Arms
Give your arms some love with these tutorials and classes aimed at building upper body strength.
Whether you're looking to advance your practice with inversions or are looking for an effective pre-natal workout, this growing and evolving collection has a variety of arm-loving sequence options for you.
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Live Stream Arm Strength Pilates (60 min) - with Alison Lloyd-Nijjar
Join Alison for a Pilates class focused on strengthening your upper body & arms! This style uses controlled movements to improve your flexibility, strength and endurance. Emphasis on alignment, breathing as well as developing core awareness.
Props: yoga strap or robe tie or rolled up towel
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Barre Bootcamp: Abs & Arms (30 min) — with Sarah Devlin
Inspired by ballet and dance traditions, you'll use small, controlled movements to create long and lean muscles in this full body workout with a special focus on abs and arms.
You can opt to use some weights for a little extra fire. Sarah uses Pilates balls which are 2 pounds. Light dumbbells, ...
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Flow Yoga: Pre-Natal Ab and Arm Routine (10 min) — with Quyhn Mi
This pre-natal friendly flow with Quyhn Mi is focused on strengthening and stretching your arms and core.
Please speak to your doctor before proceeding with any exercise, including yoga, if you are pregnant to ensure that this physical exercise works for your individual body and needs.
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Power Yoga Intermediate: Birds & Bugs (75 min) — with Mari Dickey
Why Birds & Bugs? Well, In Sanskrit, a lot of arm balances in the yoga practice translate into names of birds and bugs – if you're curious about playing with arm balances, this is your class! Even if you’re not quite there yet, Mari offers plenty of prep for every pose so you’re already doing the...
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What are birds and bugs? Mari Dickey explains.
If you look at the translation from Sanskrit, for a lot of arm balances in the yoga practice, they translate into names of insects ands birds.
Every shape should be a balance of steadiness and ease-fulness.
Arm balances invite you to play in some shapes that are asymmetrical and allow you to mo...
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Tutorial: How to do Crow Pose (5 min) — with Mari Dickey
Alignment based movement is even more important when you're practicing challenging compact arm balances like Crow (Bakasana).
If you're looking to introduce arm balancing into your practice, play in this short tutorial that guides you into crow pose, the gateway into many other arm balances.
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Live Replay: Effort & Ease Power (60 min) - with Crystal Rainbow Borelli
Crystal joins us from home to build strength and balance through a dynamic and challenging sequence of postures in this 60 minute Power practice!
Today's practice is Eka Pada Koundinyasa arm balance with the practice of Yoga Sutra 2.46 - Sthira-Sukham Asanam, which means postures should be stabl...
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Live Replay: Stretch & Strength Hatha (60 min) - with Jayme Burke
This is a live replay class.
Join Jayme for a Hatha Yoga practice! This slower practice emphasizes a balance of postural alignment and breathing techniques to stretch and strengthen your body.
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Core Fusion: Upper Body (30 min) – with Rich Reynolds
Whether you're looking to target the upper body as an addition to another class or if you're just looking to target the area, this class is for you! This 30-minute class is also travel-friendly (can be practiced in hotel rooms)!
Rich's directions are clear, motivational, and informative. He alw...
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Power Yoga for Positive Energy (20 min) — with Hillary Keegan
A quick Power practice aimed at increasing your energy and giving you some good, positive vibes. Enjoy!
We've partnered with TELUS Health MyCare™ on this Mindfulness Collection to bring you more ways to introduce mindfulness into your day.
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Power Yoga: Forearm Stands (30 min) — with Kate Gillespie
Quick and sweaty! Build strength and balance through your forearms in this quick and challenging sequence of postures.
If you're new to forearm balances or are looking to improve them, Kate gives beautiful guidance to help you explore this pose. Starting off you'll prepare your body with forearm...
