Strength for Arm Balance Workshop
In this video Savvas Giantsis shows you some really useful exercises for building upper body and core strength for your arm balances.
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Bakasana Workshop
This is a short workshop with Savvas Giantsis focused on finding the right body position when doing bent or straight arm Baksana (crow/crane). Wow he makes it look easy but he also gives some great tips for finding that ease yourself.
Jump through with straight legs
Iain Grysak gives some useful instruction on learning to jump through to seated postures with straight legs.
Bhujapidasana Workshop: Jumping in and Vinyasa
It can be a bit daunting and definitely tricky to jump and land on your arms for postures like Bhujapidasana. I seek out the help of Matthew Sweeney to shed some light on the subject. He also nicely breaks down the breath and the vinyasa.
Jumping into Trianga Mukha Eka Pada Paschimottanasana
I for the life of me haven’t been able to get one leg going one way and the other going the opposite way in mid air. Perhaps with the tips from Matthew Sweeney that might change.
Jumping out of Tittibhasana, Supta Kurmasana and Bhujipidasana
If you can exit out of some of the arm balancing postures in a nice smooth fashion it can add a quality of lightness to the practice. In this mini workshop Matthew Sweeney give some useful advice.
Pashasana workshop
Pashasana is the first posture of the Ashtanga Intermediate series and can be quite a challenge. What to focus on bind or heels down? Matthew Sweeney has some useful tips and even talks about the transition out of it.
Forward Folding Workshop
In this video Iain Grysak discusses how people with different postural alignments of the pelvis should approach forward bending postures.
Asana School – The Anatomy of Marichyasana D
Stu digs deep into Marichyasana D from an anatomical perspective.
Asana School – Laghu Vajrasana
This posture is featured in the first third of the Ashtanga Intermediate Series. It requires a lot of leg strength but you can build it up gradually with some use of blocks.