Isabel Lankester Yoga

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OPEN VINYASA

OPEN VINYASA

Compassionate Self

Learn to approach every pose, every breath, thought, word with love as we sink into this Anahata practise. A strong yet mindful vinyasa flow which floats from standing to seated, embraced in affection and understanding for our busy, ruminating minds. The principles of your practice are accessible and designed to guide you towards right action. Enjoy an all around flow of standing poses like warrior 3 for asymmetrical balance, locust pose for back strengthening, half moon for side opening and warrior flows for strength and patience. Walk away with a new perspective after this nourishing and dance like flow.

Vinyasa Flow

Levels 1-2

Props: 2 blocks optional

VINYASA, 60 mins, JulyIsabel LankesterJuly 15, 2021LIVE

POCKET POWER

POCKET POWER

Pause, Flow, Repeat

The body is always in a state of flux, arising , maintaining and then dissolving back into balance. Here we focus our intentions on the pause at the very top of our inhales. The majority of practise faces the front of the mat in this creative yet exuberant vinyasa flow, full of inversions and strong traditional standing postures. A perfect practise if you’re short of time but want to create a little fire.

Levels 2-3

Props: 2 blocks optional

POWER YOGA, July, 45 minsIsabel LankesterJuly 14, 2021LIVE

POWER YOGA

POWER YOGA

Just In Time

Spend a little moment pondering over the concept of time in this energising and powerful vinyasa flow. Bryon Katie a beautiful Author of ‘The Mind at Home with Itself’ gives a lovely analogy of time as it moves past the body like the wake of a ship. How pain or discomfort are always in a process of finishing but joy and love are always head of us - ‘eventually though practise, you no longer impose your thinking onto reality, and can experience everything as it really is: pure grace’. This vinyasa toys this this notion and works into a multitude of quad stretches, deep hip holds and funky binds.

Levels 2-3

Props: 2 blocks optional + 1 strap

POWER YOGA, July, 60 minsIsabel LankesterJuly 13, 2021LIVE

OPEN VINYASA

OPEN VINYASA

Common Thread

Here we relay on the anchor of breath to ground this nourishing and creative vinyasa flow. This vinyasa looks into a little bit of everything from back bends, twists and lots and lots of standing splits! The peak pose is a deceivingly ‘simple’ toppling tree and bird of paradise. (A favourite if the hamstrings are steady and strong.) Enjoy moving to the front to the back of the mat in this mandala inspired, uncomplicated flow. A great choice if your hamstrings need a little love!

Vinyasa Flow

Levels 1-2

Props: 2 blocks optional

VINYASA, 60 mins, JulyIsabel LankesterJuly 8, 2021LIVE

POCKET POWER

POCKET POWER

Todays Centre

Enjoy this full body awakening - which is sure to make 45 mins feel like 90 in this warm and dynamic power flow. Here we move from our centre, anchor the breath into a calm rhythmic pattern to dance between pose to pose. Learn to couple asana (poses) with the joyous breath to create a stable but graceful practise. Here we ask where is the centre? This can change from day to day - practise to practise, so where do you feel it in right now? Let’s explore together!
NB please do add extra time for a longer savasana at the end!

Levels 2-3

Props: 2 blocks optional

POWER YOGA, June, 45 mins, JulyIsabel LankesterJuly 7, 2021LIVE

OPEN VINYASA

OPEN VINYASA

True or False

Are minds are so busy! Can we really control it all? Here we ask the question, is it true? Do be believe each thought? Maybe we need to stop trying so hard to control the world around us and instead ask the question - can I be absolutely sure these thoughts are worthy and correct? Definitely a practise to ponder. Here we move through an array of strong standing poses - reflecting some rocket and ashtanga style vinyasa flow. Readings/thoughts taken from ‘A Mind at Home with Itself’ by Byron Katie.
Vinyasa Flow

Levels 1-2

Props: 2 blocks optional

VINYASA, 60 mins, JulyIsabel LankesterJuly 1, 2021LIVE

POWER YOGA

POWER YOGA

Ida & Pingala

Here we integrate the left to the right hand side of the body - looking at 2 of our most prominent nadis (prana channels) within the body; Ida and Pingala, the masculine and the feminine. So often we can focus our energies on one rather than the other, perhaps you need to add a little more yin to your yang or the other way around - but this powerful flow will help you realize that the body is full of opposing forces of nature. Prepare to turn to the back of the mat in this fiery vinyasa - FULL of twists and dynamic turns sure to get your heart going.

