Angie Beadle Yoga

Your period is your body's most powerful teacher. Are you listening?

This sequence is restoring and reflecting for women when mensturating 🪷 remember to be gentle on yourself during these times. Sending love 🌸🪷💓

you gave me this sheepskin buggy cover years ago when I taught you,
it has stayed with me through all babies buggy usage and now I use it as a bolster cover. I love it. Thank you 🙏✨💫✨⭐️

How can we harness our knowledge of estrogen to be more empowered in our bodies? 🧬 Estrogen isn’t just involved in your menstruation - plays a critical role in muscle mass, strength, recovery, and overall health. In this week’s Yoga Medicine Podcast, co-hosts @tiffanycruikshank and @katja_m_b dive deep into the impact of estrogen on muscle health and explore how understanding our bodies empowers us to thrive, especially as we age. Here are some of the big takeaways from the discussion ⤵️ ✨ Muscle mass & strength: Estrogen helps maintain and grow muscle, especially when combined with strength training. As levels decline, progressive resistance training becomes essential to keep muscles strong. ✨ Recovery power: Estrogen aids recovery and protects against exercise-induced damage. This helps us bounce back, especially during intense training or as we approach menopause. ✨ Yin & Yang: Estrogen and progesterone work in balance, affecting everything from muscle function to mood. Recognizing this interplay can help us tailor our training and self-care practices to suit each phase of life. Knowledge is power! Tune in 🎧 to learn how these insights can help you build a practice that works with your body, not against it. 💪 https://yogamedicine.com/product/traditional-chinese-medicine-female-health-yoga-teacher-training-module-tulum-mexico-2025/ P.S. We love Female Health and TCM so much that we are taking this knowledge show on the road in March! Want to join us in Tulum for a retreat-style training focusing on two of our favorite topics? Link in bio for more info!

🪷Props on Retreat 🪷 and Remedial Yoga

B.K.S Iyengar says the body should adjust to the asana (as the ancient asanas produce specific physiological and psychological benefits) the idea is not to adapt the asana to your body. We use props to achieve the correct shape and therefore produce the desired movements and reactions within and without.

Photo 1 tying the feet induces serenity and helps to work the inner legs and ankles as much as the outer.
Photo 2 using a belt to broaden the shoulders and draw them away from the ears. This releases stress and tension in the shoulders
Photo 3 tying the legs and feet helps the legs to rotate inwards and therefore create space in the lumbar spine and gluteal crease. The chairs help you to achieve all the marvellous benefits of the Queen of asanas ( or ) without putting any strain on the neck. In fact, this releases the neck and helps to lengthen the neck.
Photo 4 creating height in the twist
Photo 5 tying the legs in helps to keep the knees in and protects the knees. Reclined lotus is much easier and more accessible than seated lotus.
Photo 6 holding a block behind the back opens the front and side chest but it’s challenging so I helped them by tying the arms too.
Photo 7 over chairs makes this pose way more accessible. It Stretches the front thighs and front groins. Prevents varicose veins.
Photo 8 ( ) over a chair with legs rested on back of chair. Legs tied. See photo 3 comment.
Photo 9 on chairs . Opens back of leg but can also be used to prevent hyperextension in the back of knee with the bar of the chair
Photo 10 the belt acts as a hammock for the back of the head and helps to lengthen neck and as the weight of the head releases the belt down, it also draws the extended leg towards you. It is, in fact, way nicer than it looks 😳😜
Photo 11 preparation for splits.

✨Adjustments on Retreat ✨

Photo 1 -
My bottom foot 🦶 drawing sacrum in and coccyx down. My top foot 🦶 drawing shoulders in to lift sternum
Photo 2 -
My Hands 🙌 Drawing feet back and up to encourage shoulders back and chest up.
My legs 🦵 Keeping her knees in to create space in gluteal crease and lumbar.
Photo 3 -
Adjusting support so she can have an open chest for deeper breathing and the correct support under her head so that her breath is able to flow freely in the throat area
Photo 4 -
Gently pushing the shoulders down to the floor and releasing them away from the ears
Photo 5 -
Rotating her shoulders outwards and drawing them down slightly
Photo 6-
Drawing her legs down and releasing her feet to the sides. She has a belt here too (tying her legs about hip width or slightly wider) to keep the pose compact (otherwise the energy escapes too much) and the belt also provides stability in the hips.
Photo 7-
My Feet 🦶 are gently pushing her shins to encourage them back towards the wall. This helps protect the knees in the pose and gives guidance to the direction of the legs in the pose.
Photo 8-
Softly massaging to her temples to aid relaxation and release stress.

I don’t know about anyone else but I’m looking forward to routines starting again..

Rituals and Routines

They keep me in line😜✌️

I’m intending on reducing the size of my cup of black chai tea.. eventually🤔.. one thing at a time !! for now I’ll stick to my soup bowl portion size 🙈😂

Wishing you a day surrounded by family (or community) lots of love and health🌟💕🎅

Love me 🫶🎁🎄

Photo 1 - Working with Blocks, Chairs, Wall and Belts help us to Honour the shape and Alignment of the asana.

Video 1- a chair helps to keep the leg aligned and prevents hyperextending into the back of the knee. It also relaxes the front brain and shoulders and rests the heart ❤️ you can hold this pose. With (who only recently learned to walk again after knee surgery! superstar 💫)


Video 2 - a way to protect the back of the knee from hyperextending is to place a block behind the calf to stop it pushing back and being too aggressive. This helps to extend the front thigh which often becomes short with strong hamstrings.

Video 3 -understanding the energetic body and that yoga is a Science (as well as an Art) you begin to realise that alignment, shape and balance are everything - when it is all aligned the energy (prana) is able to flow 🌟🌟💫💫 It’s all just a process 😝🌟❤️

These poses can be held for long periods..2/3/4 minutes, timed, on both sides because discipline it’s important too 😝

Video 4 - Ardha Chandrasana -Half Moon. 🌙 this is a great go to pose for almost instant back pain relief .. make sure you keep alignment (hip lined up with ankle) in standing leg , my leg and arm could be a little more aligned in this 🙄….

Good luck. Happy Practising 🫶

G.R.A.C.E

With head bowed low,
I ask to receive your presence,
In all ways,
At all times.

Physically,
Emotionally,
Energetically,
and
Spiritualy.

Forever 💫

OMG I’m loving this!!! 😂👍 💕💕💕

THE PROCESS!