This week in Nithya Priyan School of Yoga, we are going to flip our grip in a practice focused on leverage backbends. Finding our way into several variations of bow pose, it will be a practice that will energise your spine as it opens your shoulders in preparation for the complex movement involved. 

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This week in Nithya Priyan School of Yoga, Asana is the Sanskrit word for "seat" which points to the original use of the term to describe seated poses for meditation. What better pose represents this than the lotus pose or Padmasana. This week the practice in the school incorporates this quintessential pose in our Basic, Essential and Intermediate class offerings.

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This week in Nithya Priyan School of Yoga, backbends plus inversions with shoulder openings equals hollowback play for our Beginner, Essential and Intermediate classes. Find space in your lower back and increase mobility in the upper back and shoulders in our curated sequences. See you on the mat! 

This week in Nithya Priyan School of Yoga, we are having fun with closed twists and spinal movements that give a deep abdominal massage, and carrying on the theme of Detoxing and Twisting a step deeper to explore the cleansing and energizing practices of Uddiyana Bandha and Nauli Kriya. Begin the New Year on the right note for the challenges ahead. 

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This week at Nithya Priyan School Of Yoga, we put our feet behind our heads! Even if we can't bring our feet there yet, doesn't mean we shouldn't come down for this week's classes. It will be a week of intense hip opening work focusing on external rotation plus hip and spinal flexion, balanced with strengthening of the stabilizing muscles of the hip for a safe practice. Maybe bringing that foot into position if the time is right! See you on the mats! 

This week at Nithya Priyan School of Yoga, we work on the tricky process of transitioning your backbends to frontbends and back again in a Backbend - Front-end theme. Developing resilience in your spine and exploring its range of motion while understanding how best to avoid common injuries that result from this sudden reversal of spinal movement. 

It's inversions week at Nithya Priyan School of Yoga where we will be focused on establishing a safe and effective progression, guiding you step by step towards the Shoulderstand and the Tripod Headstand. 

Compass Splits combine Hip and Hamstring flexibility with a lateral spinal flexion to give a stretch felt in your legs and side body. Beginning with front splits in Basic class we begin to layer on the side bending component in Essential, finally adding the strength component in Intermediate Class to fly your Warrior! 

When the spine twists, side bends and backbends at the same time it is put into a very complex movement that challenges your mobility and muscular stability. Combine that with a hip and shoulder opener and you are practicing Naginyasana or Mermaid Pose. Find your mermaid in several variations of the pose explored in our classes this week, each providing a unique opportunity to finding Joy in your body.

Strong shoulders, core and triceps meet open hips in tucked positions and shapes to find ways of awakening and activating your strength, gaining lightness in even the most demanding poses. Find your strength, rooting down to take flight. See you on the mats.

This week we move our Hips in Internal and External Rotation, combining deep stretching with strengthening and activating the stabilizing muscles in the hip to avoid injury.

Scorpion Backbends are a family of contraction backbends that work the entire back muscle chain.

Strong Twisting Poses are a family of twisting poses that work your core as they stretch your spine.