60 Minute Vinyasa Flow - Body Focus Series - Shoulders (5 Aug '22)

This is a 60 minute class. Part of the Body Focus Series for shoulders
A class to open, strengthen and restore range of motion in the shoulders. Class includes a combination of vinyasa flow moving intentionally with your breath - opening, strengthening and lengthening the larger musculature of the shoulder girdle and also some mobility & conditioning for the shoulders targeting the smaller twitch muscles that support and stabilise your shoulder joints.
Offering a deep release and promoting functional strength to support healthy movement.
For practice, you'll need a blanket and a block
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[@MessaicComic]

Wow, when I saw which part we were doing for this class I thought, "Oh my God, yes!" Class did not disappoint.

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Awesome!! Hope your shoulders feel fabulous:-) 🙏😊

[@Kpnuts-yd1lr]

Every one of your classes is a delightful discovery! Thank you for another wonderful class. 🙏❤

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Aww thank you! Super kind ❤️🙏

[@andrecm8594]

This class was absolute bliss❤. Wish I could honor you with flowers, but I have to be content with just telling you: "thank you!"

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Aww that’s so nice 🌼 I’ll virtually pop them in a vase :-) so great you enjoyed it so much 😊 thank you 🙏

[@prishelkatok]

Dear Fiona, I’m more and more in love with yoga and you as a teacher and a human with every next practice you share generously with us. Thank you so much! I’m about to cry of happiness after this one, very interesting and well-balanced practice

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Aww thank you so much! What a beautiful message to read on my Sunday morning here x love that you’re enjoying the classes. Thanks for saying 🙏❤️

[@jaynemacdonald7827]

Thank you Fiona ! I appreciate the shoulder nuances ! A year of recovery from shoulder surgery . This was just what I needed ! Sending lots of love ! Namaste !

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

So good to hear you found it accessible after your recovery. A good all over mobility practice. Thanks so much for your message 🙏❤️

[@Mr_Fbro]

Not sure how I missed this class when it was released bit I'm glad to have found it now. Thank you.

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Always welcome Paul 😊🙏

[@piperladen3600]

Loved the work on the smaller shoulder muscles using Superman/locust. Really targeted and different. Thank you!❤

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Thanks Piper! Really great you enjoyed the variations x ❤️🙏

[@marthajacovoni5162]

Good Morning! Happy Birthday Yoga! What a wonderful gift 🎁! Thank you, Fiona and Two Birds! I am very grateful!❤️🥰🙏🧘🏻‍♀️

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Oh, hello birthday girl :-) hope you had a sensational day of fun and laughter? Happy birthday from Oz x 🙏❤️

[@marthajacovoni5162]

Is that somewhere over the rainbow? Love you!

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Haha, yes it is indeed. Lions and tigers and bears oh my !

[@eleanorweisberg1178]

I LOVE your shoulder classes sooooo much! Thank you dearest Fiona!

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Always welcome Eleanor xx thank you 🙏❤️

[@jaws6162]

Super shoulder flow that smoothed out the crinkles. Thanks a million for a demanding but delightful flow. Looking forward to the next flow in the series. Be well. Have a stupendous day. Eric😊✌💚🙏🙏

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Thank you Eric :-) certainly made our way around the shoulders. I can feel every muscle today after doing it twice yesterday! Very unwrinkled now 😊🙏 Have a lovely evening

[@jaws6162]

@@TwoBirdsYoga Me too. Tender for a while afterwards but 24 hrs later I am feeling a lot looser in my whole body. Today will be one of your hour long gentler flows. Be well.

[@87sweetiepea]

I can't believe how much fantastic content you come out with week after week :-) you work so hard, and I'm so very grateful. My body has never felt better - I walk more confidently and have never had any aches and pains since starting to practise with you online multiple times each week. This class was a beautiful blend of stretching, conditioning and mobility. Thank you so much, Fiona xx

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Aww Emily! Really great to read that’s been your experience x I really try each week to keep the classes engaging and relevant. I can’t take all the credit.. I follow so many yogis on Insta and YT which always provides me with inspiration and ideas. 🙏❤️

[@87sweetiepea]

@@TwoBirdsYoga You do a great job keeping the classes engaging - my heart sings every time I see a new one pop up. And great to read that you‘ve found so much inspiration online x

[@sylviacummings6476]

What a challenge! The different arm positions brought a new awareness to each posture. Thank you once again🙏

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Triangle!!! That had me hot! Thank you Sylvia x and thanks so much for your support on patreon 🙏❤️

[@marybehill6638]

Loved the Warrior 1 and side angle with wrist/elbow twists. That was fantastic. Namaste :)

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

You made me look :-) I couldn’t remember x one of them is called the Clara shoulder stretch in my head as I picked it up from another teacher many years ago. I love discovering new variations :-) thanks so much Mary. So happy to hear you loved it 🙏❤️

[@BeingwithDrJoanna]

Informative & now I have a new relationship with my shoulders after this. 🥭

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Great! Thank you ❤️🙏

[@jeaninetenbroeck3770]

Love this one Fiona! I really appreciate all the subtle work throughout the shoulders. Thanks!

