Steph Schwartz
Steph’s power as a teacher resides in her ability to weave yogic storytelling into feel-good flows that unlock hearts and inspire souls. With 10+ years of teaching experience, Steph draws heavily from the devotional qualities of Bhakti yoga combined with the fluid and physical aspects of vinyasa. Steph masterfully translates yogic philosophy through mantra (chanting) and is deeply connected to her kirtan community. She also knows how to move with heat-building mandala flows woven with humor and compassion to maintain presence. Practitioners can expect concise alignment cues delivered with a poetic understanding of the human body and its superhuman capabilities. Her path to yoga started off the mat and on the road as an ultra marathon runner, where she found yoga as an injury prevention tool and mental stamina practice to help her go the distance. Steph is also a skydiving enthusiast, certified BASE flyer, and dog parent to Boogie and Diggit. Discover more about Steph: https://www.mandalamonkey.com/.
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Yoga Every Day
Be in Your Side Body
Use berath work and movement to bring attention to your side bodies. Incorporate side bends, balancing poses, and long twists to move the experience of being from the head to the heart.
Yoga Every Day
Balance Your Hips
The Sanskrit word brahmacharya is about the right use of energy. As we practice hip-openers such as pigeon pose (eka pada rajakapotasana) we can work on directing our energy toward having peace and acceptance with whatever arises.
Yoga Every Day
Balance Your Energy
Embrace your back body and the unconscious thoughts and emotions that we harbor. As we work to integrate the energies and motivations of both the front and back body, we will discover our truly balanced and holistic sense of self.
Yoga Every Day
A Balanced Universe
Explore the balance between the solar (active) energies and the lunar (passive) energies, with a fun flow of poses and pranayams (breath practices). Begin with the mantra (chant): Om Aim Klim Sauh.
Yoga Every Day
Balance Your Stance
Explore the yogic virtue of moderation (brahmacharya). As we follow a tempered path, learn to only take what we need rather than use energy or resources in excess. Root with standing postures to guide us to a place of presence with how we receive and expend our energy.
Yoga Every Day
Harmless Heart-Openers
Practice kindness toward yourself with spinal mobility and an open heart.
Yoga Every Day
Harmless Arm Balances
Focus on arm balances such as wild thing (camatkarasana) and side plank (vasisthasana) to connect with the center of yourself that feels unshakable. Your practice of ahimsa (non-harming) thrives when you live with confidence, strength, and sturdiness. As you give yourself permission to be the truest version of yourself, you cultivate the virtue of ahimsa towards yourself and others.
Yoga Every Day
Harmless Warriors
Explore ahimsa (non-harming) by chanting and embodying the mantra “lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu” and practicing peace as we move through warrior postures as a moving prayer for a non-violent world. Flow through heart-opening backbends, twists, and warrior poses with the mantra in mind: May all beings everywhere be happy and free. May my thoughts and actions somehow contribute to the freedom of all.
Yoga Every Day
Harmless Forward Folds
To abide by the yogic virtue of ahimsa (non-harming), we can challenge our harmful thought patterns and build a dialogue of self-love with our inner witness.
Yoga Every Day
Peaceful Binds and Balancing
Cultivate contentment (santosha) by letting go of your expectations. Learn to release your attachment to the outcome as you try new things in binds and balancing postures.
Yoga Every Day
Make Peace with Your Hips and Shoulders
Find contentment (santosha) by celebrating your small and large accomplishments during this practice that will work your hips and shoulders.
Yoga Every Day
Make Peace with Your Hamstrings
To discover contentment (santosha), we must first recognize the gifts and talents that we bring to this world. Take time to express appreciation for the offerings you share with the universe as we deepen into hamstring stretches such as Hanumanasana.
Yoga Every Day
Make Peace with Yourself
Yoga is not just about self-improvement, it’s also about self-acceptance. Find contentment (santosha) with wherever you are in this practice while rooting in ourselves with standing poses.
Yoga Every Day
Fearless Warriors
Awaken the warrior within as you develop your sense of abhaya (fearlessness) through a balance of strength and softness in mudra (hand gesture), warrior poses, grounded hip openers, and twists.
Yoga Every Day
Fearless Backbends
Summon the abhaya (fearlessness) of your heart with backbends and the fearless heart mudra (hand gesture).
Yoga Every Day
Fearless Arm Balances
Embody abhaya (fearlessness) by pushing the edges and facing fears head on. Rather than letting our doubts talk us out of this arm-balancing practice, let’s instead ask the question: why not?
Yoga Every Day
Fearless Foundation
In this practice featuring root chakra grounding postures, you will build the sturdy foundation to showcase yourself to the world with confidence and fearlessness (abhaya).
Yoga Every Day
Commit to Your Spine
Elongate all 360 degrees of your spine through twists, side body stretches, and gentle backbends.
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