From Couch Potato to Yogi: A Beginner's Guide to Yoga

In this lecture, we will cover why everyone should do yoga, and the benefits that you will experience from a regular yoga practice.

In this lecture, you will learn some of the changes you can expect in your day-to-day life if you begin a regular yoga practice.

This lecture covers why breathing is so important... other than the fact that you die if you don't breathe!

In this lecture you will learn how to breathe properly, using the techniques of belly breath, resting breath, and chest to abdomen breath.

In this lecture, you will practice fixed ratio breath and Nadi Shodhana (alternate nostril breathing). These breathing techniques will help you balance out the right and left sides of your brain and body, helping you to feel calm and relaxed.

In this lecture, you will learn what it means to marry breath with movement, and why it is extremely important to allow your breath to begin your movement in your yoga practice.

In this lecture, you will gain an understanding of what asana is, the importance of asana for practicing yoga, as well as proper alignment in an asana practice.

In this lecture, you will learn prep poses before you begin to flow. These will include child's pose, a lateral stretch, cat-cow, and a shoulder opener.

In this lecture, you will learn how to do a proper sun salutation B (surya namaskar B) as we break down each movement slowly.

In this lecture, you will learn how to move through warrior I, warrior II, reverse warrior, extended side angle and triangle pose. These are a few of the most important standing postures that are key to know for a well-rounded yoga practice.

In this lecture, you will learn 3 balance poses: tree pose, dancers pose, and eagle pose. You will leave this lecture confidently able to do these poses, as well as with an understanding about why balance is important.

In this lecture, you will learn a few important seated postures, including paschimottanasana, janu sirsasana, and a seated twist.

Backbends and inversions are key to a yoga practice, so this lecture teaches you how to correctly perform little bridge, shoulder stand, and legs up the wall.

In this lecture, you will practice the final relaxation, or savasana, that is at the end of a yoga class. Get comfortable and get ready to feel relaxed!

In this lecture, you will learn the positive benefits of meditating regularly.

In this lecture, you will practice your first guided meditation. This lecture is intended to leave you feel relaxed and wanting to add meditation into your day-to-day life!

This lecture will be a guided yoga class that will cover all of the techniques covered throughout the course.

This bonus practice is a 20-minute morning yoga practice. This is designed for all levels and will use many of the things you learned in this course to help you practice from the comfort of your own home. 

This 15-minute practice is for those of you with a tight neck and shoulders. We move through a series of beginner friendly exercises that will help you to loosen up and relax your neck and shoulders. Enjoy! 

This 15-minute practice is designed for tight legs. We move through a series of beginner friendly movements that will help you to feel a little less stiff in your lower body, and help you to loosen up your hips, hamstrings and quads. 

This 15-minute practice incorporates a lot of what you've learned in this course to give you a quick practice for anytime of the day or night. 

This 7-minute practice will help you work on your balance! If you practice this a couple times of weeks you'll find that your balance will be better in no time at all :) 

This 12-minute warrior flow takes you through a series of standing poses that we learned in the course that will increase strength, balance and agility. 

This 7-minute core practice is perfect to help you gain more strength and core stability - something that is key for a strong yoga practice. Repeat as you see fit! ;)