This is a strength and stability practice to support those hard working joints, your knees.
This practice pays special attention to not hyperextending your knees, where your quads, hamstrings, calves and shins can be mostly passive and avoids deep knee bending as well as avoids all postures that put pressure on your knees, so they can be happy!
Happy Knees can be great for those working on healing their knees through strength building, however, always be mindful and consult your medical professional before returning to physical activity after injury.
You will want 2 blocks for this practice.
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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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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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Go With The Flow
This efficient practice is a progressive flow, incrementally building from simple to complex.
The standing pose progression winds down to a little hip-opener, heart-opener sequence before dropping into rest.
It’s a perfect practice for when you’re short on time but want to move mindfully and br...
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