65 Mins

Bolster love and Digestive Health

The sight of a bolster instantly made everyone in class think of relaxing. The support it offers and what it is usually used for is synonomous with letting go. In this practice we use the bolster in a more active way in our standing poses as well as in more supportive and restorative ways when it comes to certain seated and supine poses. The bolster massages our kidneys, adrenals and posterior diaphragmatic area, whilst creating length and wideness in the stomach, liver and front diaphragmatic region. It’s preferable to have a bolster but if you don’t have one you can use a rolled up yoga mat, a sofa cushion or a pillow (or two).

HATHA FLOW, Front body lengthening, Breath, Chest opening, Restorative, Shoulders, Upper Body, TwistsGemma NashNovember 21, 202265 Mins

Expression - Expanscious and Luminous

60 Mins

Expression - Expanscious and Luminous

This practice is expansive, we are moving both our arms and our legs outwards. The arms from the chest and the legs from the pelvis. This is the perfect anecdote to closing in, feeling confined or shrinking. We identify the base; the foundation from which we move and then we find a way to illuminate from this point outwards, all the way to the tips of our fingers and toes. Being able to express ourselves, feel awake in this world and know where we are coming from are corner stones to our yoga practice; source, clarity and luminosity.

HATHA FLOW, Adductors, Function, Chest opening, Abdominals, Groin, Mobility, LegsGemma NashOctober 21, 202265 Mins

The Quads & The Psoas

65 Mins

The Quads & The Psoas - The Body-Leg Connection

Often when we practice we can identify with an area that is being ‘worked’, or we can identify an area in our body where we feel ‘something’ - whether it be from a feel of lengthening, contraction, discomfort or total ease. In each case our awareness is shifting and the more we can get inside our body the more we can look around and discover what is going on. We may notice we have ‘tight’ quads, or hip flexors and a lack of movement in our spines but when we stretch our minds inside we can see how everything is connected and we can open much more of ourselves. Here we focus on front body lengtheners that target the quads and the psoas and also incorporate chest openers, back bends and twists. This frees the chest and the lungs to lift and expand, helps free the shoulders too, something you probably wouldn’t expect when stretching the front of your thigh.

HATHA FLOW, Hip Flexors, Adductors, Function, Chest opening, Front body lengtheningGemma NashOctober 17, 202265 Mins

Traction and Action

65 Mins

Traction and Action

Here we explore traction and how a directional pull on the trunk or an extremity enables soft tissue to elongate. I always find it fascinating how easy it is for tissue to shrink and in turn how quickly we lose space in the body that can be lengthened with relative ease. In this practice there’s lot’s of arm lengthening, chest lifting and tractioning the limbs in different directions for maximum elongation.

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Traction and Action

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