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This is a 60-minute beginner-friendly yet challenging hatha flow class that focuses on hip opening, upper back mobility, and core.
This is a a 60-minute beginner-friendly yet challenging hatha flow class that focuses on hip opening, upper back mobility, and core. You may like to have two blocks, a strap or belt, and access to a wall.
A 50-minute active beginner-friendly class that focuses on hips and hamstrings.
This is a 50-minute active beginner-friendly class that focuses on hips and hamstrings. After a quick warm-up, we move into a steady and active flow of standing poses. The next portion of class moves into a good amount of more relaxed stretching for some deeper hip opening, and it ends with a guided relaxation.
Recommended equipment: Two blocks
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Karen Talley Mead is a Cycling and Triathlon Coach, Certified Sports Nutritionist, and a 200-hour Certified Yoga Instructor based in Roanoke, VA.
This 30-minute class uses trigger point work followed by longer hold stretches to improve hip mobility and help with back pain and discomfort. You will need a foam roller and a massage ball or tennis ball.
This class uses trigger point work followed by longer hold stretches to improve hip mobility and help with back pain and discomfort. You will need a foam roller and a massage ball or tennis ball. I love the Yoga Tune Up therapy balls because they have just the right amount of squish and they don’t slide around beneath you. They also come in a handy bag that doubles as a way to use them both together in a peanut shape and keeps them from disappearing forever under your furniture.