75 Minute Class, Anatomy Focus, Core, Fitness, Moderate Intensity, Shift Members, Strength, Vinyasa |
Your core is extraordinary. Allowing for unparalleled strength and stability for the very human task of walking upright, carrying things, hugging and looking one another in the eye. But your core also allows for an incredible amount of mobility for a huge variety of movements and expressions. Your core is integral to your breathing and even your emotions. It’s always bothered me that something so smart has been diminished in our culture. We see it as strong or skinny or we hate it. We abuse it with the ubiquitous crunch or sit up and hope it shapes up! This class is all about honoring the core for the intelligence it
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75 Minute Class, Advanced Level, Anatomy Focus, Fitness, High Intensity, Hip Flexors, Hips, Shift Members, Strength, Vinyasa |
Mostly in Yoga we do the stretching. Right? Not in this class! It turns out that body weight strength training can actually help you increase range of motion AND get stronger. Lot’s of creative body weight Yoga inspired strength moves will challenge and excite you. This class is so much fun but you will really feel it….
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45 Minutes Class, All Levels, Anatomy Focus, Glutes, Hips, Lower Body, Moderate Intensity, Shift Members, Strength, Vinyasa |
Seems like people are always looking for some Yoga for tight hips. I guess they assume I will give them some stretches and I may… But research actually shows that you are better off combining strength training and static stretching for increased mobility, less pain and of course more strength.
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10 Minute Class, Beginner, Calves, Chair Practice, Core, Fitness, Hamstrings, Healthy Aging Classes, Hips, Lower Body, Mobility Drill, Moderate Intensity, Movement Snack, Shift Members, Shoulder, Strength |
Aging well requires a balance of strength, flexibility and power. This quick practice hits all the marks and focuses on the big muscles of the lower body as well as the shoulders. Each exercise is intended to improve your balance as well.Â
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75 Minute Class, All Levels, Anatomy Focus, Back, Pain Care Yoga, Shift Members, Shoulder, Strength |
This practice will help you to build up your strength in your shoulder and it’s helpers and also confidence. The movements have been combined to maximize your awareness of these relationships so that your body may spontaneously discover more comfortable and efficient patterns of movement. It’s time to take the bubble wrap off of the shoulder. To heal you will need to reintroduce movements that feel powerful and build strength and resilience.
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Advanced Level, Fitness, High Intensity, Hips, Shift Members, Strength |
Guess what? All that stretching you’ve been doing to “open” your tight hips? Not actually helping. Turns out, facilitating greater mobility, compliance and ease, is more complicated than pulling on tissues. Let me show you another way to increase mobility. Not only is it great fun, but it’s also a great workout that will improve strength, cardiovascular function and balance.Â
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