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Circular Cycles
Mandalas are circular cycles or patterns in Buddhism and Hinduism that represent balance, wholeness and interconnection.
In this practice we embody several different mandalas from moving individual joints in a mandala to meditatively moving in a circular pattern on our mats.
And circular motion...
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Tending The Heart Fire
This practice is a gentle stoking of your heart fire with movements that bring energy to your heart center as well as the entire front gates of your body.
Chest expansion, hip flexor stretches , spinal extension and of course breath collaborate to help you feel freer and lit from within.
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Detox + Define
Inspired by my retreat with the same name, Detox + Define is a practice that combines movements that support detoxification and release, both physical and energetic, as well as opportunities for intentionality, self-reflection and affirmation.
It’s dynamic and reverential, all in one.
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Mobilize
This dynamic, mobility-focused practice begins with a progressive flow where one movement is built upon in each subsequent round. Then it shifts into a core strengthening sequence and finally into a hip-centric sequence before bringing it home with a well-deserved final relaxation.
The practice ...
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Evergreen Mobility
This practice keeps your body moving with ease that lasts.
Through dynamic stretches, fluid transitions, and joint-friendly movements, you’ll build mobility, resilience and freedom that endure through ever season, just like an evergreen tree.
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Vitality
This practice is inspired by the martial art form, Qi Gong. It’s a short, daily practice that supports energy (Qi) flow throughout your body and breaks up patterns of stagnation in how you sit, sleep, stand and so on.
You’ll do each movement for a minute. It’s short and simple enough to do every...
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On The Road - PM Practice
As the name would suggest, this practice pair is designed for travel! Sometimes you’re in tight spaces, sometimes you don’t have as much time as usual.
The AM practice is great for daytime, wherever and whenever you can squeeze it in. In addition to some well-rounded postures, it includes a litt...
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4 Essential Movements
This is a shorter-form version of a class I offer called the 4 Essential Movements for healthy embodiment which are: cardiorespiratory exercise, strength training, flexibility and neuromotor exercises.
This class weaves them all together into a succinct flow for when you don’t have a lot of time...
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Hips + Shoulders
Do you ever think about how your shoulders are the hips of your upper body and your hips are the shoulders of your lower body?
That’s exactly the kind of weird thing I think about – very often when one is tight, so is the other so in my own practice, I tend to address them together.
This is one...
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Strong
While Yoga is often associated with stretch, some poses are more about strength.
This practice is an empowering combination of poses that support not only your physical strength but a strength of sense of self and capacity, which crosses over into everything you do and how you show up in the world.
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Fluid Power
This class is inspired by one of my main teachers, Shiva Rea, and her creativity and Prana Vinyasa curriculum. The sequences in this practice highlight fluidity and flow while integrating strength and steadiness.
Within the flow sequence, you’ll experience twists, hip openers, core activation an...
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Ripening
This class celebrates the ripening of the fruits of our practice.
It is a legs and hip-centric practice, often considered to represent our roots.
As we move through this practice, we’ll begin to feel the embodied wisdom drawn from those roots ripening in our hearts and minds.
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Delight
This heart-opening flow is uplifting and emergent!
To truly explore your heart center, you’ve also got to invite the front gates of your hips to the party! This practice combines chest expansion with side stretching, shoulder and neck mobility and front of your hip stretches for a playful, expan...
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Preserve
Since this one released right before my birthday, I thought of what I want most from movement practice right now and it's to PRESERVE my mobility for life! So here you go!
This practice is inspired by preserving your mobility and the key joint movements that enable you to live fully and do the t...
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Tribute
This practice embodies the spirit of service with gentle heart and hip openers. It's a tribute to your capacity for being of service in the world.
It’s a subtle reminder to honor the effort involved with giving and serving others by remembering your roots, both what came before you and what nour...
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Recalibrate
Nothing happens in your mind that goes unnoticed by your body and nothing happens in your body that goes unnoticed by your mind. And largely, that’s because of your autonomic nervous system.
Recalibrate is a practice that addresses some of the common freeze-fight-or-flight spots in your body – s...
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Joint Venture
The older I get, the more obsessed I get with ankle and shoulder mobility!
Poor ankle mobility makes it impossible to use our leg muscles optimally and the same goes for shoulder mobility and upper body muscles.
This practice aims to support mobility in your ankles, shoulders and your spine to ...
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Open Hips
Open Hips is a mellow energy, hip liberating practice that emphasizes your inner hips or adductors and the back of your hips, your hamstrings and glutes.
This practice can stand alone for when you’re simply feeling stiff or have been sitting for long periods OR it’s a fantastic recovery practice...