Go-To Moves: Bird of Paradise Prep

Hi all! I'm finally getting back to blogging after being away. This is going to be a new segment I'm starting to share some of my go-to moves. Some people ask me how I can change up my yoga classes on the fly or take requests and still make the class work. Part of it is that I have some go-tos that I've found over years of teaching. Hopefully, I'll be able to share some with you. Let's take a look at prepping for Svarga Dvidasana (Bird of Paradise) for the first of this series. A summary video is at the end.

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Prep for the needed internal rotation of the shoulders.

Prep the adductors, hamstrings, and chest.

Deeper opening of hips and chest.

Integrating shoulder rotation, chest and hip opening.

Deeper hamstring opening.

Balance with hip and chest opening.


Here's a quick video to recap.

There are my go-to moves to prepare for Bird of Paradise. Of course there are other poses and movements that can be used and that I do use in an actual class, but these are the main ones if in a pinch! I would love to hear what you do and/or suggestions below!

Namasté

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