This collection of classes is here for my friends who want to get MOVIN’! Vinyasa is a style of yoga that prioritizes moving at a fast pace, while also keeping the movements connected to the breath. Some of these classes are more for beginners, and others are more advanced as you will read in the class titles and descriptions. As always, take breaks as you need to, and have fun!
Since summertime is such a busy time of year, I’ve been enjoying the opportunity to make these condensed yet complete practices for you all. Join me for 15 minutes of fast-paced, playful yoga flowing where we work towards a few fun forearm supported postures. Definitely a level 2/3 practice.
This week I am bringing back a style of practice that we used to do more of on the membership, which is a quick and dirty practice for busy days. This practice is just under 20 minutes, but it really does not compromise on quality. This class is most levels friendly, just a bit quick in pace. The little bit of heat we do generate is all in service of stretching ouuuuut the spine and hamstrings in deep folds and twists, but the whole body does get touched upon as always in Vinyasa style practice. A block or two could be useful for class, especially as we work towards Triangle pose variations.
This class is super efficient as we pulse through a set of power-yoga inspired movement patterns. It’s kinda like a HIIT, but not as intense as a traditional HIIT, so maybe more like medium intensity? All levels friendly, listen to your body and take breaks, add on, or take away as you need to. We get full body engagement in under 20 minutes. Class includes a short warmup and cool down.
I’ve got another efficient and juicy, strong practice for you with this one! Great for when you’re short on time but still want a full feeling vinyasa practice. We focus mainly on twisting, but the whole body gets some love (and some work!) in this one. I’d call it level 2-3 as we move very quickly without a lot of alignment guidance.
This class is definitely something different than usual. This was a self-practice I recorded about a year ago, and I never intended to make a class out of it. But I realized, this could be a fun opportunity for my more “advanced” asana students to play! This is a short but very strong practice where we get to explore inversions, arm balances, deep flexibility, and backbends within a kind of weird and intuitive flow. I really do not cue much in the way of teaching you how to do these strong poses - but I have tons of other classes and pose tutorials for that! Since it is from a self-practice, you know... maybe it's not as polished as a typical class. Maybe I forgot to take the bind on one side of the lunge. But dang, it is a FUN class if you like getting upside down, playing on your hands, and bending backwards. If you wanna wiggle with me in all the ways, join me for this quick and dirty class. The only prop you’ll need is a wall.
Dynamic hip opening really just means hip opening in motion. Typically when we think of opening the hips, we think of postures in stillness such as pigeon pose. But have you ever tried to open your hips within standing poses and in motion? Sometimes moving the body in new ways is *just* what it needs to create more space. Join me for just under 30 minutes of quick paced, creative, most-levels friendly hip opening yoga!
Following the full moon in Aries we just had, it felt all too right to stoke the fire within. Join me for just under half an hour of efficient, mixed levels vinyasa where we build some heat, strengthen and stretch most major areas of the body (but with a special emphasis on the legs).
This is an (almost) 30-minute vinyasa practice to help you wake up and feel energized for the coming day. We start out gently and mindfully, but pretty quickly we move in to a fiery, faster paced flow. We hit most areas of the body in both length and strength, and there is definitely a bit of a cardio element. Accessible to all levels with modifications, but I’d call it an intermediate flow. I felt amazing when I finished this practice and hope you do too!
Having one of those days that you woke up way before your alarm, and just can't get back to sleep? Rather than continuing to toss and turn, maybe you'd like to hop out of bed and wake your body up with the sun. Sometimes it can feel a lot better to just greet the early morning rather than resist it! Join me for this practice designed for such days. Some moments are soft and gentle, others are strong and juicy. The whole body gets a chance to stretch itself open in this efficient practice of asana, pranayama, and a brief seated meditation. I would call this intermediate, as I don't cue alignment for all poses, I don't offer as many modifications, and some transitions are bit quick. The poses themselves are relatively all levels friendly.
Props: 2 blocks, 1 strap, maybe a cushion.
