Anusara Yoga® is a powerful method of hatha yoga which integrates biomechanical principles of alignment with the celebration of the heart and spirit. Developed by John Friend in 1996, Anusara Yoga® offers a dynamic synthesis of asana technique, yoga philosophy, and the celebration of good company. For more about Anusara Yoga®, please visit www.anusarayoga.com.
Relearn the feet - Class focusing on standing balancing poses introducing the concept of heel
foot and ankle foot....
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For cyclists and spinners especially, but great for those who've done cardiovascular activity of any kind, a sequen...
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Yogaglo favorites -
A sequence of poses directly culled from our yogaglo facebook page. We
asked you what your ...
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A 10 minute sequence you can do at your desk, includes hip openers, seated
twists, shoulder and neck openers, forw...
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deconstructing arm balances.
in this class, we unlock some of the myths of arm balances so that we can unblock
o...
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Transitions -
In this practice we work to retain mindfulness through the transitions of
practice. Learning to p...
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Three short exercises for moderate lower back pain, demonstrating the simple
methodology of muscle energy, inner s...
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Maha Prema -
From the Narada Bhakti Sutras the expression of pure love, what we really
are at our essence is cal...
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Uses breath and restorative postures to ease into relation. Includes Seated
Ujjayi (victoriously uprising breath...
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A selection of standing poses, a makeshift mudra for patience and a brief
meditation that will help all moms find ...
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Emerge from lower back pain safely and respectfully, using your legs and foundation to generate more space, stabili...
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This slow, deep, intense class is designed to get us into vishvamitrasana as the peak pose. We cover twists, hip o...
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The way to attract potential energy is to apply its behavioral pattern to oneself. -Hugo Cory Anusara flow includin...
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Finding Space as support. We are 99% space- in this practice we use the
space in the ocean of air to find lightne...
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Breaking Paradigms,
Looking at how we sign up for certain paradigms before we consciously
realize we have, we mov...
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A sweet flow class of warming and standing poses with a few hip openers and backbends
to relax and restore your...
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Wesak
The full moon in Taurus represents a doorway for upshifting awareness.
Using deep hip openers and accessing...
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Standing poses, hip and shoulder openers to ground ourselves and cultivate more length and space in our bodies duri...
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We don't live with the way the world is, we live with the way we receive the world. -Dr. Douglas Brooks Addressing ...
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Forgiveness
As we forgive, we free energy for greater purpose. Using our asanas as
personal offerings we work to...
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Sequence of standing poses, including backbends and twists,
to learn how to use our legs optimally to create both ...
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Coup dâ'oeil.
Using the premise of flashes of insight, we play with the concept of Strategic Intuition using th...
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Attitude, Alignment, Action. 1 hr Basics class for part seven of our beginner’s series. In this final class of t...
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In this part of our Anusara beginners series, we will introduce another principle of alignment the concept of “ou...
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In Part 5 of the Anusara beginner’s series we are now building the
components toward a full class. We work thro...
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In Part 4 of this series we begin building a vocabulary of standing poses.
Building from Surya Namaskar A, we add ...
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Building on the establishment of the breath, part three takes us through
traditional Sun Salutations (Surya Namask...
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Focusing on ujjayi breathing (the yogic breath) and introducing Anusara’s
first of five Universal Principles of ...
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In this informational introduction to Yoga and the outlook of Anusara yoga, you will have your most basic questions...
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Bali- Karma
Realizing how the island of Bali, expedites karma, we tie the actions of our
individual alignment/kar...
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The loops of Anusara® are a series of specific, interconnected trajectories of energy in our bodies. In this 90 mi...
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Focus on the hyoid bone, attune and align more with subtle aspects of body, explore connection between hyoid bone, ...
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My Life is My Practice. Exploring how to integrate our everyday lives into our yoga practice. And Vice Versa.
Stan...
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Exploring Our Relationship With Time.
Finding the freedom of the Eternal (Shiva) within our boundaries of Limited ...
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Working with different vocabularies of the body. Skeletal, muscular and organ matrices. Using standing poses and ...
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Exploring Our Relationship With Time.
Finding the freedom of the Eternal (Shiva) within our boundaries of Limited ...
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Hyoid bone, a master key to the alignment of the respiratory system and the digestive system, which creates a subtl...
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Discipline of Freedom. Discipline derives from Love and Devotion.
Strong Anusara flow using the discipline of the...
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Slow meditative practice focusing on hip openers, forward bends and twists originating from the organ body. Ending ...
