Skills: Posture Breakdowns
From inversions to forward folds, we show you how to safely do the poses your favorite Instayogis are doing on their page.
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Headstand 101: Tutorial with Andrew Sealy
Find alignment in your body with Andrew Sealy in this Headstand 101 class!
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Crow to Chaturanga: Nature Vinyasa Series with Allison Waldbeser
Now that you've practiced crow pose, it's time to add a chaturanga jump back! As challenging as it may seem, we'll make sure our chaturanga basics are strong in order to have the confidence to jump back from crow. Grab your mat and join Allison outside!
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Happy Flying: Advance Your Yoga Practice with Max and Liz Lowenstein
Flow into headstand and shouderstand in this class with Max and Liz!
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Learn to Float: Advance Your Yoga Practice with Max and Liz Lowenstein
Learn to float up and down the mat with these wrist and core drills with Max and Liz!
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Deepen Your Backbends with Maria Margolies
Deepen your backbends with Maria in this class focusing on increasing flexibility of the front body & spinal mobility.
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Headstand: Posture Breakdown with Melini Jesudason
Working on your headstand? This tutorial breaks down the cues and provides helpful tips and tricks for getting into a headstand safely.
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Beginner Inversions with Brad Terrell
Ready to go upside down? Join Brad Terrell for a 15-minute class dedicated to your inversion practice. This full body workout includes drills geared towards strength and flexibility needed to get into headstands, forearm stands, and handstands.
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Core Prep for Handstands with De'andre Sinette
You can't hold the shape on your hands if you can't hold it on your back first, and handstand is no exception. This 12 minute core routine works your transverse abdominis, obliques, and rectus abdominis as well as your mental fortitude and stamina to prep you for handstands and advanced hand bala...
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How to Use the Wall to Handstand: I with Melini Jesudason
Inversion master Melini Jesudason shows you how to warm up your shoulders, engage your legs, and get upside down using a prop we all have at home: the wall.
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How to Use the Wall to Handstand: II with Melini Jesudason
Want to go upside down? Learn some of the best tips and tricks from inversion master Melini Jesudason
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Forward Folds for Beginners with Melini Jesudason
Touching your toes doesn’t matter. It’s about the journey. Learn the basics of forward folding and practice dynamic ways to stretch your hamstrings and low back.
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Wheel Pose: Posture Breakdown with Martina Rando
Ready to open your heart? Flow safely into wheel pose under the careful tutelage of flexibility guru Martina Rando.
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Wheel Pose: Posture Breakdown with Melini Jesudason
Melini Jesudason breaks down how to safely get into pigeon pose, without hurting your knees or lower back.
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Pigeon Pose: Posture Breakdown with Melini Jesudason
Melini Jesudason breaks down how to safely get into pigeon pose, without hurting your knees or lower back.
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Camel Pose: Posture Breakdown with Melini Jesudason
Melini Jesudason breaks down how to safely get into Camel Pose, Ustrasana.
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Shoulder Stand: Posture Breakdown with Melini Jesudason
Shoulder stand is an intricate posture that improves circulation in the body, releases tension and stress, and improves digestion, but when practiced incorrectly can actually compress the spine. Melini Jesudason breaks down how to safely enter the pose step by step.
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Compass Pose: Posture Breakdown with Martina Rando
Ready to get twisty? Compass pose, or Parivrtta Surya Yantrasana, is a deep shoulder, hip, and hamstring opener that can be quite a puzzle to get into. Join Martina Rando as she breaks down the posture cue by cue, and shares her favorite tips to get into this pose safely.
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Intro to Crow Pose: Posture Breakdown with De'andre Sinette
For most people, crow pose is the gateway arm balance that unlocks the confidence needed to begin an inversion practice. Join De’Andre as he breaks down bakasana step by step and gives you the tools to find the pose safely.
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Core for Crow Pose with Roxanne Gan
Struggling to fly your feet in crow pose? This 20-minute session will teach you how to strengthen and activate your core muscles using both static and dynamic exercises.
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Mastering Chaturanga + Wrist Prep with De'andre Sinette
Where strength meets skill: learn how to warm up and prep your wrists for a safe and skillful chaturanga. Perfect for beginners just learning how to do this pose, or seasoned practitioners who want to check in on their form and wrist safety.
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Shoulder Mobility with Melini Jesudason
Not your average yoga class, anatomy and mobility expert Melini Jesudason leads you through 15 minutes of shoulder movement. Whether you’re trying to gain the flexibility needed for backbends or dolphin pose or trying to undo bad posture, this class is for you.
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Upper Body Mobility with Melini Jesudason
Not your average yoga class, anatomy and mobility expert Melini Jesudason leads you through 15 minutes of movement centered around your upper body—from your mid-back to your neck and shoulders. Whether you’re trying to gain the mobility needed for backbends and inversions or simply trying to feel...
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Hip Mobility with Melini Jesudason
Not your average yoga class, anatomy and mobility expert Melini Jesudason leads you through 20 minutes of hip-focused movement. Whether you’re trying to gain flexibility for full splits or just want to feel less creaky when you get up from a chair, this class is for you.
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Front Splits: Vinyasa Flow with Brad Terrell
Splits require flexibility, mobility, and strength in your hamstrings, hips, glutes, and IT band. Whether you’ve attempted splits once or a hundred times, this flow gives you the tools you need to go deeper into your muscles than you ever have before.