Like the title suggests, this is a fast and efficient practice. We dive right in to expansion in the spine, chest, and shoulders in a heat-generating, creative vinyasa practice. While it is most levels friendly, the fast pace and strong postures might edge towards intermediate. Remember you can always prop up or take rest. I didn't cue this in class, but you could always use a strap around the ankle to grab the foot in that bound half moon. If you need more of a guided cool down, you can always add on one of my short stretching or meditation videos.
This class is definitely geared towards more advanced practitioners as we move quickly with the breath through lots of arm balances, core work, and full body vigor. I don’t break down much alignment here as this practice is really to help a get out of our head and into our breathing body. Great for flushing anxiety or pent up energy. We do close with some nice stretches and a Savasana as well as a mantra.
Welcome to Fluid Strength: a slow flow practice designed to help you access strength in a fluid way within your body and spirit! This is an all levels practice, somewhat of a full body maintenance flow in terms of strengthening and accessing mobility throughout the system. You could certainly modify the moves up if you’re more advanced, as well as take my offerings to lower the knees or modify down as you need.
This is a strong but all-levels yoga practice where we physically focus on standing postures and heart openers, and we also contemplate the role of truth within love.
This is one of my favorite flow sequences I have been playing with in my own practice, so I thought I'd make it into a class for my Vinyasa lovers! I call this class most levels friendly, with the understanding that Vinyasa is, by nature, at moments a bit quick in pace. If you are brand new to yoga, this might be one you come to after doing a few other level 1 Vinyasa classes first. As always, modify up or down as you see fit. We do explore challenging poses and unique transitions, but no arm balancing. The whole body gets a yummy rinse, we generate some heat, and we prioritze finding a playful, sweet, expansive Springtime energy within. We close with a lovely restorative pose for Savasana, featuring Dante! I hope you have as much fun with this one as I did.
Join me for just under 40 minutes of movement to get out of your head and into your body. The whole body gets some attention, but this flow is extra focused on lower body strength and flexibility as we work towards some beloved standing balance postures. All levels friendly - but vinyasa by nature is faster in pace. You’ll need a strap for practice. Blocks and a knee pad are optional.
In this condensed vinyasa flow, we move at a fairly quick pace so we can hit a lot different variations of hip opening and twisting poses so we can find a deep, juicy rinse. It’s an active practice, so we get the heart rate up a bit, generate some strength, and some deep flexibility too. I emphasize that going deep in a pose does not mean the pose necessarily looks any certain way - but that it’s all about deeply feeling. All levels, except if you’re brand new to yoga maybe. Lots of opportunities to scale it back or take it up a notch.
This one is for all my fierce strength-seekers to kick off the new year in a powerful way. I’d call it an intermediate level practice because it’s super strong and fast paced, but we get our blood pumping without any inversions. This was a super fun sequence to plan and embody, join me in starting this new cycle off in ecstatic, sweaty, full-body playtime!
Another 40 min hip opening flow, but this one is more in the range of intermediate-advanced as we move pretty quickly in to various forms of Padmasana, also known as Lotus Pose! We squeeze in seated, standing balance, inverted, and arm balanced versions of this asana within energetic flows as well as moments of stillness.
Today’s practice is spent almost entirely at the wall! While this class is all levels friendly, it’s got a bit of a quick pace as it is a vinyasa. If you are experienced in vinyasa flow, you can always add on and embellish however you like. This practice is great for helping us get strong enough to do all the planks and chaturangas in traditional floor vinyasa with a little less pressure on the arms / shoulders. Most of the body gets some love, with extra emphasis on leg work and side body opening . Savasana included with legs up the wall.
Happy Winter Solstice! This is an all levels flow class where we move at a fairly steady pace. I offer modifications for my more beginner friends, as well as opportunities to deepen for those who crave it. Generally speaking though, most of this practice is simple and accessible postures. How can our practice be enough as it is? Through the flow and at the end especially, I propose a reflection point for you to contemplate in meditation or journal about. As one season is ending and another is beginning, this is a wonderful time to reflect.
