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SUN • VINYASA

SUN • VINYASA

Simple Sun

A simple yet energizing sunshine flow, perfect if you’re short of time but looking for a full body stretch. Here we touch upon the concept of Tapas ( fiery cleansing) a topic which re-occurs again and again within the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, as well as Light on Life by Iyengar. Can we use this precious time to cleanse the body, find lightness in the physical self with a little heat and a lot of love.

Level 1-2
For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYS032
Props: 1 block
24th Sept ‘21

SUN, vinyasa, Level: 1, Level: 2, 20 minsIsabel LankesterSeptember 24, 2021SUN

SUN • VINYASA

SUN • VINYASA

Seemingly

A gentle sun flow to open the side body through an array of balances, twists and heart openers. Starting with a circular transition from Warrior 2 to reverse warrior to warm up the body, moving towards a creative standing sequence to move you 360 around the mat and finally we finish with some hip stretches. Be prepared for little anatomical instruction in this simple, yet warm vinyasa.
The intention here is to allow the body to stay grounded as we flow from left to right side. Offer up each pose by closing the eyes, send awareness within. Our time on our mats is sacred; here we find balance between the two sides of the physical self - you might wonder where these seams find centre, where opposites collide? (Perhaps this is your enquiry for todays flow?)

Level 2
For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYS031
Props: 2 blocks + 1 strap
6th Aug ‘21

SUN, 60 mins, vinyasa, Level: 1, Level: 2Isabel LankesterAugust 13, 2021SUN

SUN • VINYASA

SUN • VINYASA

Firefly

A warm and free flowing vinyasa to get the body ready for titibasana - frirefly pose. Firefly requires equal parts strength and length in the inner legs, hamstrings, glutes, and low back. This sequence is designed to prepare your body for this peak pose. Class includes a heart opening warm up, deep hip openers and static poses to wake up the core abdominals. Finally we cool down through a variety of supine twists and forward folds. While some of these challenging poses require focus, don't take yourself too seriously, this class was designed for play!

Level 2
For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYS030
Props: 2 blocks + 1 strap
6th Aug ‘21

SUN, 60 mins, Level: 2, vinyasaIsabel LankesterAugust 6, 2021SUN

SUN • POWER YOGA

SUN • POWER YOGA

In the Past

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 with this notion and works into a multitude of quad stretches, deep hip holds and funky binds. A longer practise which mainly focuses on standing postures with a short stretch before savasana.

(My favourite sun practise to date :)

Level 2-3
For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYS029
Props: 2 blocks optional + 1 strap
12th June ‘21

SUN, Power Yoga, Level: 2, 75 minsIsabel LankesterJuly 12, 2021SUN

SUN • VINYASA

SUN • VINYASA

Happy Feet

A warm vinyasa designed to wake up your feet! We often ignore our incredible feet by shoving them into shoes and forgetting just how much they assist our agility and sense of grace. Working with ankle rotations, heal balances as well as inner arch extensions we move through an invigorating vinyasa to ignite all the muscles surrounding the feet. Starting with a creative variation on Sun salutation B and working towards some peak poses such as bound half moon and natarjasana. Here we find binds that bring us closer to our feet.

Level 2
For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYS028
Props: 2 blocks optional
21st June ‘21

SUN, Level: 2, Vinyasa, 60 minsIsabel LankesterJune 21, 2021SUN

SUN • POWER YOGA

SUN • POWER YOGA

Dharana

Can we encourage the mind to focus, to channel all of our energies into one thing at a time. This is a practice in itself. To find our ability to create change, concentrate and direct our energies in the right direction - towards internal faith? Here we flow through a warm vinyasa, this uncomplicated sequence is open to all levels, enjoy a few challenging transitions, twists and deep forward folds.

Level 2-3
For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYS027
Props: 2 blocks optional
4th June ‘21

SUN, 60 mins, Power Yoga, Level: 2Isabel LankesterJune 4, 2021SUN

SUN • VINYASA

SUN • VINYASA

The Witness

A warm vinyasa, working through a multitude of standing twists and deep forward folds. A gentle remedy for a busy mind, as we sink into some grounding words from The Living Gita. Become the witness, the observer as you glimpse into the present moment, again and again can we feel at rest watching the show of practise as it unfolds before us. This warm vinyasa is just over 45 mins, strong, fluid, nourishing. (You might want a longer meditation/ savasana to finish.)

