peak yoga postures. There is a different focus each day, so you don’t burn out or overstrain the muscles necessary to advance to the peak yoga pose.
Handstand is an advanced yoga posture that requires strength in the upper torso and the core muscles to balance upside down. The toes reach the sky, and the hands anchor into the earth; a Drishti (focused gaze) will help stabilize and maintain the pose.
ABOUT THE POSE
Body Parts Targeted: hands, arms, shoulders, chest, and core.
Level: advanced
Props for Handstand: none.
Benefits: Improves balance, strengthens the arms and shoulders, engages the core, enhances focus and concentration, reverses blood supply which helps with purification, and relaxes the nervous system.
Who Should Do It: Those seeking challenge and who want to build mental and physical strength.
Who Should Not Do It: Those who are uncomfortable with inversions, with wrist/arm injuries, or those who have high blood pressure.
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