Pranayamas instructed:
1) Ujjayi
2) Nadi Shodana
3) Bhastrika
4) Surya & Chandra Bhedana
5) Sitali

David leads you through a counted version of Surya Namaskara and teaches Shalabhasana (locust posture).The Shalabhasana exercise is from his Foundation First course.

Summary of Day 7 Exercises
1) Samasthiti
2) Bhujapidasana (Arm Pressure Posture)
3) Bakasana (Crane Posture)
4) Sirsasana entrance
5) Sirsasana variations
6) Sirsasana complete version

Day 7 will review the list of postures that support Sirsasana, which include asanas of strengthening, gaining ...

Surya Namaskara A (3)
Surya Namaskara B (3)
Shalabhasana
Bhekasana
Dhanurasana
Ustrasana
Laguvajrasana
Kapotasana
Urdhva Dhanurasana
Drop Backs
Ujjayi Breathing in Padmasana

Join Margaux for 5 variations of Navasana. A great routine for those who want extra core work.

Flow or right effort? Which one is more important? Asana mastery comes to the yogi who stubbornly insists upon expressing both of these potent qualities.

1st pranayama in the Ashtanga Pranayama Sequence. This tutorial is instructed.

In this video I give instruction for using the wall to help refine the leg foundation. This video is advanced and challenging.

In this Asana Lab, David breaks down Marichyasana D and gives helpful tips on how to incorporate props. This live class was the September special event for the subscription channel.

5 Surya Namaskara A
5 Surya Namaskara B

In this video David teaches the basic actions of the spine and the foundational principles of the legs so that you can begin to make an attempt at this deep backbend.

Talk 1
Yoga Sutras Book 1, Samadhi Pada
Sutras 1-11

Recommended Books
1- Yoga, Discipline of Freedom by Barbara Stoller Miller
Pages 44-45
Read Part Two, “The Purpose of Yoga”

2- Yoga Sutra Workbook, Certainty of Freedom by Vyaas Houston
Review Sutras 2.1-2.3

Open the thighs outward, imagine that the thigh bones lengthen and extend away from you in a line from the hip to the knee. Soften and release the inner thighs, and endeavor to ground the thighs downward towards the earth. Keep the sacrum (back of the pelvis) sucked forward into the body, sit dir...

A talk on the relationship between vinyasa and kundalini from David's video course on the Hatha Yoga Pradipika.

The imagery that helps you create the characteristic rounded back shape in Bakasana can also help you figure out how to develop other postures that require upper body strength. For example, Chaturanga Dandasana is an important posture for developing arm power and upper body strength and the key ...

This video provides you with several versions of the challenging and formidable jump back move that is part of the dynamic transition between seated postures in the primary series. I provide step by step instructions from the easiest, most modified version, continuing to add on steps that allo...

Start building every pose by considering which of the three pelvic settings applies to the posture. It is a neutral pelvis, forward pelvis, or backward pelvis. Neutral pelvis postures include Samastithi, Utkatasana, Virabhadrasana A and B, Sirsasana, Baddha Konsana (upright position) and Padmasan...

Summary of exercises:
1) Samasthiti (Equal Standing Posture)
2) Vrkshtasana (Tree Posture) plus variations
3) Padangusthasana (Big Toe Posture) and Padahastasana (Hands Under Feet Posture) with wall
4) Plank
5) Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog Posture)
6) Pincha Mayurasana (Forearm Balan...

Seeing my ugliness and feelings of being dumb.

This 6 minute tutorial will give you two excellent ways to use Baddha Konasana to increase your hip flexibility. I use these two methods almost every day.

For starters bound angle refers to bringing the feet all the way back to the pelvis and the binding of the feet with the hands. Additional...

How do you build strength to hold Pincha Mayurasana? This tutorial will teach you!
The name of the posture comes from what a male peacock must do to get a mate-become a brazen show off! He creates a fine spectacle by lifting up his generous, flashy set of tail feathers, he opens them into a st...

Practice to day 14 of David's video course, Extract Strength From Your Practice. This day is devoted to gaining strength by developing your bandha (Energetic Lock) technique.

Ex 1) Bandhas in utthita hasta padangusthasana (Extended Hand to Big Toe Posture)
Ex 2) Bandhas in Prasarita Padottanasan...