Infinitude Yoga

26/06/2025

Hey Friends

As we grow our little yoga community in Amanzimtoti, it will really help if you could leave a review on your experience practicing yoga with me, or even just a couple of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ because you like me ☺️

This will help boost our online presence and get more Yogis to roll out their mats with us.

Click here, choose the stars, and write a review ❤️

https://infinitudeyoga.locallegends.co.za

28/05/2025

Hey Tri-Fam! As a yoga teacher and triathlete myself, I know how crucial hip mobility is for performance and injury prevention in our sport. Today, let's dive into a game-changer of a pose: Pigeon Pose (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana).

This deep hip opener is an absolute must-have in your recovery routine, targeting those notoriously tight areas for swimmers, cyclists, runners, and anyone hitting the weights hard.

How Pigeon Pose Benefits Your Triathlon Training:

For Swimmers 🏊‍♀️: Ever feel stiffness in your lower back or hips after a long swim? Pigeon Pose helps release tension in the glutes and external rotators of the hip, which can get tight from repetitive kicking and rotation. Better hip mobility can translate to a smoother, more efficient stroke and reduced lower back strain.
For Cyclists 🚴‍♀️: Cyclists, this one's for you! Your hip flexors and external rotators work hard and often get very tight from being in a flexed position on the bike. Pigeon Pose is incredibly effective at releasing tightness in the glutes, piriformis, and hip flexors, which can alleviate knee pain and improve power transfer on the pedals.
For Runners 🏃‍♂️: Tight hips are a common culprit for runner's knee, IT band syndrome, and piriformis syndrome. Pigeon Pose deeply stretches the glutes and piriformis, improving hip external rotation and overall flexibility. This can significantly reduce your risk of these common running injuries and enhance your stride efficiency.
For Weight Training 🏋️‍♀️: If you're squatting, deadlifting, or doing any lower body strength work, tight hips can limit your range of motion and even lead to compensation patterns. Pigeon Pose helps to restore balance and flexibility in the hip joint, allowing for deeper, safer squats and improved overall lower body mechanics. It's also a great way to release tension after intense leg days.

How to Get Into Pigeon Pose (Modified):

Start on all fours: Hands under shoulders, knees under hips.
Bring one knee forward: Bring your right knee forward towards your right wrist.
Position your foot: Angle your right shin across your mat so your right foot is somewhere near your left hip, or even closer to parallel with the front of your mat if your hips allow. Crucially, protect your knee! If you feel any pain in your knee, either flex your front foot more (pull toes back towards shin) or try a different variation like "Figure Four" on your back.
Block/Cushion: If you find that your glute settles to the mat, place a prop under the glute to allow for the hips to "square" to the mat.
Extend your back leg: Gently slide your left leg straight back behind you, keeping your hips as level as possible.
Fold forward (optional): You can stay upright on your hands or forearms, or if comfortable, fold your torso forward over your front leg, resting on your forearms or forehead.
Breathe and release: Hold for 1-2 minutes per side, breathing deeply into any areas of tightness. Focus on softening and releasing tension with each exhale.
Switch sides: Slowly come out of the pose and repeat on the left side.

Listen to your body in this pose – it can be intense! Regular practice will bring incredible benefits to your mobility and performance.

25/05/2025

I've had a interesting idea spark in recent conversations.

I naturally practice and teach yoga that builds strength, endurance and fitness.

A lot of feedback lately, "we don't do enough to building fitness in yoga".

So an idea is brewing.

Join us on Monday, 17h15 at The Amanzimtoti Scout's Hall, for Yoga Fundamentals, and building strength and fitness.

21/05/2025

Wellness Wednesday

Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)

Incorporating yoga into your training can seriously level up your game. Let's talk about a foundational pose with incredible benefits for swimmers, cyclists, runners, and even your strength sessions.

🏊‍♀️: Feeling tight in your lats and shoulders? Downward Dog helps to lengthen and decompress the spine and open up the shoulders, improving your reach and efficiency in the water. The gentle inversion can also increase blood flow to the brain, helping with focus during long swims.

🚴‍♀️: Hips and hamstrings feeling glued after those long rides? This pose offers a fantastic stretch for the hamstrings and calves, releasing tension built up from pedaling. It also helps to strengthen the core and arms, providing a stable base for powerful pushes on the pedals.

