Yoga
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Feel your Feet • Masaaki Okamura • 10 minutes
We often overlook our feet, yet they are the foundation of our movement and balance—and prone to injury and pain. In this 10-minute session, Masaaki Okamura guides you through a mindful practice to stretch, strengthen, and reconnect with your feet. Perfect for all levels, this short but impactful...
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Blissful Breathing • Masaaki Okamura • 15 minutes
Join Masaaki Okamura for 15 minutes of casual breathing exercises that can support and anchor you anytime you need a reset.
Suggested props: bolster, block, blanket, or chair.
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Garudasana • Justine Wiltshire Cohen • 2 minutes
Join Down Under's beloved founder and principal Justine Wiltshire-Cohen and Erran Gilchrist for a walk-through of Garudasana (Eagle Pose).
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Harmonize the Hips • Masaaki Okamura • 30 minutes
Masaaki's attention to anatomy and balance shine in this 30-minute slow flow that releases tension in the hips without over-stretching
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Yoga for Kids: Snow, Burrow & Flow • Emily Sullivan • 15 min
Join Emily Sullivan for a cozy, winter-themed flow. Perfect for kids 3-8 and their families!
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Yoga Yawn for Morning or Night • Masaaki Okamura • 30 minutes
Masaaki Okamura leads a 30-minute general stretching practice that's perfect for any time of day, whether you're just waking up, need a mid-day break, or are preparing for sleep.
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Cold Shoulders • Masaaki Okamura • 15 minutes
Winter weather and office work keep us hunched and shoulders tense. Reset and rediscover your range of motion with this 15-minute shoulder reset from Masaaki Okamura.
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Flow: Intermediate Ladder Flow • Marco Vinci • 40 minutes
In this intermediate ladder flow, each vinyasa builds on the next to build strength and focus while stretching the lower body.
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Lift and Lengthen • Marco Vinci • 30 minutes
Join Marco Vinci for a 30-minute, all-levels flow that will lengthen and strengthen the spine for improved posture.
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Yoga for Kids: Fairytale Flow • Emily Sullivan • 25 min
Emily Sullivan teaches a 25-minute practice geared toward children that focuses on mudra and flows along with the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk."
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Yin: Midwinter Wall Practice • Emily Peterson • 25 minutes
Emily Peterson offers a 25 minute yin sequence to drop in, stretch and be present with what is.
Needed: Wall space
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Flow: All-levels Ashtanga Flow • Paulina Haduong • 45 minutes
A 45-minute Ashtanga flow that includes many of the primary series poses. Suggested props: 2 blocks.
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Urdhva Dhanurasana • Paulina Haduong • 15 minutes
Ashtanga teacher Paulina Haduong teaches how to safely get into Urdhva Dhanurasana, upward facing bow, sometimes known as wheel pose. This is an intense backbend, and this practice is recommended after another full practice or warmup.
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Relax & Renew: Slow Flow Preparing for Yoga Nidra • Masaaki Okamura • 60 minutes
Masaaki Okamura shares a restorative sequence followed by a full yoga nidra guided relaxation practice. Perfect before bed or any time of day when you're feeling the need to rest and restore.
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Restorative: Relax & Renew 10.26.2023 • Kate Heffernan • 60 minutes
Join Kate Heffernan for a grounding Relax & Renew practice focusing on opening the shoulders, hips & releasing the entire back.
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Flow: 10.25.2023 • Kate Heffernan • 60 minutes
Join Kate Heffernan in a dynamic Flow practice that will help you to open your shoulders, hips & move the spine in all six directions.
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Yoga Sculpt: Rainy Day Energy Blast • Angie DiCiccio • 60 minutes
It was a rainy day in Boston for the Head of the Charles Regatta, but things were heating up in Down Under School of Yoga's Back Bay West studio. Angie DiCiccio's yoga sculpt is sure to brighten any gloomy day.
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Flow: Accepting Polarities • Franny Diaz-Gilligan • 40 minutes
Franny Diaz-Gilligan invites you to find your center so you can better accept polarities in this 40 minute vinyasa flow designed to improve strength, flexibility and balance.
Suggested props: two blocks
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Meditation: Nadi Shodhana • Daniel Orlansky • 10 minutes
Nadi Shodhana, also known as alternate nostril breathing, clears and purifies the subtle channels of the mind-body while bringing balance to overall breathing.
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Meditation: Box Breathing • Daniel Orlansky • 10 minutes
Four-square or box breathing balances the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems to simultaneously cultivate energy and calm.
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Meditation: Resonant Breathing • Daniel Orlansky • 5 minutes
Coherent or resonant breathing is a simple but profound practice that slows the breath and quiets the mind.
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Restorative: Hip Release and Deep Reset • Marco Vinci • 40 minutes
This 30 minute restorative practice will help release and reset the hips.
Pair this practice with a hip strengthening sequence designed to relieve tension by increasing stability: https://www.downunderondemand.com/videos/flow-release-tension-with-intention-strong-hips-marco-vinci-30-minutes
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Flow: Flow into Fall • Shawna Lemelman • 60 minutes
Join Down Under's Shawna Lemelman and her two students, Emily and Eloise, for a 60-minute flow that will leave your body energized and your mind calm.
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Flow: Release Tension with Intention (Strong Hips) • Marco Vinci • 30 minutes
Hip strengthening sequence to release tension with intention.
Suggested props: 2 blocks
Suggested playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7xUrko4iNMQEl6uOQhlugq?si=fa5556c247ce4ab2&nd=1
Suggested follow-up practice: Restorative: Hip Release and Reset