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« Previous Entries Next Entries » Sunday, May 16th, 2010Basic Daily Practice (Naked Yoga School Video)
(Level: Basic) Your yoga practice should be explored and experienced daily. This video presents a basic daily sequence, suitable for beginners or for anyone who wants to connect to the fundamentals of practice. The sequence starts with a gentle warm-up for your joints, then proceeds to the following asanas: Tadasana (Mountain Pose) with back bend [...]
Co-ed Tantric Partner Yoga: Deepening Intimacy through Sound (Naked Yoga School Video)
(All levels) This practice is intended to awaken the meeting of different kinds of energies, male/female; contractive/expansive, self/other. When we embrace these multiple energies, we open up the potential to fully inhabit ourselves. This wholeness is rooted is in a continual blossoming awareness of interdependency – a deeply satisfying feeling of connectedness to yourself (your [...]
New York Outdoor Nude Yoga: Backbends to Open the Heart (Naked Yoga School)
(All Levels) Backbends are really heart openers. When we release our back muscles and properly rotate our thighs in our hip sockets, we can have better posture, use our muscles more efficiently, and open the heart space. The spine is an organ of perception. The more flexible your spinal muscles are, the more flexible your [...]
Co-ed Nude Partner Yoga: Witnessing Yourself through the Other
(All Levels) One definition of Yoga is union. In Sanskrit, yoga means to join together. One path of learning how to be present (with ourselves and with others) is to develop our energetic muscles. We experiences physical separation without energetic separation. In this practice of non-judgment, we focus our attention on exploring the energetic and [...]
Focus on Inversion (Naked Yoga School Video)
(Intermediate Level) Inversion asanas help with your inner focus and increases your venus blood flow return. The Shoulderstand can help balance out your thyroid. The Warrior Series inbetween the Shoulderstand and Headstand helps give you outer and inner strength to do the Headstand. The Headstand can help calm your brain/mind and give you a different [...]
Third Chakra Enhancement (Naked Yoga School Video)
(Intermediate and up) This series combines a short, steady and powerful routine for developing will power, boundaries, and focus; while releasing shame, fear and stimulating the digestive fire (Agni). This Third Chakra (Manipura) Enhancement is done through the proper combination of Mantra (Repetition of sound structure), Mudra (Hand seals), Asana (Postures), Pranayama (Breath control), Kriya [...]
Naked Bedroom Yoga: Adrenal Support (Naked Yoga School Video)
(All Levels) Supported forward bends can be used as a menstrual cycle sequence for women and can help restore a depleted nervous system for both men and women. Although they are categorized as forward bends, they are really forward folds – you fold at your hips, rather than bend your spine. Forward folds relieve over-worked [...]
Finding Your Balance (Naked Yoga School Video)
(Intermediate Level) We begin with the Forward Bend Series that helps relieve stress, stimulates the liver and kidneys along with reducing fatigue and anxiety, and increases overall flexibility. After this series, we move into a series of beautiful balancing poses. When doing each balancing pose make sure to place your foot down fully from heel to splayed toes to [...]
Developing The Full Yogic Breath (Naked Yoga School Video)
(All Levels) Breath is Life and Breath is Spirit. Through the mastery of the breath we master the mind and there for the body. In this series, the full Yogic breath is explained and demonstrated. Some postures are offered, but it is mostly focused on what attention is needed to develop full Yogic breathing. For [...]
Naked Bedroom Yoga: Morning Revival (Naked Yoga School Video)
(All levels) Starting the morning with an awareness and respect for the previous night’s sleep can lead to mind and body full of energy and clarity for the rest of the day. During the night, the spinal muscles lengthen and release. Throughout the course of the day, the vertebrae re-compress. Stretching before getting out of [...]
Opening the Back (Naked Yoga School Video)
(Intermediate Level ) At the physical level, backbend asanas refresh and invigorate your body, as well as strengthen the respiratory, cardiovascular and endocrine systems. At the spiritual level, backbend asanas help open up and align your chakras. Chakras are energy centers located throughout your physical and spiritual bodies. Inbetween backbend asanas, there are counterposes to [...]
Nude Bedroom Yoga: Supported Backbends and Twist (Naked Yoga School Video)
(All Levels) Supported backbends open the heart and give space to the upper lungs and chest. After a full day’s work, many of us tend to protect and constrict our heart space by hunching our shoulders. Because hese poses support the backbody, the frontbody gets a chance to expand and relax. They can help relieve [...]
Standing Pose Strengthening Cycle (Naked Yoga School Video)
(all levels, great for beginners) So much of our time here is spent on our feet, doing this cycle of standing poses deepens our integration with our feet through our core. Excellent for strengthening the posture and poise while centering the mind. Increases sense of will power as well as balancing digestion. Body health comes [...]
Stretching the Sides (Naked Yoga School Video)
(Intermediate Level – great for increasing side/spine flexibility) We begin with the Surya Namasker that will warm you up for these asanas. These asanas focus on stretching the sides which helps to increase your sideways flexibility. They also help increase the flexibility of your spine. As we get older our spine tends to contract and [...]
Taking the Should Out Of Shoulders (Naked Yoga School Video)
http://NakedYogaSchool.com (All levels) Many of us tend to move from a place of effort or force, instead of from a place of internal strength, quiet, and spaciousness. When we open, and then recognize the strength in our shoulders, we can begin to work with our bodies. In this video, you will learn following Asanas: Cactus [...]