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Discipline of Freedom. Discipline derives from Love and Devotion.
Strong Anusara flow using the discipline of the...
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Resting within the flow. Surya Namaskar A, Surya Namaskar B, Standing Poses, Koundinyasana and Urdhva Danurasana. ...
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Theme: one pointedness and expansive awareness (step by step, breath by breath) playful and focus. This class is t...
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Theme: Martin Luther King Day.
Everyone can be great because anybody can serve
Strong Anusara flow leading up to...
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Follow along with Tara in this hour flow as she would practice at home. She takes you through a series of standing...
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Arm Balances and some playful standing balancing poses on a block. Theme; one pointedness AND expansive awareness ...
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This class is a level 2/3. Working with the awareness of the Pineal gland (crown chakra), working to ease our way ...
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This class focuses on back bends, with vinyasa standing poses. Open your heart Urdhva Dhanurasana repetitions, eka ...
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90 minute class; standing inversions, timed handstand, inversion cycle, forward bends and twists. Theme; reflectio...
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You are invited to experience your inner symmetry through asymmetrical poses; this practice intends to be an explor...
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Networking ourselves through awareness, using the skeleton and organs to feel our way into various standing poses. ...
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Networking ourselves through awareness, using the skeleton and organs to feel our way into various standing poses, ...
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Potentiality - Looking into the different systems of the body: skeletal, muscular, and organ in order to feel into ...
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Burning the Bird - a core class using the new concept of tapping into the organs and using the bandhas to create li...
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Responding verses reacting. Using the organ body to move into a space of beingness which holds the innate intellig...
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Part 2 of the organ body series with emphasis on the back of the lungs, heart relationship - continuing with the ki...
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Moving from the organ body, slow standing poses working specifically the kidney's, heart and brain in order to crea...
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Abiding in Connection to find Ahimsa. Anusara class focusing on muscle energy in standing poses, handstands and ba...
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Dia de Los Muertos - Using slow standing poses to contact the space of formlessness, and honor those that have cros...
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Balancing Fearlessness and Innocence. Playing with poses that scare you. Standing pose sequence to warm up. Wall...
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60 minute class focusing on Pranayama (breath-discipleship of the breath). Simple postures to open and move the bo...
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Based on Ram Das qoute, everything can give you Darshan(Spiritual viewing). Slow standing pose sequence with empha...
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Simple hip opener, twist class to decompress and unwind.
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Vijayadashami. The day of victory - end of navratri. Includes variations of standing balancing poses, 9 variation...
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100 min Asana class with a theme of service. Focus on back bends and hip openers. Heart qualities, remember your ...
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Navratri – Durga. Celebration of 9 days of the goddess. Finding the fierce aspect of self to slay ignorance. Arm...
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Theme: Hamuman's Leap (5th Book Ramayana)
Heart Qualities: Svatantriya - freedom/empowerment. Seva - offering.
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Using Lorin Roche's translation of Vijnana Bhairava to create devotional offerings out of standing poses into back ...
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Celebrating #9, nine rasas: aesthetic traditions of beauty. Up tempo potpourri class.
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Samsara and Anusara: Using Effort and Grace for Transformation
90 minute Anusara class sequenced towards Eke Pa...
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Spandagraha - riding the pulse of expansion and contraction through long standing poses, hip openers, splits, ridin...
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Panca Krityas - 5 acts of shiva.
Through strong vinyasa flow class we study the 5 acts of creation, sustenance, di...
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Mixed level Anusara class focusing on the principles of inner and outer spiral. Potpourri practice including stand...
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20 min restorative practice for the end of a day of fullness. With a block and a blanket we do 3 poses to enhance ...
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The journey to lotus. Hour and half practice of forward bends and hip openers.
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15 min. restorative practice of supta baddhakonasana supported on bolster with strap behind back over thights and u...
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An asana focused on the postural category backbends. The key anusara principles for backbends are to open the 4 co...
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Celebrating Anusara's 12th birthday - honoring manifesting vision from citananda includes - 12 sun salutations, han...
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20 min cool down/hip openers with short meditation.
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Theme = Purnatva (fullness)
A full range anusara class focusing on muscle energy, organic energy and focal points....
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75 min. class. Mantra as traversing mind and heart. Strong vinyasa practice of standing poses, arm balances and p...
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Liminality - holding the space between stages of ascendant awareness. Slow standing poses, 1 min timed handstand. ...
