By Yogirose | Thursday, February 17, 2022
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This is a workshop on alignment to help support your back. Amazing instructor. I learned a lot and will reap the benefits as i put the main themes of this class into practice.

By ljsmom | Thursday, August 12, 2021
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I found this class to be challenging in its micro movements. My back felt really great when the class was over, and it had been hurting. Shannon does talk a lot because the cues are very specific to getting the radiant release. I would recommend giving it a try if you are looking to relieve back pain.

By VitaminD | Saturday, October 10, 2020
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this is the best class I ve done on YD!!!

some folks complained about the class being to hard for beginners. it doesn t say "beginner" it says "all levels". The poses aren t advanced. she s just giving a lot of important detail. so if you ve never done yoga before come back to this after a few weeks of basics.

she talks a lot. But I ve done this class 5 times already and I get more out of it every time.

do this class every week!

By 6logo5 | Saturday, September 7, 2019
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This practise is perfect for any level. As a 9 years practicing yoga person, I was able to do 30 minutes in 1 hour an 15 minutes. The excellent cues and information on the anatomy really kept me interested. For me, it looks like I’m needing to take this in segments! It’s easy to become frustrated and impatient. This practise helps me with being happy with my imperfections. Thank you

By Skaita | Friday, December 7, 2018
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This class and the cues made a lot of sense to me. I love the example of lifting the block and getting realigned every inch, it’s how we learn, really; by repeating and checking up on ourselves often. I wish I could attend irl classes from this teacher!

By r.megrl77 | Thursday, August 16, 2018
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Honestly, I found this class to be on of the most challenging classes I have taken despite it s rather simplicity in structure and sticking to some of the most basic poses of the practice. I actually found most of her cues and explanations to be extremely on point and to perfect my alignment. There was one time I did have to look up, pause and rewind because I became distracted in my thoughts, which was a good reminder to go back to my "intention and attention." Once that was resolved, I thought it was fairly well articulated what was supposed to be done. While I will concur that this is not a class for those who like little to no instructions or comments during this yoga practice, I truly appreciated the comments and actually once pulling my attention back to her words and my practice found that I was accomplishing my meditation simultaneously with my practice. I have been trying several practices to work particularly on my upper back and this one was amazing for my whole back. I was especially surprised at how hard I worked during this practice with how open I felt after. I think if you can focus on her instruction and "get lost" in your practice, you will greatly benefit from this class and your back will thank you.

By Yogiangelica | Sunday, August 16, 2015
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Enjoyed the postures and I like the anatomy references but sometimes she talked too quickly.

By Marmarcake | Saturday, February 28, 2015
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I started this class after initially being attracted to the great attention to the anatomy I gleened from a quick view through, I am now stopping after about 20 minutes in. Although she pays great attention to the demonstrating yogis anatomy, her descriptions did not include (to my experience) a translation to my own body, or well, the body of the yogadownload viewer. That s really a shame. I also felt she didn t actually clearly instruct the poses and it meant I had to look at the screen continuously and felt I wasn t working as she intended. I wish I could have taken this class with her in the room, but from the video I couldn t benefit from her expertise.

By candacebpinaud | Saturday, February 7, 2015
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this teacher seems very knowledgeable but it was a difficult class to follow if you couldn t watch the screen the whole time. She explains in a lot of detail with a lot of words and you have to look at the screen to see what she means.

the class was good in that it teaches you new ways and alignments for your practice but a bit too tough for me to follow easily.

By Sarah Ethier-Sawyer | Saturday, January 10, 2015
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Terrible class, I actually stopped 20 minutes in because I couldn t feel any benefits or challenge from the instructions. The teacher s talking is incessant, and distressingly full of odd metaphors. The flow is pretty standard, but the instructing style makes it complicated.

By Mary Fincher | Tuesday, December 2, 2014
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Awesome routine! I ve had a flare up of low back pain and this routine has definitely helped to alleviate some of the pain. While there is a lot of talking (more so than other yoga classes), it is very helpful and it encouraged me to go even deeper into the poses. It s evident Shannon knows anatomy very well.

By Jake | Tuesday, November 18, 2014
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A lot of words that don t help explain what you re supposed to be doing, plus it didn t seem to work my back much. I do appreciate how she focused on the mechanics of the poses, tweaking the basic poses to get the most out of them.

By ymadub | Friday, October 3, 2014
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My back did feel better after doing this nice, slow, gentle class. The problem was that I almost couldn t get through it because of the constant talking. Some reviewers found the talking very instructive and helpful. I personally found it to be vague, full of odd metaphors, and distracting. I constantly had to look at the screen to see what was being described, and this was a beginner s class.

By Heidi | Thursday, July 17, 2014
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Incredible class. Thoughtful, full of knowledge and experience, very good for beginners to advanced yogis. This is going on my regular practice list. Thank you Shannon Page!

By Julia | Saturday, January 25, 2014
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Shannon has an incredible understanding of anatomy and connection. I really appreciate the unique awareness her cueing brings. This class is a really nice change of pace from flow yoga.

By cowgirl1111 | Sunday, January 5, 2014
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I think this class was fantastic BUT definitely not for all levels or beginners more specifically. My husband who is a beginner but up for trying any class found this to be very difficult. Also it says that no props are needed but they use blocks and bolsters for 2 exercises? Perhaps this was miscategorized?

By ForeLeighann | Thursday, December 19, 2013
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WONDERFUL! Since Shannon s class my overall practice & posture in daily life more mindful. Thank you!

By Sabrina | Friday, December 13, 2013
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I have serious back and shoulder tightness and pain. After the first time I completed this class I feel a bit of relief and believe that repeating this class will in the long run be a great help to me and my back. Give it a whirl. Low impact, but you ll work up a sweat if you have back and shoulder tightness.

By Kathy Mowczan | Tuesday, December 10, 2013
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Wow. I strained my upper back doing some resistance training and woke up sore & stiff. After doing this practice, I was able to move freely.
Amazingly detailed instruction.

By koth1984 | Wednesday, September 11, 2013
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Great class for a back and shoulder release, but I would echo what a few others had mentioned regarding excessive instruction. Many instructions are given and then immediately repeated which seemed unnecessary. It would be nice to have more moments of silence to sink in and just be.

By Karen | Sunday, September 1, 2013
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wonderful instruction. Loved it!

By Kayla | Saturday, March 9, 2013
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My back felt awesome after doing this class! I appreciated the detail, but I think it s important for others to be aware of the class style. As others have mentioned, she talks a lot and explains in detail, so you have to be in the right mindset before doing the class. With that being said, I think everyone should do the class at least once - she has some great queues/tips!

By Ginger3 | Thursday, February 28, 2013
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I would have liked some more detail on how this class was categorized. It s definitely more of a beginner s class. The instruction is on point, hence the four star rating, but I had no clue if it was a flow class or straight up hatha. I did learn some new stuff, though!