In this class we physically focus on an all-levels approach towards a beautiful seated pose called Surya Yantrasana, better known as Sun Dial or Compass pose! We use props and accessible movements to prime the body for this big opener. We also contemplate how challenges can provide deep meaning in both our yoga practice and our life. Moderately strong, stretchy, active practice.
This is a juuuuuicy mixed levels practice, but some of the transitions may edge toward intermediate only because we move pretty fluidly between shapes without a ton of alignment cues. We spend class feeding the soul through big breathing and yummy stretches for the side body, legs, hips, and heart space. Emphasis on smoothing out the transitions between postures. This class left my whole body and spirit feeling amazing. Apologies for the construction sounds in the background throughout the middle of class, I edited out all that I was able to, so maybe you want to pop on a playlist of mine while you practice this one.
This week I am bringing you another mixed levels practice where we focus on belly down backbends and hip opening. We do have a few moments that aren't "belly down", but the priority to stay close to the earth while finding sustainable strength and length in the back stays true. Practice starts more gently but we do build up to strong back chain activation, and we eventually work up to a big mermaid variation of pigeon that really emphasizes the natural relationship between hips and heart. As always, scale up or down as you need!
As the title mentions, this is a mixed levels class. Mixed levels means that there are opportunities for both more and less experienced practitioners. We moderately strengthen and open most of the body as we contemplate the role of inspiration in our practice, and I try to leave more space than usual for you to focus on your own intentions, breath, and practice.
This is a slow flow where we take our time moving through various reclined, standing, and seated postures to open up the highways of the hamstrings, the belly of the thighs, and the whole of the hips. Working on this area of the body can help us in many ways, including releasing lower back congestion. The practice is all levels friendly, with opportunities to explore deep flexibility through middle splits and straddle fold.
It can be so easy to get too serious in our yoga practices, and to take ourselves too seriously within them. This practice is focused around finding the joy and the play in your practice as a source of inspiration to keep showing up! We move pretty quickly through some flows that include standing poses, standing balance, backbends, arm balancing, and full body activation. I’d call this an intermediate sequence. Savasana included at the end. Enjoy!
This class is all about remembering to find the PLAY in our practice - even when our practice presents limitations. This is an all levels practice where we create a slow burn with fun transitions between standing balance, core connection, half binds, and we close with some ooey gooey yummy hip stretches. Another mostly hands free flow, great for when nursing injuries in the upper body, or any time you want to find flight, leg strength, and hip opening!
This is a class that feels particularly special to me. Join me for this elemental meditation and a yummy, playfully heat generating, hands-free practice - outside! This is a great class for when you want a full body connection, but are trying to not bare weight on the hands. With emphasis on lower body strengthening, big opening and creative transitions, I’d call this a level 2 practice. Enjoy with the calming background noise of bird songs and rain drops.
This class is a strong, playful practice where we definitely get our cardio up a bit. Join me for 45 minutes of sweaty, liberating Vinyasa yoga and strong drill work towards handstand! Handstand can sound intimidating for many, but it really is something that you can start working on, right where you are. I would consider this class intermediate not because of the handstands actually - but more because the Vinyasa portion of practice is quite fast paced and it would be helpful to be somewhat familiar with yoga basics first. Personally, I had to take months off of my handstand practice, so if you take this class you can join me in honestly re-learning this shape, or learning it for the first time. This is the first of multiple handstand-related classes to come.
I know a lot of us are spending more time outdoors walking, hiking, cycling, and generally just spending more time on our feet. This can result in tight hamstrings and a bit of a crunchy spine, so I wanted to make a class to counter this feeling a bit. Join me for 45 minutes of full release and expansion through the spine, the hamstrings, and the IT band/outer hip in the way of twisting postures. Definitely a juicy and all levels friendly practice, with a focus on propped modifications for my level 1 friends. You might want a strap, two yoga blocks, and a cushion or blanket for class.
This class is great for transitioning out of your busy day and into your relaxing evening. The physical nature of the class isn't quite super vigorous, but it is also not totally restorative. I'd call it a lush slow-flow where we activate the muscles a bit to generate some heat, all in service of finding more length through the body. Grab some candles or turn on some cozy lights and join me for 45 minutes of lovely vinyasa. All levels friendly.
