Energize your body and release mental tension. Enjoy this 15 minute beginner asana practice. Always, watch your breath for signs to take rest! Just pause the video, and resume when you're able to proceed with mindfulness and ease. Finish this short practice with 5-10 minutes of rest to assimilate all the benefits of the movements.

This short practice is full of forward bends to lengthen the spine and tissues that surround it. You will also enjoy the various shoulder and chest openers. Remember to go at your own pace, enjoy the movement, and use pain or shortness of breath as a clear sign to take a moment to rest! Enjoy friends. And we'll see you in the studio soon.

Sun Salutation (Surya Namaskar) tutorial. (Video is twice normal speed, and several frames are frozen to highlight postures.) Here are three common versions of the Sun Salutation, broadly, a string of movements tied closely to the flow of your breath.   These are a concise, whole-body workout that offer forward bends, backbends, hip openers, and arm support postures, delivering overall strengthening and opening of the body.  The sun salutations can be a stand-alone yogasana practice, or it can be the warm-up to your longer practice.   ​ Try a few of the variations highlighted here when you are ready.  ​ See you in class, and always thank you for helping me keep a place where we can come together to practice yoga in our community.  And if you haven't yet, please bring your light and make ours brighter.