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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Yogi LSD Flow
By Ally Hamilton on Mar 4, 2023
What is the yogi LSD flow you may be asking? LSD stands for Long, Slow, Deep (Breathing!) If you really moved one breath per movement, you'd be going pretty slowly, right? And the longer you practice, presumably the greater your lung capacity, so the slower you'd go. When was the last time you truly practiced that way? If you want to experience what that feels like (and it is deep, intense and trippy) this flow is for you. We start with grounding and meditation, then begin with mindful juicy sweet movement and stay curious and open along the way. We deeply open the hips, hamstrings and shoulders, fire up the core, play with arm balances and inversions, all while staying with one breath/movement. You will be sore tomorrow, in the best possible way! And I vacillated between intermediate and advanced on this one. Intermediate yogis are absolutely welcome, just listen to your body and keep breathing. Enjoy this very deep practice yogis, and the natural high that comes with this kind of breath-work!
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All About the Binds, Part 3
By Brent Laffoon on Feb 8, 2023
A nice, juicy practice that incorporates a variety of binding postures, and invites you to investigate all the elements that go into making them possible--strength, balance, flexibility and mobility. Enjoy Part 3 of our binding adventure!
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Deep Shoulder + Hip Rx
By Ally Hamilton on Dec 16, 2022
When you have an hour and want to deeply release your shoulders and hips, strengthen your core and turn your world upside down!
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All About the Binds, Part I
By Brent Laffoon on Dec 9, 2022
A short practice that focuses on basic binds--Triangle, Side Angle, Half Moon, Bird of Paradise and Yogi Squat. This practice is great as a stand alone, and also as a way of building a foundation for deeper binding in "All About the Binds, Part II"... which will be coming soon... enjoy!
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Quads Going On
By Ally Hamilton on Oct 12, 2022
Need an energy-shifter? Grab your mat and let's go! We start with a moment of grounding and breathing and then we're off! Spinal mobility, cat-cows, lion's breath, shoulder opening, standing balance, hip and hamstring opening, core strengthening, arm balancing, back-bending and lots of love for those quads! This is the Wild Card Monday class and you are always invited to join me live at noon PST over zoom. I send the link out in the newsletter each week. I LOVE seeing y'all in real time, getting to chat after class and meet your dogs, cats, goldfish and an occasional foul-mouthed parrot! Plus your other humans. Local yogis are also invited (you'll see various body parts of Bob's in and out of frame if you look carefully ;)) Enjoy, yogis!
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Just Right
By Ally Hamilton on Apr 4, 2022
If you're looking fir an hour-long practice that has a good balance of energizing/heat-building and deep stress relief, look no further! We get to it pretty quickly with Series C variations to build heat, core strengthening to amp things up, hip opening to get ready for some fun standing balance poses, and arm balances and backbends before we cool things down. Lots of emphasis on paying attention to sensation and working with your own energy level. You can turn the heat up or down accordingly. This practice is not too much or too little, it is just right :)
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Seriously Open Hips
By Ally Hamilton on Mar 28, 2022
Well, if you're looking to seriously open your hips every which way from Sunday, here you go! We are working our way toward a possible grasshopper pose, but whether that arm balance happens today, or you end up working the building blocks, you will 100% walk away from your mat with open hips and hamstrings and freed up energy! Core strengthening, chest-opening, arm toning, hamstring-loving good fun all the way through. But the hips steal the show. Enjoy, yogis!
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Friday Feeling
By Ally Hamilton on Feb 17, 2022
Want that Friday Feeling regardless of the day? You know that feeling of freedom because the hard part is done and now it's just about releasing tension and finding ease? Focusing on what DID get done instead of whatever didn't? Then this is for you! A practice that's all about opening the hips, hamstrings and shoulders, building core strength, and working with your energy level to dial the heat up or down. Want restorative backbends today but looking for something deeper than supported bridge pose? I've got you covered. Want active backbends? You can have them! Want to play with handstands, or do you need to run your legs up the wall? Whatever it is, this practice is about having a conversation with your body from moment-to-moment and pose-to-pose and picking what feels right for you! That's the key to a Friday Feeling anytime :) Enjoy!
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Good Day Kickstart
By Ally Hamilton on Feb 7, 2022
Need a little kickstart? Hit play! This is a fun, energizing flow, an all-over opener and strengthener, and a great way to take care of your whole self!
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Hip Hop We Don't Stop
By Ally Hamilton on Jan 7, 2022
Hello, friends! If you're looking for an hour-long fun flow that gets your heart pumping, builds some nice heat and targets your hips...you've come to the right place! We have core strengthening along the way, arm balancing and inverting. The focus is on hip-opening and once we're really warm, I'll give you some options to take your bound angle pose (and your hips) to the next level. A block will be handy! Enjoy :)
