Empower Your Boundaries

Intermediate I
(250 Reviews)
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Rachel takes you through a more challenging sun salutation, focusing on alignment principles and breath. Her clarity, precision and good nature will help you through this class, and you may learn a few things too!

Equipment

  • Strap
  • Block

Focus

  • Spine
  • Flexibility
  • Balance
  • Legs and Feet

Intensity

  • Vigorous Yoga

Style

  • Hatha Yoga
  • Yoga for Back Care
Comment:

Thank you, Rachel. That was fun. Towards the end of the class though, about 35 m in, my low back started to hurt, and I was wondering if I was missing some subtle motion, engagement, or release. Any idea? (I do have chronic pain in L5S1 because of an injury and discectomy, so it complains sometimes but usually once I engage my core, align, or do upward facing dog, it calms down). Maybe it was the bending

MaryRose Metcalfe
November 25, 2020
Comment:

Tips, tips and more tips. I love it. I also find that having the block in between my knees for all the sun salutations seems to actually support my knees which is great for this used-to-be runner. Maybe it's just because I am focusing on other muscles with the help of the block.

Comment Replies

Rachel Scott
December 7, 2020
Comment:

Hi Mary Rose!
So glad that you enjoyed the class - yes!! I feel that knee support too and find it helpful as well :)

tiel
August 31, 2020
Comment:

I am trying to help out my back and was told by my PT that I had to learn to engage my inner and outer thighs so they would take some of the strain off of my back whenever I bend/lean forward and try to then straighten up. The steps Rachel took us through made me be more aware of using these muscles and to consciously apply them to my regular daily movements, lol rapidly bending down to pick up our teacup yorker whenever a dog bigger than it approaches.