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Saddle {Hero} Pose

Saddle Pose also known as Hero Pose can be an excellent stretch for very active people or those standing a lot during the day. There are many ways to experience this posture so take your time getting in to feel renewed and confident!

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Deer Pose

Enjoy this seated yin posture that aims to stretch the outer hips and glutes as well as the groin. It can also release tension in the low back as well as improve digestion and mental clarity. Use the grace of a deer to make your way into this posture slow and steady

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Ankle Stretch

Open the heart and calm your nervous system with this Melting Heart Posture. Once there, explore a sense of deep love and affection for yourself, your practice, and all those around you.

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Anahatasana (Melting Heart)

Open the heart and calm your nervous system with this Melting Heart Posture. Once there, explore a sense of deep love and affection for yourself, your practice, and all those around you.

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Open Wing

Open Wing, also known as Broken Wing is a Yin Yoga posture designed to strengthen and lengthen the connective tissues of the chest, shoulders, and arms. This can offer protection against the risk of injury and enhance performance in physical activity. As with any yin posture, once you get into this pose, try to hold for 3-4 minutes, breathing through any discomfort to create more space and release tension.

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Baddha Konasana (Bound Angle Pose)

Bound Angle Pose is a hip and groin opener that radiates a beautiful release of energy throughout your body. This seated yoga posture is sometimes called “Cobbler’s Pose,” after the way cobblers in India sit on the ground to work on footwear. Regularly practicing hip-openers, such as Baddha Konasana, will counteract stiffness, reduce pain, and bring more ease and grace to your movements.

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Ananda Balasana (Happy Baby)

Allow yourself to relax and feel the ease in your hips and the joy in your heart as you rock side to side in Happy Baby Pose. Babies move this way naturally to discover new ways to experience the world. You can use this pose to check in with your breath, your thoughts, and the way your hips feel, and realize how Happy Baby can bring joy to any moment.

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Hanumanasana - Monkey Pose/Full Split

Monkey Pose, commonly known as “the split,” is an advanced leg stretch and hip-opener. The yoga version of this pose keeps the hips squared to the front, unlike the version practiced in dance where the hips are opened more to the side.

The Sanskrit name for this pose, “Hanumanasana” is named after the Hindu monkey god, Hanuman. In an ancient story, Hanuman took one giant leap all the way from India to Sri Lanka, and then one more leap to return to India. Hanumanasana mimics his leap! By practicing the pose on each side, you become like Hanuman, soaring to a new heights!

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Eka Pada Rajakapotasana - One-Legged King Pigeon Pose

For an ultimate hip opener, heart opener and back bend all in one, One Legged Pigeon King poses can offer many benefits for both the body and mind. Practice with ease and grace as you first get the hip opening qualities, then the heart opener as you reach back for your bent knee and then finally for the back bend as you continue to rise into the fullest expression.

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Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose)

Bridges are connectors taking us from one side to the other. The same is true in bridge pose. We create the arch within the body as you would see in a bridge, but it is within that we are truly connecting to our higher selves. We lift our hearts to the sky, building strength in the legs as we root down and flexibility in our back as we lift.

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Camatkarasana (Wild Thing)

Wild Thing is one of the most playful postures, one that invites expansion, positivity and joy. This happens by energetically rooting to the earth while at the same time opening your heart, throat and third eye as you continue to lift up, feeling into a complete sense of freedom and possibility. Tap into your inner wild as you dance your way through one legged dog or side plank to find your Wild Thing.

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Natarajasana (Lord of the Dance Pose)

Dancers have the ability to cultivate grace and ease while confidently spinning around and making leaps across the floor. They are able to do this as a result of practicing inner focus, while training their bodies to be flexible, strong and balanced. Lord of the Dance is a great pose for tapping into your most creative, strong, balanced self.

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Garudasana (Eagle Pose)

Garuda is the mythic “king of the birds,” the vehicle of Vishnu. Eagle Pose takes strength, presence, and persistence, all of which are key character attributes of Power. Reconnecting to and standing in your power in this pose means being in your truest stance, one with purpose, passion and POWER. Own this pose, go in deep and, with your breath, explore your truest self from the eye of an eagle.

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Ardha Pincha Mayurasana

Dolphin pose incorporates many ways to rediscover the balance of effort vs ease, strength vs flexibility, spaciousness vs expansiveness and staying grounded vs taking flight. It offers the opportunity to stretch or strengthen your shoulders and is one of the best prep poses for an inversion. Come in gently and enjoy discovering all the benefits of practicing this playful posture.

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Anjaneyasana - Crescent Lunge

Crescent Lunge or Anjaneyasana is a dynamic standing pose that energizes and utilizes major muscle groups in the body. It strengthens and stretches both upper and lower body, all while creating balance and awareness.

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Parsvottanasana (Intense Side Stretch/Pyramid)

Intense Side Stretch or Pyramid Pose is a standing yoga posture that combines the benefits of three major movements: forward bending, backward bending and balancing. It requires intense focus and a very calm mind to balance and stay in correct alignment. Parsvottanasana helps to prepare the body for seated forward folds, backbends, inversions, and twists.

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Sukhasana (Easy Seat)

Easy Seat (Sukasana) is a basic yoga pose depicted in some of the oldest images of ancient yogis more than 2,000 years ago. Sometimes called “Simple Cross-Legged Pose”, Sukhasana is intended to be comfortable and calming, a reimagining of our posture in a new and more beneficial way.

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Savasana

We end each yoga class with Savasana or Corpse pose. In this posture, we practice being present and surrendering to the moment while receiving the benefits of a calm body and care-free mind. Come into Savasana after you have completed a series of postures or anytime you need to receive and rest.

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