Community: Becoming Compact to find Fiery Potential
Community (60-75 mins)
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1h 13m
Hello, hips, stabilization, and contact! This class capitalizes on our ability to find heat in compact poses and moves us into Compass pose and Astravakrasana, or 8-angle pose, arm balance. We play with different ways to enter the arm balance, including by stepping right under ourselves. (Recorded on Christmas Eve, there's a Christmas Playlist on this one!). Suggested props: block or blanket
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