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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Backbending Workshop with Heather Elton
This video with Heather Elton is all about backbending. First of all there is a vinyasa sequence that you can follow to gradually work deeper into your backbends. This is followed by some opening work using props to demonstrate techniques for finding more space and comfort for those that find backbending a challenge.
Strength Workshop with Sabina Skala
This workshop looks at the correct technique to perform some basic strengthening exercises an accompanies the video interview that I did with Sabina. Find the interview here:
How to Work the Legs In Balancing Postures
Strong legs give us a solid foundation to build upon. Founder of Virya Yoga Josephine Selander fills in some important details on how to work effectively and safely.
Activate Your Yoga Feet
Active lively feet will bring benefits to your everyday life and your yoga practice too. Beloved teacher Melanie Cooper demonstrates some simple exercise to get your feet up and running.
Healthy Wrists
Wrist pain can be an issue for a number of yoga students and office workers. Melanie Cooper demonstrates in this video some great exercises for keeping the wrists strong, mobile and hopefully injury free.
Softening The Low Back
Low back ache is suffered by so many people and as a yoga student it can often make you feel vulnerable or uncomfortable. Depending on the underlying cause of the discomfort these few postures may help you on your way to finding more space and softness.
Chest Opening with Yoga Style Exercises
It is such a common postural pattern nowadays for people to shorten the front of their body by bringing their shoulders or head forward. This can lead to neck pain, head aches and even back pain as well as reduce the quality of your breathing. Here are some simple exercises with minimal equipment that will help ease your body back to a more neutral state.
Opening The Shoulders In Flexion
Many students find their elbow go out when they are in Warrior I, Upward Facing Wheel, Downdog and many more. Here is a shoulder opener that will help you improve this type of shoulder mobility.
Upper Back And Shoulder Opener for Kapotasana
This is one of my own personal favorites, not easy to get into and out of but you really feel it working to increase the range of motion you have in the upper back (extension) and shoulders (flexion). Great for helping you finding comfort in yoga postures that require those sorts of openings such as Kapotasana, Urdhva Dhanurasana (Upward Facing Wheel) and Pincha Mayurasana (forearm balance).