Circling Back to Your Sacred Center ( Backbends & Twists)
Pranayama: This practice includes alternate nostril breathing designed to unblock trapped energy in the solar (pingala), lunar (ida), and sushumna (central) channels and backbends and twists, so we feel light and free.
Asanas: Come join us for this awesome yoga practice and explore ways to attain backbends and twists, so to develop:
Backbends (domes) and twists are essential to a well-balanced practice. Unfortunately most of us avoid these poses thinking they are beyond our capacity.
B.K.S. Iyengar recommends we practice backbends and twists 3 times a week to counteract daily habits of sitting, driving, and being on the computer – all of which puts our bodies in a constant state of flexion.
The key to keeping the postures safe for the lower back is to practice with awareness, alignment, and gentleness. We incorporate the yoga yama, ahimsa – (nonviolence = do no harm) so that we do not go too deep, too quickly – into the postures.
Yoga International Article: A Beginner’s Guide to Bandha’s
https://yogainternational.com/article/view/a-beginners-guide-to-bandhas
ALL ARE WELCOME
Whether you have attended any of my yoga classes in the past or not, you are welcome to attend any or all of these classes.
SKILL LEVEL
Beginner – with at least 6 months of yoga experience
Intermediate
Advanced
PROPS
One yoga mat, necessary Two yoga blocks, necessary
Two firm bolsters or two firm blankets, if you have
One yoga belt, if you have
Two or three sandbags, if you have
Dharma wheel, if you have one
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