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6 Yoga Classes to Help Build Strength

Build Strength with Yoga

Looking to build your strength? These yoga classes are designed to give you a balanced workout to condition muscles for increased strength and stamina, while propelling your body through a fuller range of motion. Whether you’re looking to lose weight, increase tone or build more muscle, these classes will be sure to make you stronger!

  • Strong & Serene with Darren Rhodes: This short and sweet standing oriented sequence will leave you feeling strong and serene. This class also stretches and strengthens the spine.
  • Stay Steady & Strong with Steven Espinosa: In this class we focus on holding poses just a little longer to cultivate our mental and physical steadiness and deepen our inner strength. Starting with an active opening of warm ups and sun salutations which take us into a series of extended standing poses to build endurance and stamina. This class also includes core strengthening/upper body exercises and concludes with reclining spinal twists. Props Suggested: Two blocks and a blanket.
  • Developing Strength, Form & Focus with Jason Crandell: Everyone can use greater strength, tone and focus in their life. Focus on strengthening your entire body, including your hamstrings, glutes, core and shoulders. Includes slow, repetitive transitions and holding postures longer than average. Timed standing poses and inversions will be utilized to ensure you’re working your right and left sides equally. Props Needed: A block and wall space.
  • Build Strength for Inversions with Tiffany Cruikshank: A short class that is meant to be used repetitively to build strength for inversion prep. You can use this class on it’s one or use it before or after another class. There is no warm up or cool down, just the important stuff for building strength over time. If you’re using it on its own start with some sun salutations and cool down after as you like and end with a brief savasana. You’ll be ready to rock your inversions in no time! Props Needed: A block and a strap.
  • Yoga Workout with Stephanie Snyder: This sequence focuses on strengthening and toning while maintaining flexibility and balance in your body. Less talking and more doing for when your yoga is also your workout.
  • Soar Like a Hawk with Annie Carpenter: Explore the power in your shoulder girdle via the waves of vinyasa, coupled with strong arm movements like garudasana and vasisthasana with arm circles. Tap into your strength as you go from malasana into bakasana and maybe even press up to handstand. Connect to the support in your deep back and core muscles to expand the strength of your wingspan. Empower your practice to float and soar. Conclude with a brief savasana.

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