Make this truly restorative by placing support underneath knees, sitting on a blanket to ease tension in tight hamstrings, and raising the floor up with props so that you can fold at the hips and rest your front body while gently lengthening the low back. If you can't find a sense of ease, lie on your back with your legs wide apart sliding up the wall and support the outer legs.
Here are some classes featuring Wide-Angle Seated Forward Bend.
By Ally Hamilton on Oct 18, 2024
Hello friends! This is a calming, grounding yin practice with breath-work. If you're dealing with anxiety, racing thoughts, insomnia, or just generally feel like your nervous system needs a reboot, join me. This is a great evening practice, but you can use it anytime you want a deep stretch, especially for the hips and hamstrings - though the shoulders get some love here, too. Yin yoga is about long holds - really allowing the muscles, fascia and tissue around the joints to release - and when you add deep, conscious breath along with curiosity about sensation, you have something extra potent and special. 2 blocks may be very helpful. This is not a heat-building practice, so please listen to your body and don't force anything. Enjoy x
By Brent Laffoon on Nov 4, 2023
A short, gentle practice meant to help you unwind and recharge. Perfect for when you're short on time and energy and need a little boost. Enjoy!
By Angela Kukhahn on Sep 1, 2023
This flow is all about strength-and-stretch. It's so good to build heat and open every major muscle group (your hips, hamstrings and shoulders are going to get a LOT of love here!) but it's also nice to have a really strong center! This is the perfect mix of yin/yang and I hope you enjoy, yogis :)
By Brent Laffoon on Jun 17, 2022
A sweaty, mindful practice that focuses almost entirely on building strength in your hip flexors. Dig deep... and enjoy!
By Ally Hamilton on Mar 1, 2022
Want to work toward middle splits? Grab a couple of blocks, a strap, maybe a blanket or two and your open mind, and join me for this slow-ish, mindful flow where we build some nice heat with the intention of deeply opening the hips and hamstrings on our way to middle splits! You can expect Series C with variations, core strengthening, skandasana with variations, extended hand-to-big-toe pose with variations, bound angle pose with blocks, our friend the frog, wide straddle forward folds...and possibly middle splits! Please do not force anything! This is a deep pose and as ever, it is not the destination, it's the journey! Make deep, conscious breath the foundation and allow your body to open!
By Brent Laffoon on Feb 26, 2022
I know, I know... Ashtanga is hard. Don't worry. This practice an abbreviated and modified version of the Ashtanga primary series, so intermediate yogis are welcome. It's meant to be challenging without being overwhelming. As always, if your goal is to grow, at some point you have to get uncomfortable, and this practice is meant to take you just a little beyond your edge so that you can start to see how to put the pieces of the bigger Ashtanga puzzle together... enjoy!
By Jamie Monte on Jan 30, 2022
In the yin practice, we want to feel something - not too much and not too little. Comfortably uncomfortable in most poses. We are looking to create healthy stress on the deep tissues in the body -the yin tissues. They respond and become more resilient with this type of training rather than with movement which is what our muscles or yang tissues need. Props can help us relax and tell our nervous system we are safe. Bolster, blankets, blocks, strap, chair, wall. Get creative with your props at home - use a tie from your robe as a strap, stiff couch cushion, or pillow as a bolster. Use books for blocks!
By Ekaette Ekong on Dec 18, 2021
This is a gentle but deep practice for all levels that focuses on forward folds. This is a beautiful class do to at the end of your day, or anytime you want to deeply calm your nervous system and open your hips, hamstrings and shoulders. Forward folding is an invitation to tune in, slow down, and be with yourself in a curious and compassionate way. Please breathe deeply and mindfully and have two blocks, a strap and a blanket handy. Enjoy, yogis.
By Lauren Peterson on Sep 25, 2021
This practice gets us going with poses to strengthen the core, followed by deep stretches for the IT band and hamstrings. We mix in some sun salutations and standing poses for stability and balance. Practice closes with backbends and inversions. Enjoy!
By Ally Hamilton on May 10, 2021
If you're short on time but want to breathe deeply, get present, build a fire in your belly and open your hips and hamstrings deeply, look no further! We pack a lot into this short practice and you may even find yourself on the way to kurmasana (tortoise pose) by the end! Please don't force a thing, though, just move, breathe and be good to you!
Leslie Kazadi
