Video of the Week Dynamic Goddess Pose

In this dynamic pose, you move  between Starfish Pose and Goddess Pose. This provides a good stretch for your hips while strengthening your legs, shoulders, and arms. (Dynamic Goddess Pose is also part of a longer vinyasa called the Moon Salutation.) 

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Video of the Week Dynamic Arm Circles

This practice can help improve your range of motion in your shoulder joint, and improve flexibility in and strengthen the muscles around the joint.

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Video of the Week Standing Pigeon

Baxter's latest balance pose was inspired by the popular seated pose One-Legged King of the Pigeons. This standing version will challenge your balance and create more flexibility in your hips!

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Video of the Week Boat Navasana on a Boat

In yoga we don't always balance on our feet. So today Baxter adds a balance challenge to a seated balancing pose (Boat pose), where you balance on your sitting bones.

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Video of the Week Downward Facing Dog Pose to High Lunge Version 2

This second version of Downward-Facing Dog pose to High Lunge presents the second easiest way to make this transition, allowing you to step your first foot as far forward as it can go without forcing it all the way between your hands. (Version 1 from last week showed the easiest way to make this transition.)

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Video of the Week Turkey in the Oven

Yes, you can do a balance pose in the kitchen, though maybe not with a real turkey. 

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Video of the Week Reclined Hand to Foot Pose Supta Padangusthasana

We have two videos today, demonstrating versions 1 and 2 of Supta Padangusthasana, which Baxter likes to call Strap to Foot pose. This is an excellent pose for starting a yoga practice, as it warms up hips and legs. It's also a good pose to practice after taking a walk, riding a bike, or any activity that makes your legs feel stiff, and for some people, it can help relieve low back pain.

Here is Version 1, with the leg straight up:


Here is Version 2, with the leg out to the side:


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