Here's Your October Calendar!
This calendar will give you a little bit of everything for a well rounded practice, from strength building to back-bending!
This calendar will give you a little bit of everything for a well rounded practice, from strength building to back-bending!
Oct 01
Open Hips and Stretchy Shoulders
A steady paced flow class for hips and shoulders.
Oct 02
Lengthen & Strengthen
Let’s get those legs long and strong! Expect your hips, hamstrings and quads to get a good old stretch, as well as some strengthening for you posterior core.
Oct 03
15 Minute Movement Snack: Energising Flow
When you’re short on time but want to feel like you’ve really done something! Take these 15 minutes to energise your body, with mostly standing postures to make you feel strong, alert and energised!
Oct 04
Mindful Slow Flow
Take 30 minutes to climb your way to compass pose with me! This vinyasa yoga flow class is going to lengthen your hamstrings, open your hips and broaden into your side body and shoulders to prepare you for compass pose!
Oct 05
Back to Basics
This 'basics' flow is full of postures that you might be super familiar with. Warrior 2, Wide Leg Fold, Reverse Warriors and Downdog. Allow yourself to flow through shapes which may feel a little easier on your brain than others, to fall into a steady, blissful flow state.
Oct 06
60 Minute Backbends: Camel Variations
A 60 minute backbend focused yoga flow to find length and strength in the quads (also known as isometric stretches!) as well as opening up the chest and shoulders to explore our way through various Camel Pose variations - all the way from half Camel to full Camel (on the road to Kapotasana). Options provided to make the practice your own!
Oct 07
Upper Body Stretch
Opening through the chest, shoulders, side body and upper back with a side sprinkling of hips and hamstrings too!
Oct 08
No Equipment Full Body Mobility
This class tackles all of the common problematic areas that we can lack mobility in - shoulders, hips, upper back, ankles etc, this class has it all covered!
Many mobility classes require some sort of equipment but this class is specially designed to be equipment free and super accessible.
Oct 09
Work Your Balance
Just 10 minutes to feel better in your body, today we test out our balance!
Oct 10
Steady, Fiery Flow
Move through some seated hip and hamstring stretches before flowing through a heat building sequence of shoulder openers, twists, forearm planks and even a little Side Crow!
Oct 11
Mobilise Your Morning
An energising class to mobilise the body with juicy spinal twists and full body stretches.
Oct 12
Hack Your Hamstrings - Mobility Training
If you're serious about wanting to improve your hamstring flexibility, this class takes you through a mobility training session to work on the strength and range of motion we need to make it happen! Expect to experiment with both active and passive flexibility exercises as we target more than just the hamstring muscles for optimal gains!
Oct 13
Progress to Pincha - Strong
This class is taken from Progress To Pincha challenge.
Props needed: Yoga blocks
Oct 14
Let's BOP
Hips and hamstrings at the ready as we get ready to BOP!
BOP is Bird of Paradise - a single leg standing balance which takes lots of mobility in the hips and hamstrings as well as length in the muscles of the shoulder. We don't just need flexibility, we need strength!
Oct 15
Anti-Desk Yoga Class - For Those Who Sit!
This 45 minute Yoga class is a beginner friendly flow. Targeting all those body parts which get stiff, tight and weak from lots of sitting, whether that be at a desk, in a car or on the sofa! Designed to make you feel better within your own body :)
Oct 16
Done At Your Desk: Day 2
In Day 2 of this mini-series expect to find some upper body stretches to lengthen the side body and shoulders, some strengthening movements for the quads, glutes and hip flexors which tend to fall asleep at our desks, and some juicy stretches of the hip flexors, chest and not forgetting the feet!
Oct 17
Yoga With Weights: Full Body Strength
Spice up your yoga practice with this Yoga with Weights flow!
This class will build strength in your legs, core and upper body whilst also cultivating length with forward folds, hip openers and twists!
Oct 18
Funky Balances
'Funky' arms in arm balances refers to having one forearm down (like in Pincha) and one hand down (like in Crow) and this class explores this in both Eight Angle and Crow. There's also other 'funky' balances to try that aren't arm balances, all woven amongst a strong hip focused flow.
Oct 19
Lower Body Stretch
A nice, stretchy class to get into all the tight spots in those hips and hamstrings
Oct 20
Restorative Yoga
Take your time with this low intensity, supportive practice to find a sense of release in the muscles and allow your brain to chill.
Optional props: Cushions
Oct 21
Elastic Hips
Day 9 of the Mobility Made Simple Programme. Target all aspects of hip mobility with lunges, squats and stretches. Enhance your overall hip health and function.
Oct 22
Puppy Love
A puppy press is a particular way of controlling your lift up into an inversion using our hips. In this class we explore this entry in headstand which is an entry that many find their first headstand with! Expect lots of hip openers throughout the class.
Oct 23
Stretch It Out
Get into those shoulders, hips and hamstrings with a big old stretch out.
Oct 24
Wake Up & Stretch
Roll out of bed and onto your mat as you stretch away the morning stiffness and energise the body and mind.
Oct 25
Exploring the EPK Family
This class has two parts: one to build and prepare for EPK1 and the second to build and prepare for EPK2 - maybe even then choosing to try and transition the two postures together! Expect hip openers, twists and hamstring stretches throughout.
Oct 26
Playful Flow with Creative Transitions
Deepen your practice and cultivate mindfulness with this flowing sequence featuring creative transitions. This dynamic class aims to sharpen your focus and allows us to play and discover new ways to move with grace and intention!
Oct 27
Morning Salutations to Wake Up Well!
Taking a look at Sun Salutations A, B and C with a few little tweaks to energise your morning and wake up well!
Oct 28
Strong Bums for Balance
Exploring all the elements which help us improve our balance: ankle mobility, core strength, leg stability as well as simply practicing balancing on both hands and feet!
Optional props: block and strap
Oct 29
Alive in 5: Class 6
When you've not got a great deal of time or perhaps lacking a little motivation, this series of Alive in 5 is designed to get you moving and feeling better in just 5 minutes.
Oct 30
A Nice Burst of Energy!
Another morning yoga class to get the juices flowing!
Optional props: blocks
Oct 31
Flow to Crow
Hip openers, core strength, leg engagement and upper body strength. This class flows you through a bit of everything that we need to Crow pose with some handy tips to help you find success!