Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:46:20 -0800
Duration: 211

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this clip we play with the simple action of turning the head and neck more effectively and with greater awareness.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:46:20 -0800
Duration: 539

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this sequence we drop into a deep lunge, opening the side body and neck area. Next we explore a pigeon with thigh stretch, and we release through downward facing dog into revolved dog.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:16:22 -0800
Duration: 356

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this clip we play moving towards half camel (ustrasana) slowly and with awareness on the whole spine, especially the neck. Allowing the neck to be an expression of the posture helps us be in truth.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:16:22 -0800
Duration: 279

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this clip we play with investigating stretching and turning the neck while in cobra pose. I like to explore and wiggle into the postures and find new ways of being in them.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:16:19 -0800
Duration: 283

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this clip we play with how to stretch, investigate and explore opening the neck in sphinx pose.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:46:35 -0800
Duration: 502

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this clip we play with using the jaw and shoulder rotation to stretch and lengthen and investigate the front, sides and back of the neck. Easy and incredibly effective for neck tension, holding and pain.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:49:07 -0800
Duration: 352

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this clip we use the Cactus Arm Action to explore the alignment of headstand upright.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:49:07 -0800
Duration: 233

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this clip we explore parivrtta janu sirsasana, revolving head to knee pose. Playing with the rudder of the spine, the tailbone, we explore how to use the asana to get into all the different nooks and crannies of the spine.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:49:07 -0800
Duration: 274

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this video we play with Cactus Arm Action to find the alignment of the shoulders for Upward Facing Bow Pose (Urdhva Dhanurasana) while standing up.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:49:07 -0800
Duration: 241

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this clip we play with using the Cactus Arm action to assist in the creating the shoulder blade support in urdhva dhanurasana, upward facing bow pose, sometimes called wheel.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:49:07 -0800
Duration: 257

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this clip we show how to use the cactus arm action as a way to get help the support needed for headstand, sirsasana.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:49:07 -0800
Duration: 353

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this clip we play with moving to viparita karni from bridge pose (setu bandhasana). Viparita Karni is the country more casual version of supported shoulderstand (Salamba Sarvangasana). There is less pressure on the cervical discs (neck) and it does not require so much flexibility. I have come to prefer it.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:49:07 -0800
Duration: 212

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this clip we play with the forward fold, Paschimottanasana (Intense Eastern Stretch) exploring the movements of the tailbone to create different emphasis points. At Lulu Bandha's we belive that developing an understanding of how your body is put together is more useful than learning alignment instructions.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:49:07 -0800
Duration: 213

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this clip we look at how cactus arms can help create the support necessary for forearm balance, pinca mayurasana or tail of a peacock feather.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:49:07 -0800
Duration: 332

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this clip we play with taking the 'Cactus Arm' Action to 'Cigarette Girl'. Cigarette girl sets up the shoulders for Chaturanga, Plank, Viparita Karni and Salamba Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand).

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:40:20 -0800
Duration: 215

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this video we explore swan pose. Yin yoga is designed to create space in the connective tissue. The theory, as proposed by Dr. Motoyama, is that our meridians (nadis, prana channels) are located in the connective tissue. By creating space in the connective tissue, we are not only increasing physical mobility and flexibility, we are helping to promote the easy flow of chi, or prana. Yin postures are held for extended periods of time, passively and at the appropriate edge for you.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:40:20 -0800
Duration: 46

Kira Ryder on slumping swamis at Lulu Bandha's 2004 Ojai Yoga Crib. In this clip we are looking at unhooking from the dogma of keeping the spine straight and the back flat. Playing with slumping can feel really good as well as help bring juice to the kidneys and the adrenals.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:40:20 -0800
Duration: 256

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this video we explore box pose, also known as double pigeon and firelog. Yin yoga is designed to create space in the connective tissue. The theory, as proposed by Dr. Motoyama, is that our meridians (nadis, prana channels) are located in the connective tissue. By creating space in the connective tissue, we are not only increasing physical mobility and flexibility, we are helping to promote the easy flow of chi, or prana. Yin postures are held for extended periods of time, passively and at the appropriate edge for you.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:19:06 -0800
Duration: 107

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Video. In this clip we look at how to use a bolster(a prop) to allow the posture (asana) to be held for an extended period of time. Restorative Yoga is designed to assist the sympathetic nervous system to relax and allow the parasympathetic nervous system to take over.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:19:06 -0800
Duration: 206

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this clip we explore an easy supported spinal twist. Restorative Yoga is designed to offer support and stability to the nervous system to encourage ease and relaxation. Twisting assists in digestion and increase in intuition.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:19:06 -0800
Duration: 614

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this clip we transition from revolving head to knee pose ( parivritta janu sirsasana) to marichyasana 3 to half cow face pose (ardha gomukhasana). Playing with the actions of the tailbone to create different feelings and explore different areas of the spine and hips.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:19:06 -0800
Duration: 343

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this clip we explore the tailbone. Understanding the possible actions and maneuverability of the tailbone will allow the alignment of the postures to come from within. We move from baddha konasana (bound angle) to malasana (squat) to uttanasana (standing forward fold).

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:19:06 -0800
Duration: 573

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this clip we explore a sequence of twisting lunge, crescent moon and pyramid. Moving from and back to downward facing dog (adho mukha svanasana), we transition through plank, sphinx and childs pose. I like to move slowly and deliberately, to ensure enough time and space to really feel what is happening.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:19:06 -0800
Duration: 240

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Yoga Video. In this video we explore bound angle pose. Yin yoga is designed to create space in the connective tissue. The theory, as proposed by Dr. Motoyama, is that our meridians (nadis, prana channels) are located in the connective tissue. By creating space in the connective tissue, we are not only increasing physical mobility and flexibility, we are helping to promote the easy flow of chi, or prana. Yin postures are held for extended periods of time, passively and at the appropriate edge for you.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:19:06 -0800
Duration: 343

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Video. In this clip we explore a sequence from child's pose to half dog into eye of the needle shoulder stretch and twist. This posture allows you to get into the spine in different spots as well as get a nice front stretch and shoulder opener.

Author: LuluBandhas
Added: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:19:06 -0800
Duration: 172

Lulu Bandha's Kira Ryder in a Home Sweet Home Video. In this clip we explore moving towards Paschimottanasana (Intense Eastern Stretch) using bent knees and using the rudder of the spine, the tailbone, to assist in the opening. This asana stretches the hamstrings and the back muscles.