Hi Everyone,

For all of you who want to do yoga, but don’t know how! There’s no time like the present to start practicing , Just start…, begin with this part one. Slowly get used to some of the basic standing poses that I will go through in this part and the next few. Your body will begin to get stronger with repetition and you’ll get used to the instructions. Most important of all is to end with a few minutes of relaxation to let whatever you’ve done integrate in the body and to observe what it has done for you.

The poses I demonstrate here are:

cat pose / marjaryasana

cow pose / tibilasana

mountain pose / tadasana

standing forward bend / uttanasana

low lunge / anjaneyasana

downward facing dog / adho mukha svanasana

warrior I / virabhadrasana I

warrior II / virabhadrasana II

enjoy,

Esther

HI everyone,

Twisting is such a great thing to do, you give your organs a nice detoxing squeeze, not to mention the benefits for your spinal column and back muscles. Bring a twist into any practice you do and sometimes just focus on twisting only. Here are some of my favourite twists, Enjoy..

Esther

The poses I demonstrate in this sequence are:

standing forward bend / uttanasana

chair pose or powerful pose / utkatasana

twisted chair pose / parivrtta utkatasana

reversed side angle pose / parivrtta parsva konasana

half revolved belly pose / ardha jathara parivarttanasana

downward facing dog / adho mukha svanasana

high lunge

This is what yoga is all about in the end… it is to help you relax!!!

After a yoga workout it is important to relax, not just nice. When you do yoga, you work on an intense way on the body, you balance and stretch energy channels, muscles and organs are being affected, your nervous system needs time to integrate all this.

So please take that extra time for yourself and enjoy it! So stop reading, lie down and close your eyes and enjoy deep relaxation.

Esther

Yoga can be very useful for athletes and sports people of various disciplines. In this video I explore some of the benefits of yoga for runners. Runners can suffer from stiff hips, quads, hamstrings, and a tight muscle called quadratus lumborum.

if you want to do more my “yoga class for hips” will do wonders for you too, alternate between the 2 a bit.

In this video I demonstrate the following poses:

standing forward bend / uttanasana

downward facing dog pose / adho mukha svanasana

low lunge / Anjaneyasana

hamstring tretches

intense side stretch or pyramid pose or runners stretch / parvottanasana

triangle pose / utthita trikonasana

Yoga may help those who suffer from asthma. In this sequence I explore some simple exercises that may help you to relax your breathing, open your chest and lungs. It will help you to generally feel better, more relaxed, more open and that in itself will calm everything down.

Do it for a while every day and feel the difference for yourself!

The poses I demonstrate here are:

mountain pose / tadasana

downward facing dog pose / adho mukha svanasana

plank pose

crocodile pose / makarasana

cobra pose / bhujangasana

child pose / balasana

These 3 videos together make up a 35 minute yoga class incorporating a warm up, standing poses like Warrior I and II, some sitting poses like sitting forward bend, wide legged forward bend, navasana and some lying poses like sphinx, cobra, locust variation and a hip opener, and a relaxation.

Do this sequence when you have a bit more time to improve overall health, flexibility, fitness and relaxation.

hope you all enjoy it,

Esther

Hi Everyone,

Here a sequence of sitting poses to do following this video of yoga standing poses or alternatively after warming up with some sun salutations. This way you can extend your practice time.

Sitting poses can be among the hardest for most people. Traditionally you do yoga to help you learn how to sit. Sitting properly, without effort, so you can be still and meditate. When you try to meditate in a sitting position and your back hurts, hips are stiff, etc, that is all that you can focus on, and its not beneficial.

Doing yoga, opening and loosening your body so that you can sit effortlessly makes a huge difference for your meditation practice. As well as from a physical perspective this little routine stretches the back of the body, opens your hips and works on your core strength. Also, if you repeat this for a week or so you will notice a difference, which is always nice for the motivation!

Keep practicing !!!

The poses I demonstrate in this sequence are:

Staff pose / Dandasana

Seated forward bend / Paschimottanasana

Reversed plank pose or inclined plane pose/ Purvottanasana

Boat pose / Navasana

Cobbler pose or butterfly pose/ baddha konasana

Seated wide angle pose / Upavishta konasana

Hi everyone,

I made this yoga video when I got back from a holiday myself. I spent some time in London and Brighton, and it was absolutely lovely there, but I didn’t do too much yoga… I expect neither did many of my yoga students, so to help them to get back in shape before my classes start again, here you go….

As well I’m demonstrating basic standing postures and made this the 1st part of a sequence of 3 video’s you can follow in a sequence, to have an all rounded and extended yoga practice.

The poses I demonstrate here are:

Cat pose / Marjaryasana

Cow pose / Bitilasana

Downward facing dog pose / Adho mukha svanasana

High lunge

Mountain pose / Tadasana

Warrior I / Virabhadrasana I

Warrior II / Virabhdrasana II

Extended side angle pose / Utthita parsvakonasana

Triangle pose / Utthita trikonasana

Warrior III / Virabhadrasana III

Half lord of the fishes pose /Ardha Matsyendrasana

Hi Everyone,

I would really recommend building this little sequence into your daily practice, to tone up after the holidays!!!!! Even starting with just plank and holding that for 5 breaths, than moving into side plank with the top arm up looking at your hand, to work on your balance and strength. If that goes all ok than you can do the final version of lifting the top leg up and holding it in your hand. Most of all have fun working towards that last version. don’t be surprised and laugh when you loose your balance the first few times. Its great to work towards something in a few weeks and suddenly finding yourself able to do it. Great for confidence and a feeling of achievement.

The poses I demonstrate here are:

plank pose

side plank / vasisthasana

Enjoy,

Esther

Hi everyone,

I made this video for anyone with upper back pain. It shows you how to place a rolled up towel just below the shoulder blades to relax your mid, upper back. Relax on the roll between the 5-8 minutes. After a week or two you can really begin to feel more freedom in the upper back and more space between neck and shoulder blades. Just do this for yourself, you’ll be surprised!!

Esther

Hi Everyone,

For all of you dare devils out there, who ARE familiar with how to do a headstand safely, try this. In this video i show you how to get into a headstand from the wide legged forward bend.

Its fun, takes concentration, awareness and strength. Do it with a wall behind you, and mind yourselves.

I hope you will get as much joy out of it as me!

This is NOT for beginners!

Esther

The poses I demonstrate in this video are:

wide legged forward bend / prasarita padottanasana

tripod headstand / mukta hasta sirsasana