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The title, Flow Yoga for Beginners, is slightly oxymoronic, as “flow” yoga, at least as practiced by many yogis and yoginis, is by its very nature more aerobic, vigorous, and difficult than the yoga undertaken by most beginning students. But leave it to Shiva Rea, whose growing series of home videos is arguably the best on the market, to reconcile those two disparate factors–for the most part, anyway. Rea defines the flow concept as “the ability to move freely in an unbroken string of awareness”; in more pedestrian terms, it’s a continuous sequence of poses, one moving freely and naturally to the next, which tends to generate heat and deepen control of the breath. The breath, specifically ujjayi pranayama, is the centerpiece of Rea’s introduction to this 70-minute program; her instructions in the use of this basic but hard-to-explain technique are excellent. Thereafter, she spends about 20 minutes on backbends (from simple standing and lunging backbends to (more…)

Join Maral for a sunset ocean flow practice at Wind and Sea, La Jolla. Appropriate for yoga practitioners looking to deepen their practice by having ample time to build physical and energetic endurance as well as harnessing a deeper meditative focus by uniting breath and movement ~ the foundation of Vinyasa itself. The Sun Salutations are taught intentionally with detailed alignment. The practice is connected through asanas of forward folds, arm balancing, hip openers, inversions, spinal twists, ending with Savasana, a deep reclining meditation. This practice is sequenced carefully with attention to pose and counter pose to reveal a dynamic energy that pulsates within and leaves each person feeling connected to the universal energy of love ~ the heart of yoga. Yoga is our life, and our presence, our awareness in each moment, is our greatest gift. Teaching since 2000 Maral has studied Iyengar, Vinyasa Flow, Ashtanga, Anusara, and AcroYoga. To the many teachers that have (more…)

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Highlights of Lunar Flow Yoga: * Innovative yoga matrix menu lets you customize your practice with vinyasa sequences from a wide range of lunar poses * A variety of rejuvenating poses from basic to intermediate including three backbend sequences, hip and shoulder openers, lunges, foreward bends, inversions and twists * Prana Yoga – fluid, breath-initiated movement to unlock rigid patterning for greater flexibility and creativity * Chandra Namaskar (moon salutations) with visualization – the lunar complement to the sun salutations * Finishing practices including pranayama, shoulder stand and seated meditation * Shavasana (deep relaxation) to soothe and restore energy * Accompanied by a down-tempo, world groove soundtrack and much more

RELAX and REJUVANATE with Shiva Rea’s Lunar Flow Yoga. For centuries, yogis have learned to draw from the invigorating ernergy of the sun. But there is another approach that invites the rejuvenating en (more…)