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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Flow Your Heart Open
By Ally Hamilton on Oct 22, 2020
Serious core, fun flow! Lots of chances to open your hips, hamstrings and shoulders, and build a serious fire in your belly as we arm balance and invert our way to sweaty bliss. Whether you stand on your head, hands or feet, how is your heart? Open that, and the rest will follow :)
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Drop Your Armor
By Ally Hamilton on Oct 7, 2020
Get your heart pumping with a sweaty flow and ample core work, open your hips, hamstrings and shoulders, backbend your heart wide open, and turn your world upside down. A little talk about how to love the difficult people in your life, and how to forgive yourself when you're the difficult one, as we all are sometimes :)
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Direct Your Energy
By Ally Hamilton on Sep 28, 2020
Where your awareness goes your energy flows. Use the focal points (drishtis) to train the mind to do one thing at a time, and give yourself the power to choose one thought over another. Hips, shoulders, and hamstring opening, core strengthening, arm balances and inversions.
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Hips and Core
By Ally Hamilton on Jul 11, 2020
Would you balance in a car, could you balance on a bar? Would you fall and still be breathing, could you fall without much grieving? Throw a little Seuss into your mix as we breathe, flow, and fire things up. Intense core strengthening, arm balancing and inverting, along with a nice deep Savasana at the end.
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Medium Heat Juicy Flow
By Ally Hamilton on Jun 1, 2020
A medium-heat flow for medium-energy days! You'll get a nice deep stretch in this well-rounded practice, but you can turn the heat up or down depending on how you feel! Please be good to yourself out there. I know these are such sad and scary times, but it's so important to tune in, breathe, calm your nervous system, open your heart and then get back out there and see how you can work to make the world a more loving and peaceful place <3
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Bird Flow
By Missy White on May 8, 2020
Oh yessss! In this class we will explore many different variations of the bird asanas, like crow, crane, bird of paradise, easy bird, eagle, tripod or handstand with eagle legs, pigeon and many more. This class will warm you up and prep you for each pose so that you get the maximum benefits. You will work hard, you will sweat and you will feel amazing when you finish!!
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Deep Hip Stress Release
By Ally Hamilton on May 4, 2020
This is a sweaty fun flow that targets the hips, hamstrings and shoulders and fires up the core so we can play with bird of paradise, koundinyasana 2, standing frog variations, eight-angle pose, and maybe a wide straddle handstand at the end. So much hip-opening, you're sure to feel a release of tension in your body and your mind. Make deep, steady breath your focal point and all will unfold! Much love, yogis. Thinking of you all and sending lots of love.
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Be Where You Are
By Ally Hamilton on Apr 29, 2020
Deep, sweaty and fun! Hip opening, with love for your shoulders, hamstrings and core. Arm balances and inversions where you get to take your open hips and hamstrings for a spin!
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Wake Up and Flow
By Missy White on Apr 26, 2020
A great way to start your day if you need your practice but are short on time. In this 35-minute flow you will get a well-balanced full-body workout leaving you feeling awake, alive and ready to face your day no matter what it brings :) You can do this practice any time of the day if you need an energy boost!! Let this practice bring you into a deeper awareness of who you are and connect to what is really important in life.
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Back to Center
By Ally Hamilton on Apr 22, 2020
Pull your focus back to what is real and what is important. Too many of us spend too much time worrying about how we look, or how life looks, instead of celebrating who we are, and what we have to offer. Open your hips, hamstrings and shoulders, strengthen your core, play on your hands and upside down, and feel yourself surrender in Savasana.
