Alignment and technique are the keys to use our strength and flexibility with fluency. This practice has a range of inversions with technical instruction.

Every time we step on to our mat, we step into both our our own history on the path, and the rich history of all yogis who have practiced before us. This practice preps for backbending with chest openers and quad stretches, and ends with an extended cool-down with hamstring stretches. Have a stra...

Orient yourself in the way of your own heart. This practice has technical alignment info to open the arms and shoulders in the overhead plane as well as the chest for backbends. It moves towards kapotasana and includes time for pincha mayurasana (forearmstand). Have a block and a strap.

Good boundaries are good yoga! Our practice will help us learn how to hold good boundaries with nuance and discernment. Practice moves towards transitioning from sirsasana (headstand) to arm balances, and includes plenty of foundational work. Have two blocks and a towel or blanket.

Our most important values can be brought forward in little ways in each and every day. This practice centers arm balances, beginning with bakasana (crane), and culminating with maksikanagasana (dragonfly). It includes lots of twists and hip openers, including a seated hip cool down.

Yoga helps us hone the light of awareness, and our practice becomes one of holding important remembrances in our awareness as we move. This practices approaches eka pada viparita dandasana by lengthening the hamstrings and opening the spine and shoulders. A block and strap might be useful.

Most of us will not show up for something new because it is so uncomfortable to do something we are bad at. Hip openers and arm balances, including transitioning from sirsasana to bakasana, as well as eka pada galavasana.

83-minute (ha! what even is time) advanced practice. Hamstring-heavy practice that includes handstand, headstand and shoulderstand. Plus arm balances!

The shoulders are the gateway to the heart. Technical alignment of the shoulders here as the pathway to open the upper back, moving towards dwi pada viparita dandasana and dropping over into that pose from sirsasna. Includes pincha mayurasana repetitions.

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.