If you are experiencing back pain, this is a great short form practice to either help you warm up or a complete light and protective practice all on its own.
Class includes:
Vrkshasana holding chair for support
Forward Bend with chair
Plank to Downdog with chair
Surya Namaskara with blocks

In this video I provide detailed instructions for the 3 most important postures that make up Sun Salutation A in the Ashtanga yoga system. The instructions focus on helping you to perform the correct actions in the 3 positions as well as how to properly execute the dynamic transitions between ...

Video is from David's video course, Asana Skill Building.

Video is from David's video course, Asana Skill Building.

Practice to Session 1 from David's all level video course, Finishing Backbends of Ashtanga Yoga. In every class David breaks down Urdhva Dhanurasana, Drop Backs, Tic Tacs, and the Final Backend, Each class gets progressively more and more challenging.
In session 1 you will do these exercises:

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Practice to day 6 from David's video course, Extract Strength From Your Practice. List of exercises:
Ex 1 - Surya Namaskara A with speed
Ex 2 - Surya Namabaskara B emphasis on Virabhadrasana 1

This segment is devoted working with Surya Namaskara A and B in several different ways—all with the o...

In this video I teach you how to further develop the rhythm and timing so that you can execute a dynamic and smooth jump back from Eka Pada Sirsasana.

3 excellent Navasana drills to build core strength. Use a block or ball for the final exercise.

Talk 4
Yoga Sutras Book 2, Sadhana
Sutras 2.17-2.19

Recommended Reading
1- Yoga, Discipline of Freedom by Barbara Stoller Miller
Pages 49-51
Read Part Two, “The Observer and the Phenomenal World”

2- Yoga Sutra Workbook, Certainty of Freedom by Vyaas Houston
Review Sutras 2.17-2.19

Monotony and repetition are a hidden training in spontaneity.

Exercises in session 2:
1-Upward Bow
A) Feet at the wall on blocks working the leg actions
B) Feet at the wall working leg actions
C) Lifting heels
D) Away from the wall with or without props as you like

2-Drop backs
A) Drop back with wall
B) Use wall to work on the crouch and spring
D) Ge...

In this video I discuss the importance of centering yourself directly over your foot foundation in Pasasana. Understanding the bandhas is vital to your progress in Pasasana and this video will teach you how to cultivate and work with them.

Practice 5 plank exercises with David and get strong!
1- Mountain Climber with band
2- Feet side to side with band
3- Shoulder tap
4- One arm switch
5- Plank to Chaturanga push ups

Weekly thoughts from January 28, 2024

Filmed in Mysore, India, on the famous Chamundi Hill in front of the great Nandi this 1 hr 30 minute traditionally Sanskrit counted Primary Series will help the student develop:

• a proper understanding of the rhythm and flow of the Primary Series vinyasa sequence
• cleansing internal heat that ...

David instructs Surya Namaskara A and B of Ashtanga Yoga.

In this Practical Practice Talk, David speaks in-depth on mudras and bandhas and they reveal themselves in the practice and how you access and work with them.

Weekly thoughts - Samadhi Means Settlement, Completion, Agreement

The legs splaying out wider than the hips causes the student to lose their leg foundation in this deep backbend. In this exercise the student will understand the positioning of the legs and how a powerful foundation is what creates the spine to lengthen.