The title is no exaggeration. Crista has a reputation for creative - sometime crazy - transitions in her fun and challenging vinyasa flow classes, and this is one of her best. She also is very good at clarity, which is crucial in a class like this one. Get ready to flow, twist, bind, backbend, side bend, stretch deeply, do inversions, work your body, smile and then rest.
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I do not know how, but in all the many years of doing your classes here, I have somehow missed this one until now, and lucky me because what an amazing surprise it was! Every second, an absolute joy! thank you, thank you
nice flow with some cool transitions
What a fantastic class, I feel wonderful. I especially loved the end. Thank you!
This is a phenomenal class!
Its physically challenging and Crista gets straight to work, yet still it left me feeling peaceful and cheerful. I'm doing this as part of the 21 day get strong challenge, but will definitely add to my favourites,
Thank you Crista.
I had lots of fun in this practice with its creative transitions. The hand stand is something I may not ever be ready for, so I practiced my crow pose instead. I love how this instructor breaths deeply reminding students to do the same. Also she made me laugh at myself.
Amazing class! Felt like a lovely gift for myself to take the time to do it. Thank you!
I do love this class, but I don't like that it starts with some pretty deep poses without any warming up.
Wow, this class is truly transcendent and a master class in vinyasa transitions. Don’t be deterred by the length of time - this class flies by. I feel rejuvenated and restored. Classic Crista - a beautiful class.
i did this as part of the get strong challenge, and a few moves were way too advanced for me. but what i could do was wonderful! thank you for the options and for keeping such a long class interesting :)
I think you just saved my soul or something. Genuinely thank you. I played my guitar alongside your singing and wept profusely. I was able to write the words “ I love you “ about myself for the first time in recollection. I knew this was the power of yoga.
I almost forgot I did the headstand for the first time too!
Oops...just too tough at this time. Moving on to the next day in the challenge. I’ll come back to this later.
Extraordinaire !!!
I much appreciate Crista's positivity, humor and encouragement to always meet your body and respect your body for where it is at. I also like when postures are repeated 3 times through a flow so you can strengthen and try to improve. While challenging, very restorative by the end. She sang a mantra at the end that I have never heard done so beautifully. Longer class but it flew by after the most challenging first 30 minutes.
Definitely need a short warm up prior to starting this one!
This was fun. Got to keep your eyes open as you will miss something.
I need new roller skates.....
I would suggest like others here that a 5 minute warm up might help before you start the video.
Thank you, Crista, you are such a skilled teacher. That twisted Natarajasana sequence was amazing. Wishing you and yours a peaceful and happy Christmas x
Do a little warm up before srarting this challenging class!
Such a diverse and interesting practice. And, I just adored the ending. What a beautiful way to end a dynamic practice.
Fun, lively,challenging, and playful.
I laughed aloud a couple of times!
It definitely feels like this was a practice in 'gift' form. So challenging, but clear, and beautiful. Thank you. I was wondering what all the comments meant regarding your voice at the end, and now I know. :)
Everything people said before and yes, your voice is such a wonderful ending to this amazing class. Loved it!
I never fail to smile, and even laugh (Rollerskating) at myself when taking Crista's classes!
This class has such creative and fun transitions. I had quite a few 'Wow, that's cool, how did I end up here?' moments. Love those roller skating poses! Definitely walked straighter and with more awareness of a renewed strength after this class. Thank you Crista :)
Oh my gosh! What an incredible class! It’s a long class-but well worth my time! So many fun poses-and poses that I have never even done before. I loved all of the ending poses as well as the long savasava at the end. And I absolutely loved Krista’s ending mantra! Thank you so much for leaving me feeling rejuvenated ! You are an angel!
Great class, Crista- thank you. I TOTALLY found my limits :-) , so I'll be back to push them! Love love love your humour and lightness (& 5 blocks :-) !! Only needed 1 but appreciate that). And your mantra...siiiiighhhh. Namaste. x
I want to give the moderator a heads up that the time in the description is incorrect. It says about an hour, but it's closer to an hour and fifteen minutes. Terrific class, but you may want to correct the description. Cheers!
