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Y162: Gentle Yoga For Beginners (Hamstrings, Shoulders, Balance) balance beginner gentle yoga hamstrings shoulders

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This month I am sharing beginner friendly practices. Today is a gentle class with lots of props with an emphasis on hamstrings, shoulders and balance. Don't have any props? Get the ones I use and recommend...

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Y139: Beginner Friendly Vinyasa For Glutes & Hamstrings beginner hamstrings vinyasa yoga

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In the intro I share a fascinating fact about how yoga and meditation effects your amygdala - the fear and aggression center in your brain - based on what I'm teaching in the Quietmind Yoga...

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Y101: Gentle Yoga for Deep Rest, Hamstring and Shoulder Opening gentle yoga hamstrings shoulders

In last week’s episode I shared how to practice yoga as a moving meditation. How to maintain awareness of breath and bandhas while flowing through postures. In today's practice you can let all that go.

It's important to be able to engage in postures AND it's important to be able to rest...

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Y98: Gentle Yoga For Hamstrings And Back: When Negativity Arises, Cultivate The Opposite (Pratipaksha Bhavana) back gentle yoga hamstrings yoga sutra

In today's episode I share one of my favorite threads of the Yoga Sutra. Pratipaksha Bhavana: “When negativity arises, cultivate the opposite” or “mindfulness of opposites.”

Opposites are the core of everything I teach in yoga. Postures are either active or passive....

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Y81: Hatha For Progressively Deeper Strengthening And Stretching Of Hips And Hamstrings hamstrings hatha yoga hips quietmind yoga podcast strengthening

 
Do you have a chronically tight area of your body? I'll share my personal story of how I stopped having tight hamstrings and how you can apply that to your practice.. 
 
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