Published on April 6, 2021
A slow, steady build of deep hip, hamstring and spinal opening, culminating in a headstand with a twist... enjoy!
By Brent Laffoon on Jun 5, 2025
This is a restorative, gentle, deep yin practice that opens the hips and hamstrings with long holds and conscious breathing. You may want a block or two so that you can "lift the floor up" to meet you in certain poses, and really allow yourself to surrender. As you breathe and open deeply, Brent will share some history of yoga with you. Going back to the Vedic Period and The Vedas, which explored fundamental questions about existence, the nature of the divine, and the path to liberation. Good stuff :) Enjoy, yogis!
By Brent Laffoon on May 19, 2025
A sweaty, challenging, super fun flow with Brent, focused on hip mobility and core stability. Get ready to play with some of your old friends in new ways, challenge your balance, find muscles you didn't know you had, and work some deep core stabilizing muscles while you increase your hip mobility. Good stuff. Two blocks may be helpful. Enjoy, yogis!
By Angela Kukhahn on Apr 21, 2025
You might think there is no one on earth who could make 7 minutes of intense core-work fun, but you'd be wrong about that! Don't believe it? Grab two blocks and join Angela for some core work on your back, and then flip things over for some core facing the floor. You'll find yourself in side plank, dolphin plank, and dolphin pose, too. Bet you'll enjoy yourself. And you'll think of Angela every time you laugh for the next 3 days :) (You'll get a little shoulder-opening as a bonus!) You're welcome!
By Brent Laffoon on Apr 1, 2025
Thought twice about whether to put this practice in the Meditation or Gentle Yoga section. Truthfully, it could be in both! This is a beautiful session that explores what happens when we sit and observe sensation in the body. The most consistent sensation is the breath. And the more we can attune our minds to noticing subtle sensation, the more we're able to be present, curious, and immersed in what's happening from moment-to-moment - in other words, the more able we are to suck the juice out of every moment. In this session, we intersperse deep stretching and breathing with periods of sitting quietly and breathing. There is hip opening with breath, then sitting. Shoulder-opening with breath, then sitting, breathing, and witnessing. There is hamstring opening and conscious breath, and seated meditation once again. Each time you stretch and breathe, and then sit and breathe, you may observe the mind as it quiets more easily and willingly, until the fluctuations cease, and your mind is smooth, like the most placid lake at sunrise, before even the birds are awake. Enjoy, yogis. You may want blocks, straps or blankets for any of the shoulder and hamstring opening.
By Brent Laffoon on Mar 3, 2025
Rainy days have their own vibes, don't they, friends? There's something cozy about being inside, on your mat, as the rain falls and your breath flows. This is a slow, sweet, stretchy practice that opens the shoulders, hips and hamstrings deeply, and really gives you the chance to feel your way into every moment. You might even walk away from your mat feeling a little sunshine in your heart. Two blocks and a strap may be helpful. Enjoy!
By Brent Laffoon on Feb 18, 2025
A little bit of breath, a little bit of movement, and a meditation on sukha (an authentic, lasting state of happiness, pleasure, ease, or joy) versus dukha (the "mind-stuff" that can cause us suffering, pain, stress and dis-ease when we ruminate too much on the things outside our control). There's a tendency to focus on our physical state, and forget that most of our lives are experienced through our mental and emotional states. Spend some time finding ease in your body, and sweet steadiness in your mind. You may find it helpful to prop a blanket or meditation cushion under your tailbone, or to sit up on a block.
By Brent Laffoon on Jan 30, 2025
This is a short, sweet yin practice and the focus is...flexibility. There are always new studies coming out, but the general consensus is static stretching - meaning holding a position - for roughly thirty seconds while breathing deeply, is the way. We're going to be looking for that edge, that place where there's a lot of good sensation to work with, but we are not experiencing pain. Let your breath be your guide - if it's hard to breathe deeply and consciously, you've probably gone too far. Stay in the zone where you can breathe, and enjoy this exploration of sweet flexibility, friends. 2 blocks and a strap may be helpful.
By Brent Laffoon on Jan 6, 2025
A classic power yoga practice designed to challenge both mind and body with a variety of deep core work, standing and arm balances and inversions... enjoy!
By Brent Laffoon on Dec 12, 2024
It's one thing to build core strength. It's another to learn how to engage your core in order to access the strength you've built. This practice will help you do exactly that. There's a little press handstand tutorial mixed in for those of you who want to work on that. You may just amaze yourself by what you're able to accomplish... enjoy!
By Brent Laffoon on Oct 31, 2024
A soothing, slow-paced practice to help you stay light and limber, with a bit of pranayama at the end to keep your mind calm and clear. Enjoy!
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