Standing Poses

Standing poses build strength and stability in your legs, mobilize and balance your hips, improve your posture and overall balance and confidence, and ground you through your feet. When your legs are strong, your spine doesn’t have to work so hard and it can be more relaxed.

Seated Poses

Seated poses are foundational because they offer grounding through your seat, emphasizing the lengthening of your torso. They are performed without your legs having to bear weight in either a relaxed or active manner. Practicing seated poses to open your shoulders can help to counter poor posture from prolonged computer use.

Inversion Poses

Inversions stimulate and balance the body’s five major systems—immune, circulatory, endocrine, digestive, and respiratory—while calming your nervous system, enhancing immunity, and improving circulation to your brain, lungs, and abdominal organs by giving your body a refreshing break from gravity.

Twist Poses

Twist poses massage your internal organs which support healthy digestion and energize your kidneys. They release tension in your spine’s intervertebral muscles, creating space between vertebrae which combats spinal degradation. They also assist in opening your chest, helping you to breathe more freely.

Backbend Poses

Backbends open your heart, expand breath and spine mobility, awaken your kidneys and adrenals, and help lift depression by bringing you fully into the present moment. They are excellent poses to practice for maintaining and/or improving your posture.

Reclining Poses

Reclining Poses gently open and balance your hips, reducing the tightness in your legs and hips that may be the cause of back pain. They are safe for your spine because there is no twist. Some reclining poses, that include twists, are excellent for toning your abdominal muscles.

Restorative Poses

Restoratives unwind and nourish your nervous system, providing a rejuvenating pause that’s essential to a balanced yoga practice. They offer the opportunity for introspection, with a deeper inner awareness and connection with your Self.