Here's a nice full Vinyasa flow where we physically focus on opening up through two commonly tight areas of the body, the hips and the heart. We contemplate opening ourselves up to the changes occurring in life, and how to bring changes we need in. Most of the practice is all levels friendly, with a few opportunities to deepen for intermediate practitioners.
In today’s vinyasa, we play with standing balance poses that help us strengthen and lengthen our hammies, quads, hips and glutes. We also sneak in some twists and heart opening to make this a full body practice. Most levels friendly, but we do some strong leg poses for sure!
This class is a slow flow, but don’t let that name fool you as slow does not always mean easy! We move more slowly so we can fully receive the benefits of each shape and transition. We mindfully work towards an arm balance called Bhujapidasana, which is a posture that has greatly helped me heal my hamstrings. If arm balances aren’t your thing, there’s plenty of other excellent full body strengthening and lengthening throughout the class and lots of stops along the way for all levels.
This is an all levels practice, with opportunities for more experienced practitioners to explore big shapes, as well as modifications all along the way. Thematically, the focus is taking up space as an act of embracing yourself as whole, full, and enough. Physically, about 3/4 of the practice is more fiery and strong, but we end with some delicious hip/leg stretches. Mantra in the beginning, guided Savasana at the end. A soulful, sweaty, sweet, and playful practice to anchor you back home in yourself.
In this 48 minute advanced practice, we contemplate the symbolism of the firefly as we build towards a big arm balance posture called Tittibhasana (which, yes, translates to firefly!). It’s a fast, strong, and super fun practice. Full body work: arm balance, standing balance, inversions, flexibility, core, all the goodies! We start with a mini Pranayama session and I leave you at the end to enjoy Savasana on your own. This class was a real pleasure, and is a little gift for one of our strong members, Kia, as she just had her birthday!
While the image of this class is a headstand, know that you really do not need to be able to do a headstand to take this class! This is a strong vinyasa flow - upper intermediate leaning towards advanced, and kind of feels more like power vinyasa than straight up vinyasa. This is from my own personal practice, with a voiceover added on top. We move very quickly in and out of strong standing, standing balance, arm balances, inversions, side planks, backbends... you name it, we go there, as we work our way towards a big standing balance pose called Bird of Paradise. Always listen to your body, take breaks, and maybe you will want to take this class a few times for it to feel more fluid.
This is a special Vinyasa to welcome in the new year with an open heart towards all that is possible. I intended it to be most levels friendly, but I think it is more like a level 2/intermediate practice. You can expect relatively quick-paced, creative flowing full of strength and stretch to prepare the body for juicy backbends. I left this practice feeling amazing and energized, and I hope you do, too.
Join me for a lovely, activating, expansive vinyasa yoga class where we contemplate the magic springtime has to help us blossom open after a sleepy winter. This is an all levels friendly class where the full body gets opened up, good for beginners and advanced practitioners alike. I love teaching from the place of living in nature’s rhythms, and I hope you enjoy practicing from this place too.
In this almost hour long vinyasa flow class, we move slower in some moments and a bit quicker in others. Physically we focus on lengthening the side body, the hamstrings, and the spine while finding supportive contraction in the core. It’s an active practice, but very all levels friendly as we use blocks to support us along the way. We also contemplate some of the awkwardness that can come up in practice.
*Note: There is construction going on in my neighborhood this week, so you might want to pop on some music to drown out the background noise. Despite the noise, I found this practice to be lovely in the body and mind.
In just under an hour, we take our time physically and mentally contemplating what it means to be in our center, to be grounded within the core of our being. We investigate this through simple yet strong standing postures, fun balancing poses, and some heat-building vinyasas. We keep it balanced with lots hip and hamstring opening stretches, so you leave practice feeling both strong and stretched out. All levels friendly practice with propped modifications offered.
