Too busy to get to class today? Join Rita in a short practice. Get your mat and props, and we’ll do some yoga now.
Practice Now
Astavakrasana
45 min. This practice explores a fabulous arm balance that requires strength, spinal flexibility, and of course open hips, which we have been working on in several practices so far. Enjoy this practice where you take yourself to perhaps a new pose or at least a different way of doing the pose, and create your own asana eye candy!
Parsvakonasana
30 min. For me, parsvakonasana is just like going home, just like my favorite foods, and just like my own refuge. We will refine this side angle pose with several lunges and twists to open the pelvis and get length in the side body.
Parvrtta Trikonasana
30 min. Twisted Triangle is one pose we often love to avoid because it requires so many actions to prepare for it-- hamstrings, shoulders, balance, and twisting. This short sequence enables us to each of these actions to get to a deeper expression of the pose.
Gomukasana
15 min. This short practice combines shoulder and hip opening standing poses as well as seated poses. Gomukasana is one of those poses that all of us like to avoid, but in this short practice, you will not be discouraged!
Ardha Chandrasana
30 min. A quick and energizing practice of standing poses to build strength. Enjoy this balance pose with stability and ease.
Triang mukhaikapada paschimottanasana
45 min. Lengthen hamstrings and quads in standing poses where we are drawing to the midline to open the hips for this seated forward bend.
Paschimottanasana
60 min. Poses that lengthen the hamstrings and challenge us to go deeper into paschimottanasana take time. To get to the fullness of this seated forward bend, enjoy several standing poses to warm up and protect the spine while softening and turning inward.
Urdhva Dhanurasana
30 min. This quick sequence of backbends leading to urdhva dhanurasana enable a nice quad stretch through lunges, twists to lengthen the side body, and several poses to open your shoulders and create more flexibility in the upper thoracic spine.
Mermaid
45 min. Express your full heart in this steady and challenging sequence to work on the fullness of mermaid pose. Accessible and restorative backbends and hip openers lead the way to a pose of grace and stability.
