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Beginner Yoga Videos:
...are a safe space for the beginner to discover the basics of yoga. Students will be guided through the breathwork and postures and are encouraged to balance challenge with self care.
These classes are also the perfect place for more advanced students to deepen their practice by slowing down and going inward which is often overlooked advantage of adding some variety to your practice!
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#0711 Posture Tutorial, Moderate/Advanced, 50 minute
Great way to advance your practice! In depth instruction in a wide variety of popular postures which will deepen your practice and enhance your enjoyment of any other class that involves these movements. This posture tutorial covers the following postures in depth and allows you to sink into them for longer holdings once you have the alignment: Balancing Table (strengthening the abdominals and learn to find your balance), Camel, Heel up Lunges (Balance plus Strength!), Extended Warrior, Half Moon (amazing graceful and opening Balancing Posture!), Lunges with Mermaid Arms, Deeper camel, Boat, Bow, Wheel (Opening the back in an invigorating and safe way!), back release Pose (learn how to safely unwind your lower back from deep backbends), Shoulderstand and Plow (learn the intricies of these seemingly simple poses so you can enjoy the full benefit of them. You will finish class with new understandings of how your specific body feels best in each posture and apply it easily to your ongoing yoga practice!! . . .
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#1034: Long and Gentle Breathwork and Meditation
A more gentle than invigorating Breathwork and Meditation video, this class will help you to get calm, centered and grounded. Great to do before bed or anytime you just want to come back to yourself and take things down a notch! The combination of these relaxing breathing exercises and deep meditation will have you calm and happy by class end! Don't let yourself stay in a stressed or tight state: let this class help you relax into the Real you! The real you is Beautiful! Enjoy and Namaste! . . .
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#1033: 1 Hour Yoga Retreat Class
Welcome to your 'Retreat at home' yoga class! When you just can't "get away" (but you Really need to) this class is for you! In this 1 hour video, you will be led through long, deep holdings of postures including Twists, Sun Breaths, and Chest Openers. You will be challenged with Waterwheels (a very effective abdominal exercise to elongate and tone your stomach muscles), and then be guided into Bridge and Cobra posture to stretch your abs after you have worked them. Hanging Rag Doll will encourage oxygenated blood to wash your upper body while you dangle deliciously, and with Breath of Joy, a very invigorating, exciting Breathwork exercise, you will wash away old stagnant energy and emerge refreshed with renewed excitement for life!To ensure that you build strength in your legs you will move into a flow sequence of Warrior Two, Extended Warrior, Reverse Warrior, into detailed openings in Triangle posture to round it all off. Hug your knees in for some deep delicious breaths and then relax into Savasana. A delicious retreat indeed! Namaste. . . .
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#1032 Deep and Gentle Yoga Class
This long but gentle yoga class will allow you an extended time to get into, and stay within, connection to yourself. You will breathe into your tired eyes and rejuvenate them with your breath, evoke "fox" energy and wrap your tail around yourself.. creating your own cocoon of warmth and comfort. Traditional postures you will enjoy in slow long holdings in this video are: Twists, Cobra, Boats, Bicycles (abdominal exercises)and straight leg abdominal exercises. Shoulder rolls will release your neck and cats and dog stretches will limber and free the spine. You will experiment with body tapping to wake up and move the energy in your body as well as positive visualizations of self-love and voicing a willingness to change. All in all, you will emerge with a happy and respectful connection to your body, breath and spirit! Enjoy, yogis! Namamste. . . .
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Getting Grounded with Yoga in 20 Minutes
Part of our responsibility to ourselves is to be able to create a structure in our lives that can hold us steady while we let the stress flow out of us! Your yoga practice is that structure that can facillitates the release of stress and increases the "feel good" hormones that are healthy and naturally uplifting to our mood. This 20 minute yoga practice will help you get grounded in the here and now.....Now! With this class you set your intention the moment you read the title of the class to when you emerge at class end: happy, warm, and stress-free. Namaste. . . .
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Intro to the Chakras series: The 7th Chakra - The Thousand Petaled Lotus
The 7th Chakra, Sahasrara, is located at the top of the head and is referred to as The Thousand Petaled Lotus. This is the place of thought, information and understanding. Connection to this chakra, when it is open and functioning properly, results in bliss and deep contentment. Meditation and breathwork exercises are wonderful ways to access and activate the 7th Chakra. You will emerge from this class deeply connected to yourself and knowing what it is to truly sit within yourself. The cooresponding verb to this chakra is "to know". Namamste! . . .
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Intro to the Chakras series: The 6th Chakra - Your Third Eye
The 6th Chakra, Ajna, is the place of insight and intuition. The gift of seeing inside and outside of ourselves is the essence of the 6th Chakra. In this class we will focus on our internal experience while we are moving and flowing our bodies in simple sequences and postures. We will mix breathwork and meditation with yoga postures to enhance your experience of truly connecting with yourself! Meditation while focusing deeply upon your 3rd eye (the space between the eyebrows and up about an inch) is a deeply peaceful and moving experience. You will emerge from class refreshed and connected with yourself in a quiet and focused way. Namaste. . . .
