Name: Playbook - Kayla Nielsen - W1/D3 Kapotasana Flow
Uploaded: 2024-01-08T15:04:23.459Z
Duration: 42 min
Description: W1/D3 Kapotasana Flow

Loved each and every second of it 💘 it felt so natural to get into the posture in the end i didn’t even realize i was practicing it, thank you!

Camilla

Mmmmmm! Still not there with kapotasana buuut my back bends are coming along nicely and feel real good in my body. Worked some hollow back pincha and scorpion at the end since my spine was feeling so good. Bonus stoke for my partner being excited about yoga and joining the session. Thank you. I love you!🌞

Nick

I'm going deeper and deeper each time. Wonderful class, both yummy and spicy. A hug for the heart ❤️

Pauline

This one will take some time to get. It feels real nice to try though. Always a pleasure. Thank you!

Really enjoying this heart opening series. I’d never attempted kapotasana until today! This sequence really ignited a fire within me to keep practicing on my back bends. Thank you Kayla! 🧡

Jeanette

Didn't think I would manage kapotasana! Feeling so grateful for my body, thank you for your guidance and mantras to tell our body we love you and pls forgive me! So powerful! Wow!

Sarah

Aditi

Vanessa

I loved the flow but my kapotasana needs work!

Issie

I haven’t done kapoasana for a long time and I was pretty scared to try it again. This class was perfect to reintroduce me to this big posture (and finally I got it).

Francesca

Feeling such love in this flow, thank you 🙏🏼

Alexandra

One of my favorite flow’s I have done yet 🧡 thank you

Ciera

Coming back for more! Kapotasana is accessible to my body, I actually made it - but there is a but. Made it without much control and need to revisit and play with the entry some more. This whole flow is so beautiful!

Such a great way to open my entire body. Thank you so much! 🙏🏻

My body is not close to ready for the peak posture here but the openness in camel has been much improved. I tried using the wall to walk my hands down but too tight in the shoulders. Loving this series. Learning to really listen to what my body needs is so healing.  You have a beautiful way of cuing that gentle approach for our bodies needs. I almost cried when I told my body I’m sorry. Very nice stuff. Thank you

I loved this flow, lots of fun transitions and new postures for me. I have never done the leak posture before and am definitely nowhere near close, but the difference in camel between today and yesterday has blown my mind. Thank you✨

Beth

Wow what happened here? I wasn't even sure if I was able to get into the shape with the blocks on the highest setting and then I ended up in the full version without blocks at all. Kayla you are a genius and an angel! ❤🙏

Hannah

A wonderful flow. Challenging and connecting. The offered mantras and reflections really touched me and allowed me to connect to my body. Thank you

Ines Nina

Appreciated the guidance for different entries. I find this to be an intimidating shape especially adding the drop back.

Melissa

So inspiring love you flow and the guidance through this practice

Thank you for this perfect instruction! I've never thought my body could do this posture 😅😇

Franziska

While camel felt pretty good yesterday, this one is pretty impossible for me today…I did eventually managed to get my head to a block by crawling down my hands down a wall, but I felt I need a lot more overhead flexibility in my shoulders. Could you do some drills especially for the shoulders? Thanks!

Desiree

Great class thank you 🙏🏻 I am a long way from kapotasana, and still got a lot out of this class, great options are offered and I loved the moments of stillness and meditation throughout the practice

Alex

Beautiful class. My body feels amazing, thank you 🙏🏼

Sanne

That’s was blissful! Not quite in full Kapotasana with hands and feet connecting but feeling my hands on the ground for the first time was just what I needed! Blessings ~*~

Natasha

Lauren

First time I tried this pose! Thank you so much Kayla, as always a unique and beautiful flow 💫❤️

Sofia

Whenever I stop doing yoga I get pain in my back. Today was my first practice after some vacations and this felt so good. My back is pain free now and I feel more centered ♥️ thank you Kayla!

Steffany Lenis

Legit avoided this practice until the absolute last minute. Everything that makes me the most uncomfortable wrapped up into a nice little package. 🙄🫣 It's usually the medicine you need the most that you end up avoiding, I suppose. New favorite que, "Shine your heart forward." 🥹💜

Madi

Amazing and challenging. I've never tried Kapotasana before and still managed to get my head all the way to the floor. The precise description of how to get in and out of the pose made it accessible even though I didn't think I would be able to get my hands even close to the floor

Jacqueline

I just did my first kapotasana!! 😳 I tried it this summer at the retreat with Dafna’s help and couldn’t even touch the floor. Now I was able to lower down to my elbow and touch my toes! 🥳 The flows were absolutely lovely and perfect for any day when you need stretching.

Nyssa

This class felt like a loving hug 🥲 the most gentle way to lead into a challenging pose like kapotasana 🙏🏼🙏🏼

I used to avoid back bends because they bring up a lot of intense sensations in my body and in my mind. Little did I know that meant I needed them more. Lately, they’ve been feeling better and I’ve actually started to crave them. The deep stretch along the front line of my body feels so nice. I’m not quite there with kapotasana but I’ve noticed significant change in my skandasana. I’m able to lift and lower without that exploding feeling in either one of my knees. I’m sure I’ll still have my days but this has been pretty consistent lately. It’s mind blowing what I’ve been able to over come just by showing up and trying. My knees have been feeling so good lately. I’m legit crying right now because I’m so grateful. From the bottom of my heart… thank you! I love you!💙

Intermediate/Advanced level class. 
This is a fiery, fun flow that will strengthen your legs and open your chest in order to bring into Kapotasana as a peak posture.

