When we visit the basics with intentionality, we find that not only are the basic poses and movements indispensable, they're not really all that easy! This full spectrum practice includes CARs for the shoulders and spine, as well as all four movements of the spine. A familiar standing pose warmup...

This restorative practice uses 2 pillows and 2 blankets. We will do a few supported poses and end with a segmented body relaxation that leads into a long savasana.

This mobility practice targets the hands, fingers and wrists, and is a wonderful complement to a regular asana practice. It focuses on the less used functions of finger extension and wrist flexion, aiming to create more balanced strength in our hands. Most of this practice is seated, and you may ...

This basics practice breaks down the fundamentals of side plank and goes through 4 variations of the pose, ending with the classic form. Choose your stop along the way and repeat as necessary. Have a blanket for your knees!

This practice starts with a cooling form of pranayama and moves onto gentle backbends and hamstring opening. We end with a few restful restorative poses. Have a blanket and two blocks.

Discomfort in the low back is often the result of tightness and weakness in the legs and pelvis. This practice aims to support the low back via stretching, strengthening and mobility work of the thighs and pelvis. After opening the quads, hamstrings and hip flexors, practice progresses to mobilit...

This restorative practice uses more pillows than usual - two throw pillows and two bed pillows.

Yoga reminds us that our nature is change, and we learn to align with that change on and off our mat. This efficient, mobility-informed flow aims to get blood flow throughout all of the body's major joints, and move the spine through all of its actions. You'll need a block!

This practice goes through the mechanics of lizard lunge and answers the age old question - is it a strength pose or a stretch pose? Have two blocks and a blanket!

**This practice is an intermediate basics practice. It is recommended that you are quite familiar and relatively comfortable with ardha chandrasana (half moon) before enjoying this practice.**

Ardha chandrachapasana (half moon sugarcane variation) is half moon with a quad stretch. We will progr...

Long travel can wreak havoc on the lower back. This efficiency practice aims to release low back tightness from too much sitting with progressive side bends, twists, hip openers and hip extension. Two blocks and a blanket could be helpful.

This practice takes place almost completely standing, with only a short meditation at the end taking place seated or lying down (your preference). This practice is great if you want to move through an entire practice without any pressure on knees or wrists, and offers modifications if anything we...

Chronic tightness in our hip flexors (psoas major) is common when we sit a lot, and the issue is not only that these muscles are short, but also that they're weak. This efficient practice incorporates progressive strengthening and lengthening of these muscles, moving towards supta virasana (recli...

This basics practice is delivered workshop style as we prepare for and break down the quad stretch pose of half frog (ardha bhekasana). Have a blanket, two blocks, and a strap of some kind.

This balancing practice starts with a balancing pranayama (breath work) called nadi shodhana and moves into gentle movement and practicing balancing both on two feet in a lunge and one foot in tree pose. Have a blanket for kneeling poses.

Lateral flexion is our side bending movement, when we make a shape like a croissant. These muscles also stabilize the side body in postures like side plank. and are fundamental for having a healthy and mobile spine. In this class we bring awareness to these tissues and build ranges of motion in t...

This basics practice focuses on chest opening and twists with half binds for added depth. Have blocks and a strap and a blanket for the knees.

This basics practice aims to explore the finer details of pyramid pose. We will focus of course on alignment first and foremost, with additional details such as isometrics and the philosophy of looking and folding inward. Have a blanket and two blocks!

Hip external rotation is the action that turns the thigh out and open. in yoga we see this in postures like pigeon, figure 4, and head to shin pose, as well as many others! Often we are working this in more passive ways. in this class we focus on active opening of these tissues and creating more ...

Life is a precious gift, and both our awe and our grief remind us of this. This all levels practice aims to strengthen and lengthen the hamstrings and includes a couple arm balances along the way. Standing balances and arm balances follow a familiar opening sequence of standing poses. It moves to...

Camel is a wonerful backbend that requires openness in the chest, hip flexors, and quads. We will do all of those preparations and then come to a series of camel poses. Have a blanket, two blocks, and a strap.

The deepest tissues in the wrist form the capsule of the joint, and capsule space is needed for all wrist movements. In this class, we focus on the tissues that tilt the wrist, stabilizing the sides of the wrist and forearm. We work on waking up these tissues and bringing awareness to that area w...

This class breaks down the difference between flexibility and mobility, applying both concepts to the outer hips. After a familiar standing pose warm up, this class moves towards eka pada galavasana (flying pigeon), building on work in bakasana (crow pose). It ends with a brief, seated cool down ...

Shoulder Internal rotation is the action of rotating the arm bone in and down, it helps you reach behind you or push forward. This class focuses on increasing range of motion, opening space in the joint capsule, the deepest layer of tissue surrounding the joint, and creating structure at the end ...