Focus On The Shoulders & Heart

Focus On The Shoulders & Heart

These classes will focus on postures to open the chest and stretch the shoulders.

These poses can also be a big help with better posture!

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Focus On The Shoulders & Heart
  • Darien's Open Up To Wind Down

    In this class, Darien will lead you through a basic flow that will focus on opening up in order to wind down and relax. The sequence is filled with postures that will open the chest and shoulders as this area of the body is known to collect tension. Darien will also offer a few forward fold poses...

  • Drinie's Just A Few Backbends

    Backbending postures are an excellent way to help improve your spine flexibility, these poses also act as a great way to open and stretch the chest. Backbends can also add a little fun to your practice and change your perspective. This class is about 32 minutes in length and would be considered a...

  • Kim's Relaxing Neck Stretch

    It's no secret that stress and tension can gather in our upper body, especially in the neck and shoulders. We've added a class recently with Drinie that focused on the shoulders. In this class, Kim will take a few minutes to help you give attention to both the neck and shoulders. This sequence is...

  • Drinie's Light & Easy Shoulders

    In this sequence, Drinie will help you through a class that's designed to open and stretch the shoulders and chest. These postures should be especially helpful to someone who spends their day sitting and slumping. Opening the shoulders and chest for better posture can offer many health benefits! ...

  • Drinie's Short & Slow Heart Flow

    Drinie will guide you through this short time saving class that's packed full of heart openers, and it may just put you in a better state of mind! Heart openers are a great way to open the mind and free tension from the upper body, especially that dreaded shoulder stress from sitting slumped at a...

  • Drinie's Shoulder Heaven

    There's no doubt that in today's society most of us carry a lot tension and stress in our upper body, especically the shoulders. Many of us spend our days hunched at a computer or staring at our mobile phones and we usually perform these activities with poor posture. This class will help open the...

  • Kim's Simple Yoga: Easy Backbends

    This short class will give you the chance to explore some easy backbends! Backbends are super beneficial in a number of ways. Most of us harbor stress in the back and shoulders, backbends can help release that stress and improve spine flexibility. Backbends can also help build better and healthie...

  • Yuuki's Upper Back Focus & Open Hearts

    Many of us face a variety of back issues and yoga can provide postures to help! Many back issues seem to occur in the lower back, but we can't forget about our upper back! This class will focus on some of the poses that can help the upper back and open the chest. We would consider this an Interme...

  • Daniela's Flow To Wheel

    Backbends offer various benefits which can include stress relief, improving spine flexibility, and they also stretch the abdomen. Keep in mind, a flexible back is a happy back! This class will help you prep for Wheel Pose, if Wheel Pose isn't within reach yet for you, the class still offers plent...

  • Katie's Easy Neck Release & Relief

    It's no secret that our necks and shoulders are havens for tension and stress. Many of us sit in front of a computer all day or trapped behind a desk, both of these situations usually lead to tension in the neck and shoulders. Yoga classes like this one can help with postures that will hopefully ...

  • Ariana's Discover Dancer Pose

    It's natural to be attracted to all of the pretty yoga poses, and Dancer Pose certainly qualifies as a beautiful pose. However, Dancer Pose also offers a variety of benefits and can be quite challenging for many students. Dancer Pose requires a combination of flexibility, strength, and balance. T...

  • Ariana's Yoga For Posture & Shoulders

    Chances are like most people you likely struggle with maintaining good posture. It's easy to catch ourselves slumping at our desks or simply just not standing up straight throughout the day. Poor posture can have a negative impact on us physically and let's face it, poor posture just looks bad! Y...

  • Ariadne's Open Hearts, Hips & Hamstrings

    In this class, Ariadne will guide you through a 47 minute flow that will focus on creating space in the upper body by opening the chest and heart, the class will also provide postures to open the hips where much tension and emotions are stored. Lastly but certainly not least, Ariadne will present...

  • Ariadne's Open Hearts & Open Mind

    We're thrilled to add Ariadne to our site as an instructor! In her first class, Ariadne will guide you through a short sequence to help open the heart and the shoulders. After a day of hunching at our desks and driving through traffic, we tend to gather tension in our shoulders and neck. Heart op...

  • Nikka's Fun Kapotasana

    If you enjoy practicing backbends and you're looking for a challenge, then you may want to join Nikka for this short class that's full of backbends! In this sequence, Nikka will guide you through a series of postures that will lead you toward Kapotasana Pose. Kapotasana is an advanced backbend po...

  • Nikka's Gentle Backbends & Open Hearts

    At some point most of us become curious about adding backbends to our practice. Backbends are beneficial in numerous ways, both physically and emotionally. Fortunately, there are a wide variety of backbend postures with different degrees of difficulty. Backbends can help increase spine flexibilit...

  • Drinie's Shoulders & Core Flow

    It's great to welcome Drinie Aguilar to our site as an instructor! Drinie's first class will focus on helping you to open your shoulders and build core strength. Relaxing and opening the shoulders is a great way to release tension and stress from the upper body and neck. Drinie will also provide ...

  • Mary's Shoulders & Neck

    This time Mary's Deep Release Series will focus on the shoulders and neck. Most everyone experiences tension and stress in the neck and shoulders. This 20 minute class will hopefully demonstrate a few ways to help release tension in both the shoulders and neck area. This sequence is certainly sui...

  • Mary's Heart & Shoulders

    This class is Mary's second installment with true beginner Andre, in this sequence Mary will lead Andre through a 30 minute beginner class that focuses on postures that help to open the heart, chest, shoulders, and also a few poses to help align the spine. Most of us, especially guys, seem to hol...

  • Anna's Easy Fun Backbend

    If you're interested in exploring backbends, this class with Anna Hanson will serve as a nice place to start your practice! Backbends are wonderful and beneficial poses in many ways. A daily practice of backbends can help to reduce stress by opening up the front of your body, improve your breathi...

  • Mary's Tension Releasing Shoulder Opening

    We're thrilled to have Mary Haberski join us as an instructor here on YogaMerge! Mary has a totally cool vibe as a teacher and we're sure that you'll enjoy her classes. Mary's first class is designed to help you release the tension from your shoulder and neck which builds up in our daily lives. T...

  • Sara's Heart & Shoulders

    If you're looking for a great restorative class, hopefully you will decide to join Sara for this relaxing heart and shoulder opening restorative sequence. This sequence would work nicely as a relaxing wind down at the end of your day or could also serve as a nice way to start the day as well. Sar...

  • Christine's Anytime Backbend

    If you're a lover of a good deep backbend, then we encourage you to join YogaMerge instructor Christine Comerford for a very nice backbend sequence. This great sequence is short and sweet which makes work for a quick stretch just about anytime of the day. This class will work nicely for beginners...