Yoga Team

[battistadonati]

Go to a studio and learn from a good teacher.

Perhaps the person does not have the opportunity to go to the studio...
Or there are no studios in the city. For example, I live in a small Spanish town and I had to learn from YouTube videos.

 

[battistadonati]

Found another new year's yoga challenge, this one courtesy of Yoginimelbourne's Paula Lay: Awake Heart 30-Day Challenge. (Thanks @mavie !)

I find your yoga posts very helpful and informative.
Have you thought about starting a similar yoga blog yourself to better adapt the information.
I would love to subscribe!

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

I did a yoga practice tonight for the first time in far too long. It felt sooooo good! Will write more about my personal journey in my own check-in thread soon. In the meantime I just wanted to pop in here to let folks know Yoga Download is offering another of their free yoga challenges, this time a 2-week challenge, that's on right now. (It started on November 5, 2023, but you can jump in at any time. Typically the classes remain free for a few days after the challenge ends, for folks who fell behind, I believe.)

The theme of this challenge is "Yoga for Balance and Grounding." (I immediately thought of @PetiteSheWolf when I saw that.) Typically these challenges offer a choice of 2 classes to do each day, usually of varying lengths, and with one of the options beginner-friendly. Sign up here to get free access to the challenge, if you're interested.

 

[Henry (thinman)]

I've gotten into doing a headstand everyday no matter what

My Taiji forms are somewhat hybrid, I incorporate much Yoga Asana style into them. I do my Yoga at home, some crow and various poses but no fixed routine. I lift the iron 5 days a week and various calisthenics like pull-ups and push-up (often on a medicine ball).

Meditation is a daily practice.

 

[graoumia]

Hello Bees
I would love to participate to this chat, and get some advices, and I think some of us are wishing to practice more with this new year starting, so who wants to share his practice?
On my side i use yoga for some streching on evening.

 

[PetiteSheWolf]

Coucou @graoumia ; I am lucky that the gym just by me provides a few good-quality yoga classes/week, my own goal is to do at least one a week.
And oh, as I gotta continue work on my balance, I should keep up with the serie of moving balance asanas I was doing in December.

 

[graoumia]

Hello @PetiteSheWolf are some informations on this serie of moving balance asanas in your journal ? I will have a look.
Today is a bit less cold, it is much better. But i am happy to be at home

 

[PetiteSheWolf]

A little while ago ; but it is more "experimental" that really prepared, I try to put 3 - 4 balance asanas in a row, and do the other side, 3 times each side.
e.g. tree, toe-to-hand side then front front, go down in a lunge, come back with a high knee.
or tree (always a safe starting point, LOL), stretch foot in front, brush the leg back without putting foot on floor, reach Warrior 3 (or any asana that has your bust parallel to ground).
Or insert dancer, or eagle, anywhere fun.

My kinesitherapist wanted me to work on my balance, and doing that regularly did help. His point was that doing moving balance exercise would force me to work with imbalance.

 

[graoumia]

that's great, i don't work enough on balance i think, i will try to test it. Thanks

 

[Henry (thinman)]

As well as my daily headstand I also do crow pose daily, no matter what. My yoga mat is permanent in my living room so just randomly do various poses, I do shoulder stand and plough often and forward bend.

 

[graoumia]

@Green Man amazing picture ! and great yoga practice. a long term goal is to be able to do a headstand. But as i don't practice, this goal is never closer

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

I've posted this before, but here is again, my go to standing balance flow:

 

[graoumia]

Hello yogis, i hope you are all fine
I tried a first moon salutation this evening, I saw several variations on the web.

Are you doing moon salutation ?

I need to practice more to be able to enjoy it, and I will do some poses i like to relax before bed…

Have a nice day /evening

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

Are you doing moon salutation ?

When I practice yoga it's usually in the evening (or late at night!) So I guess it's technically all moon salutation.

I do like this sequence from Shiva Rea though:

Watch Shiva Rea's Moon Salutation

This video by Shiva Rea, filmed to accompany a feature article in the December 2011 issue of Yoga Journal, demonstrates her unique Moon Salutation sequence.

www.yogajournal.com

 

[Henry (thinman)]

@Green Man amazing picture !

I changed my profile photo so here it is again . . .

My teacher took the photo for her Instagram, also was a headstand but didn't save it.

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

For any yogis interested in checking out a yoga teacher training:

Aligned Yoga (where I did my 200hr. YTT) is offering a free online open house this weekend. You can sign up to check out the online content for as many of the programs they offer as you like at https://www.alignedyoga.com/syds-takeover

You'll need to cough up your email address to participate. But no credit card. The content will be totally free for 48 hours for this weekend only (starting, the site says, at 10AM PST on Saturday, March 23--but I know from experience the gals running the site have a tendency to get their standard time and daylight saving time mixed up--so I wouldn't be surprised if the access actually starts at 10AM PDT). Anyhow... after the 48 hour free period, you just won't be able to access the site anymore. There won't be anything you'll need to cancel. (Unless you want to unsubscribe from the mailing list you'll no doubt be added to for signing up for the free weekend.)

Aligned is Briohny Smyth's yoga school--although she has other teachers providing content there too.

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

Yoga Download is running another free challenge next month. This one runs for two weeks, April 8-21, and will have two class options per day.

2-Week Spring Challenge for Clearing and Cleansing

www.yogadownload.com

 

[Henry (thinman)]

I've gotten into doing a headstand everyday no matter what

My Taiji forms are somewhat hybrid, I incorporate much Yoga Asana style into them. I do my Yoga at home, some crow and various poses but no fixed routine. I lift the iron 5 days a week and various calisthenics like pull-ups and push-up (often on a medicine ball).

Meditation is a daily practice.

Almost a year later still doing it. I can do a full lotus and use to do in a headstand but haven't for quite some time, I should make an effort and see.

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

All of Alo's online yoga content is now free to access. Lots of classes of different styles, lengths, difficulty levels, etc. You do need to sign up for an Alo account to access the content. But you can opt out of receiving marketing emails.

I've had an account on the precursor sites to "Alo Wellness" for years--most of the yoga videos I follow have been from them from way back in the day when it was CodyApp. (Back then one could purchase lifetime access to specific programs and classes. It wasn't a subscription service.) I just signed up for an "Alo Access" account a couple of days ago to get access to the new content. I did receive a couple of welcome emails from them. But no spam thus far. (Granted, it's only been a couple of days that I've had an account on the store site. But they've had my email address for years on their wellness platform, and it's not been an issue.)

The wellness platform going free looks to be a new thing (as of December 2025). Will it become marketing heavy to finance itself now? I have no idea. (All of the instructors have been wearing Alo clothing since Alo purchased the platform. So it's always been marketing for them in that sense. But there aren't any actual sales pitch advertisements on the videos or the site navigation pages--at least thus far.)

What other yoga resources out there are our yogi Bees liking these days?
Anyone doing a "yoga challenge" for the new year?

I considered doing Yoga Download's free 14-day New Year's challenge this year but somehow never got around to it. I have been doing some self-led practices though!