Mobility is the space where supportive strength meets flexible expansion. Join me for almost an hour of creative vinyasa practice where we explore active flexibility in motion, aimed to leave you feeling strong and long through most major areas of the body. You’ll get especially open through the hips in this fluid flow!
Another strong, powerful, playful, advanced yoga session for y’all today. Contemplation around one of my favorite teachings from the Bhagavad Gita. Expect to get strong, sweaty, and stretchy in this 50 min flow. The video quality is a little fuzzy, but it felt worth keeping because the sequence felt so goood.
This is a class that could be for most levels, but there are quite a few strong offerings so it is edging towards intermediate in terms of the flow. I do offer modifications and options for all levels though! We start out with a good long sitting/breathing practice, then we slowly get moving into a fun, energetic, and at moments nourishing full body flow. The contemplation of class is all about the elements and our interconnectedness. Expect to sweat, strengthen, stretch, and open most areas of the body!
This is a class that is suitable for all levels, with many opportunities to modify up or down as you need. Remember: A class can still be good for you even if you cannot do every pose or need to take breaks! We open with some intention setting around hope, and weave a LOT of biiiiig exhales throughout the movements to help flush stagnant energy in the body. Some special attention is on standing balance and heart opening, but we really do open and strengthen the whole system with some standing postures, hip opening, and even an opportunity to invert. Some slower moments are balanced with some faster transitions to satisfy all the body’s needs to clear out old energy.
In this (almost) hour long yoga class, we do a lot of lower body strengthening in the way of standing balance postures. In my own personal practice, I have also found standing postures are some of the best ways to strengthen the core in a practical sense. We also contemplate Ahimsa, the Yama of non-violence in this class.
Today’s practice is a full-spectrum flow where we lengthen and strengthen the whole body, and a special emphasis is placed on getting the tension out of our spine to assist with better posture. I know many of us have spent so much of the pandemic hunched over computers and phones, let’s take this almost hour-long practice to correct some of the crunchy effects of pandemic life! Class is all levels friendly, with modifications for both newer and more seasoned practitioners.
This class felt super lovely to shoot in body and mind. We take the time to establish a rhythm of breath and movement as a vehicle towards greater focus. We acknowledge that in our focused efforts, we can find joy and play within the work. Physically this is an energetic, creative vinyasa where we open and strengthen most of the body with special emphasis on pelvis and shoulder opening. All levels friendly, although the pace does get a bit quick. You may want a blanket, a block and a strap for this class.
This is a vinyasa flow designed to help you get your energy moving and your juices flowing, while also taking moments to ground in and connect to self. We physically work with forward folding, twisting, and standing balance to invigorate and get out of our own way for deeper connection. Super yummy on the hamstrings, and we definitely build a little heat. I’d consider it a level 2 / mixed levels practice. Enjoy!
This is a really fun, strong, bendy, and fluid vinyasa yoga flow. Suitable for my intermediate friends as we work up some heat and move pretty organically between shapes. The first half of class is a full-body exploration, but the second half turns into an expansive backbending practice. Join me in embodying the magic of water and fire!
The first few words got cut out of this video during the upload, but luckily you don’t miss anything important so the class could be kept! Just might be a little bit abrupt at the beginning. This is a very strong, intermediate-advanced power yoga practice. We pack in a lot of strong shapes like side plank, handstand, forearm stand, crow, and full splits: but still with a slow and steady consciousness of the pace of the flow. Expect to sweat!
About a full hour of fast paced, creative, and playful vinyasa flow. I’d consider it an advanced practice. We work towards big shapes like Surya Yantrasana and Ashtavakrasana.
This class is a fluid blend of strength and stretch. We build up a flowy vinyasa sequence where we prioritize finding rhythm in the breath. I’d consider it an all levels class especially in the first half. The second half of class builds up towards some intermediate opportunities in pose expressions. As always, listen to your body and modify as you need. I found this sequence to be really dynamic, fun, and exploratory for the whole body and spirit. I hope you enjoy as much as I did!