Expanding Your Prana: Opening the Shoulders from the Strength of the Core (Naked Yoga School Video)
http://NakedYogaSchool.com (All Levels with appropriate modifications) These poses help release and strengthen the shoulder and arm muscles by using energy from the core. The core is stabilized and strengthened by the solid grounding of the feet and lift of the inner arches and inseams of the legs. In addition to developing elasticity and stability in [...]
Balancing Poses: Discovering Strength from Within (Naked Yoga School Video)
http://NakedYogaSchool.com (Intermediate Level) These poses are rooted in foot awareness—developing strength and agility across the entire foot. They help develop self-confidence, concentration, and a sense of humor about oneself. Balancing poses improve your posture by correctly engaging your shoulders and hips. In this video you will learn the following asanas: Excruciating/Exhilarating Toe Pose with Knee [...]
Naked Yoga School: Surrender into Anxiety Relief (all levels – great for menstrual cycle)
(all levels – great for menstrual cycle) Forward bends can deeply soothing for our nervous system. They take pressure off the kidneys, allowing the adrenal glands to float—activating the parasympathetic nervous system. Because they are quieting to the nervous system, these poses can help to reduce stress. Forward bends increase prana that soothes, grounds, and [...]
Nude Wall Yoga: Let Your Back Go! (Naked Yoga School)
(All Levels — Great for Sciatica) These standing poses are great to do before you start your day to maintain length and strength. They can be done standing at the bathroom or kitchen counter. They can also help give relief to fatigued back muscles and relieve the nervous system when practiced throughout the work day [...]
Open Belly, Open Heart (Naked Yoga School)
(Intermediate Level) These back bends actually come from opening the heart and the belly. The spine and its muscles receive the bend, rather than initiate it. Backbends are revitalizing because they release blocked prana. When we open our belly and our heart, we can breathe more freely and learn to explore and trust our own [...]
Nude Wall Yoga: Upside Down Bliss (Naked Yoga School)
(Advanced Level) Inversions benefit all the systems of the body (circulatory, immune, respiratory, nervous, endocrine, lymphatic). They can be playful and very challenging. Since our bodies are usually in the opposite position, they are often seen as “courage” poses, learning how to adapt to the unfamiliar and break our unconscious habits. In this video, you [...]
Nude Partner Yoga: Discovering Courage and Core Strength (Naked Yoga School)
(Advanced Level) This practice strengthens the core and helps to distribute energy from the core throughout the entire body. There are several variations you can try if you have back issues. Let there be a sense of play, if you fall, that is as much a part of the practice as being in a particular [...]
Jumping into the Unknown (Naked Yoga School)
(Advanced Level) Trusting and nourishing our intuition is an essential part of practicing yoga. When we move from our belly, we support our intuition. These poses encourage us to take flight with clear intention. In this video, you will learn following Asanas: Child’s pose, Downward Dog, Lunge repetitions, Rest variations, Bakhasana (Crow Pose) and Savasana [...]
Nude Partner Yoga: Discovering Courage and Trust in Balance (Naked Yoga School)
(Advanced Level) By combining strong muscular work and focused balance, this sequence encourages both inner strength and deep connection with your partner. Because it is a very challenging series, partners can be playful and creative in how they vary the positions as they deepen their practice. In this video, you will learn following Asanas: Utkatasana [...]
Standing Above Ground: Earth Sequence for balance & stability (Naked Yoga School)
(Intermediate Level) Before we begin our yogic journey, we must establish a firm base. This class will focus on connecting our first chakra with the Earth. Class will focus on grounding through the feet in balance postures, and through the hands. This class is useful for establishing a firm connection between the body and the [...]
Twisting into Now (Naked Yoga School Video)
(All levels) When we breathe into deep twists, we can reset our nervous systems—shifting habitual holding patterns. Twists allow us release muscular and psychological strain by learning to let go with intention. In this video, you will learn following Asanas: Standing half moon, Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend), Child’s pose lateral, Baddha Konasana (Cobbler Pose), Virasana [...]
Washing Away Inhibitions: Water Sequence for fluidity & motion (Naked Yoga School Video)
(Intermediate Level) In this sequence, we will experiment with movement flows between postures, taking the edge away from our desires for stabilized perfection. When we embrace the fluidity of water, we wash away our inhibitions by engaging in playful vinyasa sequencing and adding in our own forms of motion. Allowing the body to be free [...]
Nude Partner Yoga: Downward-Facing Dog: Trust, Balance, and Lengthen Sequence (Naked Yoga School Video)
(Advanced Level) This is a practice of recognizing strength in vulnerability. These downward dog variations build arm strength, rejuvenate the nervous system, and help to give traction to the spine. Partners can discover a sense of adventure and play as they support and ground one another. Jumping into the unknown is an integral part of [...]
Fire in the Belly Series (Naked Yoga School Video)
(Intermediate level) This series focuses on discovering our strength within. Each pose can help us learn about what already exists within us, without trying to acquire anything from the outside. By using the front body to support the back body, we can move with grace and efficiency. In this video, you will learn following Asanas: [...]
The Cosmic Dancer (Naked Yoga School Video)
(Beginner Level) Embrace the cosmic dance of shiva in this twisting kriya; embody the power to create & destroy, to flow & be still. In this yoga webisode, experience cosmic motion and deep balance. Being in the nude and falling into a fast pace twist creates an awareness of the body and flesh. In this [...]