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Shoulder/Balance Blast
Moving our arms in all directions, focusing on mobility around the joint as well as strengthening and toning the arms. We practice mobility drills, mixing up how we practice traditional poses and finish with some wrappy pretzel type poses just for fun :-)
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1/2 Lotus, Lotus Prep
Hip opening focused on working towards 1/2 lotus and full lotus. These are the final postures we attempt, along the way we focus on those movements that open and soften the hip joint, mobilise the legs in different directions as well as open the whole front body.
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Hippy Dippy
This will get you deep in to your hips joints, hip flexors and hip rotaors. We explore a way of practising standing poses on the floor that opens you up in a way you could never do whilst standing. Allowing for much greater freedom of movement and even the possibility of moving in to half lotus (maybe even full lotus).
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Unwinding the Legs from the Pelvis
Unwinding, essentially lengthening the muscles that stretch from the pelvis down the inner thigh (adductors) and the back of the leg (hamstrings). Combining glorious hip openers with poses that open the back of the knee with intelligent hamstring lengthening. This may lead you towards practicing padmasana (full lotus) for those who’s hips allow, and playing with many other variations that work on the same premise and can be practiced in preparation for full lotus or in place of it.
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Freeing the Ribcage - Twists & Binds
There’s a little bit of everything in here. We connect hips, twists and binds for maximum rotation and also for the biggest transformation in freeing the ribs and the ribcage. Which in turn elevates the spine and chest from the front, sides and back, frees the lungs to breath more expansively and works to chink away at the upper thorascic spine which can be less inclined to move freely. Binds are optional, there are ways and means of creating the same effects in the body with the use of our props that are fuss free and easy to include so we can practice without discomfort or let restrictions hold us back from finding openness.
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Many postures and movements require the joints in the ankles to be flexible, this requires good movement in the knees and the hips above. Here we play with poses where we can look at angles in these 3 joints, opening them out and closing them in like an accordion. In turn creating length and flexibility to the muscles connecting them. I have really enjoyed the creativity and experience of movement in this sequencing. Enjoy …
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If I am going to receive a mobility test for my hips and or my shoulders there are a few poses that highlight where my restrictions are. For lotus, the hip is key and no amount of force to the knee or ankle should be necessary if the hips external rotation is good. Same for binding, long arms helps but it is more about a full circumferential rotation to get the hands to wrap behind you. Good chest rotation is key for the binds as is the ability to revolve the femur bones correctly in lotus. As always it is not the end goal that marks success but the journey and the awareness this journey gives you in to the mechanics and workings of your body. Your response and the work on your own practice towards full body awareness is the essence.
Read MoreIn this class we attempt to explore the range of motion in the hips. Playing with all round hip flexibility and strength. By moving the leg at different angles in relation to the pelvis, lifting, rotating and extending to the side, back and front we can see what range of movement we have. We can then see what motion we have in the hips and how this influences how we can move in to and out of a pose and the extent to which we can improve flexibility and balance around the whole circumference of the pelvis; hip flexors, hip rotators, the hip joint, sacrum, and adductors. This is a great class to prepare your hips for padmasana (full lotus), although we practice to half lotus here.
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