Boundless Yoga - Guided Yoga Practices with Vanessa

Variations with some extra back bending to help you open your heart and stand tall again.

In this variation we use a chair as a prop to steady us as we flow from Mountain Pose through some Half Dog Poses, Warrior I Poses, Imaginary Chair Poses and Balances.

In this variation of our Surya Namaskars we again use a chair as a prop to steady us as we add  Warrior II, Reverse Warrior and Side Flank Stretch to our flow.

A Sun Salutation is a moving meditation that connects body, breath and mind in the present moment and this one also highlights the strength in your arms and shoulders.

In this episode we sequence some lunges, Crescent Moon Poses and Revolved Side Flank Stretches that build strength in the legs. A moving mediation that lengthens and deepens our breathing.

Look out for this new little series of episodes all featuring Variations on a Theme of Surya Namaskar. Surya Namaskar, or Sun Salutations, are a fairly ubiquitous part of most yoga traditions and classes. At their core they are a flowing sequence of asana (poses) which take the spine, hips and shoulders through their range of motion from flexion to extension, warming, loosening and strengthen the body. When practiced with the breath Surya Namaskars lengthen and deepen our breathing. In this series we will work from this core understanding of what makes a Surya Namaskar to explore variations on the theme that will keep our practice creative, responsive and alive.

In this episode we start exploring the Theme of Surya Namaskar with some "Half Sun Salutations". A short sequence that takes us with our breathing through standing forward bends, squats, balances and twists to warm up the spine, hips and shoulders and strengthen the legs.

Another practice from the Zoom archive recorded during last November's lockdown in Adelaide. Use your awareness of sound to centre yourself in the present moment. Warm up in sitting, on all fours and in lunge. Practice some Surya Namaskar and standing poses before some seated twists. Wind down with some supine stretches and practice letting go and relaxing in a final savasana.

From the archives of the November 2020 lockdown in Adelaide when the weather was fine enjoy the background of birdsong during this well balanced practice of asana, breath awareness and relaxation. Warm up in sitting, all fours and lunge. Then practice some Surya Namaskar, Standing Poses and Balances. Finish with seated poses and a centering relaxation.