Levels 2-3

Props: 2 blocks optional

POWER YOGA, June, 60 minsIsabel LankesterJune 28, 2021LIVE

POCKET POWER

POCKET POWER

Limitless & free

There is much to think about, the mind can wonder yes but it’s is so innately free. Our manifest reality cannot be chosen in so many ways but how we see that reality is completely up to our awareness - there is freedom within, (its pretty wild :). This short practise is sure to get your heart going, playful and dynamic, full of strong twists and dramatic turns.

Levels 2-3

Props: 2 blocks optional

POWER YOGA, June, 45 minsIsabel LankesterJune 23, 2021LIVE

OPEN VINYASA

OPEN VINYASA

Prana Vishuddha

A floaty vinyasa focusing on the throat chakra - vishuddha. Here we active this chakra (spinning wheel of energy) by directing the breath towards it. Communication is the key to creating change, our practice can help us tap into our voice. This class is designed to create space for you to seek calm and clarity with the movements of the body. Enjoy this playful vinyasa - it includes variations to jump and fly as well as to rest and digest.

Here we learn how to access the fifth chakra.
Vinyasa Flow

Levels 1-2

Props: 1 block optional

60 mins, VINYASA, JuneIsabel LankesterJune 17, 2021LIVE

POWER YOGA

POWER YOGA

Spinal Spin

Wake up the nervous system with this power yoga flow, full of heart openers and fluid lines. Here we anchor through the feet but move the upper body through an array of back bends and deep forwards folds. This playful vinyasa looks as the natural curvature of the spinal column, how this helps the body maintain its strength whilst maintaining grace and lightness.

Levels 2-3

Props: 2 blocks optional

60 mins, VINYASA, POWER YOGA, JuneIsabel LankesterJune 14, 2021LIVE

OPEN VINYASA

OPEN VINYASA

Within Peace

A creative heart opening sequence, working through some beautiful words from The Living Gita about finding inner peace. These words are so powerful as it reminds us not to try so hard, not to complicate our practise or time off the mat. We are all riding the waves of nature, the ebb and flow of life but through it all can we sink into source and rest in the quiet joy within. Stay open and perceptive to your inner flow - its a new one, full of some of my absolute favourites.

Vinyasa Flow

Levels 1-2

Props: 1 block optional

60 mins, VINYASA, MayIsabel LankesterMay 31, 2021LIVE

POWER YOGA

POWER YOGA

The Reach

This is a physical, power yoga flow. Here we get into the bodies ability to reach strongly from centre outwards. Enjoy twists and turns as we move through some strong binds and an eagle variation of W3. Be prepared to jump and invert, lots of funky options to get your bloody pumping.

Levels 2-3

Props: 2 blocks optional

60 mins, VINYASA, POWER YOGA, MayIsabel LankesterMay 31, 2021LIVE

OPEN VINYASA

OPEN VINYASA

Not the Doer

Let’s sit back and observe more, do less and let the mind sink towards its witness state. Words taken from The Living Gita, to help the body remember a softening, a way of moving with just enough effort and to feel into present moments with tenderness and joy. Here we more through an assortment of twists and binds, used to awaken the core abdominals and back chain. Enjoy a creative twist through high lunge and vashistasana, as well as a funky variation through dolphin & pincha.

Vinyasa Flow

Levels 1-2

Props: 1 block optional

60 mins, VINYASA, MayIsabel LankesterMay 24, 2021LIVE

POWER YOGA

POWER YOGA

Calm Storm

How can we stay calm in a dynamic practise, remain focused, present, yet light and grounded. There are a multitude of elements which create ‘a balanced practise’; Feel the space sink into density against the solid form of matter (bone, tissue) reach up into lightness. This is a strong vinyasa practise, working through the front abdominal muscles in an array of side planks and fun transitions from wild thing to warrior 1. Enjoy this physical practise but keep reminding the mind to stay steady and focused. Take your time, rest when you need to.

