Quick trip to paradise... Bird of Paradise that is. Bird of Paradise is a beautiful yet complex pose that requires a lot of warm up and preparation. This practice is under an hour, we use specific salutations (which you can add more of if you choose) and prep poses to get ready for this fabulous pose that will make you feel like the sun is shining. Use of a strap is very handy to get you into the best form while not over doing it. Remember, every bird is beautiful. If you can warm up your room a bit, it gets even better.
Intermediate to Advanced Practice Suggested
Props: bricks, strap
OK wait, now get moving. Hold and flow. This practice will be simple yet challenging. A great combo of holding poses for strength, and salutations for fluidity and balance. Different variations will be explored to challenge everyone safely. Hold...Flow...Hold...Flow...Hold...Rest. Sounds good right?
The I.T. band is a nasty little strip of connective tissue that runs down the outside of your thigh and plugs into the knee. It can wreak havoc if it gets tight and immobile, lower back pain, knee pain just to name some of the hits. This vinyasa flow will ease up some of that congestion in the I....
Summer is finally here, and that means we are more out and about enjoying activities that can make our bodies tight. This playful little practice will warm you up with some summer flavor, then open up those pockets of tightness created by that fun we have in the sun.