Moon Salutation Sequence ~ 65 minutes, open level
Salutations are short, graceful flows through sets of poses. Your foundation for a lifetime's practice! We have the A Series, the B Series, the C Series... and the one featured in this sequence - a Moon Salutation. You'll also be invited to practice 'playing your edges' - an invaluable approach that can transform your practice.
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International Women's Day Event ~ 90 minutes, beginners
This guided yoga practice is appropriate for women who are total beginners or experienced practitioners who value practicing with a beginners mind. You'll be introduced to some key foundation principles that apply to all forms of yoga practice.
It was a privilege to have been invited by the MK Women's Partnership to offer a free online guided yoga practice to celebrate International Women's Day. Until yoga posture practice came to the West, it was a club for men and boys only. Today millions of women worldwide. We've learned how it helps us keep it together, whatever the weather - body, mind and heart. So there's progress! Go women & girls!
Share your yoga experiences here and you’ll always receive a response. If you’ve any questions, ask away. If you came across an obstacle, let me know? We can put our heads together and find a good workaround for you. Frances :-)
Practice menu
Before We Start
Key points on common cues for beginners
In Simple Seated Position
Centering & grounding
Simple Seated Position
Ease your way gently down onto the back
Effortless Rest Pose
Awareness practices
Sensing the movement of the body with the breath
Supine
Knees to Chest Pose
Pelvic Rocking / Explore Pelvic Tilt
Hip Circles
Roll onto the side and press up to sitting.
Sitting
Axial extension of the spine:
Easy Pose (Sukhasana)
Growing and relaxing through your central axis
Rotation of the spine:
Two approaches to Sukhasana Twist:
One - Slow, controlled & considered
Counterpose - Staff Pose - stamp knees - shake out legs
Two - Freer, intuitive and relaxed
Lateral flexion of the spine:
Sukhasana Side Bend
All Fours
Table Pose
~ Awareness of the sense of touch, of weight, of strength in your bones.
~ Shaking out the wrists.
Variations of Childs Pose
~Awareness of how the breath moves the back
~ Imagining you can breathe through your own nerves and blood vessels into a local region of the body
~ About taking a rest of you want to in a restorative pose
Flexion & extension of the spine:
Child's Pose, Cow Pose, Cat Pose Flow
Bringing in the breath:
Introducing Khumbhaka and moving with the breath.
Kneeling
Thunderbolt
Standing
Standing Forward Fold
Ragdoll
Mountain Pose
Introducing Lines of Expression and the Beautiful Game
Half Sun Salutation
including...
Mountain Pose, Palms Touching
Tall Mountain
Swan dive
Standing Forward Fold
Half Standing Forward Fold
Deeper Standing Forward Fold
Rising up through a flat back
Tall Mountain
Mountain Pose, Palms Touching
Return to the ground
Half Garland Pose
Garland Pose with Palms Touching
Simple Seated
Ease your way gently down onto the back
Supine
Knees to Chest Pose
Savasana
Return to sitting
Long Supine Stretch
Knees to Chest Pose
Hip Circles
Heart’s Rest
Press up to sitting
Close
Your comfortable seat:
Easy Pose, Adept’s Pose, Half Lotus, Lotus orThunderbolt, Hero or Simple Seated Position
Centering Breath
Touch palms
Thank you for sharing practice
Key points on common cues for beginners
In Simple Seated Position
- How to respond discomfort or pain.
- About your sitbones
- About engaging the belly
- About engaging the back
- About balancing effort and ease
- About growing through your central axis, or thread
- How sitting on a block can help you find your erect spine
Centering & grounding
Simple Seated Position
Ease your way gently down onto the back
Effortless Rest Pose
Awareness practices
Sensing the movement of the body with the breath
Supine
Knees to Chest Pose
Pelvic Rocking / Explore Pelvic Tilt
Hip Circles
Roll onto the side and press up to sitting.
Sitting
Axial extension of the spine:
Easy Pose (Sukhasana)
Growing and relaxing through your central axis
Rotation of the spine:
Two approaches to Sukhasana Twist:
One - Slow, controlled & considered
Counterpose - Staff Pose - stamp knees - shake out legs
Two - Freer, intuitive and relaxed
Lateral flexion of the spine:
Sukhasana Side Bend
All Fours
Table Pose
~ Awareness of the sense of touch, of weight, of strength in your bones.
~ Shaking out the wrists.
Variations of Childs Pose
~Awareness of how the breath moves the back
~ Imagining you can breathe through your own nerves and blood vessels into a local region of the body
~ About taking a rest of you want to in a restorative pose
Flexion & extension of the spine:
Child's Pose, Cow Pose, Cat Pose Flow
Bringing in the breath:
Introducing Khumbhaka and moving with the breath.
Kneeling
Thunderbolt
Standing
Standing Forward Fold
Ragdoll
Mountain Pose
Introducing Lines of Expression and the Beautiful Game
Half Sun Salutation
including...
Mountain Pose, Palms Touching
Tall Mountain
Swan dive
Standing Forward Fold
Half Standing Forward Fold
Deeper Standing Forward Fold
Rising up through a flat back
Tall Mountain
Mountain Pose, Palms Touching
Return to the ground
Half Garland Pose
Garland Pose with Palms Touching
Simple Seated
Ease your way gently down onto the back
Supine
Knees to Chest Pose
Savasana
Return to sitting
Long Supine Stretch
Knees to Chest Pose
Hip Circles
Heart’s Rest
Press up to sitting
Close
Your comfortable seat:
Easy Pose, Adept’s Pose, Half Lotus, Lotus orThunderbolt, Hero or Simple Seated Position
Centering Breath
Touch palms
Thank you for sharing practice