The Cure for What Ails You
Feb 28, 2021
Update: The new upload is here & doesn’t cut off at 54 mins. // This sequence comes to you by request. It’s a nicely moderate class with no major surprises.
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Breath-Led Movement
Feb 21, 2021
Energize from the bottom of your lungs, and move intuitively to expand through every recess of the body. When you get right down to it, every muscle can be an accessory muscle to breathing.
potential
Jan 17, 2021
Hi friends, This one felt great to make, and I hope it feels just as amazing for you. When I got to savasana, I felt like I could stay there forever, sipping the Beyond.sublimate
Oct 31, 2020
When the going gets tough… YOGA! Turn to this steady practice to come back to your center, revive, and elevate. A good mix of strength, balancing, creativity, and feel-good flowing.
sweet refinements
Oct 10, 2020
Tweak alignment in key poses to optimize functionality of the glute medius — an important hip-support muscle. Meanwhile, get a full, sweet flow with moments of intensity.
This week’s class is accompanied by a blog – https://leighabutleryoga.com/yoga-for-the-gluteus-medius-exercises-to-reduce-pain-and-improve-function/
waking up
July 4, 2020
In this luxurious practice, we begin reclined and wake up systematically, respectfully, and joyfully. This is the sort of practice you can do every single day for whole-body health.
glute pick-me-up reprise
Apr 26, 2020
I’m so excited to offer you this class.
A while back, I taught a class called “Glute Pick-Me-Up.” Funny thing was: I was NINE DAYS OVERDUE with my son and getting over the worst sinus infection I had ever had.
self-care Medicine
Apr 5, 2020
When the global community is stressed, the body tends to hold that imprint. As self-care medicine, you’ll find here feel-good sequencing, hip opening, and heart opening. You’ll also strengthen the whole frame with handstand press drills and lengthen the hip flexors with splits.
Paradise
This is my version of paradise.
An intention breath-setting 5 minutes
Movement beginning at 5 mins.
Luxurious, possibly slow-feeling warm-up,
Attention to breath
Attention to bandha
Attention to refinement
First down dog at 13 mins
Pace starts to pick up around 15:30
18 mins ego tries to stay “stop watching,” but you continue anyway because you’re awesome
At 22 you start to resent me
Bird of Paradise happens at 24:51
Crow at 25:30 (& jumping back to chaturanga)
Crane at 28:54 (& jumping back to chaturanga)
Anahata (Puppy pose) at 19:30
~30 mins – side plank, wild thing>wheel, fallen triangle, pigeon
46 mins – 2nd handstand
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Mushy Gushy
This is the type of well-rounded practice you can return to daily. It hits all the major asana groups: seated stretching and centering, surya namaskar warmups, standing asana including some of my favorites for really digging in — fallen triangle, peaceful warrior, wild thing.… Read More “Mushy Gushy”
Open Open Open
Stay open to whatever life throws your way. This practice begins at a respectful pace and builds into challenging poses like chin stand and a koundinyasana variation.
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Body Medicine
This practice is a moderate-level, mindfully paced, sneakily challenging one that includes twists, side plank variations, an arm balance, and a forearm stand variation.
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Feel Amazing
This flow breaks the rules, eschewing conventional structure & beginning with a totally intuitive warm-up. It progresses into out-of-the-box sequences that make use of binds and leg & hip openers. You are led into Bird of Paradise, an accessible arm balance, forearm stand, spinal movements and the gamut.… Read More “Feel Amazing”
Blessed Body
Express gratitude through your body in this well-rounded practice: heart opening, twisting, lengthening and strengthening.
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Freedom
The best kind of yoga invites prana into every corner of the human form. Certain hubs of the body — like the shoulders, hips and heart — tend to get stuffy, making it difficult for them to feel wholly free and light.… Read More “Freedom”
Whole Body
This Whole Body yoga practice opens every major angle in your body. In addition to sweet and sweaty poses, it emphasizes breath, creating a calming internal rhythm that gives you delicious s p a c e .… Read More “Whole Body”
