Test Jan 2025

This course deepens your forward bend practice through Upavistha Konasana and its variations, enhancing flexibility, spinal alignment, and energy flow.

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Intermediate

Standing Poses With Dowelling – Weekly Intermediate class 321

35 Min

Focus

This class explores the common ground between backbends and standing poses, using a unique approach that incorporates a length of dowelling. The class demonstrates how a dowelling rod, easily replaceable with everyday items like broomsticks or other household utensils, can...

Key Poses

Standing poses.

Equipment

Mat, chair, dowelling, belt, blanket.

Course Overview

Description

This 5-part course offers a deep dive into Upavistha Konasana (Wide-Angled Seated Forward Bend) and its variations, including Parivrtta Upavistha Konasana (Revolved Wide-Angled Seated Forward Bend), providing a pathway to elevate your forward bend practice. Tailored for experienced students, the course enhances hamstring and adductor flexibility while incorporating targeted twists to release the back and correct spinal imbalances. Each class methodically prepares the body through complementary poses like Trikonasana, Prasarita Padottanasana, and Parighasana, isolating key actions to refine alignment and deepen mobility in the hips, legs, and spine. By engaging often hard-to-reach muscle groups like the latissimus dorsi and quadratus lumborum, this course not only offers immediate physical benefits but also lays the groundwork for long-term progress in forward bends. Whether you’re looking to break through plateaus or refine your existing practice, this course will help take your forward bends to the next level, boosting both flexibility and energy flow throughout the body.

Who is this course for?

  • Experienced yoga practitioners looking to deepen their forward bend practice.
  • Those aiming to enhance hamstring and adductor flexibility.
  • Students seeking to improve spinal alignment and relieve back tension through twists.
  • Practitioners wanting to explore advanced variations of seated forward bends.

How will this course help?

  • Increase hamstring and adductor mobility for more accessible and deeper forward bends.
  • Improve spinal alignment and release tension in the back through targeted twists.
  • Isolate and strengthen key muscle groups like the latissimus dorsi and quadratus lumborum for enhanced posture.
  • Gain a methodical approach to progressing in forward bends, resulting in both immediate benefits and long-term improvements.

What do I get from this course?

  • Detailed guidance through Upavistha Konasana and its variations to deepen your forward bend practice.
  • Step-by-step sequences featuring preparatory poses to isolate key actions and open the body safely.
  • Techniques to enhance flexibility in the hamstrings, adductors, and hips while improving spinal alignment.
  • Access to advanced twisting and forward bend variations for a more balanced and energized yoga practice.

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