W1/D3 Kapotasana Flow

Can’t wait to put these tips into practice

Revisiting the tip again to remind myself of these engagements during the flows! Thank you! 🙏🏽

Tips for Back Bends

Andrea C

Maria

Haley

W1/D1 Drills Camel & Kapotasana

Lovely morning start. My body feels so good I could cry. Loved the low exaulted crescent, gate, side plank bit.🤤 Back bends continue to feel good too. 🥹In love with my process & how far my body has come.  Thank you!

This has become one of my fave morning flows. All the balancing and feel good twists! Camel is such a mood booster for me! Thank you

Lovely mid day boogie with my sisters. Thank you!

W1/D2 Camel Flow

The counting was super long from the start because of the verbal cues. Intense!

Adrienne

The couting can be a bit confusing because it ends up being longer than what it should due to the verbal cues

As easy as it sounds, it was a tough one for me. Coming back for more!

W1/D4 Alternate Nostril Box Breath

Journaling is always difficult for me. Thanks for getting me outside of my comfort zone. Thank you for the introspective questions.

I’ve got a good idea on how I feel but it’s more on an emotional level with myself and how I feel about expressing certain things. I’m going to practice and circle back to this to get into the physical side as well. I feel like this is going to be real good for me. Thank you for putting this out there. Much love!💚

W1/D5 Journal Prompts Safety In The Body

That felt so good! Definitely got me ready for more!

Really good activation of the full body! Almost like a little workout

Jula

W2/D1 Drills Wild Thing & Wheel

Hot and spicy 🌶️🔥 flow. Feels like an hour class! Body feels so great with all the opening.

Wow. That was gorgeous. So delicious. Thank you for such a wild thing! 😉

W2/D2 Wild Thing Flow

This was such a wonderful & strong class!! I feel so good after, thank you!

Erika

Melanie Kaeser

Second time and it still feels so good 🥰

Henintsoa

W2/D3 Wild Thing To Wheel Flow

Love love love bumblebee breathe. I had a moment this morning dealing with $17k medication and a snafu with the new insurance folks and I was in tears. 
Bumblebee breathe saved the day. I literally just stopped took 5 mins and bumblebee breathed myself back to reality. 
I am not my thoughts. I am safe in my body. Thank you!

Never done this beautiful meditation! 🥰

W2/D4 Bumble Bee Breath

gabriela

Madeleine

Loved this. Really made me reflect why I like to practice which poses

W2/D5 Journal Prompts Emotional Body

The first puppy with chest expansion was so uncomfortable but by the end, finishing in that same position, I felt like I could’ve hung out there for forever!

W3/D1 Drills for Dancer & King Pigeon

Barbara

I like that the class started lower to the ground and loved the forceful exhales

Yara

W3/D2 Dancer Flow

Like a hug from my grandmother. I feel so good! My outer right hip needs all of the love and this delivers. My skandasana has leveled up too. Zero sensation in my knees now and the shape feels more restorative whereas it used to feel strength base for me. LOVING every bit of my journey and all of the subtle shifts. I never would have imagined feeling as good as I do now. The amount of gratitude I have for you is immeasureable. Thank you. I love you. 🥹❤️

Fuuuuug yes Tracy! I feel so damn good! Thank you.

Absolute banger! This one hits my spots so good. Thank you. 🤤🫠

W3/D3 King Pigeon Flow

Thank you so much, this was a beautiful meditation that felt almost like an asana practice for the mind, exercising my own intuition and learning the contours of how it feels to know something intuitively. I will always think of my intuition as living in my throat from now on. This left me feeling an amazing sense of calm and certainty and I’d recommend it for anyone feeling a little chaotic and unsure

W3/D4 Intuition Meditation

Amazing explanation on how the nothingness is the “no.”

Noting down all points and digesting. Knowing all too well that this will all come in very handy when the situation will be calling for it. Love the journal prompts!

Luv this! I wish I could say that my internal dialog is consistent on and off the mat but off the mat, I do at times lose focus and can be tougher on myself. I’ve definitely nurtured a loving space on the mat and throughout most of my day, off the mat, all is loving and good but distractions sometimes still find me off the mat

W3/D5 Journal Prompts Communication

This felt as too much in too short time. Recommend doing it after a longer class.

Whoa. This is getting seriously serious. Much needed

I feel so relaxed and full of energy after this drills. Thank you☀️💚

W4/D1 Drills for Floor Bow & King Dancer

Lovely gentle flow with creative transitions. I love that some side planks and wild thing were included!

Alice

Linda

W4/D2 Floor Bow Flow

SOOOOO good! Back bends are still a huge struggle for me but continue to feel better & better. My spine was feeling extra good at the end so I added in a scorpion handstand. 🫠🤤 Thank you!

Andrea

Diana

W4/D3 King Dancer Flow

Your way of teaching transformed not only my yoga practice but also my whole life- I absolutely love the way you teach holistically and all of your series on the App. Every day I find something that just perfectly fits my mood, body state, soul desire ♥️ thank u for your teaching! It is truly a gift and a blessing for me 🫶

Julia

This is very difficult. Which means that I need it! Thank you!

W4/D4 Love Meditation

Thank you for this serie!! It was so wonderful for my heart and self-love 🤍

May have to go back and do this multiples times to get answers 😅🤪

W1/D3 Kapotasana Flow

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