Level 2
For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYS026
Props: 2 blocks optional
19th May ‘21

SUN, Power Yoga, 50 mins, Level: 2Isabel LankesterMay 19, 2021SUN

SUN • POWER YOGA

SUN • POWER YOGA

Happy Hamstrings

Welcome to LIVE POWER HOUR! A live zoom recording from Sundays power yoga class, strong, 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.

Level 2-3
For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYS025
Props: 2 blocks optional
26th April ‘21

SUN, 60 mins, Power Yoga, Level: 3Isabel LankesterApril 26, 2021SUN

SUN • VINYASA

SUN • VINYASA

True Alignment

A short vinyasa practise which plays between squaring the pelvis v opening up the hip joint. Find a balance between aligning the body, and the physical self with the alignment of your thoughts and emotions. This is true Satya in action. Be prepared to move swiftly and dynamically in this creative and heart warming sequence.

Level 1-2
For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYS024
Props: 2 blocks optional
11th April ‘21

SUN, 30 mins, VinyasaIsabel LankesterApril 11, 2021SUN

SUN • POWER YOGA

SUN • POWER YOGA

Permanence

There is something within us that is unchanged throughout time. Sometimes called Atman, consciousness, the Self. Can you feel it? Can you sense into a space of calm and stretch out that feeling as we journey through the practise? Here is a very twisty power flow, expect some funky binds, strong holds and of course a cheeky inversion! Reading from the Living Gita by Swami Satchidananda Saraswati.

Level 2-3
For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYS023
Props: 2 blocks
25th March ‘21

SUN, Power Yoga, 60 minsIsabel LankesterMarch 25, 2021SUN

SUN • POWER YOGA

SUN • POWER YOGA

Fiery Reflections

A practise looking at; ‘sakti-sankoca’ a concept written by Ksmaraja, from the Recognition Sutras text. Can we move dynamically and still learn to slow down our thoughts? Can we begin to feel into our base line, energetic vibration pouring out of us as we practise, as we move, play and breathe? This is a strong vinyasa flow, short and sweet, working into vashistsana, forearm plank and dolphin. It’s sure to warm you up in no time! Become energy sensitive in this flow, learn to move past physical into your heart centre, there is a secondary line of awareness ready to be discovered - go ahead and explore it here!

Level 1-2
For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYS022
Props: NA
20th March ‘21

SUN, Power Yoga, 30 minsIsabel LankesterMarch 20, 2021SUN

SUN • POWER YOGA

SUN • POWER YOGA

Into Axis

What does your centre mean to you? What does it look like, feel like, sound like? Here we work into a fiery vinyasa flow designed to wake up your back chain and abdominals through a collection of passive and active holds.

A practise inspired by Ksmaraja’s 17th Sutra; ‘The joy of awareness is discovered through the expansion of the centre. The blessed Goddess who is simply Awareness is called the ‘centre’ because she continuously exists as the most intimate core of all, and because it is impossible that anything could exist separately from that ground’ - Recognition Sutras.

Enjoy the gentle pull and push of limps coming into the central axis of the body, this can be felt even in stillness.
Level 2-3
For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYS021
Props: Blocks optional
22nd Feb 2021

SUN, Power Yoga, 75 minsIsabel LankesterFebruary 24, 2021SUN

SUN • POWER YOGA

SUN • POWER YOGA

Vibrations

Learn to lean into your own vibration of extension and flexion, expansion and contraction. Here we see our own body as a mirror of the great pulsation which echoes around the cosmos. This is fiery and continuous sun flow, which plays into multiple trikonasana’s, pistol handstands and leg stretches. Can we watch the inner play of spanda - how does the regularity of drawing in and out help us see our capacity to change, turn direction and transform as truly unlimited beings.

