Great class. I have scoliosis and am finally working on getting into backbends. Your in depth instructions are greatly appreciated and your fast pace kept my body warm in prep for my backbends. Thank you. Namaste

As always, you are THE MAN.

namaste:)

Thank you Dice for this wonderful practice! I agree with Nadia about the variations, well done!

I expected your class to be super hard even for level 2, but I am glad that the poses were doable, but you made the variations harder, instead of the other way around. Thanks so much!

Waiting for some new videos...

Thank you!

Loved this one. Thank you.

I love your classes and I'm learning so much, Just wondering if you could slow down your instructions - the speed and urgency of your directions make it harder for me to follow - much gratitude, tho - edie

Namaste:)

WOW--First time taking one of your classes and I'm so impressed. I really love how you explain the way the body should be positioned; very detailed. I have realized that I need to "start over" on some of the poses I thought I had DOWN. You are amazing thanks for doing what YOU do! I moved from AK to CO and now I want to go to CA just to take a class at the studio :)

WOW--First time taking one of your classes and I'm so impressed. I really love how you explain the way the body should be positioned; very detailed. I have realized that I need to "start over" on some of the poses I thought I had DOWN. You are amazing thanks for doing what YOU do! I moved from AK to CO and now I want to go to CA just to take a class at the studio :)

This was perfect for me today. Just the write amount of challenge and enough variations offered to give me room to grow in the future. Loved it! Thanks Dice!

Thanks Dice! That was a great workout. Challenging without being too difficult.

This was a perfect mid-day pick me up while working from home! I love backbends and working on opening up my upper back from hunching over a computer all day. I have to say that your variation of parvarita janu was awesome. Doing this variation helped me notice how tense I was in the low back/side body. Much better stretch for me. Thank you! (and that tshirt is awesome)

Loved this practice, especially the dancing warrior sequence.

@Julie - you're welcome! It's always nice to try other things. Glad I could be of service. More like this to come :)

@Ashlee - You're welcome! Happy belated Ausrtalia day to you :)

First Dice class! I usually do Yin. These poses brought lots of new awareness to my body. Thank you! I'll be back!!

Happy Australia Day to my big open heart :) and to all of you out there enjoying some mat time!!! Thank you Dice you darling!!!

@John - Cool!

@Anita - YES! You're welcome. Glad I could turn your day around Anita :)

@Angeline - Great! Engaging the front body is a better way of explaining what I meant. When we backbend, there is a tendency to create the backbend and compression in our lower back. WE want the backbend to be evenly distributed from low back to mid/upper back. In order to do this, we need the help of our front body/core. Navel to spine and softening the front ribs closer together (engagement of the solar plexus) is what is required! I hope that helps :)

@Ami - You're welcome!

@Laura - Exactly what I wanted to hear! I'm glad we could help you into the backbend the first time :) Practice on my fellow yogi.

@Veronica - Thank you! The T-shirt rocks right?! Check out a website called yoganonymous.com. A buddy of mine named Dan Wilf is the creator of the blog and he makes the shirts. I hope he still has more!

@Bernadette - You're quite welcome! Glad you enojy them :)

@Lisa - Thanx! Glad you enjoyed it. Yes...tight shoulders will present a problem, but please TAKE YOUR TIME with the pose. You never want to rush into it just to achieve what we think is the "full pose." Keep working with your strap until you feel like you can walk your hands from the strap to your actual foot. Another way to enter the pose is by taking the opposite hand to the opposite foot in front of your body, then rotating the arm over your head with the foot in your grasp. It's a tough entry, but one that works for those of us with tighter/bulkier shoulders :) I hope that helps!

that was cool

This turned my day around....Thank you!

Hi Dice, love the class! :)
Can you help to explain more on what you mean by the front body typically closed off when doing so much heart opening and so much back bending? I thought when the heart opens, naturally the front body also opens?
Thank you!

Great practice! thank you!

Perfect start to my day. Great enthusiasm talked me into the backbend for the first time. Thanks for the energy, Dice!

Hi Dice - great class - love your passion when you teach and LOVE that t-shirt! : )
Any chance you can let me know where I can get one? Thanks!

Thank you!!! love your classes! :)

Great sequence! I've been working on hanuman 4...can grab the foot but can't rotate my shoulders (tight shoulders). It worked w/ straps. Any other suggestions? Tnx Dice!