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Great!! Thank you! Lots of variations in there. Hope your shoulders felt awesome after 🙏❤️

[@putticweet]

Thank you so much for this flow, very unique moves to work the shoulders! As always appreciate everything you do for us, Love and Gratitude dear Fiona 🥰🙏

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Thank you! Really like that you enjoyed this flow. I remember it being quite warming and opening ❤️🙏

[@putticweet]

It was! Elevated push ups was a first timer! Fiona - if okay is there any way you can share more wrist free flows? Thank you 🙏

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

I have one coming this week as part of the spring at home retreat. X 45 min practice. ❤️🙏 you might also like this channel… James has heaps of wrist free flows x youtube.com/@MoveWithJames?si=Ww9aHgN70lOAi575

[@jonobikey]

Bendigedig! Really intense, feel-good shoulder practise. I especially ‘enjoyed’ the locust variations.

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Wonderful! Thanks Jon. The locust variation a great shoulder mobiliser. Great you enjoyed it 🙏😊

[@TalilaYehiel]

So many new poses for me. Thank you for this mid morning super challenging practice.

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

A few new for me too! Nice to mix it up. :-) so glad to hear you enjoyed the challenge 🙏❤️

[@jayesopkowiak817]

This was perfect! I love opening up the shoulders, I always focus on hip opening. Thank you and namaste!

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Thanks so much Jaye:-) so glad you enjoyed it 🙏❤️

[@aliyaclare]

I'm of the Fused Shoulder Blades Tribe so this was really eye and shoulder opening. That whole extended-arms triangle required deep breathing! I sounded a bit like a steam train. But my upward-facing dog was SO much more open. Thank you, Fiona.

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Lol!! Oh my goodness, me too and that is why a pre record audio works. You don’t have to hear me sighing or working hard :-) I was right there with you sister of the tight shoulders :-) 🙏❤️

[@Serracenia]

I love your classes! I started teaching yoga about a year ago and I find your videos very inspirational and it helps inform my own teaching. 🙏❤

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Thank you so much. What a lovely compliment x I have a few great resources I refer to that you might like to check out. Here are the links : open.spotify.com/show/4hzu2h3JfEIH7FZUW3xR3I?si=Q8r_rwhkRGyalhOMW-inAw kzbin.info instagram.com/jenni_rawlings?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 🙏❤️

[@wongmahlee]

Hi Fiona, as always, I loved and enjoyed your creativity sequences. At the end of the class, I felt my shoulder more relaxed and opened. Thanks again, Fiona ❤🙏

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Thanks so much! Glad to hear it x hope you’re well? ❤️🙏

[@wongmahlee]

​@Two Birds Yoga Thanks Fiona❤🙏

[@sng5819]

❤ the block push ups

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Awesome! Thank you ❤️🙏

[@gracewithnaz]

I wasn't feeling well to do a stronger yoga today but you have a way of making it slow but strong at the same time Fiona!! Thankful again, my shoulders do feel great!!! Warm, open and strong!!! Much, much appreciated as always!!

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

I know those days x I’m so glad it felt great for you. Definitely a little heat builder but my shoulders felt so amazing afterwards. Thank you 🙏❤️

[@suzanapardal]

Thank you for this lovely practice 💕 🙏

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Thank you Suzana x hope your shoulders are feeling great x 🙏❤️

[@marisamaia1]

So many pops and crackles from my poor tight shoulders but it felt GREAT by the end. so much gratitude for you and your videos Fiona :)

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Yes! Mine too. Glad you felt all opened up by the end. Thanks so much Maria 🙏❤️

[@geeteshsolanki9738]

Thanks Fiona - great class and series!

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Thanks Geetesh. Glad you’ve enjoyed the classes in this series 🙏😊

[@kumba6160]

Thank you Fiona I really enjoyed the class as always...

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

My pleasure. So great you enjoyed it. Thanks for saying 🙏❤️

[@AlekWO]

Thank you for this practice 🙏🏽

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

You’re so welcome 😊 thank you for joining me 🙏

[@elizabethbrady187]

Lovely class, thanks so much 🙏

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

You're so welcome Elizabeth x thank you ❤️🙏

[@pamelawiswakarma4561]

Thank you for the fantastic flow this morning! My shoulders feel soft and warm yet strong. You’re the best, I just love all your wonderful classes. ❤️

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Thank you so much Pamela. Really lovely to read your message. Kind x 🙏❤️

[@Littleoldladyfrompas]

Love the mental and physical challenges with this class. I learn so much from each of your classes. Thank you! Looking forward to the next one! 🙏😁❤️

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

So great to hear Linda x thanks so much for your support 🙏❤️

[@tanguyboisdenghien8428]

Magnifique !!! merci Fiona 🙏 Sylvie 😊

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Thank you Sylvie. I picture you ready with your mat as soon as you get a notification x love it. First out of the gate 🙏❤️

[@tanguyboisdenghien8428]

Merci beaucoup Fiona c'est toujours un beau partage avec vous 🙏 Sylvie

[@claudiasantoro7089]

Beautiful class Fiona, to do at the end weeks, thanks ❤❤❤

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

For sure! An end of week unraveller:-) thank you Claudia 🙏❤️

[@claudiasantoro7089]

@@TwoBirdsYoga ❤️❤️❤️

[@kellyprado9299]

I love this class and especially the arm variations for warrior 1 and triangle. Thank you.