For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYS020
Props: Blocks optional
27th Jan 2021

SUN, 50 mins, Power YogaIsabel LankesterJanuary 27, 2021SUN

SUN • POWER YOGA

SUN • POWER YOGA

Flow State

A strong vinyasa working through a powerful and creative standing sequence. Our awareness is incredibly skilled at taking in the outside world, communicating, processing information but how can we use this body of energy to gaze within? How does our awareness of inner flow reflect back into manifest reality? This little powerhouse class is full of twists, inversions and reoccurring wild things! A flow to get you out of your head and into your body.
(A vigorous practise, not for the faint hearted!)

For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYS019
Props: 1 block optional
16th Dec 2020

SUN, 60 mins, Power YogaIsabel LankesterDecember 16, 2020SUN

SUN • Dubai Part 4

SUN • Dubai Part 4

Vitality

Part 4 of ILY Dubai - a journey through the elements. Expect a playful and warm sun flow inspired by mandala vinyasa, beginning in standing and finishing with a short meditational practise.

There is a quiet drum within us all, a rhythm, a pulse of vitality that connects us to everything else - Spanda. Learn to connect with your inner vibration with a combination of continuous movements and deep deliberate pauses.

For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYS018
Props: NA
25th Nov 2020

Vinyasa, Back Bending, SUNIsabel LankesterNovember 26, 2020SUNComment

SUN • TUTORIAL

SUN • TUTORIAL

Crow Tutorial

This practice will teach you the main actions of Bakasana (crow pose) and guide you into this arm balance with smart, effective and accessible poses and props. Build strength in your core, shoulders and upper back as you learn to safely access this foundational arm balance.

Code: ILYST017
Props: blocks, 1 x strap, wall space
17th Oct 2020

SUN, Tutorial, 10 minsIsabel LankesterOctober 17, 2020SUNComment

SUN • TUTORIAL

SUN • TUTORIAL

Pincha Tutorial

This tutorial looks at Pincha Mayurasana (feathered peacock) in detail along with some alignment tips that are often overlooked. Begin to engage with your inner plumb line, through shoulder-opening, core stability, and the fun use of props. Learn to balance by creating enough space in your shoulders and hamstrings to enter the pose, while avoiding the more common collapse in the lower back.

Code: ILYST016
Props: blocks, 1 x strap, wall space
17th Oct 2020

SUN, 15 mins, TutorialIsabel LankesterOctober 17, 2020SUNComment

SUN • TUTORIAL

SUN • TUTORIAL

Chaturanga Checkup

This tutorial looks at chaturanga dandasana (high plank to low plank to up dog) in detail along with some alignment tips that are often overlooked. This is an important foundational posture for a vinyasa student and therefore an important tutorial to look at from time to time.

Code: ILYST15
Props: None necessary
12th Oct 2020

SUN, 15 mins, TutorialIsabel LankesterOctober 12, 2020SUNComment

SUN • POWER YOGA

SUN • POWER YOGA

Joyous

A dynamic power vinyasa flow based on the concept of inner JOY. No matter how strong our practise, how dynamic joy/bliss/ananda is inherent to us. Flow in a variety of creative new ways in a short amount of time, including malasana to ustrasana flows, anjaneyasana to ardha hanumanasana, and hip extensions to funky transitions into headstand. You'll build strength, create more joint mobility, and challenge your mind all at the same time.- FIND JOY

Reading taken from the lovely Sally Kemptons book - ‘ Meditation for the love of it’

For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYS014
Props: Optional 1 block
4th Oct 2020

SUN, 60 mins, Power YogaIsabel LankesterOctober 4, 2020SUNComment

SUN • POWER YOGA

SUN • POWER YOGA

Power Up

A dynamic power vinyasa flow for when your short of time! The majority of this practise is standing, lots of variations for both beginners and more advanced practitioners. This 30 min flow has a little of everything from shalabasana to handstands.

ENJOY! I encourage you to take a full 5 mins at the end for quiet & stillness (savasana / meditation or BOTH!)

For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYS013
Props: Optional block (if you have tight hamstrings)
17th Sept 2020

SUN, 30 mins, Power YogaIsabel LankesterSeptember 7, 2020SUNComment