Svatantrya: every act makes an impact in our interconnected web. Deep, stretchy advanced practice with extended seated poses to open the body for surya yantrasana (sundial). Includes time to practice pincha mayurasana (forearmstand) and sirsasana (headstand).

There are only two rules on the spiritual path: 1. Begin, 2. Continue. You do not need to finish today, nor are you absolved from your role. Deep backbends to prep for valkhilyasana and anjanayasana, includes long cool-down of counter poses.

Choose joy! Glimmers of joy come in the hard times, never not. 90-minute advanced practice: arm balances from headstand, deep hip openers. Includes detailed instruction on transitioning from sirsasana to bakasana and/ or eka pada galavasana. Extended seated hip openers and supine sequence to close.

There is a structure around us and within us that we can attend to to ground us in uncertain time. 75 min advanced backbends with detailed instruction to work the padangustha (overhead) grip in eka pada raja kapotasana and kapinjalasana. Includes time for pincha mayurasana.

When overwhelmed by how far we need to go, we can get leverage by remembering that all we need to do right now is make the next, best choice. This is a vigorous, playful practice with hip openers and backbends. Includes bound eka pada raja kapotasana, pincha mayurasana repetitions, drop back and ...

Summer solstice 2-hour practice moving towards mandalasana. Includes headstand, forearm stand and handstand variations. Wall space helpful; have a strap and a block!

2-hour advanced lotus pose party: hip openers with detailed instruction on padmasana (lotus pose), including coming into padmasana while upside down.

Yoga is skill in action. The yoga practices invite us to look inside and with humility and discernment unpack our tendencies so we may move more skillfully. 120 min practice that moves towards deep backbends with the arms overhead. Detailed instruction on flipping the grip (padangustha), includin...

The practice as introspection is a diagnostic, a means to reflect back your inner state. As such, advanced asana is not about complicated poses, but rather being in right relationship with ourself. Practice moved towards the deep backbend eka pada rajakapotasana, and includes the inversion pincha...

Invest in practice, not resolutions. Change is most often made little by little over the long haul. This practice moves towards visvamitrasana, and includes ways to modify that posture to make it more accessible. Have a strap!

When we turn our awareness away from what we've lost and towards what we have, it fortifies us in difficult times, and puts challenges in perspective. Practice focuses on hip openers, including twists and front body opening on the way to padmasana.

Keep your heart open; it's always worth it. Class focuses on opening the chest, shoulders and upper back. Backbends are balanced with twists and side stretches. Have a strap and a block available.

We often don't have much agency on the world around us, but in our inner realm each of us is sovereign. This is a slow, grounding practice featuring hip openers, twists and forward folds. Having a strap may be helpful.

The breath is like a light inside the torso, illuminating all parts of the body. This is a balanced practice that moves towards backbends with thoughtful preparation of chest openers, thigh stretches and spinal extension within a moderately paced class. A block and a strap may help.

The same key actions give leverage in both back bending and forward bending. This efficient practice preps the body for back bending and forward bending by rooting the femurs and stabilizing the low ribs.

Yoga invites us to be as mindful at the end of a cycle as we are at the beginning. This uptempo class includes chest openers to move towards mermaid pose, and focuses on stabilizing the bottom of the ribcage to backbend freely.

This class streamed on Christmas Day, giving just a slight sense of normalcy during this strange time, as Justicia has led class on most holidays over the past decade. Practice opens the front body in preparation for backbends, including gherandasana (pictured in the opening frame). A strap may b...

Focused and efficient! Open your hips (including outer hip rotator as well as inner hip flexors) and hamstrings in this practice. Through careful, sequential sequencing the muscles of the pelvis and legs are effectively targeted.

We can input a structure to acknowledge our blessings and gifts and hold those in the same place as our challenges. Practice includes hamstring stretches to move towards the full form of vasisthasana, and offers variations for all.

We can invest in the small routines and rituals in our daily life to hold ourselves together during difficult times. Practice focuses on hips, hamstrings, and the muscles of the IT band. A block and strap will be helpful if you're feeling tight in the legs.

When the outer world darkens, the luminosity of our inner light is more visible. Hip opening and hamstring stretching to move towards titibhasana (firefly arm balance) and other forward folds.

The winter solstice is a time that calls for deep inner listening, and the yoga mat is the perfect place to dive in to our selves. This practice moves towards backbends (but not super deep ones), and includes an extended cool down of twists, seated hip openers and side bends.

Get grounded! This efficient practice focuses on opening the legs and hips to ground the body, soothe the nervous system and take the energy down a notch.

The upanishads ask that we light a fire inside to stay on the path of yoga. This practice includes push ups for strenthening and hamstrings and twists to prep for paivrtta ardha chandrasana (revolved half moon pose). Have a strap if you use it for binds.