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Perseverance: Short 20 min hip opening practice with hanumanasana ending with short meditation.
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Clarity and offering. Foundation, muscular energy and organic energy. Standing poses.
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Quick and to the point backbend practice. Includes rasisthasana, anjenyasana, and urdhra danurasana.
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Diving into our authentic nature. Meditating on nature of elements co-mingling in the human body. Long standing p...
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Rakhi Day. Offering protection, commitment. Principles: Inner and outer spiral and kidney loop. Core integration i...
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Finding connection through effort and surrender.
A broad range anusara class focusing on backbends.
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Identity assemblage point - Yoga and the quest for true self.
Broad spectrum anusara class emphasizing moving from...
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Theme – Kali - Hindu Goddess who represents energy of destruction, dissolution and removal of false selves. Stro...
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The song of the belssed one - call to action
Strong practice with emphasis on arm balances: includes vasisthasana(...
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Inspired by today's mountain stage in the Tour De France.
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Holding the tension between the opposites. Slow steady standing poses with emphasis on twists and hip openers. In...
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The body is the doorway.
Strong practice of arm balances and backbends – pushing the limits of our individual ex...
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Passion, the essence of activating the body through embrace and extension. Long holds in standing poses and backbe...
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“Spirals of the arms”.
A slower, more technical class of focusing on the spirals of the arms in all five pla...
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“Get Your Glow On”
“May what you have to do be what you love to do”
“May your work be your play”
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Guru Purnima - Full moon of the Guru, Guru Principle - Heavy, weighty and stabilizing. Playful balancing poses; han...
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Theme: Creating Home - as Yoga Practice. Focus on lower body principles of alignment in standing poses and seated ...
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A basic level 1 Anusara® vinyasa flow. Meaning of Anusara® - with the flow, with essence.
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Practice: Seated forward bends and twists. Cooling, calming practice, incorporating alignment principles of twist...
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Standing Pose Practice. Theme: kundalini as circuitry, surya = sun, agni = fire, self effort and grace. Focused a...
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Cooling, calming inversion practice. Headstand and shoulder stand.
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Challenging beginner class. 3 centers of awakening related to basic alignment principles for shoulders and hips. ...
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Theme: Beauty
Vigorous vinyasa flow - life becomes the practice, how do we stay in the flow off the mat.
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You can't stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf. Jack Kornfeild
Continuous flow of yoga poses focusing ...
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Tantra is the tapestry between Karma (structure) and Lila (randomness). Standing poses with twists and fluid moves,...
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What to practice if you only have 20 minutes. Sun salutation progression.
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Moving through the Agni (fire) to get to the Soma (nectar). 11 sun salutations honoring the passing of Pattabhi Jo...
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Theme: Prana is consciousness. Slow standing poses focusing on steady engagement of muscles leading to handstand, ...
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Theme: courage, fearlessness. Abhaya mudra - offering the gesture of fearlessness, the cultivation of courage and ...
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Theme: Unraveling to essence. Deep hip openers and forward bends unwinding the facia (muscle casing) to get to aut...
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Tantric concept of Siva/Sakti introduced. Inversions and back bends with emphasis on kidney loop, shoulder loop an...
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Iccha Shakti - Universal will. Dynamic standing poses focusing the energy in the heart. Includes handstands and b...
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Stability and freedom. Suryanamaskar, standing poses and seated poses.
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Practice to open and prepare for meditation. Forward bends, hip openers, twists and meditation.
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Theme: transition, being and becoming. Slow, mostly standing flow focusing on mindfulness in transitions between p...
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Subtle body and interpretation of Kriya Yoga. Standing poses, back bends, ends in child's pose.
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Slow paced standing series, focus on hip openers and forward bends, headstand, with pranayama and meditation. Them...
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Moving into the back body with a focus on standing poses and back bends, theme: abundance.
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Office Routine, Level 1. Meditation/Centering.
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Office Routine, Level 1. Lower Body stretches, twist and hip opener.
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Office Routine, Level 1. Shoulder stretches, upper back, neck, hands/wrists.
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Slow, grounding, purifying practice with twists, forward bends and hip openers. Theme: Spanda - pulsation.
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An introduction to yoga and the Anusara® principles of alignment, followed by a gentle sequence of postures. The ...
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Inversion workshop with focus on headstand.
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Class description coming soon.
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Class description coming soon.
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Guru purnima - Honoring our teachers. Full moon practice with slow steady standing poses, forward bends, hip opene...
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