Open your heart and mind as you extend your trunk in this free flowing fish posture.

Become as long and grounded as a Caterpillar as you experience a fold forward to balance your chi and prepare the body for meditation and/or any other postures added to your practice.

Sphinx is a great place to start your practice to open up the sacral-lumbar spine and front of the torso while also opening up jing energy through your entire body.

Feel the sweet release of folding inward in Dragonfly, also known as Straddle pose. Take your time as you ease your way in, feeling the irresistible sensations that come along the way!

Swan is a grounding hip opener that can be practiced upright in a proud swan or relaxed folded forward in sleeping swan. Proud swan is more yang like in nature offering the addition of a nice backbend as you stay lifted while sleeping swan is more yin like as you fold forward to create a more relaxed sense of creating space in your hip flexors and quads.

Awaken the hip flexors and quads in a supine twist to support the wellbeing of the spine and the whole being in Cat Tail Pull.

Saddle Pose also known as Hero Pose can be an excellent stretch for very active people or those standing a lot during the day. There are many ways to experience this posture so take your time getting in to feel renewed and confident!

Enjoy this seated yin posture that aims to stretch the outer hips and glutes as well as the groin. It can also release tension in the low back as well as improve digestion and mental clarity. Use the grace of a deer to make your way into this posture slow and steady

Open the heart and calm your nervous system with this Melting Heart Posture. Once there, explore a sense of deep love and affection for yourself, your practice, and all those around you.

Open the heart and calm your nervous system with this Melting Heart Posture. Once there, explore a sense of deep love and affection for yourself, your practice, and all those around you.

Open Wing, also known as Broken Wing is a Yin Yoga posture designed to strengthen and lengthen the connective tissues of the chest, shoulders, and arms. This can offer protection against the risk of injury and enhance performance in physical activity. As with any yin posture, once you get into this pose, try to hold for 3-4 minutes, breathing through any discomfort to create more space and release tension.

Bound Angle Pose is a hip and groin opener that radiates a beautiful release of energy throughout your body. This seated yoga posture is sometimes called “Cobbler’s Pose,” after the way cobblers in India sit on the ground to work on footwear. Regularly practicing hip-openers, such as Baddha Konasana, will counteract stiffness, reduce pain, and bring more ease and grace to your movements.

Allow yourself to relax and feel the ease in your hips and the joy in your heart as you rock side to side in Happy Baby Pose. Babies move this way naturally to discover new ways to experience the world. You can use this pose to check in with your breath, your thoughts, and the way your hips feel, and realize how Happy Baby can bring joy to any moment.

Monkey Pose, commonly known as “the split,” is an advanced leg stretch and hip-opener. The yoga version of this pose keeps the hips squared to the front, unlike the version practiced in dance where the hips are opened more to the side.

The Sanskrit name for this pose, “Hanumanasana” is named after the Hindu monkey god, Hanuman. In an ancient story, Hanuman took one giant leap all the way from India to Sri Lanka, and then one more leap to return to India. Hanumanasana mimics his leap! By practicing the pose on each side, you become like Hanuman, soaring to a new heights!

For an ultimate hip opener, heart opener and back bend all in one, One Legged Pigeon King poses can offer many benefits for both the body and mind. Practice with ease and grace as you first get the hip opening qualities, then the heart opener as you reach back for your bent knee and then finally for the back bend as you continue to rise into the fullest expression.

Bridges are connectors taking us from one side to the other. The same is true in bridge pose. We create the arch within the body as you would see in a bridge, but it is within that we are truly connecting to our higher selves. We lift our hearts to the sky, building strength in the legs as we root down and flexibility in our back as we lift.

Wild Thing is one of the most playful postures, one that invites expansion, positivity and joy. This happens by energetically rooting to the earth while at the same time opening your heart, throat and third eye as you continue to lift up, feeling into a complete sense of freedom and possibility. Tap into your inner wild as you dance your way through one legged dog or side plank to find your Wild Thing.

Dancers have the ability to cultivate grace and ease while confidently spinning around and making leaps across the floor. They are able to do this as a result of practicing inner focus, while training their bodies to be flexible, strong and balanced. Lord of the Dance is a great pose for tapping into your most creative, strong, balanced self.