Welcome to the first class of this exciting new ongoing series, Build Your Foundation! This is a series of classes that are going to slowly but surely help you establish a safe, stable, and enjoyable yoga practice. We are going to build healthy alignment from the ground up. It is a series that is designed for the true beginner, but can also be useful for seasoned practitioners to return to the foundations. This first class is a bit longer than some of the future ones because we spend a lot of time establishing our seat and our stance. You can expect some leg strengthening here as we spend a lot of time breaking down proper foot and leg alignment. Guided breathing in the beginning and a short Savasana at the end. Grab all your props and let’s embark on this journey together!

This is the second class of my new level 1 series called Build Your Foundation. If you haven’t taken the first class of the series yet, I’d suggest going back and taking that class first as we build on the concepts from that class here. This class, like all the others in this series, is built for the true beginner. We do work on strengthening the legs as this is vital in healthy flexibility development over time. I also break down the elements of a Vinyasa along with “stepping to the top of the mat”. Join me for this 45 minute journey of conscious breathing, compassionate movement, and alignment break downs. We close with a short Savasana.

This is the third class of the Yoga Basics Series, the series of classes I’ve been crafting for the true beginner. In the first two classes of the series we focus a on cultivating healthy strength in the feet, legs, hips. After those practices you might be feeling tired! While strengthening in yoga is so important, so is softening. Here I give you a very relaxing lower body tension release class. Not any standing postures, just breathing and stretching into the legs, hips, and even spine. Class is complete with Savasana. Enjoy this one, and I’ll see you next week as we move upward into the sides of the body and the spine more! This class is honestly lovely and grounding even if you aren’t following along in the program.

As we continue our Level 1 series of classes, we start to move up into the sides of the body as well as the spine. This is a practice that prioritizes length more so than strength as we create more space in the tissues of our lungs for full, delicious breaths. Lengthening the side body is also crucial for healthy posture, easing shoulder and hip tightness, and for bigger heart opening postures we will explore in future classes. I hope you enjoy!

As we continue to move up the body in this level 1 series, we land here in our core center for this next class. As I mention in the beginning of the video, please know that you can always take breaks and take this class at your own pace. Strengthening the core is never easy (even in level 1!), but showing up and doing this work will bring much ease into your life over time. Get ready to breathe, strengthen, lengthen, and cultivate confidence in just under 45 minutes!

In the 6th class of this ongoing series, I decided to lead you all through a vinyasa flow that strings together everything we have learned together so far. This is probably the most challenging class in the series yet, so please take it at your pace and take breaks as needed. This class is also good for more experienced practitioners. Even in the level 1 realm, we learn to meet our edge and grow from there. Energetically, we focus on celebrating how far we have come in this journey! I’m so proud of each of you. Next week I will give you a chill 15 minute stretch practice before we dive in to the upper body classes.

As we move along in our level 1 series, we finally land in my favorite family of poses: backbends! Or as I prefer to call them, heart openers. This is a class that has a bit more chatting from me, but this is because healthy heart openers require a bit of preparation and understanding of various areas of the body and mind. When we do embark on this challenging journey with patience and care, the healing possibilities of these postures are truly endless and are immensely rewarding. I hope you enjoy, and you can expect more backbending classes in this series soon!