From Stress To Stability

With this practice, transmute any "heavy" energy (sadness, grief or fear) into grounding stability. Through this sweet flow sequence, with interesting use of your back foot leading into anjaneyasana, even forearm stand, address the musculature of your legs and grounding nature of your feet in order to transmute what's weighing you down. Use this practice to create strong and steady foundational energy.

Practice a breath technique that helps to create inner stability and presence. This pranayama promotes steady and strong nerves under stress, which can give you that edge you're looking for to excel in life. Starting in a comfortable seated position, learn a method that involves holds in the cycle of your breathing. If you experience stress at your job or any time in life, give this practice a try for forty days. Props Suggested: A blanket.

When you're organized and stabilized, your true capacity emerges. Maintaining your soft front and strong back and continuing your transition into backbends, you'll lift your energy upward so you can see your own significance. Fear not, you will not be practicing any deep backbends, just exploring some prep work to keep your front opening and your back strengthening. Dive deeper into familiar poses like down dog, warrior III and sun salutes. Get quiet in pigeon and conclude with baby backbends and savasana.

A steady flow class bringing subtleties of the shoulder and core stabilizers into a movement based practice, building refined strength, stability and mobility. Begin with isolated core and shoulder work to clarify the muscular support here. Move into inverted poses to feel your strength and standing asanas to build heat and shoulder awareness simultaneously. Tap into this focused awareness as you move through dynamic variations that allow you to move more efficiently and powerfully. Props Needed: A block.

A simple, grounding flow meant to help us feel stability both in our body and in our life. Great if you want a mellow practice with elements of strength. Sun salutations followed by a few standing poses and a headstand hold.

Whether you work at home, at the office, or on the road, stability is a gift you can give to yourself and those you work with. Learn how to usher a smooth stability into your body through balanced breathing and guided visualization.

Boost your stability and power to express yourself in a meaningful and positive way. This is a midline practice that will fortify your connection to center and balance. It is a strong and flowing practice that includes heart, shoulder, quad openers (low lunges, wild thing, anjaneyasana, dhanurasana, etc) twists and standing balance poses. This practice will clear your inner vision.

Energetically, your sacrum relates to the first chakra, so stability here can encourage your ability to feel more grounded and secure. Practice using props that allow you to pay attention to the deep muscles of your core, as well as build awareness in your inner and outer thighs, so you can better stabilize your sacrum. Activate your abductors and aductors with modified twists, utkatasana, bridge and hip openers, cultivating greater steadiness. Props Needed: A strap and a block.

A grounding practice to help facilitate self awareness and stability. Spend the first half of class laying on your back where special attention is given to your hips and thighs. Find the dynamic push and pull that allows your muscles to strengthen. As your body becomes strong from the push and pull, so does your mind. Leave feeling strong and grounded.