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Honey Flow: Horizontal Space
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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 and a bolster/pillow. we use a sandbag for two poses as well but it’s not super necessary)
Life tends to rob us of our width — we round and hunch the shoulders, and contract inward to avoid taking up too much space. In class tonight, we look at how we can reduce the rounding forward of the shoulder girdle so that we can expand in the horizontal direction. Expect standing poses, twists, and shoulder openers with a little bit of back-bending.
(Int) The most delicious (and stealthily challenging) of Kula classes. A one hour serving of sticky, sweaty Kula Flow, lathered with 20 minutes of yin yoga (deep, intense stretching) and a 15 minute restorative asana topping. YUM. We know that no one needs a little deep chill out more than NYC yogis, but most of us are too type A to take a true restorative class. So – this is the Kula solution. As one student put it: "You kick our ass for an hour and then kiss it for another 30 minutes.” (Sanskrit translation please)?
Life tends to rob us of our width — we round and hunch the shoulders, and contract inward to avoid taking up too much space. In class tonight, we look at how we can reduce the rounding forward of the shoulder girdle so that we can expand in the horizontal direction. Expect standing poses, twists, and shoulder openers with a little bit of back-bending.
(Int) The most delicious (and stealthily challenging) of Kula classes. A one hour serving of sticky, sweaty Kula Flow, lathered with 20 minutes of yin yoga (deep, intense stretching) and a 15 minute restorative asana topping. YUM. We know that no one needs a little deep chill out more than NYC yogis, but most of us are too type A to take a true restorative class. So – this is the Kula solution. As one student put it: "You kick our ass for an hour and then kiss it for another 30 minutes.” (Sanskrit translation please)?