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Power Yoga: Upside Down Power Inversions (60 min) — with Mari Dickey
Looking at the world upside down can give us a new perspective and throughout this class, Mari to gives you several chances to do just that! This is a fun and playful 60-min intermediate power class that will be sure to challenge you and make you sweat. Mari pushes you through a sequence of dynam...
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Pilates Fusion with Weights (40 min) — with Juan Villegas
Pilates Fusion uses controlled movements to improve your flexibility, strength and endurance. There is an emphasis on alignment, breathing and developing core awareness.
If you don't have weights at home, that's fine. You can use something around you home like a can of beans. You can also nix ...
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YSculpt with Weights (50 min) — with Kevin Maynard [WITH MUSIC]
This class comes with and without music - check out our library for the non-musical version if you'd prefer to plug in your own tunes!
Be challenged and get sweaty with this mindful movement class: YSculpt with weights with YYOGA fitness teacher Kevin Maynard.
Because this class is practice...
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YSculpt with Weights (50 min) — with Kevin Maynard
Be challenged and get sweaty with this mindful movement class: YSculpt with weights with YYOGA fitness teacher Kevin Maynard.
Because this class is practiced barefoot, you'll be training your posture (which begins with the feet) while you workout.
Kevin uses dumbbells in this class. You ca...
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Tutorial: How to Chaturanga Safely for all Levels (10 min — with Jasmina Egeler
Learn how to do Chaturanga (low push up) safely and with proper alignment for your body with YYOGA teacher trainer, Jasmina.
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Tutorial: Handstand Prep (10 min) — with Mari Dickey
Alignment based movement is even more important when you're practicing challenging poses like Handstand.
In this 10 minute tutorial and short sequence, learn how to properly warm up and prep for your handstand with inversion expert and YYOGA teacher trainer, Mari Dickey.
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Flow Yoga: Safe Inversions For Beginners (15 min) — with Rachel Scott
This 15 minute flow practice with YYOGA at Home teacher and YYOGA teacher trainer, Rachel Scott, has accessible inversions for yogis of all levels.
Happy inverting!
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Sweaty Express Cardio (20 min) — with Kevin Maynard
Grab your weights and prepared to be challenged in this full body 20 minute cardio YExpress.
Because this class is practiced barefoot, you'll be training your posture (which begins with the feet) while you workout.
Kevin uses weights in this class. You can use anything you have at home, in...
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YSculpt Intermediate: for Athletes (45 min) — with Kevin Maynard
Be challenged and get sweaty in this full body workout, geared towards intermediate students. Use weights to push, pull, lunge, and squat your way to functional fitness with this low impact sequence that emphasizes core strength and conditioning.
Be prepared to do some movements that are a littl...
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Power Yoga: Deep Twisting Practice (60 min) — with Kate Gillespie
Build strength and balance as Kate leads you through a dynamic sequence full of nourishing, deep twisting postures. Twists are wonderful for the body as they are energizing, detoxifying, and de-stressing.
This class uses a yoga mat and yoga blocks. If you don't have blocks at home, you can use a...
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Power Yoga Intermediate: Handstand Prep (60 min) — Jasmina Egeler
Power Intermediate class where you’ll build strength & balance as you work towards coming into a handstand.
You’ll benefits from having a couple of blocks at the top of your mat — if you don’t have blocks, you can use books or anything that provides supports while you move through the sequence.
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Mat Pilates: Intermediate Abs Practice (30 min) — with Kelly Colleen
Prepare to sweat in this fiery, intermediate Pilates Fusion class focussing on your power house — your abdominals.
Mat Pilates uses controlled movements to improve your flexibility, strength and endurance.
You’ll use a yoga block in this class. If you don’t have one, grab a stiff pillow or a ...
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Flow Full Body Practice with Backbends (45 min) — with Kate Gillespie
This 45 minute flow yoga class focuses on backbends, when they help and when they hold you back. You’ll build strength, balance, and flexibility as you move with breath.
Kate’s cues build from a strong foundation, gathering support from the ground and from your core as you explore range of motio...