Cultivating Contentment through Heart Opening Poses

slow paced but well rounded

Not only heart opening, bit also hip, backbends, balance & squeezing kid...

Not only heart opening, bit also hip, backbends, balance & squeezing kidneys. Good stuff & a couple tricky postures that are worth coming back for

great practice! overall awesome. thanks.

This is a lovely and slightly challenging class with a creative set of b...

This is a lovely and slightly challenging class with a creative set of back bends and heart openers. My only critique is that as a long time practitioner with SI joint issues, I have to be extremely mindful in backbends to ensure that I don't compress or aggravate my sacrum. Adi doesn't make much mention of ensuring the tailbone is rooting down during many of the backbends and overall I felt a little tension in my back when we were done. I think a longer cool down on the mat with more twists and forward bends would fix this - but of course she ran out of time. Otherwise delightful - I finished feeling content and happy! :)

Ahhh Thank you!

LOTS of backbend variations in this class. Love the capturing of the foo...

LOTS of backbend variations in this class. Love the capturing of the foot in DownDog. Also some good hip flexor & thigh stretches. Agree that it needs a bit more unwinding at the end of the class, but I took it on my own. Also ended in Legs up the Wall. Yummy.

This class had a little longer centering than normal and some gentle mov...

This class had a little longer centering than normal and some gentle moves to begin. Even the sun salutes were modified to fit the heart opening intention. Within the sequence there were some challenges, super fun to try. It ends with some good calming and stretching postures on the floor. Felt perfect.

Enjoyed creative explorations of heart openers as well as quad/hip flexo...

Enjoyed creative explorations of heart openers as well as quad/hip flexor openers. Great opportunity to practice active engagement: self cues to keep pelvis aligned with the quad stretches helped make this even more effective for me. Thank you, Adi, for another beauitful class!

I luved the theme of this class! Thank you ADI! Much heartfelf love for...

I luved the theme of this class! Thank you ADI! Much heartfelf love for your YOGA CLASSES!

Nice heart, shoulder, quad opening flow. I could have used some more for...

Nice heart, shoulder, quad opening flow. I could have used some more forward folds and twists at the to counteract all the back bending. I guess I should have added those on myself, because I had a weird energy after the class. Adi mentioned that some people hold tension in their lower back in back bends, which I totally do, but have never heard a teacher mention before. Something to be aware of in the future...

The pace is really nice (not too fast, not too slow), but I felt a bit u...

The pace is really nice (not too fast, not too slow), but I felt a bit unbalanced while doing it....almost as if there was more time spent on one side vs. the other.

Very Opening

One of my new favourites!

It starts out slowly but builds up heat the way only Adi can do it. Ther...

It starts out slowly but builds up heat the way only Adi can do it. There are a lot of heart openers but also a lot of quadriceps openers too. Great class!

What a wonderful class full of words of wisdom from Adi. My shoulders an...

What a wonderful class full of words of wisdom from Adi. My shoulders and chest are open and very content (as are my quads).

From the theme of contentment to the soothing flow of the heart-opening ...

From the theme of contentment to the soothing flow of the heart-opening asanas, this class was as graceful and engaging as the instructor! Thank you, Adi.

This series of heart openers was fantastic, I felt so refreshed afterwar...

This series of heart openers was fantastic, I felt so refreshed afterwards. Contentment is an open heart!

I really liked today's backbending class. The flow was creative and som...

I really liked today's backbending class. The flow was creative and something different.

It starts off slow but it is a very stimulating practice with some chall...

It starts off slow but it is a very stimulating practice with some challenging sequences.

Cultivating Contentment & Active Acceptance with yourself, with all bein...

Cultivating Contentment & Active Acceptance with yourself, with all beings and all things.. really love those :-) Thanks Adi & yogatoday