Shoulders & Twists – Weekly Advanced Class 110

This class focuses on shoulder opening poses and twists. This pairing of shoulders and twists can be complementary. For people working with restricted shoulder mobility, an improved range of motion can often be found from the perspective of twists. Poor posture can contribute to impingement of the rotator cuff muscle group and lead towards a variety of shoulder problems. This class works to alleviate this by pulling the shoulders back and down into a healthy alignment. The pectorals are consciously lengthened and the shoulder blades are moved in and down. These effects are often naturally present in the twisting asanas. This class contains variations of several standing poses. These poses are adapted to emphasise specific shoulder or twisting effects. The last section of the class includes the shoulder opening arm clasps with the seated twists bharadvajasana and marichiyasana III.