This week’s class video:

Hurdler’s Pose / Eka Pada Koundinyasana 2

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Are you too BUSY? Don’t have time for a full class? Here’s this week’s 10-Minute Warm-Up to get you moving, so you can still get on with the demands of your day:

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Flying low-to-the-ground and getting LONG...

Or trying. Maybe you get kind of curled in and can't lift. That happens.

Sometimes the "hurdle" of the Hurdler's Pose is figuring out how to get your back leg off the ground so that you're not stuck flopping like a fish. There are ways avoid that, but maybe you need someone to show you how?

That's what I'm here for!

Sometimes the pose is known as the "Flying Splits," but that's an aspirational name for most people -- maybe not YOU, if you've got exceptional hip mobility. Mobility's not the whole thing, though. Gotta be strong, gotta be able to control TENSION throughout your body.

So, we'll work on that in this flow -- hip mobility, hamstring lengthening, bracing the core, bent arm strength, even back extension.

If you're new to my classes, this is a Vinyasa, a "yoga-based" flow. Closer to calisthenics than exotic spirituality. You'll hold poses, but you'll move in and out of them too, too get your joints warmed up, get you used to finding odd shapes

Your hands and feet will ground you, your balance will be tested, your mind will be VERY occupied with the positions & transitions. JOIN ME -- you'll enjoy much smoother movement when you're done!