Bird of Paradise Tutorial
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Bird of Paradise Svarga Dvidasana
Ally HamiltonA wonderful standing balance pose that opens the hips, hamstrings, shoulders and chest, while strengthening the core and legs.
Ready to work it?
Here are some classes featuring Bird of Paradise.
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Hips, Shoulders, Abs, Focus
By Ally Hamilton on Jan 20, 2019
If your energy is finite, then it makes sense to be mindful about where you spend it, and upon what! Sometimes we get caught up in someone else's story, even a total stranger, and lose all sense of center. You can allow strangers on the road to raise your blood pressure, or not so much! You can give an entire afternoon to someone else's drama, or you can stay focused on your own life! Join us as we get really sweaty and flow through a sequence that targets the hips, shoulders and core. You'll get to play on your hands and also upside down if you want to, I just ask you to stay focused on your calm, steady breath and your own wild and beautiful heart :)
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Smokin' Hips
By Ally Hamilton on Jan 13, 2019
The hips have it in this flow that starts low to the ground but ends up flying. Give your hips a heads up, build a fire in your belly, and get ready to take your hips skyward.
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Open to It
By Ally Hamilton on Jan 1, 2019
Have an hour to get your sweat on AND quiet your mind and open your heart? Then this is for you! We build heat quickly and use the heat to open the shoulders, hips and hamstrings, fire up the core and play with all kinds of balance. A little talk about knowing yourself, feeling your feelings and opening to reality as it is, which sometimes involves releasing an old vision and opening to a new one.
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Kindness Matters
By Ally Hamilton on Oct 31, 2018
Serious hips throughout as we head toward astavakrasana. Core strengthening, hamstring, shoulder and heart opening. Find your inner GPS, your compass pose, and head into savasana feeling free.
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Open Shoulders Flow
By Noelle Beaugureau on Oct 15, 2018
Free your shoulders in this Strong Flow Practice. Perfect if you are carrying stress in the upper back, shoulders and neck! Plank and core work help to build heat along with sun salutations to get you out of your head and connected to the present moment. Deep shoulder opening is worked in throughout the practice. A relaxing resting pigeon pose calms the body and prepares you for a deep and restorative Savasana!
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Yoga Rx for Anxiety
By Ally Hamilton on Oct 7, 2018
Series C kicks us off and then we open things up and dive more deeply into the hips. Skandasana and eka pada koundinyasana, bird of paradise, bound ardha chandrasana and single pigeon help you release anything you might be sitting on. We take time to turn things upside down, open the hamstrings and the heart, and work the core deeply. The foundation of everything is mindful breath, and pranayama is emphasized throughout. We can’t change the environment around us all the time, but we can change the way we respond to it. Guided savasana should leave you super relaxed.
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Find Your Center
By Ally Hamilton on Sep 7, 2018
Play with the idea of finding your center of gravity, whether you're on your feet, hands, forearm or head. You need core strength and upper body strength, but also curiosity and a sense of humor. A willingness to fall on your face also helps! Lots of hip, hamstring and shoulder opening, core strengthening and inverting, so you can deepen your trust in yourself and your process. Ready, set, fly!
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Open Mind/Open Hips
By Ally Hamilton on Sep 1, 2018
Do you have stories you tell yourself about what you can or can’t do, or how things would be different if only? Ha. Me too! Let’s dig into those stories, which are often old and frequently untrue as we open the hips, shoulders and hamstrings, strengthen the core and our own resolve to check ourselves, and take things upside down for fun. That sounds like a good story time, right?
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Can You Roll With It?
By Ally Hamilton on Aug 20, 2018
Can you roll with it? We humans love to make our plans, and life loves to turn our plans upside down. How about we get upside down calmly right now, so we have the tools to look at things from different perspectives, the ability to be at ease during transitions, and to have compassion for ourselves when things don't go the way we expected? Sound good? Great, unroll your mat and let's jam.
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Work Hard & Relax Deeply
By Noelle Beaugureau on Aug 5, 2018
This practice is all about building heat and opening the hips! Flow through sun salutations and standing poses. Hip opening poses are integrated throughout the practice. Arm balances and inversions add an element of play! You'll come out of savasana feeling refreshed and relaxed. Enjoy!
