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Intermediate II
In this class, Tracey helps you find your way into some variations of bakasana, crow pose. Learn how to use your core to find lightness and lift, and enjoy some deep shoulder and hip openers to keep your body fluid and mobile.
This can either be done as a stand-alone class or as Day 11 of the Daily Dose 30-Day Intermediate Yoga Challenge.
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Great sequencing Tracey! I have a bit of trouble keeping my knees up on the triceps during the crow variations. Easier when I squeeze the knees towards the elbbows….
Excelente!
Lovely!
Thank you Tracey. I am not yet able to 'fly', but I sure do get a good stretch!
You're right Tracey, this class does go by fast! So much fun and such lovely hip and shoulder openers, thank you!
I don’t gravitate towards arm balances, and when I saw this class pop up in the 30-day challenge, I went “sigh, ok.” And…I had a blast! This class has a lovely balance of flow, preparation, and playful floating. I’m grateful for the challenge, which has gotten me into some great practices I wouldn’t have chosen otherwise.
Yesterday, I pulled two muscles (one on by back and one between my shoulder and neck) doing another yoga class, so the whole day today I was releasing pain-inspired, old-man-grunts for every "complex" motion - by which I mean scratching my nose or reaching for my cup of coffee. One brandy-based poultice and THIS CLASS later, I'm feeling brand new. You're a healer! Many painless thanks, Tracey...
I love this comment! So happy the brandy - based poultice and this class helped you back to feeling brand new. Keep practicing and enjoying your body.
I have been carrying a child around lately and woke up this morning with a sore right side. I was confused as to why I was drawn to this class and was not expecting to get the stretching I needed in my sides and legs. This class was just the right pace for me, I got all the stretching I needed, and was able to play with peak poses safely. Thank you Tracey!
Wonderful! I'm so happy to hear you found all the stretching that you needed and had fun in the peak poses. Stay strong and smiling big. Tracey
You’ve quickly turned into my favorite teacher. Thanks so much for your classes, your calm and patience have helped me reach peak poses I’d never done before and find calm for my mind in the process. Really, thank you, thank you.
Awe, thank you! I am so happy you are enjoying the classes, and finding calm amidst the playfulness inside the peak poses. I love hearing that.
The flow was creative and surprising and prepped me well for the peak poses. Lovely class!
So happy to hear that! It is so much fun to play and dive into the peak poses ~ prepared and ready to fly.
Tracey, I am always uplifted by the frequency of energy I feel through your teaching! I have been practicing for a few years now and have answered the call to become a yoga teacher as well. I truly hope to help guide others along their paths with the same humility, grace, and light as you do for me! Namaste!
Thank you so much Annette and I'm sure you will. I wish you the best on your journey of practicing and teaching yoga ~ we are certainly being called to teach compassion, grace and love at the moment. Let's keep our light shining brightly together! All the best, Tracey
Tracey, your guidance encourages me to go further into the poses and sometimes “get there” and smile. Thank you
ALWAYS good to smile!
Lovely flow and perfect guidance as always from Tracey! Great stretches too, thank you!
Never met one of Tracey's classes I didn't like. Another lovely class. Thank you Tracey.
Great class! I wasn't able to do all the poses but your calm and trustworthy tone encourages me to try. Thank you!
That was beautiful. The wrist stretch was unusual and got to places that needed it! Thankyou
Awesome class!!! great stretching and challenging enough for me!! I was able to do the pose on one side!! WOOO HOOOO!!!
thanks!!
Wooo Hooooo! Soon both sides :)
Great way to start the day. I loved the creative flow--wasn't boring at all. Feel rejuvenated! Thanks, Tracey!
Amazing class!! So much fun!! Thank you!!
Tracey is such a great yoga teacher. This is a wonderful shoulder and IT band stretch. If you like crow/crane, this will give you a chance to practice with legs crossed (twice). Tracey's dynamic personality makes it fun!
Thank you for another awesome class Tracey! I didn't attempt the second crow variation because of accursed collarbone injury, but really enjoyed the class all the same, just adapted that section. Good core work and juicy stretches!
I'm a bakasana fan, so I enjoyed this practice, and the opportunity to try a new variation of crow, as well as some good stretches and core strengthening.
I enjoyed this class! Some of it reminded me a little of Pilates. Definitely feel a stronger core and a little lighter!
Thank you, Tracey, for a class where old asanas were new in small and big ways. It was difficult, and yet, thoroughly invigorating and inspiring, to grow and stretch both mind and body.
This was wonderful and a fun new take on different poses. I love that yoga is ever changing and there is always a new way to flow.
I was glad to try a new class, but this one wasn't for me. It felt uncharacteristically clunky and forced, and the instructions for the second crow variation were hard to follow. That said, it was a good stretch for the shoulders and sides of the body.
Lovely morning stretch and lift.