When it comes to practicing yoga to regulate blood pressure, it’s not one size fits all. In this class, Dr. Baxter Bell teaches a gentle yoga practice for students with normal blood pressure, who may have a family history of hypertension as well as other risk factors, and who desire to lower the risk of … Continued
The best time to prevent high blood pressure is while your blood pressure is still normal. In this practice, Dr. Baxter Bell continues his series of practices for students at risk for developing high blood pressure.This class is for students who have been advancing in their yoga practice and have mastered much of the Part … Continued
This gentle yoga practice is for students who have a history of (or have recently been diagnosed with) high blood pressure, and whose condition has not yet been controlled with medications. Dr. Baxter Bell guides students through some basic yoga practices, with a strong emphasis on gentle moves and relaxing postures.
One of the keys to healthy aging is to retain core integrity and balance to keep us effortlessly mobile even as we get older and prevent falls and fractures. In this practice, Baxter introduces the first steps to increase core strength in a balanced way to preserve the integrity of the core. We start with … Continued
Sometimes when we start yoga, it may be for simple reasons like stretching our shoulders or loosening the neck. Sometimes we come to yoga for spiritual deepening. But yoga is really about connecting with ourselves in an earthy, honest way. In this playful class, we focus on the feet to ground more deeply and reconnect … Continued
In this class Cyndi explores Sun Salutations, or Surya Namaskar, one of the most ubiquituous sequences in yoga. Sun Saluations confer numerous benefits. By combining movement and conscious breathing, Sun Salutations warm up the entire system from the inside out, increasing the coordination between body and breath and deepening the breath.
Increasing balance is important on many levels. In addition to increasing physical balance, it’s important to maintain balance in how we live by balancing effort and ease. In yoga, we look at balance in every way–both in terms of inner experience and in terms of our connection to the outer world. Balance practice is a … Continued
In this class, Cyndi explores the benefits of twists. Twists loosen up the muscles around the spine and neck and can be useful to relieve stiffness from too much sitting. They also have a detoxifying effect, because they help increase blood flow to the body. In addition, in a deeper sense, twisting is about untying … Continued
This practice focuses on bringing attention to the parts of the body responsible for connecting us to the ground: feet, legs and pelvis. As you ground, stabilize and enable greater circulation to flow through these regions, you will lay the foundation for not just improved posture, but greater grounding and stability in life.
To be a Warrior means to be authentic in everything we do in life. The Peaceful Warrior practice helps us to connect to the light inside us and be able to shine that light into every action, and every relationship with every word we say. This practice offers a gentle flow, focusing on forward bends … Continued
To be a Warrior means to be authentic in everything we do in life. The Warrior of the Heart practice helps us to balance our ability to give and receive love, in turn affecting our relationships with other human beings and with ourselves. This is a gentle flow focusing on opening the chest cavity and … Continued
To be a warrior means to be authentic in everything we do in life. The Warrior of Small Things practice helps us to be in the center of our lives and to be able to see the extraordinary in the ordinary. It is a gentle flow focusing on the right alignment of the postures and … Continued