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.
Such a tricky posture and Joey does a great job of breaking it down and giving plenty of options and things to work on.
Mark is a great teacher and such fun to do stuff with. Here we look at Karandavasana one of the tricky arm balances in the Ashtanga Intermediate series. Going down under control is one thing coming back up is a whole different kettle of fish.
This is one of those postures that if you are strong you think what is all the fuss about, but if you are not strong it can seem impossible, particularily to go backwards. Mark gives some great tips for refining the technique and to help you to lift from the floor.
The wonderful Joey Miles gets to grips with this challenging posture. Some really useful detail and explanations of restrictions.
This is a posture from near the end of intermediate Series so for sure it is challenging. Mark has some interesting observations and tweaks to this posture that might work for you. If you don’t do padmasana you are probably not open enough in the hips to attempt this posture so play safe.
About half way through the standing postures in Ashtanga you find Prasarita Padotanasana, not an overly complicated posture but still presents some challenges. There are also some things that we can be doing in this posture to get the most out of it.
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:
Asana School returns this time looking at standing posture Trikonasana. What could be more simple than making a triangle with the body? Well it turns out lots of things.
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.