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✅New Class Alert: APT : Ashtanga Primary There we go! 😛 can’t seem to find a word for the T.
➡️ Every Tuesdays 12.15pm Hip Opening; 130pm Yin Yang
➡️ Every Wednesdays 615pm Ashtanga; 715pm Gentle Flow
✅Link in bio to book now ⬆️

An almost mid-week reminder to y’all as well as to myself.

You’ve got this 🤗❤️🤩🥰

☀️Sun Salutation Sundays☀️
☀️Today we look at Urdhva Mukha Svanasana aka Upward Facing Dog☀️


How is this different from Cobra and what are its benefits?
✳️ In upward facing dog, thighs and hips do not rest on the floor. In Cobra or baby Cobra the thighs and hips are resting on the floor. This is a less deep backbend asana as compared to Cobra.
✅ Keep the shoulders away from the ears and rolled backwards to open your chest
✅Bring the chest forward through the arms
✅ When incorporated into your sun salutations as a warm up for Ashtanga practice, it warms up the body for backbends such as Setu Bandhasana (Bridge) and Urdhva Dharunasana (Wheel)
✅ Strengthens arms and shoulders
✅Stretches back and front of body
✅Prepares body for other back bend asanas ( when incorporated into a warm up routine)


☀️☀️☀️ Happy Sunday! ☀️☀️☀️

☀️☀️ Sun Salutation Sundays☀️
“I love this pose!” said every beginner yogi never 😉


Why do we even do it during an Ashtanga practice?
👉🏾 builds upper body strength for the jump through and jump backs
👉🏾 builds strength for
👉🏾helps with core strength for inversions like headstand
👉🏾helps with balancing postures as it increases core (not only and but back muscles as well)
👉🏾 pretty obvious but this is also part of warming up the body as we move in the vinyasa to keep the body warm


Give it a try and even if you are doing variations with knees on the mat, you’re still getting stronger each day!

☀️Sun Salutation Sundays☀️Surya Namaskar A☀️
What are we doing today?
Most people know this as “halfway lift” its sankrit name is
Half intense forward fold. The half is on the fold not the intensity 😅you get the same intense stretch


Benefits:
✅stretches hamstrings
✅hip stretch
✅spinal stretch
✅increase focus
✅calm mind

🧘‍♀️ Let’s move today with a simple sun salutation☀️

☀️Sun Salutation Sundays☀️

Today we look at standing forward bend / forward fold. In Sanskrit it’s called Uttanasana.

What is the purpose of this asana aside from being able to fit in a luggage for free flights?

✅ improved posture
✅relieve back stiffness and neck tension. Lengthening lower back and the entire spine as the torso hangs forward helps to counteract pressure in the lower back from sitting or living a sedentary lifestyle.
✅release tension in the shoulders and neck
✅stretches hamstrings
✅ improve hip flexibility


Have you done your sun salutation today?
Snap a pic and tag us!

☀️Sun Salutation Sundays☀️
Today we look at Urdhva Hastasana
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A rejuvenating and energizing asana that brings a range of physical and mental benefits.
We stand tall, core strong as in mountain pose (tadasana), with the hands raised over the head.
The name for this asana comes from the Sanskrit urdhva, meaning "upward," hasta, meaning "hands," and asana, meaning "posture." Urdhva hastasana is called upward salute or upward hands pose.

Benefits
✅ stretches the sides of the body, spine, shoulders, armpits, and belly.
✅tones the thighs, improves digestion, ✅helps to relieve anxiety and fatigue.
✅create space in the chest and lungs, which is therapeutic for asthma and congestion.

Have you done your sun salutation today?

☀️Every Sunday for Sun Salutation Sundays ☀️we will look at an asana from the Ashtanga sun salutations (surya namaskar) and explore each pose’s benefits and purpose.

☀️Today’s posture is Samasthiti some may know it as Tadasana or Mountain Pose.

Looks deceptively simple, Samasthiti has complex benefits when done correctly. It is an active position and can help correct muscle imbalances, improve posture, and deepen awareness.
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May help to:
✅improve posture and coordination.
✅relieve sciatic pain.
✅improve agility.
✅boost circulation.
✅tone core muscles.
✅strengthen your back, hips, and legs.

☀️Come join us every Sunday 1230pm-2pm as we work through the Ashtanga Primary Series together. ☀️

to when I was teaching in Community Centres. Had to stop because the CC I was teaching at was undergoing a 3 year renovation so I lost my venue. Being a yoga teacher is not easy that’s for sure, although you get to do what you love you really also have to seize opportunities when they come because if you wait it’s gone.
At the end of the day, it’s the students that really inspire me when I see them progress be it physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually. And that is really fulfilling.
📝Note to my students: Remember yoga is not only a physical asana based exercise although you cannot discount the benefits of that as well. It’s how the practice makes you feel holistically.Love you guys and gals and don’t forget to self love too!😍




Special shout out to my student and friend who took this photo 💓💓💓