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Mike"s Yoga Podcast

Mike Heath

Short yoga sessions designed to bring calm, stillness, and energy into your day.

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01:03:13

S4 E4: Apana breath and viloma pranayama for energy,...

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2023/01/27

A meditative session of asana with pranayamic breathing. You need to be familiar with the poses before this session - if you're a complete beginner, go to one of my other sessions. We worked through a minimal sequence of long-held poses, including trikonasana and adhu mukha svanasana, a m virasana, janu sirsasana, viloma pranayama 1 in swatikasana, viloma 2 in supta baddhakonasana, viparita karanhi, sirvasana. √

00:55:11

S4 E3: Stretching from the legs to energise the body,...

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2023/01/20

A deeply energising session of leg stretches that help elevate your spirits. We worked through trikonasana, parsvottanasana, uttanasana, supta baddha konasana, half bekhasana, parsva swastikasana, viparita karahni, sirvasana.

00:57:37

S4 E2: Finding your 90%; exploring effort, Fri 13th...

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2023/01/13

A sequence of simple yoga poses that explores the concept of lighter extension, coming from an effort to take your foot off the gas a little - not becoming jelly-like, but finding a space that draws us towards effortless effort. We worked through a range of limbering poses, then paryankasana variation, rajakapotasana, supta baddha konasana, setubandha, sirvasana.As with all online recorded sessions, you practice these sessions at your own risk. If you have any health conditions or injuries, you

00:53:45

S4, E1: Calming Forward Bends for A Clear Mind, Thurs...

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2023/01/05

A deeply calming session of forward bends that bring a genuine tranquility to body and mind. We worked through baddangulyasana, padangusthasana, padahastasana, malasana, marichyasana 3, supta baddhakonasana, sirvasana. As with all online recorded sessions, you practice these sessions at your own risk. If you have any health conditions or injuries, you should consult your GP before commencing any programme of exercise. These sessions are taught to a group who are well practised in the basics of the

00:57:04

S3 E8: Yoga for energy, perception, and lightness of...

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2022/05/06

A deeply energising session exploring the breath - drawing the energy of the breath into the skin and into the limbs. A series of long-held asanas. We worked through vrksasana, trikonasana, uttanasana, supta baddha konasana, supta padanguthasana 1 & 2, a m virasana, parva swastikasana, viparita karanhi, sirvasana. As with all online recorded sessions, you practice these sessions at your own risk. If you have any health conditions or injuries, you should consult your GP before commencing any

00:56:51

S3 E7:Hip openers for energy, Fri 25th Mar, 8am

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2022/03/25

A calming session of poses that fill you with positive energy for your day. We worked through gomukhasana, baddangulyasana, trikonasana, a m svanasana, a m virasana, janu sirsasana, supta baddhakonasana, yin frog pose, bhujangasana, a m virasana, parsva swastikasana, sirvasana.

00:54:12

S3 E6: Forward bending for quietening the energy,...

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2022/02/18

A calming session of standing and seated forward bends to bring quietness to the mind while promoting liver and kidney function.

00:57:07

S3 E5: Forward bending for liver and kidney function...

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2022/02/11

This energising session incorporates lots of forward bending for improved liver and kidney function. Be aware that forward bending can be detrimental for some back problems, especially middle and upper back issues. However, you can still benefit from these poses at the intermediate stage. We worked through trikonasana, prasarita padottanasana, paschimottanasana, janu sirsasana, bhardvajasana 1, viparita karanhi, and sirvasana. √

00:57:09

S3, E4 - Releasing the energy of the spine with the...

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2022/02/04

This session brings together the actions of the week to release the spine, but not without a bit of focused concentration on the legs and the front chest. Through uttanasana, we aimed to bring length into the front chest. Then into parsvottanasana, we moved into the pose incrementally - stopping when things were going wrong, and developing an awareness of how to correct them. We then worked through baddangulyasana, prasarita padottanasana, urdhva hastasana, a m svanasana, a m virasana, parsva

00:59:55

S3, E3 - Inflating the body with your breath, Fri...

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2022/01/28

This deeply energising session explores the power of the breath to still the mind and bring lightness to yogasana. We worked through trikonasana, paschima namaskarasana, parvottanasana, baddangulyasana, a m svanasana, supta baddhakonasana, breathing with the bandhas, parsva swastikasana, setubandha, sirvasana.

00:58:35

S3 - E2: Opening up the shoulders for positive...