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Awesome Kelly! Great to hear. Hope your shoulders feel amazing :-) thank you 🙏❤️

[@sethfrietze5102]

Thank you Fiona, this was great way to start my Friday. I'm truly grateful for your classes!

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Thank you so much Seth :-) hope you had a great week? Wishing you a beautiful weekend ahead 🙏😊

[@sarasellars5764]

Awesome class🙏💜

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Thank you so much Sara :-) 🙏❤️

[@priscillabateman9851]

😍I think you did something similar abt 3 years ago( focus on shoulders) and I remembered sweating bullets! still glowed today but so nice to notice progress. Makes one realize that fast pace is not the only way to strengthen body as slow and concentrated is just as hectic- Good one Fiona!!! # anticipation for next one

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Love that you’ve noticed your own progress :-) the slow locust and cow arm triangle got me hot n bothered. But all great conditioning for the shoulders that live slumped most of the day for most people. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much Priscilla 🙏❤️

[@susant.3285]

Loved this class for all the reasons already noted PLUS the long, quiet shavasana at the end! Too many instructors shortchange this or keep talking through it.

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Wonderful Susan! You’re one of the few that enjoy it. The analytics show most people roll up their mat at the end of movement. There’s a big drop off and yet…. One of the most important parts of practice. ❤️🙏

[@markuswenninger2141]

Heartfelt thanks to you - quite blistering in some moments, I have to confess, I'd love to have longer extremities in relation to my trunk, oh & I've discovered a Chaturanga With Arms Crossed yesterday, quite mean actually, not much bend here, since it's kind of a bind in HighPlank-wise, but could easily inserted here in your brilliant flow. Those classes must take incredible effort to structure, it's a functional anatomy lesson every time, up & including fibre-bundles, when you let us rotate around a 3-way-joint...Simply brilliant! Hope you & yours are well, & both doggies! ❤️🙏🏻

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

I know that cross arm push up :-) I saved it on my Instagram to roll in sometime :-) just got to check and see if I can do it! Haha. The guy doing the demo looked very musclely :-) and yes, it does take me a few days to research and explore how I sequence each class. Kind of you to appreciate it. Really, such a compliment 😊 Ralphie is very well. Thank you. Sadly Stella passed at the grand old age of 12 a few months ago. A long life for such a large dog. We miss her. Ralphie, on the other hand, has not skipped a beat. Less competitive for him now. 100 percent attention. I hope you’re doing great too? Surviving your summer? 🙏😊

[@markuswenninger2141]

@@TwoBirdsYoga Very sad to hear of Stella having passed away, never got to know her like I fool myself into believing I know TheSockBearer! Yeah, 5 minutes into practice means dripping that sweat already, never knew such hot days in these latitudes beyond the Alps; but my metabolism adapts to weather easily, always did, so it's not much more of a problem but students asking for early lessons' ending because of the temperatures...😁. Got this CrossedChaturanga from a teacher here, buildt similar to you, very open joints & long muscles, & she smiles during the most demanding Asanas...But it takes time to get into this pushup variation, might interrupt the flow: kzbin.info/door/cesUWMHMX8jjNQL4VaeSDw

[@dinaloraas4037]

Fiona, I just love your flows. I have been practicing with you for several years now and your classes are amazing. The perfect blend of challenge and ease with your calming and perfect instruction. There are yoga facilities in my town but have yet to find a teacher with your style. I was wondering if you offer any teacher training. If not, do you have a recommend a teacher with your same flowy vinyasa style? Thank you in advance! I am feeling the calling to teach!!

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Thank you so much for your kind message. I don’t actually run teacher training. Exciting that you’re considering it. It’s my total love job. I’ve been teaching 14 years now. I would highly recommend Jason crandell. His knowledge, humour and style is very inspiring. He has a KZbin channel and podcast along with regular teacher trainings which you can attend in person and online and the content is thorough and well presented. He’s some links to check out x all the best and thanks again 🙏❤️ kzbin.info open.spotify.com/show/4hzu2h3JfEIH7FZUW3xR3I?si=TK55H-1dSRG3a9Y6TsrCzA And he’s on Glo.com jasonyoga.com/

[@zzuber64]

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[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Thank you ❤️🙏

[@zzuber64]

💙💙🙏💙💙

[@TwoBirdsYoga]

Thank you ❤️🙏