Jessi

Laura

Very fun drills. I will do them more often.

Great class, creative flow kept me curious and the right amount if challenge.

Banger session to start the day. My pincha game is improving. Thank you!

Nick

Soledad Castejon

Super nice class with the most crazy enterance to headstand I have ever done. The practice is on the advanced side, but really yummi one with it all, core, balance, legs, shoulders, chest, sidebody, twists, backbends and forwardbends :) Will re-vist 😃💪😅

Madeleine

Lovely session to use my upper body while giving the legs some love, but also a little break from all the miles in the mountains. Ready for the day. Thank you!

Antonina

I love your creative flow sequences! Thanks for being a pure inspiration on every level! 🫶🏽

LOVE LOVE LOVE it! The press is almost there. I bet if I practiced pressing more I’s be there, but I’m not bothered. Loving the feel good movement, my process and progress. Thank you!

Like having dessert before dinner. Mmm! I feel so good. My pincha game is getting stronger too. Thank you.

Just what a needed! Very powerful, very helpful 🫶🏼

Erin

Abhi

Rosalyn

It was amazing, love the way you explain each step.. still a bit scared to do on chair, but did it with the wall. Thank you

Vandana

I could/should have chose something a bit more chill, but we made it. My pincha game wasn’t very dialed either. Loved the chest opening and all the fun transitions. Thank you!!

Lilo

Mmm! Mmm! Mmm! My energy isn’t all the way up there, but I wanted some spice. I have had a long week and straight earned this session. Legs are ON and my upper body strength is building. I got a tiny little press with feet on blocks. Progress is being made. Thank you!

Mmmmm. I am a hollow back girl. This hit so good. Feeling strong and open. I’m able to get a solid hollow back free standing, but loved it at the wall. It felt incredible. Thank you. 🙏🏻

So many helpful drills and tips. Thank you so much 🔥🙏🏻✨

Lauren

Amazing class, will definitely practice again, so helpful thank you so much 🔥🙏🏻💜

Still not there with the press, but I love trying. Compression is so good. My lungs and legs feel like they’re finally back from zika too. As always, I add in my own little twist to make class hit even better for me too. Mmm. I feel incredible. Thank you! 🌚

My back is getting knotted up extra lately, so I was nervous to session this. I don’t feel like I’ve pushed myself to hard on the zika come back, but who knows? I could have. Perhaps this is some residual zika shit. Perhaps it’s random. I was feeling it though, so I had to get after it. Towards the end I could feel something coming on in my back, so I toned it down a bit. I got some good hang time in though. I feel real good too. Thank you!

This was amazing!! I loved it all thank you so much 🙏🏻🔥✨💖

Such helpful drills. Amazing class thank you 🙏🏻🔥💜

I’m down 5lbs and still feel weak from zika, but I’m going to come back more strong. Loved this class. It hit real good. I’m still able to get into pincha too. Excited to rebuild myself. Thank you!

I'm revisiting this drill on a regular basis. Love it! Would also love a Lolasana class/drill for a new challange ☺️.

Sarafina

Jess

I absolutely loved it. Excellent prep for scorpion in no time ;) I think this will be on my daily sadhana

Gabriela

Amanda

Didn't understand the stretch when standing with the strap on the feet and the arms extending behind the back.

Carissa

Very spicy 🌶️ backbend and hamstring activation! It was intense but my body is feeling so good! 😊

Nyssa

This is such an intense shoulder and upper back bend drill! Can’t say I love it 🥲 but it is needed for ppl with less shoulder flexibility to help get into pincha!

Kicking up to the wall really creates that dependency! Love the call out. And active flexibility and hamstring strength!! 💪🏽🦾

Thank you for the active flexibility reminder! You are one of the few teachers who emphasizes this! And active engagement in the legs when you are upside down is so hard! Personally, this comes with tons of practice and getting to understand your body better.

Flexibility is so important as core! I noticed improvement in my pincha after I have improved my splits as well as my shoulders flexibility thru backbending. And after many many years I’m starting to understand and feel the lift in the pelvic floor and incorporating it into my pincha!

Love these tips and reminders! 👍🏽👍🏽 It’s important as a practitioners as well as for teachers! I can see this being very helpful even to those who are already good at pincha. Definitely will continue to come back and remind myself.

Very helpful! I’m your banana back guy in pincha. I love nanners but try so so hard not to nanner back my pincha. I reckon my struggle is with the shoulders more than core buuuuut I reckon making core more of a focus will help. Thank you! Also… you’re glowing in this vid and we need to take a moment to appreciate how beautiful you are.🌝

Very helpful. Imagined dolphin would have been one of the 3 recs for upper body strength. Loved that it wasn’t. Loved the term loosey goosey used in there. LOVE you! Thank you.

Andria

Went through it twice and my shoulders definitely feel the love 🥰

Caressa

Linn

My body feels so open and great after these drills. Thabk you🥰

I love every piece of your teaching and guiding style! In meditation and in the mat practices! 🙏🏽

Steffany Lenis

🙏💙 love it!

Love to our bodies, love to you special beautiful soul 🙏

Marta

Intermediate level series.

Practice Your Pincha is a 4 week series designed to strengthen the shoulders, core, and back body in order to safely enter in forearm stand through a variety of ways and variations. 

Each week looks like this:
Day 1: Verbal tips
Day 2: Drills
Day 3: Full Flow
Day 4: Full Flow
Day 5: Meditation 

This is a strong series, created to cultivate strength, active flexibility and functional mobility throughout the entire body. Classes are best practiced in order, as they all build on one another.

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