Thank you! We've change the time to the correct one.
simply the best DYWM practise Ive ever done. from a foul mood and in a state of fatigue, I nealry skipped tonights yoga, but pushed through and found this. I laughed, swore (with love and humour) and find myeslf now refreashed and deeply relaxed. Thank you Christa
Unbelievable Class Christa, It quite literally took me further with yoga than I’ve ever been at any of my classes and all these years I felt invincible amazing but yet very humbled and extremely grateful. Thank you this is definitely one of my favourite classes.. All my blessings to you can’t wait to do more like this xxx
This is the second Crista's class that I have done! Absolutely brilliant! Fun and challenging! I was dripping sweat afterwards!
I found this practice very challenging, and rewarding. I honestly found it to be much more of an advanced practice as many of the elements take a thorough experience with the fundamentals of alignment so that and injury does not occur. As always, Crista really pacing her classes with exceptional clarity. Namaste from Ireland.
Wow Crista, you made my day! Thank you for this beautiful class! I feel 50 years younger even though I am only 33. I have several painful ganglions in my wrists and the doctors keep telling me not to practice yoga, but every time I do it, I am painfree... So I will continue! Thank you very much
Hey, I to have the occasional ganglion cyst! SO painful, couldn't put any weight on my hand, or bend my wrists or anything, I was doing yoga one armed ha ha. It was nestled in between two little wrist bones and wasn't very raised, so I couldn't do the old bible trick and my physio had a month long waiting list! I ended up getting so frustrated that I just placed my thumb firmly on it one evening and pressed with increasing pressure until it completely shrunk away to nothing. I can't say it was painful and I gained wrist mobility again immediately! It hasn't come back either! Just thought I would share my story, maybe yours will have an easy fix like mine! Namaste :-)
Thank you Crista for this creative, opening, warm, and challenging practice. I am 44 and it made me feel like a kid again, and also centered and focused my mind. The relaxation was the perfect length and your voice singing that song literally brought me to tears. I would love to sing that to my children at night. Can you please tell me where to find it as well as the translation? I will be doing more of your classes! Peace to you.
Hi Niashani!
So happy you enjoyed it! The mantra is one of my favourites:
Asatoma sat gamaya
Tamasoma jyotir gamaya
Mrityor amritam gamaya
Google it to see the many lovely translations :)
This was one of the most creative and adventurous classes I've ever experienced.
This was a lot of fun!! Hard in some places and forget the handstand! But I have to say that I loved the mantra at the end. It's been the only time thus far in all my classes I've heard that. What a lovely voice. I ended today with a big smile. Namaste!
Thank you for a wonderful class. Your energy is amazing!
Definitely a challenge for me but it pushed me in all the right ways, I think. I'm learning to cultivate humility and patience, no doubt!
This is a long and challenging class, but it was in the 30 Day challenge so I had to do it. ;) Crista sings a beautiful song/chant/meditation at the end. But you have to do the full class before you listen to it! No skipping ahead!
As a 50+ new yogi, some of the poses were beyond me so I really appreciated the options. This class had me sweating and feeling good about what I could accomplish.
I'm about to go to India to complete my yoga teacher training - this is a great class for practising a lot of what is needed for the 200YTT. Not too hard, but challenging enough. I'm inspired to become as good as Crista! Thanks for the awesome class.
Wow! I started this class sad and angry. You helped me release negativity, opening my body, mind and heart with your creativity, challenges and delightful spirit. The ending chant with your beautiful voice was the perfect conclusion. Thank you, thank you!
Wonderful. One of my favorite classes. Thanks Crista!
I avoided this class for two days because I was daunted by the description of it. I didn't think I would be able to do the poses or have the patience to do such a long class. I finally buckled down and completed it today and I'M SO GLAD I DID! Crista's teaching style and motivations really helped me stay positive and push through the more difficult poses. I feel great right now and confident that I can finish this 30-day challenge strong. Thank you for the wonderful class, Crista. I will definitely revisit this video :)
I would like to see a little more prep work preparing the body and mind for some of the more challenging poses offered.
Yes, I always jump right in on these online classes, so I recommend doing 4 sun salutations (you can do them with me on doyogawithme!) before beginning my other classes. Thanks for noticing that!
This was challenging and fun. Occasionally it was laugh out loud funny. Crista is a bright and creative instructor. As I'm coming out of lower back issues and an ankle injury, I really appreciated her careful attention to options. Many Thanks
I had a little trouble but found my breath and worked through it! Thank you for the smile!
Crista is such a fun crazy person ^_^ This class is one of my favourites! The flow is creative and challenging and Crista is her usual bubbly, smiley self. I find her attitude soo contagious. Being nice is nice! Have fun! Thank you Crista <3