Complete Guide To Yoga - A Series For Beginners

Join Julia and Shay in this flow where you'll learn about the 4 parts of breathing and how to better control it in order to fight anxiety and stress.

Yoga can have incredible benefits on mental health. Not only does it help us develop our self awareness so we can explore some of those limiting thoughts, but it can also show us how to have a better stress response

Today's sequence is all about the hips. Your hips are involved in your central nervous system, you have your sympathetic nervous system which controls your fight or flight response, and your parasympathetic nervous system which is your rest and digest response. In this flow you may notice some emotions coming to the surface, and this is the perfect time to deal with them and breath through it.

Posture is a problem in our society because most of us spend all day hunched over our devices, causing our shoulders to round forward and our chest to cave forward. This causes shorter and shallower breaths, which can directly effect our mood and overall well being.

In this class you'll be working through a short sequence before moving into a guided meditation centered around balancing your breath and centering your thoughts

This video focuses on back strengthening poses, as well as improving posture, spinal flexibility and relieving back pain.

Part 3 is a Warrior breakdown. Warriors are essential to any yoga practice, really emphasizing the leg muscles, glute muscles and getting a full body stretch.

Part 2 breaks down Sun Salutation B. Don't worry if you haven't seen part 1, Jess goes through each movement thoroughly.

In part 1 Jess Breaks down Sun Salutation A, which is essential for any yoga practice, so that you can maximize each pose and also get a full body workout.