30 minutes of Yoga – Leg and hip work.
Relax the Hips after focusing on leg strength.
Enjoy,
Lucy
Just the basics: standing poses, dog head down and relaxation.
This quick yoga session will set you up for the day nicely.
This was filmed a little while ago now, but still relevant.
Enjoy
I think the title says it all. Iyengar yoga lends itself so well to the correct action in the body during asana. Here I bring a little more verbal cues to the abdominal wall, pelvis and lower back.
Listen to your body, after all your body is your best teacher.
Enjoy
Yoga twists are such a great way to lengthen and strengthen the paraspinal muscles, rejuvenate the organs as they become squeezed and released, and bring more energy into the body.
B.K.S. Iyengar describes twists as a “squeeze-and-soak” action.
Bharadvajasana is a favourite of mine.
Lets twist again,
like we did last summer,
with a care and consideration.
Enjoy
In today’s session I will guide you through gentle hip movements to help with Lotus pose, aka Padmasana.
Look after your knees, listen to your body. Soften into this yoga practice and enjoy.
According to Prashant Iyengar “Standing poses bring strength, backbends are for courage”.
I really enjoy how I feel after these poses, well worth the effort in my world.
Trikonasana, Vrksasana, and Utkatasana are my current favourites, I hope you will enjoy them too.
Here is a quick uplifting yoga practice to start your day.
Love and light,
Lucy
A ‘Yoga chair’ (a metal framed on like in my video) is helpful but not necessary for this practice. Learn how to use the chair to support yoga poses, whether that is because you are dealing with fatigue or you want to explore poses a little longer to improve your technique.
I used to think that props got in the way of a ‘real’ Yogasana practice but, as my practice has deepened, they have become essential tools. Allowing each posture to become (in the words of BKS Iyengar) “Meditation in action”.
I hope by the end of this half hour yoga practice you may feel the same way.
Enjoy!
Love and light,
Lucy
Ubhaya Padangusthasana are the Sanskrit words for ‘Both-Big-Toe-Pose’.
Quite literally an uplifting forward bend.
We explore a few forward bending asanas before, loosening up the hamstrings and the back muscles, what the Yogi’s called the west (Paschima) side of the body.
Enjoy this 30 minute session.
x
Lucy
Learning to move with a relaxed abdomen can allow our bodies to access deeper release.
It is so important to undo the undercurrents of tension that lie below our asana practice.
These elusive patterns hide away un-noticed as we can sometimes try harder and harder to get the posture “correct”.
Let go a little, feel the holding patterns that may no longer serve you, then maybe you can allow your self to rest well within.
I hope this practice helps a little.
Listen deeply, stay peaceful, enjoy.
Utthita trikonasana, Ardha Chandrasana and Anantasana, aka; Triangle, Half moon and the Blissful pose are the asanas that take centre stage in this practice.
Although I am using ropes you do not need to, but a wall is super handy for balance and proprioception (your sense of where you are in space).
As you get more used to inhabiting your body during your practice you will start to feel the subtleties of each posture and the links that connect them together too.
This practice gets better with repetition, a good memory and a firm idea that you are approaching it, once more, with a beginners mind.
You will need a mat, wall, some blankets, a brick, a belt (ropes are ace but not necessary) and the all important peaceful heart.
Gently move from one pose into the next, paying careful attention to the body and the support that it needs.
Enjoy your practice.
Love and light,
x Lucy