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2022/01/18

An energising session exploring the positive energy to be generated through shoulder openers; starting and ending with supta baddhakonasana. Working through a m swastikasana, cat/cow, a m svanasana, uttansana, badangulyasana, paschima namaskarasana, gomukhasana, trikonasana, uttanasana, a m virasana, threading the needle, a m svanasana, dandasana into paschimottanasana, baddhakonasana, parsva swastikasana, supta baddakonasana, sirvasana.

00:56:48

S3 - E1: Evenness of the feet, Mon 10th Jan, 8am

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2022/01/10

A grounding session exploring footmindedness in context with the standing poses. We worked with tadasana (defining train tracks on the underside of the feet), into trikonasana, Virabhasdrasana 2, a m svanasana, parsva virasana, a m virasana, supta baddhakonasana, setubanda, sirvasana.

00:58:48

S2 - E6: Stretching out the hips for energy - Tues...

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2021/12/14

A lovely session of hip openers, from trikonasana and malasana to the supta pandaguthasana sequence (with a focus on lumbar support).

00:56:57

S2 - E5: Side stretches for energy, Monday, 13th Dec...

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2021/12/13

An energising stretch for a Monday morning. Opening the side ribs to activate our positive energy for the day. We worked through trikonasana, Virabhadrasana 2, Urdhva Hastasana, dog down/dog up, paravrtta janu sirsasana, a little breathing with the bandhas, and setubandha. Thanks for tuning into Mike’s Yoga Podcast. Over the past year and a half, I’ve been running yoga classes over Zoom to a live group. These are hour-long sessions, and the podcast from now on will mainly be the recordings of those

00:57:30

S2 - E4: Opening the shoulders and the hips, Thurs...

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2021/12/09

A gentle set of extensions that work to open up your energy. Incorporating gomukhasana, supta baddha konasana, upavistha konasana, and setu bandha to bring light and life into our bodies. Thanks for tuning into Mike’s Yoga Podcast. Over the past year and a half, I’ve been running yoga classes over Zoom to a live group. These are hour-long sessions, and the podcast from now on will mainly be the recordings of those sessions. To join live, go to mikesyogapodcast.com and click on the link. Simple. If

00:56:14

S2 - E3: Stretching out the front of the body

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2021/12/01

This session focuses on releasing energy by stretching out the anterior body - the front muscles. We worked through Virabhadrasana 1 - finding that stretch at the front of the back leg; baddangulyasana, a m svanasana, paryankasana variation, a m svanasana, breathwork with bandhas, setubanda, sirvasana. Thanks for tuning into Mike’s Yoga Podcast. Over the past year and a half, I’ve been running yoga classes over Zoom to a live group. These are hour-long sessions, and the podcast from now on will

00:56:42

S2 - E2: The effect of action and reaction

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2021/08/18

An energising session exploring the cause and effect of action and reaction. Finding how the energy of one pose propels the next. A simple sequence including parsvottanasana, prasarita padottanasana (activating the outer thighs for lightness in the legs), supta baddhakonasana, parsva swastikasana, and sirvasana. Thanks for tuning into Mike’s Yoga Podcast. Over the past year and a half, I’ve been running yoga classes over Zoom to a live group. These are hour-long sessions, and the podcast from now on

00:58:49

S2 - E1: Wed, 11th Aug - focusing on feeling

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2021/08/11

Thanks for tuning into Mike’s Yoga Podcast. Over the past year and a half, I’ve been running yoga classes over Zoom to a live group. These are hour-long sessions, and the podcast from now on will mainly be the recordings of those sessions. To join live, go to mikesyogapodcast.com and click on the link. Simple. If you have any health issues or injuries, it’s better to join a live class than use recordings, so do join in if you can. I’m releasing video sessions periodically on my YouTube channel, so

00:10:04

Ep 10 - Gratitude Meditation

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2021/02/23

Practicing gratitude has been proven by research to improve mood, wellbeing, and help you through times of sadness. Practice this meditation in bed before you get up each morning or at any time during the day where you feel that your mood is dipping.

00:26:50

Ep 9 - Working the thighs to work the spine

Mike"s Yoga Podcast ·

2020/05/03

Thanks for tuning into Mike’s Yoga Podcast. Today, we’re working on thighs and knees - connecting with them to provide access to the spine in the standing and seated poses. If you have a bad back, you should practice caution in forward bending; avoiding coming forward too far. You can bring your hands onto a wall or a windowsill in uttanasana to prevent overworking a sensitive back. Nonetheless, you can still benefit from forward bends, even if you keep the torso at a right angle to the floor. You

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