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Backbending From The Base - Advanced Class

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It takes focus, patience and strength to move the body into the most gentle backbend. In Backbending From The Base, Fiji guides you through a beautiful sequence that takes you gradually into deeper backbends with awareness and attention to alignment. Filmed on the serene, rocky Pacific coastline, this class will leave you feeling deeply relaxed and energized.

Equipment

  • None

Focus

  • Vigorous/Energy
  • Strength
  • Spine
  • Flexibility
  • Core Strength
  • Backbends
  • Legs and Feet
  • Morning
  • Lower Back

Intensity

  • Vigorous Yoga

Style

  • Vinyasa/Power Yoga
lpyles
July 15, 2018
Comment:

Enjoying returning to this and some of your early practices. Perfect pacing! After a SI injury 7 months ago, I am more aware of the importance of foundation and strength. I am very flexible and realize hypermobility can be very painful. This is a practice I will keep coming back to as, I (and my physical therapist) believe, it focuses on strength and precision of movement that really develops the muscles to protect my vulnerable areas. As always, I am appreciative of your gift as a teacher! Namaste'

BalanceStudio
January 3, 2018
Comment:

Thanks Fiji, personally I find your pace is just perfect and you teach the progression in a safe and engaging manner. For a vinyasa/power class there's plenty of time to take consistent full breaths while you move (as is intended with this style of class) but if people wanted more of a breathing practice they could always add this on as a separate practice at the end.
You're a beautifully gifted teacher - thank you.

acdiamond123
August 1, 2017
Comment:

Advanced in movement beginner in breath. She doesn't allow for time for advanced breath work to be incorporated into the practice. I implore for a more wholistic definition of advanced.

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BalanceStudio
January 3, 2018
Comment:

As a vinyasa / power class I found plenty of time to breath properly without it effecting the consistent pace of movement. Thanks Fiji

acdiamond123
August 1, 2017
Comment:

I love Fiji's focus on energy and her practices are great if she would SLOW DOWN. Yoga is about movement with breath and to expand and find space in breath and there is absolutely no time to do that in a majority of her videos. I constantly have to pause the video to do the poses at a comfortable pace. I understand she is trying to create heat, but you can do so with proper breath technique and her practices don't adequately allow for that. I still come back to her classes because despite this very annoying aspect her sequences and guidance is something i do enjoy.

Comment Replies

mcala
March 20, 2018
Comment:

Some people crave faster movement in a flow, others want more time to focus on breath. Personally, if I am doing a 50 minute vinyasa class I do not have a great excess of time and would get very annoyed if half of that were spent on breath work. Fiji is a great teacher and clearly her style works for the majority of people who do her classes. Just do some breath work before or after if that's what you feel you need on a particular day :)

jennzee
June 1, 2020
Comment:

Amen to mcala's comment. I'm used to doing dynamic workouts like crossfit / TRX / boxing, so slower yoga classes do not do it for me. I have zero trouble breathing normally through Fiji's routines (I never get "out of breath", even in the advanced videos) and love her videos primarily for the faster power flows that actually challenge me. Everyone is at different fitness levels and have different styles or preferences when working out --- if you're having to catch your breath, it sounds like your aerobic fitness levels are not up to this level yet, maybe stick to an intermediate practice.

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