I have been receiving a lot of requests for hip opening and low body flexibility lately, so this class is devoted to that! We will be visiting Pigeon in as many variations as we can squeeze within an hour. You can expect a balance of hard work and delicious nourishment as we contemplate the theme of balance not just on our mat, but also in our lives. It’s a bit fast faced in moments, I’d probably call it all levels with an intermediate edge. There are plenty of opportunities to modify up towards deeper flexibility, or down for a more mellow approach. A full 5 minutes of silent Savasana at the end for you.
In this hour long Vinyasa flow, we embody the strong, stable, and freeing energy of Garuda: the Eagle. We do a bit of mudra, conscious breathing, loooots of creative Eagle leg & arm variations, inversions (handstand and headstand), arm balances, standing balance, twisting, and conclude with a mini 1 min savasana at the end. Definitely a stronger and faster paced practice, probably closer to advanced, but can easily be modified to meet a more intermediate practitioner. I’d say probably not a class for true beginners. Save for your days with high energy and for when you are ready to playfully sweat it out!
This is honestly one of the most fun and playful classes I’ve taught in a while, and it left me in a state of total bliss and gratitude. We get moving pretty quickly and rigorously through strong standing poses, lots of forearm and core strengthening, and even some inversion practice. We close with a Savasana as well. I would call this class intermediate-advanced because of the fast pace, strong moves, and less instruction on alignment of basic forms. Some of the combinations are a nice challenge for the mind as well as the body. As always, modify to meet your needs and have fun!
This one is made for my strong practitioners, and is definitely not an all levels practice! I’d call it intermediate-advanced as we move pretty fluidly through strong shapes like standing poses, side planks, big heart openers, and a couple inversion opportunities. Focus is on heart opening, but the whole body gets opened and strengthened in preparation for these backbending shapes. Enjoy this mandala flow!
This class was SO much fun to film! I would not recommend for my level 1 friends as we move fairly quickly between postures that are challenging in strength, flexibility, and balance. We strengthen through the lower body, open through the hips big time, rinse the shoulders, and decompress the spine. Contemplation is all around the power flowers hold and how we can embody that with loving compassion towards ourselves. No arm balances or inversions.
This is a vinyasa practice where we explore some juicy movements that prioritize both strength and flexibility. Physically we work towards an arm balance called Eka Hasta Bhujasana, also known as Elephant Trunk Pose. We use blocks and cyclical movements in a fluid and steadily quick pace to open and tone the hips, legs, shoulders, and core, with breaks to catch our breath. We harness the power of Ganesha to remind ourselves to get out of our own way and find play within the work, ease within the effort. Let's play!
Another full hour of more advanced yoga practice. All advanced really means is that we take less time to break down alignment of basic postures and move much more quickly, assuming the student has a general understanding of basic shapes. The focus of this class is on deep leg and hip flexibility, plus a good amount of arm balance play time. Expect to sweat and get a little cardio in!
Let’s be real: life has been heavy for many recently. That’s why I felt called to bring us a playful vinyasa to help us lighten up! Let’s invoke the energy of play to brighten our spirits and to remember: we deserve to enjoy our precious days. While this is definitely all levels friendly with propped modifications, there are also opportunities to deepen with binds and balance postures. Physically you can expect to get open through the whole body and strong through the legs.
This was a really lovely class to shoot. Tune in as we contemplate the energies around the summer solstice and cancer season, while we physically embody heart opening postures, standing balance, and playful upper body strength. Strong yet expansive, all levels.
Super fun, strong, playful and sweaty practice working towards hollowback forearm balance. I’d considerate it upper intermediate-advanced. In class, we investigate our own inner wild nature as a source of joy.
I’ve been getting more requests lately for challenging vinyasa yoga classes, and this one certainly delivers with the challenge. Join me for a full hour of past paced and strong flow where the whole body gets some attention, but special emphasis is on hip and heart opening. You can expect a bit of everything asana-wise: standing / balance, plank and side plank variations, deep flexibility, arm balancing, and big backbends. This class felt soulful for me, even though it was a very physically focused practice. Intermediate - advanced level.
