OUR WEEKLY SCHEDULE! NEW APPARATUS!

NEW PRACTICE! Lion at the Lake - can be practiced on the Garuda Apparatus AND the Pilates Reformer.

SEVENTH week of our Weekly Training Schedule!

This week our new practice is on the Garuda apparatus and/or Pilates Reformer. The Lion drinking at the Lake! Can you feel the resemblance? We explore the animalistic interconnection of the whole body in an articulating, transverse plane.

These Apparatus tutorials are delivered differently to your other classes. They offer all the necessary information in regards to equipment setup; spring resistance and modifications if you are using the reformer. They also provide more details and instructions within the sequences, as they are designed for students, as well as teachers; whom are revising the Garuda material and wish to develop their repertoire.

The Apparatus Gallery, is an adjunct to your already comprehensive training. But, if you have an opportunity to explore these tutorials, it is worthwhile. The machine offers, firstly; variation (and variety is the key to balanced training), but also with the dynamic of the spring-loaded carriage and pulley system, it provides support & new strength & flexibility challenges, that will offer useful information and enhance your matwork practice & progress.

If you are an online member in Gisborne and you would like to use the Garuda Apparatus, you are very welcome to take full advantage of your online apparatus gallery. Please get in touch and I will give you the details.

I wish you a wonderful week of movement training!

MONDAY

CURLING WITH THE BLOCK - Here we use the block to create precision and direction. At times the block offers assistance and in other moments it creates resistance. Although there is a strong focus on mobilizing the ribcage here, the multiple abdominal sequences will most definitely challenge your center. 25min BLOCK

KNEE ON BLOCK - Explore the lateral hip stability on the block. Something to tangible to stand out off, as well as challenge our base of support. The block is a great way to increase & explore our hip joint mobility. 22min BLOCK

SLING WITH SLIDERS - A powerful abdominal sequence, that can be practiced with or without the sling. 17min SLING

TUESDAY

KB MOBILITY - Multi-planar kettlebell training. 18min KETTLEBELL

GARUDA FOUNDATION SUPINE - A fluid and nourishing rotational sequence, for the midback, neck and shoulders. We move through some of the foundational sequences of the Garuda Method, an opportunity to learn the micro movements that will develop into the more complex macro movements in other practices. 21min HOLIDAY

CARS & HALFMOON A short but very effective way to train single leg balance; dynamic hip mobility & stability. The ball commands us to work honestly in the hip joint, whilst creating a functional way to train pelvic awareness. A great one for building lower body strength & pelvic floor health. With some interesting and challenging transitions in and out of half moon pose. 11min NEW

BALLET SPRINGS - This class will truly challenge you, in a way that only ballet barre can! Dance conditioning, for everyone. 29min SPRINGS

WEDNESDAY

BARRE WITH BALL - Here we use the ball in a multitude of ways, to really get the most out of our movements. Holding the ball behind the back of the knee, will encourage us to explore our hip mobility, from an honest perspective! 40min BARRE

UNIFY - Barre is a great lower body workout; the barre offers a great fixture to hang from & explore an almost infinite variety of squats & lunges. But how do you unify the upper body with the lower body at the barre? One way, is to take the arms off! 14min BARRE

AB FEEDBACK - Familiar Pilates exercises, such as teaser & climb a tree, are more challenging here with the spring resistance. We prepare for these advanced sequences, with fundamental core conditioning, using the sling to draw through the belly & pelvic floor, with the legs elongated, to lengthen out of the lower back, hips & pelvis. 23min SLING

THURSDAY

LONG LEVER - The kettlebell is going to feel the heaviest when it is extended away from your body, ie. loaded long lever. One of the more challenging movements we can train, is arm extended over head. Pick a weight (or 1 or 2 kettlebells) that is working well for you at the moment. This class is designed to push you. 21min KETTLEBELL

STRONG & FLEXIBLE - This is where you cultivate integrity in your yoga practice & mobility in your strength training.33min KETTLEBELL

THORACIC FREEDOM - Using the slider like a moving reformer carriage, we are able to mobilise the spine & ribcage in all directions. Exploring twists, waves, spirals & more. 16min SLIDER

FRIDAY

360 DEGREES - Our body and everything it encompasses is 3-dimensional. It makes sense to move in this way, too. Sequences often feel more complex and challenging - at first - compared to training in a linear way. The more you practice, the more you become familiar, the deeper and more fluid the movement feels. One to revisit plenty of times. A curious movement explorer, reaps more from their practice, learning new pathways and always staying engaged & interested. 35min HOLIDAY

GARUDA SIDELYING - Our legs begin from our armpits! Encouraging the legs to lengthen from our sides, cultivating wonderful breadth & elongation through our side body. We incorporate elements of spinal arch and curl & shoulder rotation & spirals. 22min HOLIDAY

L STAND ADVANCED - With a wall to push & space for circumduction; you can explore challenging variations in your L Stand. 12min HOLIDAY

SATURDAY

MINI KB - Access your potential on all levels, build strength & increase range of motion. This video is a demonstration with lower repetitions, I encourage you to add on with as many reps as you can, with the intention of muscle growth / bone & cardiovascular health. 27min KETTLEBELL

3D FLOW - Starting with a simple combination, then each time adding-on, to form a more complex sequence, that integrates the spine, in all directions. 13min BARRE

AB REHAB - A unique 25-minute class that combines abdominal-strengthening exercises with the assistance of a soft ball. This thoughtfully designed session focuses on enhancing your abdominal control, pelvic floor engagement, with the connection & strength of the adductors / inner thighs. As well as a punchy hamstring series, that invites you to feel a deeper abdominal connection to elevate the pelvis and stabilise the soft ball. 27min BALL

THORACIC SLING - In this practice you can really target the mid thoracic spine by positioning the belt right where you would like to mobilize.28min SLING

BLOCK EXTENSION - Great as a 25min stand alone movement practice / movement snack. Connecting with the back body / posterior chain & balancing the forward postures in our day-to-day. Using the block we explore yoga drils, building the integrity of the shoulder girdle & preparing the upper extremity for our inversion practices. Intertwined with Garuda Graha material, that showcases how we can flow & transition with our yoga blocks. 25min BLOCK

LION AT THE LAKE - In the NEW & APPARATUS Galleries