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#0723 Hatha Shoulder Opener, Beginner Yoga Class
Learn the basics and feel great while you do! This class unwinds the shoulders, introducing you to the muscles that should really be doing your postural work, while helping you learn to give your shoulders a break. It's possible that "we of the tight shoulders" feel an inordinate amount of responsibility in our lives and hold all of that stress in our upper bodies. If you are one of us, then this is the perfect time for you to let all of that out, to the benefit of your mind, body and spirit. Strengthen your body, learn new muscles heretofore unused, and leave class feeling softer and more relaxed in your neck, shoulders, and back. What a load released! Now you can really relax! Namaste!! . . .
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#0721 Core Intensive, All Levels Yoga Class, 49 minute
Work those abs, and the rest of you! This workout will get the whole of you working like none other can! This yoga class begins with a delicious centering where you will have time to let your mind calm and get in touch with your internal emotions before beginning to work your body. The body of the class is a mix of yoga breathwork exercises and abdominals to strengthen and tone the stomach and core. Then you will move into a powerful standing sequence of Goddesses, Warriors, Triangles, Twisted Triangles and more. Class winds down with Twists and Plow and Shoulderstand. Perfect not only for those interested in toning the stomach, but also for those wanting a great workout without it being too complicated. Full of real-time instruction, this Core Intensive can benefit all levels that want to experience a strong yoga class! . . .
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#0710 In Depth Posture Tutorial, All levels, 80 minute
Focusing on understanding the specfic alignment of postures that you are uncertain about is an awesome way to enhance your practice! This class offers in depth instruction in a wide variety of popular postures which will deepen your practice and enhance your enjoyment of any other class that involves these movements. This posture tutorial covers the following postures in depth and allows you to sink into them for longer holdings once you have a good grasp on the alignment: Knee Up Twists, Abdominals (learn how to Really do Alternate Elbow to Knee), Sun Salutations with specific Breath instruction (the key to linking Sun Salutations effortlessly and fluidly), Yoga Mudra Forward Fold, Warrior 1 and Warrior 2 (focusing on alignment and transitions between these often linked postures), Triangle and Twisted Triangle (Transitions and Alignment), Dolphin, and Shoulder-stand. You will finish class with new understandings of how your specific body feels best in each posture and apply it easily to your ongoing yoga practice! You are always growing in your practice!!! We recommend slower tempo music for this class. . . .
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#0708 Breathwork and Meditation, All Levels, 33 Minutes
Two Thirds awesome breathwork plus one third centering meditation equals totally uplifting relaxation. If you have been mystified by the unusual names and procedures for for the various breathwork used in yoga classes--this is perfect for you! You will learn Ugai Breathing, Kabalabati, Udiayana Bonda, Bellows Breath and Internal Kumbaka. You will link them together into satisfying breath sequences once you have mastered the form of each individually. Breathwork is incredibly powerful and at the same time calming. You will feel calm and centered and very ready to sink into the second half of this class--a guided meditation. You will emerge feeling peaceful, refreshed and invigorated. Delicious! . . .
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#0707 Uplifting and Playful Animal Class, All Levels, 35 minutes
Give this lighthearted class a try and bring out your wild side! A complete workout for your body and your facial muscles as they turn upward into a smile, this class was always a favorite at my studio! You will assume postures that have the name of an animal and at the same time embody the spirit of that animal as you let go of the strict definition of who you have defined yourself to be in this life. Lighthearted and fun, invigorating and friendly--this class is great for all levels and all ages. Initially I taught this class to children but found that it was a favorite amongst even the most serious adults! What a gift to your spirit! Namaste and Enjoy!!! . . .
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#0706 Hip Opening Dancing Lunges Class, All Levels, 20 minutes
Challenge your body and invigorate your spirit with Dancing Lunges! This class has a combination of long holdings and fluid flow. You will move through standing postures, into abdominals, and then play with gravity in Balancing Tree. You will open your hips and deepen your breath--feeling complete when you finish your practice. Namaste!! . . .
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#0703 Intense but Simple Sun Salutation Class, All Levels, 26 minutes
A class of pure Sun Salutations can be the perfect, complete practice unto itself! Unraveling the mysteries of Sun Salutations, this class brings you through each piece of this ancient flow step by step and then allows you to link the postures together into a more quickly moving flow as you go along. Each posture is explained and shown in full detail as you are instructed to inhale and exhale with each movement. We will cover Sun Breaths, Sun Salutations A and Sun Salutations B. It is invigorating and satisfying to master these classical movements! Enjoy your focus!! . . .
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#0702 Taoist/Vinyasa Flow Class, all levels, 38 minutes
A most satisfying experience, this Taoist/Vinyasa yoga class has sections of repeating sequences done slowly first to get you into the groove and then twice more at a faster pace with breath linking movement. You will get very warm doing these sequences as you move through Goddess and Warriors into yoga mudras, camels, and on through Down Dog into abdominal and balancing postures. This class is a complete workout and will get you breathing easily and deeply by the finish! Namaste and Enjoy!! . . .
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#0701 Fun Animal Class! Beginner/Moderate, 40 minutes
A shorter version of a favorite class at my studio! In this Animal class you will easily learn new and fun postures in a playful way as you move into a sequence that invokes qualities of various animals, real and imagined.This class is a complete workout, physically, spiritually, and emotionally, moving from breathwork exercises through abdominals into postures that heat up the whole body. Smile as you do a wonderful practice for your body and spirit. I initially created this class for children but found it to be a fun favorite with adults of all ages and skill levels too! . . .
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