Yang
Backbending in Portugal
Mobilise, heat up and strengthen
Morning Express: Full Body Power
Speed Core +
Ground Control
Morning Express: Warrior Awakening
Morning Express: Back Flow
Morning Express: Daily Chi
Chapasanas
Opening the front of the body may be a surprising anti ageing practice, keeping our spines, hearts and energies young and open. In chapasana we hold the ankle while opening the front of the thigh, and we explore many ways to do that. We start and finish with a gentle meditation to guide our efforts.
Little Yoga Tabata
Tabata is a high intensity training, using repetitive movement and short intervals to raise the heart beat and strengthen the body. It’s challenging, and also a great way to work on your conditioning. AND it is over pretty fast! We use yoga movements to see if we can achieve the same. Me heart rate was […]
A Doppio espresso, morning practice
Put your legs up in the air!
Morning Express: Inner Light
Belly Power
Yoga HIIT total body workout
This is a 20 minute High Intensity Training in where we’ll do some jumping jack’s, squats, knee raises, burpees and mountain climbers. It’s intense and I think really fun to do, something totally different than our ‘normal’ yoga class, however it’s very functional movement wise! I hope you have fun joining me in this workout. […]
Suzee Grilleys “Twisting the Dragon”
Squat like you’re asian :-)
I’m a big fan of squatting and by squatting I don’t mean occupying a house or building that is abandoned, nor gym squats (although I do like those), but sitting like a large population in Asia does. In our western society we sit to much on chairs, resulting in (mostly fascia related) back problems, and […]
All Around Flow
Core Express
Suzee Grilleys “Animal Parade”
Suzee Grilleys “Walking the Dragon”
Walking the Dragon is Part of Suzee Grilley’s “Animal parade”. A series of animal flow like movements. This serie is mostly strengthening the legs and working on balance. It’s not long but quite intense, especially when you do it a little faster. The sequence is: Stork, Owl, Flying dragon, back stance (retreated dragon), reaching dragon, […]
Hanuman Goes Portugal
This class was filmed at D’Alijo Yoga Retreat Centre, where we lead retreats and teacher trainings. We wanted to share that experience with you, so e filmed this class during our Vinyasa TT there. Lots of attention for hamstrings leading to the peak pose – hanumanasana – but plenty of sweat and other fun things […]
Morning Express: The Goodness Here
Rediscover the simple pleasure to move your body regardless of the condition it is in right now; simple movements to clear, clean, energise, mobilise and strengthen in whatever way available. And a short meditation of gratitude and appreciation to make us experience the goodness that is already here.