Yoga Every Day: The Beginner Series
1 Season . 8 Episodes TV-G

Yoga Every Day: The Beginner Series: build steady confidence on the mat as Steph Schwartz guides you through breath, alignment, and fluid movement.

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Step onto the mat with Yoga Every Day: The Beginner Series and discover how teacher Steph Schwartz transforms unfamiliar postures into an accessible, sustainable daily ritual. Whether you are unrolling a mat for the first time or seeking to rebuild your posture from the ground up, this structured series removes intimidation by grounding every movement in mindful breath.

Establishing a daily yoga practice for beginners does not require extreme flexibility or prior experience; it begins with cultivating physical awareness and learning how your body moves through space. Throughout this progressive collection, Steph Schwartz yoga instruction offers clear, detailed guidance on foundational yoga poses. Each session isolates essential mechanics, including wrist protection in downward dog, pelvic stability in warrior 1, and equilibrium in single-leg balances, before linking these elements into an integrated beginner yoga flow.

The curriculum guides you through each building block of a complete practice. Early episodes like 'Breath and Movement' and 'Down Dog Basics' establish steady respiration and safe joint alignment. You will then progress through 'Sun A Poses' and 'Sun A Flow' to coordinate movement with breathing, before exploring stability in 'Warrior 1 Poses' and 'Balancing Poses.' Later sessions, including 'Forward Folds and Twists,' teach you how to lengthen the spine and release deep spinal tension safely. Finally, the series culminates in 'Put It All Together,' integrating individual postures, breathwork, and transitions into a continuous, empowering sequence.

Foundational Elements of the Practice

  • Synchronized breath and motion: Coordinate your inhales and exhales with dynamic shapes, using conscious respiration to soothe the nervous system, generate internal heat, and anchor your focus.
  • Anatomical stability and prop integration: Learn how to utilize blocks and mindful alignment to support your wrists, square the pelvis in standing postures, and safely navigate spinal rotations.
  • Graceful flow integration: Bridge the gap between individual poses and fluid vinyasa, discovering how steady transitions create a moving meditation on the mat.

With Yoga Every Day: The Beginner Series, you will develop the strength, balance, and inner calm needed to cultivate an enduring personal practice. Roll out your mat and begin your exploration today.

Teacher: Steph Schwartz
Audio Languages: English
Subtitles: English
14 mins TV-G
Ground in the present moment with breath while supporting mobility and flow in this efficient yoga tutorial. Explore the fundamentals of ujjayi pranayama (victorious breath) and spinal motions with gentle cat/cows and forward folds.
15 mins TV-G
Become more comfortable with downward facing dog, a cornerstone pose found in many vinyasa and hatha yoga practices. Learn how to protect your shoulders and wrists as you access length in your spine and hamstrings.
21 mins TV-G
Learn proper alignment for the traditional sun salutation sequence step-by-step for a safe and effective practice.
17 mins TV-G
Experience the simple calm of syncing breath and movement while integrating the previous Beginner Series classes into a flowing sun salutation.
30 mins TV-G
Explore the warrior I family of poses, otherwise known as “closed pelvis” standing poses. This family of poses includes lunge, warrior I, crescent lunge, half splits, and humble warrior. These postures develop strength, tone, and stability in the pelvis while bringing awareness and strength to the feet, legs, and knees.
16 mins TV-G
One-legged balance postures not only build lower body strength, but also cultivate a centered mind, body, and spirit. Develop solid ground and stable focus by stepping through the alignment fundamentals of core balance postures.
18 mins TV-G
Learn the fundamentals of forward folds and twists by practicing poses slowly and intentionally with a focus on properly supporting the spine.
47 mins TV-G
Experience the joy of movement in action, flowing through sun salutations, warrior postures, balancing poses, seated folds and twists, and of course, breath. Finish this practice with how you will finish almost every class, lying on your back, witnessing the calm that follows the practice of yoga in what many would consider the most important posture: savasana.
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