Yoga for Hips

The earth element is steady and connected. As we practice this slow vinyasa flow, we will stay low to the ground and cultivate steadiness within ourselves. We will use our feet, legs, hips and anything else on the grown to build strength and stamina.

This is the second class in the Everyday Gentle Hatha Yoga series, a series designed to give you time and space to slow down, turn inward, and rejuvenate. This slow-paced, mindful, well-balanced class will help you release physical and mental tension as you reconnect with your breath and body. Options are offered throughout class so you can adapt the practice to meet your body’s needs. Enjoy!

Get ready for a dynamic vinyasa sequence that you will want to rewind and repeat!

*There is no background music so feel free to add your own playlist.

Join me for an invigorating intermediate Vinyasa class focused on connecting to our roots through the feet and legs. We’ll cultivate awareness of these foundational elements to tap into the grounding energy of the earth. Targeting the hamstrings, hip flexors, and quads, we’ll start off slow and gradually pick up the pace, with an option to do one Sun B flow on your own. You can expect mindful cues to help you stay present and connected to your body throughout the flow. We’ll wrap up with a progression toward the splits, inviting strength and flexibility into your practice.

This Yin practice to unleash your creativity is focused on creating freedom around the Svadhistana (Sacral) Chakra to help you tap into your emotions and dreams, soften blockages, and feel open. The focus is on opening the hips with time spent in Dragon, Sleeping Swan, and more. It's short, sweet, and effective. Enjoy!

This practice focuses on side body opening. Enjoy a brief standing series that builds to a peak (plank) posture.

Most often in life we are moving forwards in the sagittal plane of movement. It's very important to train lateral movements so that we can move in all directions with strength & stability. In the sequence we build a lot of outer hip mobility & side body strength. Practice winds down with some straddle stretches & releasing side bends.

Ready for a fast-paced, expertly sequenced Pilates practice that will have you sweating, smiling, and shaking? Claire designed this class so you'll never stop moving. You'll flow from exercise to exercise while working your powerhouse–abdominals, back, glutes, legs, and even some Pilates push-ups. This class is NOT for beginners. Please make sure you're familiar with basic Pilates moves and form before jumping in. Enjoy!

This class centers on grounding and strengthening the lower body. Expect gentle flows and static poses that target the legs, hips, and lower back. Embrace the feeling of stability and rootedness as you connect with the earth beneath you. The classes in Elise's Sweet & Simple series provide an adaptable experience and are designed for mixing and matching with each other.

This yin class is perfect for when you are short on time, but need the grounding, softening, calming stretch of a yin class. We start class with a yummy hip opener, half prone frog and spend time restoring our bodies in a supported heart opener, supta baddha konasana (reclined bound angle) and finish with a passive twist before savasana.

Are you in need of some peace and quiet? If so, this yin yoga class will give you time and space for quietude and rest. You will be guided into each yin posture with options to use props to find what feels good in your body, then given several minutes of complete silence as you hold. Take this time to slow down, nurture yourself, and tune inward so that you can feel balanced and refreshed.

There is no music in this class so that you can have a truly silent experience. If you prefer music to help you relax, you can use your own playlist or play Jackie’s Spotify Playlist.

Spotify playlist for Peace & Quiet

Get off your seat and get ready to open and release your tight hips and hamstrings! This focused practice will help you create space and freedom for your back side. Whether you are an athlete or a desk jockey, this class is perfect for anyone suffering from tight glutes, hammies, and hips!

Enjoy a lower body burn in this fusion flow class, that weaves together elements of yoga, barre, and pilates for a highly integrated, highly intentional practice. You can expect to feel steady and strong through your legs, as you will work larger muscles groups as well as stabilizers in tune with your breath in this dynamic practice. Explore a variety of parallel and turn out positions, working with weights to stabilize, add spice, and increase intentionality.

This slow flow class is designed to invite movement and openness into your body while giving you time to feel each pose, connect to a slower and more mindful breath and build internal heat in the body.

We start class in child's pose and warm up the spine with a ground sequence that also opens up the hips. Sun A includes standing twists and a breakdown of chaturanga.

Our Sun B flow focuses on the hips and hamstrings finding a contraction and then an opening as we move from pose to pose.

We stoke the fire with some standing and balancing poses before taking everything to the ground to stretch and release the lower half of the body.

This is another class in the Yogic Way repertoire series, in which honoring the roots of yogic traditions is central. In this practice, you will tune into your own root through the use of sound (mantra), movement, and breath so as to enliven a sense of steadiness within the rhythmic nature of your life. This class is perfect for morning, evening, or as a midday boost. You can expect to feel free in your hips, and shoulders following this practice.

In this all-levels class, we discuss the concept of The Gunas, the three strands of energy that make up the universe. Throughout our time together, we explore how both effort and ease come together, both physically and energetically, so that we can move closer to a state of “balance”.