Tapas is all about cultivating and honoring the fire dwelling within you. This is a strong and somewhat physically demanding class, although: if you are into meeting your edge, classes like this feel absolutely delicious. Class begins with a short chat around the philosophy behind Tapas and a brief breathing meditation. The majority of class is heat building Vinyasa to strengthen and stretch most major areas of the body, and to help purify anything in the mind that is ready to be burned through.
This is a very strong class full of powerful transitions and shapes like arm balances, inversions, backbends, and standing postures. We cultivate ourselves as a personal powerhouse, while simultaneously remembering to not contract too much so we can stay open to the love the world has to offer us. Strong yet expansive, definitely geared more towards the advanced/intermediate practitioner. We start with conscious breathing and close with a proper savasana. One of my favorite creative vinyasas in a while!
This is a full Vinyasa class including personal storytelling, intention setting, breathwork, physical flow, and savasana. This is a class takes a mixed levels approach, maybe most suitable for my intermediate friends. But with opportunities to both modify down or intensify up, it really can be good for most practitioners who know how to listen to their body. We move slowly, but we keep it strong through standing and seated postures. The physical focus of this practice is opening up through the legs in deeply integrated flexibility postures. Take this hour to look inside and connect with the values that guide you through your life, on and off the mat.
Are you trying to rebuild strength and endurance in your yoga practice? Me too! Join me for this full spectrum class where we hit on a little bit of everything in a spicy, fast paced flow. In the class itself I talk about how class is mixed levels - but having done it now I’d say it’s more like level 2 and upwards. I do offer breaks throughout this strong class to catch breath and ground energy. If you’re trying to work towards stronger yoga, or if you already practice stronger vinyasa, this is a great class for you. Remember: you can always modify and take breaks! Feeling challenged really is a part of yoga. We explore standing poses, twists, folds, back bends, core strength, inversions, and hip openers before enjoying a quiet Savasana together.
*You may want a wall you an kick up onto and a pillow or bolster for class.
I wanted to film one more long, juicy, deep vinyasa yoga class for you before the year ended. Join me for just over an hour of all levels, yet challenging yoga. I like to remind my students, all levels does not always mean easy! Although, it does mean there are options to modify up or down in your own practice. I demonstrate options for easing up or intensifying many of the poses in class. Certainly a strengthening practice for the whole body, but we also get real open in the shoulders, hips, and spine. Let's warm up our cold winter bones!
This vinyasa is a deep, full body expansion with lots of strength to boot. Join me for this rich and very complete feeling flow where we contemplate ideas of awareness, consciousness, and celebration within challenging postures. Keep a sense of humor by your side as you explore arm balances (and/or falling over), and one of my favorite deep flexibility poses: Surya Yantrasana. This is not all levels friendly, more for my intermediate-advanced friends. Meditation and Savasana included in the class.
In this hour long yoga class, we start slow in a gentle and conscious warmup, but we do end up building up towards a somewhat fast paced vinyasa flow practice that gets us warm, strong, and open in preparation for a deep hip opener called Padmasana, also known as lotus pose. In addition to opening the hips, we strengthen the core a bit, and the side body and shoulders get some stretchy love too. I'd call this class hovering around intermediate, although I think an experienced beginner could gain from this class as well with modifications. A quiet Savasana is included at the end of practice.
This was intended to be an all levels practice and it certainly is as I offer modifications for both beginner and advanced practitioners, but I labeled as mixed levels because towards the end we get into some pretty expansive shapes. This is a slow and *juicy* vinyasa that is physically geared towards opening the heart, the hips, and the spine. We start with seated meditation, flow into some heat, get a good stretch, and close with mini Savasana. This one felt so good on my stiff body and I hope it does for yours too!
This week I have a strong, super stretchy, cardiovascular, and sweaty practice for you all. Join me for just over an hour of playful power vinyasa where we focus on cultivating joy - which is actually a major tenant of yoga philosophy! As a fun way to shake things up, I have a student from the membership community, Angie, demonstrating the entire practice. This is a nice opportunity to hear my cues and adjustments from the perspective of another body. I'd consider this practice intermediate-advanced as it is pretty demanding on the whole body as we explore side body length, core strength, upper body strength and mobility, deep hamstring stretch, balancing on the legs and arm balance opportunities.
