Pour Some Sugar On Me
Strengthen your glutes and stabilizing muscles in this keenly sequenced practice to ardha chandra chapasana (sugar cane in the moonlight pose). Rachel will help you build the strength and the technique needed to move fully and gracefully into this challenging, balancing, hip opener.
This can either be done as a stand-alone class or as Day 16 of the Daily Dose 30-Day Intermediate Yoga Challenge.
Comments
Rachel,
This class was so perfectly explained and your cuing was right on the money. Focusing on all of the positioning of the top and bottom of your leg and knee added a new and deeper dimension to this class and these moves that we all probably do by memory and not with the intended attention.
I feel amazing finishing this class!! It’s just the ticket for what I needed today! Simply PERFECT!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!
julie
I have knee issues and am currently working on my strength and flexibility. The explanations of alignment and transitions were really helpful. This class was a challenge for me and the final half moon pose is beyond me at the moment but I will definitely be making it part of my regular routine.
Warm and flexible and peaceful now... thank you Rachel for the clear instructions (learned 'even' as an intermediate how to develop Half Moon incl the ankle bind in a much better way), the perfect build-up and stretch-out, and the gentle savasana guidance.
I've been going to physio for patella femoral pain (basically the result of weak outer hip muscles and strong inner thigh muscles) and my physio plan is all about finding proper hip-knee-ankle alignment, strengthening the glutes, and stretching the legs. This class is exactly what I need! Put a mirror in front of you to help you see your alignment from another angle :) Many thanks, Rachel!!