Forward Bending: Free the Back Body

Release the back body and find greater ease in this gentle class designed to lengthen the hamstrings, side-waist, and lower back. Utilizing many gentle forward bends, this class will help facilitate the parasympathetic response – the wonderful “rest and digest” functioning in the nervous system, leaving you feeling refreshed, rested, and ready for your day … Continued

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Strengthen and Stretch: Parvritta Janu Sirsasana

Wake up the lower body in this Vinyasa-style class designed to strengthen and stretch the lower body. Develop length in the hamstrings and inner thighs while strengthening the hips, thighs, and buttocks. The class is expertly sequenced to prepare your spine, core, hamstrings, and hips for the deep lengthening yoga poses that end the practice. … Continued

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Fundamentals of Forward Bends

Dive into the foundations of forward bending yoga poses with master yoga teacher Natasha Rizopoulos. This practice will take you through a carefully-crafted sequence of yoga poses, designed to progressively and mindfully release the back body, allowing you to truly enjoy the benefits of these calming poses.

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Finding Quiet

Forward bends are some of the most deeply nourishing and quieting poses, but they are also some of the most advanced poses because of the flexion they engage the lower back in. In this class, join Judith and Lizzie for a deep, restorative session with forward bends that will give you deep quiet and peace … Continued

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Poses We Love – Half Bound Lotus Forward Fold

Half Bound Lotus Forward Fold (Ardha Baddha Padmottonasana) can be challenging if the hips are tight, so hip-opening exercises should be included in warm-ups. Modifications are designed to take pressure off of the knee by giving more space to the pose, letting the ankle drop lower than the hip crease, and lessening the forward bend … Continued

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Anti-Anxiety Medicine

Balance out the overstimulation of the outside world with this practice designed to mitigate anxiety and stress. Centered around the calming energy of forward folds, Katie’s sequence will allow you to tap into your parasympathetic nervous system, thus entering into the rest and digest state of being. Coupled with an emphasis on lengthening the exhalations, … Continued

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Asana as Meditation: Balancing Effort and Ease

This practice is about the experience of postures as meditation. The Yoga Sutras tell us that the practice of asana, or postures, is about finding a steady and comfortable position through which we can connect with the infinite space of joy within and become free from duality. Postures become a meditation when our focus goes … Continued

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