Master Iyengar teacher Patricia Walden offers a 60-minute practice focusing on the king and queen of all poses: Sirsasana and Sarvangasana.

Suggested props: a strap, two blankets and a bolster.

Join Nadja for a sequence that prepares you for headstand (Sirsasana) and shoulderstand (Sarvangasana). Tristan and Heloise demonstrate 2 ways to practice each pose, one with more support, one with less. We suggest securing knowledge of these poses in class before trying them on your own.

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Explore woking with different props to deepen your understanding of triangle pose (trikonasana). We teach 3 versions of trikonasana focusing on stability, mobility and creating length. This exploration finishes with a standing forward bend.

Suggested Props: wall, chair, blocks

This sequence is geared toward students new to Iyengar yoga. Join Nadja for a sequence to stretch the legs by learning the common actions in some standing poses and downward facing dog.

Suggested Props: 2 blocks, wall

This sequence focuses on opening the armpits and lengthening the groins in preparation for back bends. Geared toward students with some Iyengar yoga experience.

Suggested props: blankets, belt, blocks, chair

Learn how to work with your legs to bring stability in the hips and length in the spine. We’ll work with the same geometry in 3 different poses to focus on using the legs to stabilize the hips, balance the pelvis and keep the sides of the body equal in length.

Suggested Props: 2 blocks

Explore the actions needed for safe, easeful backbends with Nadja. We will open the shoulder joints, lengthen the sides and elongate the hip flexors to prepare the body to arch backwards. We will focus on these actions and practice Virabhadrasana I (Warrior I), Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward Faci...