Yogakindarocks

10/25/2025

Straining your joints can be super scary 😱
Pulling up out of hyperextension is a really nuanced conversation and sort of hard to address in a short clip like this, but these are two cues I give to help my fellow hyper-extenders move from joint compression to muscular engagement 💪
Does this help you at all? Let me know! 👇 And ask me all your questions I’d love to help 🖤

10/22/2025

I just wanna do yoga, listen to metal, and be out among the trees. 🌲 🎶 🧘‍♀️ I think they all go perfectly together 🤘

10/21/2025

🗓️ This weeks class schedule::
🌒 Deep Dark Yoga on Wednesday 10/22
(Doom Metal & gentle slow flow)
6:00-6:55pm on Zoom
💙 Vinyasa Flow on Friday 10/24 9:30-10:45am at SE Hawthorne and on Zoom
💙 Vinyasa & Yin on Sunday 10/26 12:30-1:45pm at on SE Hawthorne & on Zoom
😎 Comment the day of the week and I’ll send you the link to sign up in the right place
🔗 Linktree on my bio page also has all the info
🌒 = Doom Metal Yoga (I’ll play a heavy doom soundtrack right through zoom if you join online)
💙 = public yoga class with an eclectic playlist (usually some Bowie, Nick Cave, 90s gems, and instrumental) ** just ask me for a doom playlist link in the chat when you join the zoom meeting and I’ll hook ya up
😵‍💫 still have questions? comment below 🤘
🎶 See you on the mat!

10/20/2025

A little and beautiful concepts from
How we say things matters 🖤 even just talking to ourselves.

10/19/2025

7 Poses to help you nail the splits ⚡️
1 ⚡️Prasarita Padottanasana
Wide Legged Forward Fold
Focus on a long spine and tilt tailbone upwards to fully extend the hamstring. You can fold in more as you feel ready but keep the tailbone lifted.
2 ⚡️Anjaneyasana Variation
Low Lunge with Hands Down
By supporting the shape with your hands, create freedom in the hips and release them forward. Don’t be shy about grabbing blocks for support!
4 ⚡️ Parsvottanasana
Pyramid Pose
Work on bringing the front hip up and back slightly (both hips if you can manage, to really balance the pelvis)
5 ⚡️ Ashta Chandrasana
High Crescent Lunge
Walk the feet long apart, challenging yourself to keep the back thigh and the spine lifted.
6 ⚡️ Vajrasana Variation
Broken Toe Pose
You have a fascia train that runs all the way from the tips of your toes along the bottoms of the feet up the backs of your legs and torso and the back of your head up to your hairline. If you want deep flexibility in the backs of your legs, take time to release this fascia with exercises like this.
7 ⚡️ Urdhva Prasarita Eka Padasana
Standing splits
The magic here is in what this pose does with your supporting leg. Fold deeply into the supporting leg and that closeness between your belly and thigh is what makes space to lift your other leg. As a bonus, stretch the back quad with the bind pictured.
Also…
⚡️⚡️ Make sure your body is WARM before dropping into deep splits. Don’t just crank the heat — it’s not about just temperature. Being in a space that’s not cold is helpful, and wearing layers is good too, but also make sure the body has been moving and the muscles are exercised and heated before deep stretching.
⚡️⚡️ I like to make a small flow out of 2&3 and 4&5, spending just a few breaths in each and changing a few times back and forth. Maybe like inhale, exhale, inhale, and switch poses on the exhale.

Comment MORE SPLITS and I’ll send you the links to two hamstring classes in the video library. You can check them out yourself by heading to the Linktree in my bio too.
Did these poses help with your splits? Report back! Do you have any other poses you love to do before splits? 👇

10/18/2025

Since you never really know when the middle of life is I guess I’m just gonna remain in crisis the whole time 🙃

07/03/2024

It's here! 🌒 DEEP DARK YOGA 🌘 on demand through Patreon. Most recent video is live ONLY here. Choose your level of support (more options coming soon!)

Quite a few youtube videos will start disappearing and migrating over to Patreon - offering as low as $1 montly will bring every weekly practice right to your fingertips.

🤘 So glad you're here 🎶 See you on the mat!

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