Practicing Stillness: A restorative/yin practice to support the possibility of fully resting into stillness. We move through fully supported front body openers, side body releases, pigeon pose, wide legged forward fold and sit at the end. It is a nourishing practice that supports an exploration of rest, stillness and awareness.
Rest into Flow: Pure nurturance. This class starts off with some restorative postures and then sneaks into a delicious, well rounded movement practice. It is one of my absolute favourites: slow, steady, utter nourishment for your nervous system, delicious movement explorations and really honing our capacity to attune to presence. Props: Anything resembling a bolster, blocks, strap, blankets - get it all! I do give options for no props so don’t let a lack of props hold you back! I highly recommend practicing using the suggested playlist below.
Fluid Nourishment: A class for when you need to be completely nourished by your movement, this fluid, yummy flow will help you to remember your innate creativity, and will bring you into a place where you can rest and refuel in stillness at the end. A highly nourishing practice.
Yummy shoulder & spine release: One of my favourite ways to release my shoulders and upper back. We will work from a cross legged seat for a section of this practice, if you are uncomfortable sitting on the ground, you can also change this to sitting on a chair and working with a table in front of you, or you can elevate your seat with a block or firm cushion. Props: A few blocks or books.
Multi Dimensional & Omni Directional: An explorative movement experience looking at the multi dimensionality and omni directionality of how we are built and how we can move! Starts slow and unfolds into a playful and challenging flow to keep your tissues intrigued and curiosity sparked!
Wake up and flow: A varied full body flow that gets everything moving and ready for the day ahead. Move from the ground into standing warrior sequences, twists, side body openers and a lovely rest at the end. A delicious, simple and steady practice to get you embodied and clear for the day ahead. 37 Minutes.
20 Minute movement snack: Let your mind rest as you attune to movement, sensations and presence. Revitalise your whole body with neck, shoulder and spine releases, a little bit of flow, a little bit of strength, some forward folds and a micro meditation to close.
Follow your feet: A varied practice that explores and wakes up the antennae for movement that are your trotters! Move into a footworky fun and creative flow and play with inversions at the end if you like to see how your feet play a big part in getting upside down. Treat your feet to attention, nourishment and challenge and feel the ripple affect through your whole body as you practice.
Goddess Prayer: A longer and more complex chant, and one of my all time favourites. This chant calls to various forms of the goddess and comes from a text called the Devi Mahatmayam. This is from the Argala Stotram that is comprised of 26 verses, here I share the first 3. The melody was taught to me by my teacher Stephanie Snyder.
Hand balance flow: A short, strong, varied practice with less instruction and more flow. Explore weight shift in side to side plank variations, play with crow pose, handstands and some stretchy standing flows before closing with some hip strengtheners and releases. Check out the suggested follow on practices to build this into a longer, fuller practice.
Honouring our tiredness: Sometimes all we really need to do is honour the fact that we are really tired. In this class we spend 15 minutes simply resting in 4 restorative postures, and work with breath and visualisations to honour and release fatigue. Props: Bolster or two sleeping pillows, a blanket or two and possibly a block will come in handy if you have one available.
The Heart: Exploring the relationship between the physiology of our heart, ancient philosophies that talk about the heart, and the utter magic of our embryological heart journey. I read some words written by anatomist and poet Gil Hedley, and share teachings from the Recognition Sutras and Joanne Avison’s insights on the heart. Inspiration station!
Journey to Handstand - Legs: A practice designed to help you develop strength and awareness in your legs to help navigate standing on your hands. You can do this class with or without doing handstands, there are only a few in there at the end, but if you are wanting to build a handstand practice, the legs are a good place to start! We start slow and build into a challenging practice, exploring some familiar postures in new ways, and close with a floor sequence, a yummy rest and some chanting.
Grounding Flow: A fluid but grounding flow to move with steadiness and slow. it. down. Start with an awareness meditation and unfold into a vinyasa practice exploring twists and steadiness in our legs, playing with some variations of half moon pose at the wall. You’ll need two bricks if possible.
Breath of Fire: An invigorating practice, and a personal favourite to shift my mood or energy and get a sense of ‘clearing the slate’. A short, sharp exhale followed by a passive inhale and some gentle breath retentions in between breaths make for a quick, effective and potent practice. Not recommended if you are pregnant or menstruating or have any abdominal sensitivity.
