Creating Internal Lightness

such a valuable and much needed tough practice! Awesome!

That was new for me, great instructions! I saved to visit later; I need practice :)

That was new for me, great instructions! I saved to visit later; I need practice :)

Thank you Rachel. I feel my core is stronger and physically well-balanced after the challenge.

Really enjoyed the flow of this class.

Really helped understand mula bandha and apply it to my practice :)

Very cool sequencing but the amount of extra instruction offered made it very challenging to keep breath and poses in pace with one another. Perhaps another go now that I know what to expect would make it more enjoyable.

I really liked her unique take on those classic movements we’ve all done thousands of times. This is a great full practice for days when you have extra time.

What an incredible practice!!! Rachel makes you so aware of all of the strength coming from the core. I loved this practice! Thanks Rachel!

Loved this class! Great core workout with a nice flow.

This sort of thing is rarely done but such a good thing to teach! I really enjoyed it.

I have learned so much in this class! Thank you Rachel

Totally amazing class from Rachel. Echoing other comments, that was far more challenging than I expected. Engaging mula bandha takes considerable effort, but I loved the challenge in really engaging the subtle body through such an engaging sequence. Brilliant!

Love how Rachel explains and walks through the details of the pose. Thankyou!

That was HARD! Rachel is a fantastic instructor.

Really appreciated the focus on your mula bandha. It was so helpful and I learned a lot. Thank you Rachel!

Rachel helps make the seemingly impossible seem very doable. Thanks for the great instruction in this one!

A nice flow!

Quite a hard class but a lot to be gained from it. Thanks.

Yoga anatomy! Hooray!

I find this class absolutely wonderful. Great attention to the core and pelvic floor, fun to do and original. Thank you, Rachel

loved all the mula bandha work! great class!

Rachel's cueing is amazing! So easy to follow - and to picture what I am supposed to be doing and feeling. Love, love, love!

Great instruction!

Nice start to a snowy day. Namaste!

Excellent class!!

There's something very frustrating about this class, the movements don't have the normal feeling of release and you can't really 'sink' into a lot of the poses, but at the same time you're completely relaxed by the end. Definitely one to come back to.

Feeling AMAZING after this class. It's been a very physically active weekend for me and these sweet sweet stretches, while difficult, really released my hamstrings, hips, and low back that are tired from other workouts. The focus on mula bandha forced me into an intense mindfulness and total mental presence during this practice - made it that much more amazing.

Some day I will get that amazing lift that Rachel has! Very good class with a lot of foundational work

I couldn’t make time until the evening. This was wonderful flow to end the weekend.

Namaste.

Wow lots of new learning in this. Great cues for forward hop!

Perfect flow ! I have to say that I was intimidated by having two longer classes back to back but this was a great follow up to yesterday 's class .

I did this practice in one of the last challenges offered here and I hated it! But, today, it actually felt pretty good and I felt much more capable of engaging mula bandha, so the practice felt much easier.

Loved it! Doing some of the same things with new insights.

Challenging and wonderful. I feel like I always learn something new with Rachel, and my hamstrings always get a workout.

I really enjoyed this class! Rachel is one of my favorites and this was a great class for really understanding how to incorporate mula bandha into your practice.

Very interesting class to get to know how and when to contract the pelvic muscle. The block really helped with this. Learned how to finally do the hop to the top of the mat efficiently. Thank you Rachel.

I loved this class.

I had done this before, so I knew it was hard, but a good practice and I do feel a lot more flexible after.

I have a sincere love / hate relationship to this class. It's probably the class on this site I've done the most and I feel like I always learn something, and will keep coming back to it because I feel like there's still a lot to learn here. But OH MAN do I actually hate DOING it. It's tough stuff for me. I can't flatten my hands in a forward fold anyway, let alone walk from down dog to forward fold HEEL FIRST. Argh argh argh! It's a total ego blaster on every front. But there's so much meat here. And I'll keep showing up for it.

Wow. Challenged my focus and my strength. Thanks for the lessons!

Rachel this class was perfect timing! I have been thinking this past week about mula bandha and what is it? How can I feel it properly? When am I even supposed to be engaging it?? This class was GREAT for cueing, explaining and giving us opportunity to experience mula bandha. Wonderful flow that I will incorporate into future flows:)

This class made me rethink all of my transitions and breathing around my pelvic floor. The class doesn't seem too challenging at a glance but once you follow all the ques it becomes significantly more difficult. Great class to go back to basics and redefine your postures.

needed to be very mindful to complete this practice. exhausted mentally from focusing on the pelvic floor.

Great class

This class reminded me of the importance of the core in every move. Even though the movements were slow, they were just as challenging as a fast paced sequence. Thanks to Rachel for the great instructions!

First time I've really understood the connection between breathing and Mula Bundha, and it really does help lighten the whole practice.

Very challenging class. Will definitely revisit, as this is an area I do not feel I have fully grasped, but am a step closer thanks to Rachel's class.

Hard class today after a 6 mile run, but good for IT bands

Amazing!