Beginner
New to yoga? Start here with beginner yoga sequences, foundational poses and basic modifications for your practice.
YOGA RECESS FOR PARENTS: HIP + CORE STRENTHING
This video is part of our "Yoga Recess for Parents" series, specifically designed to be a quick break for parents during distance learning. This practice focuses on the hip flexors and core. Do you ever wonder why the deep muscles in your hips feel so tight all the time? They could be compensating for weak or inhibited hip flexors. The hip flexors not only move the legs, but also stabilize the pelvis and lower back. Hip flexors need to be both supple and strong. This quick yoga recess for parents will help you strengthen your hips as well as your core! Props: 2 Blocks
YOGA RECESS FOR PARENTS IN DISTANCE LEARNING
Recess for adults? Yes, please! The transition to distance learning can be challenging for children AND parents! Parents not only need to think differently about how to support their children, but also how to support themselves in the process. This is a quick 15-minute YOGA RECESS FOR PARENTS to stretch all the tense areas in the body, specifically the areas that block you from taking a deep breath. You can do this routine while your little one is at recess or after virtual schooling to decompress. Enjoy side body stretches, spine lengthening and shoulder stretching as you ease your body into taking deep de-stressing breaths.
ROOM TO BREATHE: A SEATED YOGA PRACTICE
A little something we all need a little more of… Room To Breathe. This is a quick class to remind you how to take a deep breath. This is a seated yoga practice so can be done at your desk in the middle of your work day or at home after a long busy day. Props: 1 Strap or equivalent
20 MINUTE FLOW + GO
This basic strong flow practice seeks to touch every part of the body in a short amount of time. You will feel guided and move with your breath while strengthening and stretching your whole body in just 20 minutes!
POSTNATAL STRENGTH + POSTURE
This shorter postnatal-focused practice gives you just what you need when your newborn is taking a nap. We focus on mindfully strengthening the abdominals, glutes, hamstrings and back, while creating some yummy (and necessary) space in the chest and shoulders. This is also a great practice for beginners to help build strength for a more vigorous vinyasa flow.
BOOTY BLAST
This is a quick booty blast to awaken your glute muscles from long periods of sitting or underuse. Simple movements you can add to re-awaken your glutes and help your body create core stability.
THE PERFECT 10 MINUTE YOGA PRACTICE
Come to this practice anytime you just need a little movement and a quick reminder to reconnect to your breath and ground your energy. In ten minutes, we move through spinal releasing, shoulder opening and side bending, with some brief strengthening bursts in down dog, plank pose and crescent moon. Recommended Props: 1 Block
SAFE, STRONG AND SWEATY VINYASA FLOW
Join us for this 30 minute modified, yet strong vinyasa yoga sequence with Linda Baffa. This class is great for beginners or those who want a slower paced vinyasa flow yoga class. Linda's concise, yet calming instruction will leave you feeling open, grounded and calm.
HIPS, HAMSTRINGS + HALFMOON
Ardha Chandrasana, or balancing half-moon, is a fantastic pose to improve hip strength and mobility. It also helps stretch and strengthen the hamstrings all while you engage your core to create balance and extension in the spine. This class breaks down Ardha Chandrasana to make sure you are getting all the benefits this pose has to offer.
EXPLORING DIAGONALS
Your yoga mat is a rectangle. Your life is not! Join me in this class as we explore some diagonal stretches and subtle strengthening to help improve the ways we move in our everyday life. All poses are done on the back, seated and on the knees. A gentle way to start or end the day and free up tension in hidden areas.
MEDITATION FOR DEEP SLEEP
Slow down and connect with your breath in this short meditation to help you fall asleep or get back to sleep if you wake up in the middle of the night. This meditation technique will help calm your mind and prepare for a deep sleep. This meditation technique can calm your body and mind in moments of stress and anxiety. Enjoy.
HEALTHY HIPS IN A HURRY
Wondering if you have tight hips? Here's a simple test. Stand and look down at your feet. If your toes point outward rather than straight ahead, your hip muscles are probably overworked and need to be stretched. For people who sit a long time at work, the hip flexors and rotators become tight, and the gluteal muscles become weak. This combination negatively affects our ability to walk and maintain proper posture. This quick yoga hip sequence focuses on stretching the muscles around the whole circumference of the hip joint.