Levels 2-3

Props: 2 blocks optional

60 mins, VINYASA, POWER YOGA, MayIsabel LankesterMay 19, 2021LIVE

POWER YOGA

POWER YOGA

Presence

A strong power yoga flow, focusing on the present moment - its a gift. So much of what we are practicing for, search for is the beauty within presence. Moments in time as they unravel right in front of us. Stay with it as we move dynamically up and down the mat. Here we play with bound half moon pose - as strong balance as well as a cheeky chin stand. Lots of variations to explore (and ignore :) . Be prepared to build heat in this light hearted, creative flow.

Levels 2-3

Props: 2 blocks optional

60 mins, VINYASA, POWER YOGA, MayIsabel LankesterMay 11, 2021LIVE

OPEN VINYASA

OPEN VINYASA

Density & Space

A warm vinyasa focusing on the balance between density of form, foundation and firmness against the lightness of space. We live a lot of live in the physical, focusing on our ‘heaviness'‘ / what we can feel against the skin but can we invite a sense of weightlessness, notice when the spaces expand within the cells as the breath draws in. Here we work through a creative variation of Sun B, into a multitude of Warrior 2 transitions and finally finishing with some deep hip stretches. This practise is warm, quietly challenging with some intense twists and playful balances.

Vinyasa Flow

Levels 1-2

Props: 1 block optional

60 mins, VINYASA, MayIsabel LankesterMay 10, 2021LIVE

WORKSHOP

WORKSHOP

A Journey Through the Elements

A 2h practise, hugely inspired by first few chapters of The Recognition Sutras by Chris Wallis. We start in the Air series, setting a firm foundation for the rest of the flow, at the heart, the central pillar of this Tantric text. Here we ground the body via light pranayama and a guided meditation. From Air we merge into the Sun series, working into a vigorous vinyasa practise to promote a little heat but constantly anchoring back into the ground of awareness. Finally delving into a short but sweet water vinyasa and finally finishing with Earthy yin.
Take the time to move slowly and mindfully in this practise. Allow the words from The Recognition Sutras to land within you, via this open level workshop.

Level 1-2
Vinyasa, Yin, Pranayama, Yin

Props: 1 cushion

April, WORKSHOP, 120 minsIsabel LankesterMay 3, 2021LIVE

OPEN VINYASA

OPEN VINYASA

Journey of Breath

A playful practise with an array of twists, turns and gentle heart openers. A salute to the breath as we follow the quiet ebb and flow of prana vayu. Can we really align the movements of the body to the subtle vibration of air circulating through our cells. Enjoy some fun transitions from dancer to half moon and anahatasana to chin stand in this innately creative and yummy flow.

Vinyasa Flow

Levels 1-2

Props: 1 block optional

60 mins, VINYASA, AprilIsabel LankesterApril 30, 2021LIVE

POWER YOGA

POWER YOGA

Happy Hamstrings

Welcome to LIVE POWER HOUR! A strong power yoga class, playful, rocket fueled rocket style vinyasa. There are plenty of opportunities to invert, jump, twist and stretch. Prepare to create heat as we strengthen as well as lengthen the hamstrings in this fire flow.Power Yoga

Levels 2-3

Props: 2 blocks optional

60 mins, VINYASA, April, POWER YOGAIsabel LankesterApril 26, 2021LIVE

POWER YOGA

POWER YOGA

Strong Waters

Get ready to move, stretch & play in this strong water vinyasa. Here we expand from breath, into tissue, to asana from ground, skin and beyond. A sequence with starts with a rocket style vinyasa, moves into a ladder like sequence which plays between the vertical and horizontal plains of the body.
Power Yoga

Levels 2-3

Props: 2 blocks optional

60 mins, VINYASA, April, POWER YOGAIsabel LankesterApril 20, 2021LIVE