This vinyasa yoga practice explores how we create a backbend. We begin with some really basic actions of the shoulders and the arms and slowly learn how they create the mobility and stability required to perform deeper backbends. Along the way, the proper effort of the hips and the legs is added ...

60 min. 2 Blocks

55 min. Can have two blocks for it

The Hip and the Shoulder are both Ball and Socket Joints. They also form the four corners of the torso. When the outer shoulders and the outer hips are used efficiently, the alignment of the rest of the trunk starts to fall into place. To that end, this class will teach you how to get your balls ...

60 min.

60 min. Two Blocks. Intermediate Level. Setting the stage for your forearm stand with shoulder strength and opening work and leg strength. It might be a nice class to learn or work on coming up. If you already balance, this could be a nice way to clean your forearm stand up.

60 min. Intermediate/Open. 2 blocks. Working hip strengthening and opening for Galavasana armbalance (flying pigeon)

Build strength in the major muscle groups that will support your inversion and arm balancing practice: the shoulder girdle, the abdominals, the hamstrings and the glutes. Practice is framed around a one arm/one leg variation of dolphin pose from Forrest Yoga called Dorsal Fin. I don't actually te...

This video (shockingly) is a twisting class. We begin with a pretty specific and challenging bit of core work to concentrate energy at our center and to learn how to stabilize our hips and low back. What follows is a pretty fluid, flowing practice that will stir that concentrated energy up and ma...

In a standing yoga pose, the feet are on the ground; the way in which you use your feet will have a rippling effect all the way through the rest of your body. In this class, you will learn how to place weight in your heel so that you gain a new understanding of how to use your hips.

Class is spe...

In order to fold the legs into padmasana (lotus pose), we first have to create a good amount of horizontal width across the front of the pelvis. The inner thighs need to learn how to move away from each other, while the outer hips learn to hug inward to create stability. In order to understand th...

60 min. Open Level. No props. Rigorously delicious. We work hip functional range conditioning balancing strength and opening in the hip rotators, both external and internal. This is a schvitzy, leggy, back-bendy flow offering up all the hip and glute love. Your butt will no longer be angry, but y...

A class designed to warm you up for some deeper and more adventurous twists. Maybe even a side crow. But first you have to survive the initial three minutes. It's only three minutes.

This practice focuses on the shoulders & upper body. Expect mobility drills that work on developing active ranges of motion in the upper body, strength and stability exercises that work towards increasing the load bearing capacity and integration of the shoulder girdle & core and novel + dynamic ...

75 min. Open level. Blocks and blanket or towel if you have them. Slow arduous in its own chill way. playing with holding onto opposite elbows and different ways to support the heart. sweaty. yummy. finish with breath work/meditation/savasana. have two blocks and a blanket or towel but you can al...

Much of modern vinyasa yoga is framed around Sun Salutation (surya namaskar) A and B, as we use these forms as a framework to create the basic structure of class. Unfortunately, these repetitive sequences are often treated as a throwaway in class: "take a vinyasa," "do your flow," etc. If you've ...

Banded Flow is a class that combines yoga + strength & mobility exercises with resistance bands.

Banded flow, created by Giulia Pline, is a class that marries the magic of yoga and strength & mobility exercises with resistance bands. Adding resistance bands to your yoga and movement practice is ...

Sometimes a yoga pose looks like it requires a lot of hip flexibility to achieve, but in reality, it may just require more structural strength. In this practice, we explore how to create stability in the sides of the body (lateral line) to support postures like Bird of Paradise, Side Plank, Sleep...

Don't be scared, we will slowly work up to the strength and connection needed to slowly and confidently descend on one leg. This class is perfect for runners, walkers, anyone with legs and a butt really... A strong, fun flow to build that hip stability and mobility.

70 min. Intermediate (with some advanced options). Blanket and blocks. This practice has it all. It is slow and twisty, with deeper twists, lots of core work, bandha work, options to come upside down and then end with some backbending. Enjoy!

60 min. Open. One block and a pair of socks or blanket. Hand and arm balancing are all about learning how to tip the weight on the horizontal plane as opposed to lifting on the vertical plane. In this practice, we learn how to do that by bringing presence into our hands and feet and through some ...

No yoga props at home? Looking to add novelty and inspiration to your practice? No worry... grab two soup or bean cans and get moving!
Bring awareness, strength, stability with mobility, PLAY and creativity to this vinyasa flow style practice. Adding gentle load to the upper body with the cans, d...

Do this simple drill, as much of it as you can at least, every day for just a couple of minutes and before you know it you’ll be up in your handstand. Very simple, super safe and just a little scary.

Gomukasana (Cow Face Pose) asks a lot of both the shoulders and the hips. When we find the right effort, though, the actions we learn in gomukasana can help us understand how to work with our whole body in arm balancing postures. In particular, the knotting of the legs can help draw awareness to ...