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Hug It In
In this class, we'll focus on both strengthening and stretching the muscles of the outer hips, particularly the gluteus medius muscles. These muscles tend to be weak on people, yet are very important for stabilizing the pelvis. They can also be tight and bog down ease of movement in the hip. You'...
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Roll With It
In this class, we do a lot of rolling... Rolling the legs around in the hip sockets, rolling like a ball, rolling and windmilling like the spokes of a wheel, etc. This class is a reminder that rolling with the punches is something that we learn how to do better over time and with experience. It t...
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Find Your Balance
You'll need 2 blocks for this class (though you can make do with one. We'll use the blocks in lots of creative and fun ways to challenge your balance so that you can find your balance. We're all looking for a little more balance in life and this class is a great time to work on it and help you ac...
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Be Here Now
In this class, we'll focus on being present in the here and now. This is the only time in which we are actually living. Not in the past or future. The breath is a great way to drop into the present moment. And connecting breath and body is helpful with that as well. We'll move with a little more ...
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Stretchy Goodness
Looking for a feel-good class to stretch it all out? Well, this is the one! We'll move with a little more ease and awareness in this class with the goal of using flexibility to create freedom. The hope is that you'll feel great at the end. Enjoy!
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The Middle Way
In this class, we'll focus on finding a neutral pelvis and neutral spine. Neutral is the happy medium or middle way of where your joints prefer to be. In the middle (in a neutral pelvis), you'll find the most range of motion for your hips and you'll be able to generate the most power. We want to ...
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Extend Your Hips
In this class, we'll focus on getting good hip extension with a neutral pelvis. Many people will tip in their pelvis to get more hip extension in their movements, however, this results in compression of the lower back and turning off of the lower abdominals, not a recipe for long-term success. So...
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Clear Out the Cobwebs
In this class, we'll be making lots of space in the thoracic part of the spine. That's where the ribcage connects to the spine in the mid and upper back. We'll be side bending, back bending, and rotating to carve out space, i.e. clear out the cobwebs. This should help make you feel freer in your ...
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Feel Good Flow
This class is all about feeling good in your mind, body, soul, spirit. We'll move with our breaths. Make this class work for you. Ask yourself what do you need today as you move & breathe and your mat and then give yourself what you need. We will not be in a rush in this class, so you'll have tim...
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Beside & Behind You
In this class, we'll be working with a lot of poses and movements that happen in the planes beside and behind you. We live so much of our lives in front of us, but there's a lot of benefit to bringing our awareness and movement patterns into the sides and back. You'll notice how much your shoulde...
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Astavakrasana Flow
In this class, we'll be working toward the pose astavakrasana, a.k.a. crooked sage, a.k.a. eight-angle pose. There are 5 key component parts of this pose that we'll work on during the class, including: arm strength, core strength (with a twist), hamstring length, adductor strength, and hip mobili...
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Connect to Your Back Body
In this class, we'll focus on connecting the arms and legs to the torso (your core). We'll do this primarily by focusing on your serratus anterior muscle - the muscle that helps connect the scapula to the ribcage - and the iliopsoas muscles - the iliacus and psoas muscle group that run from your ...
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Revolve to Evolve
In this class, we'll be revolving in the spine, shoulders, & hips in order to evolve our body. We'll do this in both closed-chain & open-chain positions. Closed-chain is where you rotate from a connection of a limb or limbs on the ground, open-chain is where you're rotating while those body parts...
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You Get the Point
This class was inspired by the points of a star. We'll be moving our limbs and our whole bodies in a variety of directions while maintaining a stable core. These kinds of movements are really great for your core, but also for the mobility of your shoulders and hips. I think you'll notice a differ...
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Oblique Observations
In this class, we'll be paying particular attention to our obliques. Our internal and external obliques form the middle layer of our abdominal wall. They are important for creating both side bending and twisting movements in our bodies. They also help create stability and strength in our core. We...
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Nurture Your Neck
In this class, we'll nuture our necks by exploring range of motion of the neck, while also mobilizing & strengthening the upper back. Tightness and rounding in the upper back and chest can affect the neck, so we want to make sure we to address those areas. This class will leave you feeling spacio...
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Zip It Up
In this class, we're working on keeping the core integrated throughout. I'll reference the idea of the abdominal brace, where you keep a degree of tone around the full circumference of the space between the pelvis & ribcage. The idea is that we're not only strong and integrated in our core when w...
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With Confidence
In today's class, the name of the game is to move with confidence! When we step on our mats we don't always know exactly what's coming. That's part of the fun and part of the challenge. Today, do your best to do each movement with as much confidence as you can muster. That little extra bit of for...
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We’re Cruisin’
In this class, expect a well-balanced all-around practice. Focus on cruising through it and cruising through life with a little more ease. Of course, that doesn't mean it won't require effort and that there won't be challenges, but step up to those as they come and enjoy!
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Bird of Paradise
In this class, we'll work our way up to a modified version of the pose bird of paradise, though you're welcome to take the classical form of the pose if you like. This pose requires open hamstrings, hips, and shoulders, so we'll be incorporating all of these elements into how we move. I hope you ...
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Send Your Breath
In this class, we work on expanding the breath into the full container of the core. We want our breath to move not just in the belly, but all the way up to the collar bones. Our posture really affects our ability to breathe properly and fully. So, as usual, good posture and movement patterns are ...
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Free Your Femurs
In this class, we'll be freeing up our femurs (thigh bones). We'll move the leg through flexion, extension, and circumduction (circular) ranges of motion. We'll both move the pelvis around a fixed femur and the femur within the pelvis. By the end, you'll feel a much greater sense of freedom in yo...
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Rinse It Out
This class is inspired by the agitator in the center of the washing machine. We'll be rinsing out our bodies with rotation and movements that repeat (medleys). You'll have the opportunity to work on both dynamic stability and flexibility.