With a blend of longer holds and breath to movement flow, this class will help you move into a meditative state with both your body and your mind.

This class is a part of a zodiacal series to attune the physical and subtle body to the energetics of the Moon in Scorpio. It works to connect to the depths of self, and latent energy harbored in the hips and pelvis. These postures will work to open to the unseen, and help with deep breath work (pranayama) or kundalini practices. These forces open to release both what is unseen and unknown, and equally open up to the unknown potential of the self.

It can be practiced when the moon is in Scorpio, each month, or if your birth moon is in Scorpio and you'd like to accentuate the physical and mental qualities.

Drawing inspiration from some creative aspects of Katonah Yoga, Caitlin Rose offers a unique Flow class that improves strength and flexibility. Warm-up in strengthening variations of Downward Dog and Gate Pose. Go deeper in standing poses and generate stability in your legs and hips. Unwind with twisting and hip releases.

This lower body practice is the perfect combination of strength and stretch exercises. Enjoy one of my go-to warm ups to strengthen your legs, stretch your hips and protect your lower back.

This class is ideal for post-workout or runners, a self-care practice with gentle movements for a full-body stretch to release tension. With a series of floor-based hip-opener stretches, this recovery practice also involves twists to find gentle extensions for the spine. Finish with wall-assisted stretches for quadriceps and hip flexors flexibility.

This class offers a balance of yin and yang with both Vinyasa Flow and Yin Yoga. Begin standing to build strength and grace then slow down in longer holds to release your fascia. Feel the power of both yang and yin practice in this class and promote balanced wellbeing.

If you don't use them, you lose them. Many cultures who sit in a simple seat or squat to use the bathroom, utilize hip mobility throughout their days. However, for the rest of us, we need to move this amazing ball-and-socket joint in all ways to increase balance, add strength, and preserve mobility as we age. Join Kristin as she weaves hip mobility & flexibility through a 30-minute slow flow.

This class is a fusion of core strengthening moves and therapeutic back work. You'll work on mobility and flexibility of the muscles surrounding the spine and build strong abs and back muscles. Planks, tough core series, bridges, spinal stabilization, and more! Alternately energizing and relaxing, this class is the perfect blend to have you standing tall and feeling great.

Get ready for a twist mobility session that targets your spine and hips with familiar yoga poses and their variations to improve flexibility, release tension, and engage your core muscles. You'll feel better with an improved range of movement and less stiffness.

Tap into your inner Bliss Body with this slower paced, vinyasa class. Using the mantra Ananda Hum, I am Bliss, we start out with slow, mindful stretches and then transition to breath and body flow to open the heart and gently heat the body. A perfect practice for beginner to advanced yoga students seeking a deeper connection with that feeling of true inner Bliss!

This class is a part of a zodiacal series to attune the physical and subtle body to the energetics of the Moon in Virgo. It taps into the life giving forces within the self and work the hips, low belly, open the low back. These energies align new life forces, help purify, and balance the giving and receiving qualities.

It can be practiced when the moon is in Virgo, each month, or if your birth moon is in Virgo and you'd like to accentuate the physical and mental qualities.

Renew your lower back in a practice designed to release your spine and hips. Gather your props and marinate in Yin Yoga shapes that release and unwind lower body tension. Practice mindfulness and breath awareness in this slow and deep class.

Let go of any tension or baggage in mind or body in this gentle 35-minute fully body Yin class. Move your spine in all directions, open your heart, and have the space to be with yourself wherever you are at. After long-held yin poses and a Sound Bowl Savasana--you will feel lighter, grounded, and more connected to Self.

Shakira may not have been the first to say that Your Hips Don't Lie. Yogis have always looked at the legs and hips as the foundation of the body. It is understood that if your legs and hips, your first and second chakra, are in alignment, it is easier to bring the rest into alignment and also the opposite is true - if your hips are out of wack, it is all a bit trickier. Perhaps you have noticed this in a simpler way - when your low back hurts, perhaps you also notice your shoulders or neck start to feel wonky as well. In this low to the ground, gentle sequence, we will work the full dimension of the hips (inner, outer, front and back). Using side stretching to create a connection from the hips to the heart, we will explore what it means to slow down and listen to our hips. And maybe just take them out dancing after class. You never know....

In our busy world we can often feel pulled in many directions. Yoga is here to help us return to our center, again and again. Take time to come to your mat and mindfully move your body, breathe deeply, and recenter with this vinyasa flow class.

You will flow through Sun Salutation (Surya Namaskar) variations, then hold balancing postures such as Half Moon (Ardha Chandrasana) and Extended Hand to Big Toe Pose (Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana) with options, and finish with grounding postures to help you feel balanced and renewed. Enjoy!