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Practice Classes – Strengthen, Stretch, & Restore
Studies show that a regular yoga practice offers both physical and mental health benefits, including faster healing times, reduced postoperative hospital stays, and improved pain management. These 30-45-minute relaxed-paced classes offer a whole-body experience while targeting hip health and safety. They start with a sequence of yoga poses to release tension, strengthen your body, and stretch muscles, and end with a restorative pose to promote relaxation, support healing, and build resiliency to pain and stress. The perfect combination of movement coupled with relaxation to bring a balance to the body, to the nervous system, and to the mind.
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Use Lunges to Transition from one pose to the next and for Strength
Practice length: 42:45
– Bridge, Wipers, and Chair Pose. Warm up lying on the floor or on a bed
– Chair Pose and Warrior I. Strengthen with these standing poses
– Practice transitions in to and out of Lunges from Forward Fold and Downward Facing Dog.
–Supported Bridge Pose. Restore lying on the floor, on a couch or on a bed.
Props: 1 yoga mat, 1 blankets, 2 blocks, 1 strap
Suggested viewing: Chair Pose/Utkatasana; Warrior I/Virabhadrasana I; Supported Bridge Pose/Supported Setu Bandhasana
Suggested Reading: Strength – Your Best Friend
Access: Members
Twists, Hip Flexors, and Hamstrings
Practice length: 35:57
– Shoulders, hamstrings and hips. Warm-up on the floor.
– Boat Pose/Navasana. Stregthen hip flexors seated on the floor.
– Twist your spine in Thread the Needle on all fours on the floor.
– Twist your spine in Revolved Chair Pose/Parivrtta Utkatasana. Standing
– Belly Twist Pose/Jathara Parivartanasana. Restore on the floor, or on a bed.
Props: 1 yoga mat, 2 blocks, 1-2 blankets, 1-2 bolsters.
Suggested viewing: Chair Pose/Utkatasana; Warrior I/Virabhadrasana I; Belly Twist Pose/Jathara Parivartanasana
Access: 1-Week Free Trial & Members
Slow Flow with Front, Back, and Side Core Strength
Practice length: 38:40
– Warm up with a slow salutation with lunge transitions
– Strengthen and stretch in Warrior Poses. Standing
– Marichyasana III. Twist seated on the floor or on a bed.
– Supported Bridge/Supported Setu Bandhasana. Restore while lying on the floor or on a firm bed.
Practice Props: 1 yoga mat, 1 blanket, 2 blocks, 1 strap
Suggested viewing: Chair Pose/Utkatasana; Warrior I/Virabhadrasana I; Downward Facing Dog / Adho Mukha Svanasana; Upaward Facing Dog/Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
Suggested Reading: What is the “Core?”
Access: Members
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Tree Pose, Abductors and Abs (43:53)
– Warm-up and strengthen core muscles and hip stabilizers on the floor or on a bed
– Practice Tree Pose/Vrksasana. Standing
– Restore in Legs Up/Viparita Karani. Practice this posw while lying on the floor with legs on a chair or up the wall, or on a bed with a bolsters or pillows to raise the legs.
Suggested Reading: What is the “Core?”
Access: 1-Week Free Trial & Members
Standing Poses with Hip Flexor Strength and Stretch (42:21)
– Stretch, and strengthen hip flexors with lunges, forward folds, and back bends.
– Practice Warrior I, Warrior II.
– Restore in Reclining Bound Angle Pose/Supta Buddha Konasana.
Suggested Reading: Dislocation – No Thanks!
Access: 1-Week Free Trial & Members
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