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Starting from your Tadasana, you can step your left foot back, your right foot is forward. So Triangle Pose is a hip opener. It's also a nice extension for your spine. So you want to try to...

So the next pose, Pigeon, is a hip opener. You can take your right knee forward. Try to feel it from the knee, the thighbone draws back into the hip joint and from the back blade the thigh extends out...

So this next pose, Downward Facing Dog, is a great stretch for the backs of your legs but you want to be mindful that you keep your chest open and your shoulder blades on your back. You can start on...

CINDY MASTRY: In this clip, Faith is going to help me demonstrate how using the block can help you come into revolved triangle or Parivritta Trikonasana with much better alignment. She's going...

I'm starting with a little presentation of The Opening Prayer is a blessing of gratitude offered to the lineage of teachers and their students who have enabled this ancient practice to survive...

Another great leg strengthening, heart opening pose for partners is the kneeling lunge. So again Gina and I are going to turn back to back. Gina is going to step her right foot forward and I'm...

In this pose Gina and I are going to revolve our triangle into the revolved triangle pose. So the triangle represents the connection to the ground as well as your connection to the universe so...

Another way to use the pump motion to come into your forward folds a little bit deeper and also to get a stretch through your inner thighs is using it with a wide legged position. Gina is going to...

We're going to do another version of Salamba Savasana, Supported Corpse Pose. This time we're going to do this pose with two bolsters. I'm going to ask Jennifer to lie back on...

The next variation will be a twisted chair utkatasana pose. As you inhale bend your knees, draw your hands up over head, exhale draw the hands together in front of your heart, rotate at the waist,...