🏃‍♂️: Dealing with tight calves, Achilles, or hamstrings? Downward Dog is your best friend! It deeply stretches the entire back line of the body, promoting better flexibility and reducing the risk of common running injuries. The pose also strengthens the ankles and feet, essential for strong strides.

Training 🏋️‍♀️: Downward Dog acts as a wonderful counter-pose to many strength exercises that shorten muscles. It helps to lengthen and decompress the spine after heavy lifts, stretches the shoulders after overhead presses, and can even build wrist and arm strength for better stability in certain movements.

Start in table top position, hands underneath shoulders, knees under hips. Spread your fingers wide, press firmly into your palms.
Tuck your toes, push your hips back towards your heels, belly to upper thighs, and lift your hips up and back towards the ceiling (or sky if you're outside).
Aim to create a long line from your wrists through your shoulders to your hips. Slight bend in the knees is encouraged if your hamstrings are tight.
Gently press your heels towards your mat (they do not have to touch!).
Relax and soften your head and neck. Create some space between your ears and shoulders.

18/05/2025

Lately, I've been asked if beginners can join my practice.

The sequences are specifically designed that as you build confidence in your practice, you can explore your own yoga. We start our practices with foundational poses and slowly, build to the more intermediate practices.

The invitation to members who have been practicing for quite some time, is always to come back to your start, and grow, and grow, and grow.

This is your yoga.

Monday nights, we practice at 17h15 at The Scout's Hall in Amanzimtoti. Bring your mat, bring something warm, some water, and self expression.

05/01/2025

We are back for 2025!

Lets meet on the mat on Monday, 6 Jan, at 17h15, embrace this heat in our practice and discover some new things about ourselves ❤️

16/10/2024

04/10/2024

Hey Yogis... here is Infinitude Yoga's new Google Profile 🤩

If you'd like to drop a review and some stars it will let google know what we're all about and really help to get some more mats rolled out.

https://g.page/r/CSLjq9E-P3AGEBM/review

Let's fly the Toti flag! ✊

Post a review to our profile on Google

25/08/2024

I toppled over while demonstrating a peak arm balance pose while teaching this morning, and it was a proper tumble, I looked like a turtle on its back.

(not the supported chinstand pose in the photo, thank goodness, because this took a few topples to find what works for me 🤣)

I was waiting for the day this would happen, but, it's also important for me to demonstrate that the space we as teachers hold in Yoga studios, is the place to feel safe enough to practice what the edge of a pose may feel like in the body, and that these poses are accessible differently in each body.

It's about exploring what works best for your body.

Every day, it is my mission and purpose to show up demonstrating that it's not what the physical body looks in order for us to achieve anything. I like to be curious about what the physical body can do, even more so, what stories I tell myself on that journey.

And this is not just in yoga. This is just a practice that sets me up for everything else I do. Swim. Bike. Run. Strength. Work. Teach. Relationships. Wellbeing. Lifestyle.

Doors (poses) become accessible when you are ready. No point pushing, when it says pull 😉.

01/08/2024

"Sweat more in training, bleed less in battle"

A credo that has resonated with me quite strongly in my yoga practice this morning.

As I embark on my next Ironman journey to an unfamiliar course in Mossel Bay, and then the full Ironman in March, the journey fundamentally is about how I show up every day in my practice, my training, career, teaching yoga, and just living my best life.

Whilst it may seem so repetitive, some days are slow and boring, other days are intense and tiring, I appreciate each of these moments knowing that my disciplines will carry me through anything that might just be an uncomfortable or crisis moment.

This all matters in building resilience. I thrive on routine and discipline.

I'm even more excited about what personal growth I will experience in this journey. ❤️

20/05/2024

Yoga, is the collection of all that I practice in a day. When I step on my mat, it may be the observation of the hurdles (wobbles) I am experiencing or the steady perfection through my awareness, I find my solution by slowing down. Yoga teaches me discipline, resilience, to face any opportunity head-on, being mindful, with awareness, and presence.

Besides being a more calmer being, I benefit physically through my movement of choice (swim, bike, run, strength building) and being a stronger version of myself.

Why do I teach? My passion as a Vinyasa Yoga Teacher, is to share this with every BODY.

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05/05/2024

Free Beginner Yoga Flow with Infinitude Yoga.

Join us at our new venue, 4 Drake Road (Scout's Hall), at 5pm.