Lastly, this playlist could be nice to pop on after the seated meditation portion: manipura power vinyasa
In this class we contemplate how creativity is a practice we can cultivate, and we explore that through a playful, spontaneous, full-body vinyasa practice. I’d call it somewhere in the level 2/3 range. It is strong and fast paced yet also fluid and mindful.
In this full Vinyasa practice we focus on twisting as we witness all the incredible benefits this type of movement has on our minds and bodies. The first half of practice is a slow build, consciously paced, and not too fiery - but the second half of the practice does build some heat with intermediate options such as full binds and deep flexibility work of spine and hamstrings. You can expect deep breathing, yummy stretches, leg and some upper body strengthening, waist toning, a bit of heart and hip opening and a collective Savasana.
This was intended to be an all levels practice and it certainly is as I offer modifications for both beginner and advanced practitioners, but I labeled as mixed levels because towards the end we get into some pretty expansive shapes. This is a slow and *juicy* vinyasa that is physically geared towards opening the heart, the hips, and the spine. We start with seated pranayama, flow into some heat, get a good stretch, and close with mini Savasana. This one felt so good on my stiff body and I hope it does for yours too!
I have a pretty delicious practice for my advanced asana lovers this week. In the video I say it’s intermediate at the beginning, but after watching it through I realized it is quite a challenging practice. It is actually a full personal practice of my own, that I decided to add a voiceover to. That being said, my practice is weird as you will see. We start with breathwork, myofascial release with a foam roller, and within the vinyasa we do some slow and juicy stuff and other fast challenging transitions. If you want to skip the foam rolling, go to about 10 minutes into the video to get straight into the flow.
Remember: If you don’t get every pose or transition it’s okay! This class is worth taking a few times over to get the hang of it. Class includes basically all pose families you can think of… twists, binds, arm balance, standing, backbends, deep flexibility. We end with a short Savasana, I encourage you take longer. I hope you enjoy this really different style of class.
Like the title says, this is certainly a FIRE practice! It's an extended practice, almost like a mini workshop. In this class, I offer you the opportunity to throw yourself into the fires of transformation - while at the same time honoring yourself as lovable and whole just the way you are. We do not only find heated transformation through the physical burn, but also through mindset and internal exploration. This is the first of many classes I plan to bring you around my love of Tantric philosophy, and how we can explore it in our practice. The first 15 minutes or so of class starts slow with some chit-chat from me around the paradox of self embrace and welcoming transformation, sharing a verse from the Radiance Sutras, conscious breathing, and rolling out muscle tension using a blanket or foam roller. But after that, the remaining 55 minutes of class is a very physically strong practice where the whole body gets opening and strengthening as we work towards some challenging, fun and humbling arm balances. Opportunity to explore handstand at the wall is also sprinkled in. You will need two yoga blocks, and a foam roller or a blanket for this class.
Welcome to your Balance Challenge! This is an all-levels friendly class where we work towards strong balancing postures. Balance is such an important physical skill to practice, because as we age our balance is one of the first things to get thrown off. We surely build up some heat in this energizing class as we strengthen and open most of the body. Join me for 70 minutes of breath, flow, and a savasana to conclude.
This is my first class filmed in our new home in The Netherlands! I would probably label this class at somewhere around upper intermediate, although it could certainly be modified in to an all levels practice by listening to your body. We get real open and strong through the shoulders, thoracic spine, thighs, and hips in this extended practice. Also includes some focused pranayama. My body felt real good after this one and I hope yours does too!
This is such a *lush* class. The whole body gets a lot of love through this extended practice. The first half of class is a generally fast paced Vinyasa flow to move and build some internal heat, with everything from folds to backbends, standing balance to twists and more. The second half of class is cozy, delicious yin yoga to find ease and rest in a nice variety of seated and supine postures. We explore the yogic concept of moksha, or liberation, from the inside out. Class is complete with a mini meditation at the beginning, and Savasana at the end.