The foundation of your yoga practice starts in your core. Vytas begins your retreat with exercises that engage, activate, and build awareness of this very important muscle group.
Elise helps you build on what you learned in Week 1 by progressing poses you already know, introducing new ones, and combining them all with breathing, starting in this core-focused class.
Ted picks up where Elise left off, helping you further develop your skills and understanding of yoga. As with the previous weeks, this one begins with a series of poses that will challenge and strengthen your core
Ted demonstrates how to perform downward facing dog with perfect form, and offers some easier modifications for beginners
Elise explains the idea of balance, how to maintain it on the mat, and how developing it through yoga can benefit you in everyday life.
Vytas explains how to execute the yoga squat with perfect form, and how to modify it if you need to
Vytas teaches you the difference between two common yoga poses—cobra and upward facing dog—and how to master both
Vytas demonstrates several props you can use to perform yoga poses with greater ease and comfort.
Vytas discusses the importance of maintaining a healthy length in your spine, and how to achieve it with yoga.
Elise explains the importance of the core, the muscles that comprise it, and how to engage and strengthen it on and off the mat
Elise discusses one of the bedrocks of vinyasa yoga—the warrior series—and demonstrates how to perform (and transition between) three key poses.
Elise explains the purpose, benefits, and proper form for this pose, which is typically performed at the end of yoga classes
Feeling tense or tired? Drop into the child’s pose to stretch your hips, thighs, and ankles, and to ease stress throughout your body. Faith demonstrates how
Breathing takes on additional importance in yoga as a way to facilitate and support movement. Follow Faith’s tips to master this key skill
Learn how to perform this foundational yoga posture with expert guidance from Faith