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Kula Basics: Shoulder Work for a Strong Upper Back
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Kevin Bigger
e-ryt 500 yoga teacher and teacher trainer based in brooklyn, ny.
i started practicing yoga up in boston in my late teens, immediately after a period of massive (less than healthy) weight loss, and just before...
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(suggested props: two blocks, a blanket, a pillow/bolster, and a strap/belt/scarf -- we also use a chair for a few poses -- your coffee table or any chair that doesn't have wheels on the bottom will work perfectly)
In class today we do A LOT of shoulder openers, with the hope that we can start to understand how the release of shoulder tension can actually help us to use our upper back muscles more effectively. Towards the end, we look at how this all connects to the efforts that would be required to perform a shoulder stand (sarvangasana).
(Basic/Int) Get in the Kula Flow! Kula style yoga is a deep, challenging practice that will make you stronger and more flexible on the outside and softer (and more flexible) on the inside. You are never too tight, too tall or too weak to begin. (There’s nothing we can do if you’re too much of a procrastinator to get here.) Open to beginners as well as those wanting a slower paced vinyasa class or those who wish to reconnect with the fundamentals of alignment and flow style yoga. Though we like to emphasize that these are not so much yoga basics classes (there are plenty of those around the city), as basic Kula style classes.
In class today we do A LOT of shoulder openers, with the hope that we can start to understand how the release of shoulder tension can actually help us to use our upper back muscles more effectively. Towards the end, we look at how this all connects to the efforts that would be required to perform a shoulder stand (sarvangasana).
(Basic/Int) Get in the Kula Flow! Kula style yoga is a deep, challenging practice that will make you stronger and more flexible on the outside and softer (and more flexible) on the inside. You are never too tight, too tall or too weak to begin. (There’s nothing we can do if you’re too much of a procrastinator to get here.) Open to beginners as well as those wanting a slower paced vinyasa class or those who wish to reconnect with the fundamentals of alignment and flow style yoga. Though we like to emphasize that these are not so much yoga basics classes (there are plenty of those around the city), as basic Kula style classes.