Yoga Sesh

A reflective and honest hello from Caitlin Rose at the beginning of 2021. This humble podcast is created and produced entirely by Caitlin Rose herself and is a labor of love. Your donations, no matter the amount, support the production of Yoga Sesh Podcast and are significant.

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Caitlin Rose offers live virtual yoga classes every week https://www.caitlinrosekenney.com/schedule and seasonal attunement virtual workshops five times a year https://www.caitlinrosekenney.com/virtual-workshops

Her foundational virtual course in YIN YOGA: ELEMENTAL & NATURAL REALITY STUDIES combines practical curriculum with nourishing self-inquiry. Attend to your physical vitality, psycho-emotional wellbeing and the precious journey of your soul. Through a combination of practice, lecture and self-reflection you will discover the profound benefits of Yin Yoga. Learn more https://www.caitlinrosekenney.com/yin-yoga-training

Let us "Dwell with reverence before our exhaustion and our resilience... ponder how we want to live..." This quote from Krista Tippet is the inspiration for this slow and deep practice. To read the entire quote and wise words of Krista go here https://engage.onbeing.org/20201215_the_pause_m

Steep in poses that regenerate your exhausted and resilient body. This class opens with psoas release and carefully attends to the body in unique and gratifying variations of Extended Side Angle, Eagle, Warrior 3, Child's Pose and more.

Suggested props: 2 blocks

Moves & poses to know: Some of the poses and flows in this sequence are modern, hybrid and on the frontier of yoga so they are not Google-able (crazy!). Look at my Instagram post on February 12th, 2021 to get a glimpse of them.

Visit www.caitlinrosekenney.com to learn about LIVE Virtual Classes, Yoga Teacher Training and more.

This Yoga Sesh sequence I have wanted to record for you for a long time and when I got a request for stretching the IT Band it motivated me to get this class up and available on the podcast. There are poses and flows in this practice that I fell in love with when I was teaching at a Katonah Yoga inspired studio. These poses and the "Water Salutations" involve weaving and crossing your legs which creates a beautiful balance challenge and activates both sides of your brain. (I first learned these salutations under the name "Waterfall Salutation" from Katonah Yoga and I updated my language for it because I resonate more with referring to the Element of Water itself and the deep knowing it invokes within us). In addition to IT band stretches, expect hamstring openers and working with the outer hips. This practice does have a peak pose that you may want to look up and get a visual on before you hit play called Krounchasana or Heron Pose. We will do both Heron Pose and Revolved Heron :)

Suggested props: 1-2 blocks

Moves & poses to know: Some of the poses and flows in this sequence are modern, hybrid and on the frontier of yoga so they are not Google-able (crazy!). Look at my Instagram post on October 10th, 2020 to get a glimpse of them. The most important poses to reference are Krounchasana (Heron Pose) and Parivrtta Krounchasana (Revolved Heron Pose).

Visit www.caitlinrosekenney.com to learn about LIVE Virtual Classes, Yoga Teacher Training and more.

I've been thinking about my podcast listeners a lot lately and how much I would like to know your name and see your face. COVID-19 has shown me how much I value connection with the people taking my yoga classes. I am inviting you to say hello by dropping me a note or taking one of my live virtual yoga classes. I am also keen to share with you that my Yin Yoga Training is now two parts and Part 1 is VIRTUAL which means anyone in the world can take it.

So, please reach out to me! Contact me and learn about live virtual classes and Yin Yoga Training at www.caitlinrosekenney.com. I am also on Instagram @caitlinrosekenney I would love to know who you are, how you found Yoga Sesh podcast, what your experience is with it and anything else you want to share with me.

With love,

Caitlin Rose

PS: If you haven't practiced Vin-Yin: Inner Archaeology MUSIC mixed by @disconektar a.k.a. Taylor Phinney it is incredible. I am so grateful for this unexpected gift from Taylor.

Caitlin Rose opens this Yoga Sesh with an ask for connection, she wants to know who is practicing with this podcast :) You can find her on Instagram @cailtinrosekenney or write her a note via the Contact page on www.caitlinrosekenney.com. She is now leading weekly LIVE virtual yoga classes and would be delighted for podcast listeners to join. Here are the details: www.caitlinrosekenney.com/live-classes.

This practice is a full-body Yin Yoga sesh designed to clean and clear the major meridians (energetic channels) in your body. The theme is about the element of Fire, which is associated with the season of Summer. Fire deconstructs what was previously built, separates or unblends that which was glued together and clears the landscape for something new to grow. As you do this practice, notice what around you or within you is in a phase of destruction, alchemy or searing clarity? This is the Fire element at work in your life.

You can also take this class online with video: https://vimeo.com/432362538

This Yoga Sesh was recorded at home and you may hear mild background noise in the audio. Let these sounds blend with the noises around you as you practice developing your capacity for presence while returning to the sensations in your body over and over again.

Suggested props: a bolster or pillows, yoga blocks, blankets

Moves & poses to know (Yin Yoga names): Dangling, Squat, Supine Twist, Half Butterfly, Saddle, Dragonfly, Reclined Butterfly with your hands under your bum, Child's Pose with one arm threaded under and Supported Fish Pose.

Visit www.caitlinrosekenney.com to learn about LIVE Virtual Classes, Yoga Teacher Training and more.

This simple and spacious Yoga Sesh offers Yin Yoga poses and breathwork to support your lungs. Caitlin Rose prompts you to take Child's Pose with one arm threaded under (both sides), Supported Fish Pose and the Full Yogic Breath. Enjoy peace and quiet as you expand the tissues around your lungs and practice breathing fully.

This Yoga Sesh was recorded at home and Caitlin Rose is practicing while she guides you. You may hear mild background noise in the audio, please let this blend with the noises around you as you practice developing your capacity for presence, alertness and calm all at once.

Suggested props: a bolster/pillow/meditation cushion

Moves & poses to know: Child's Pose with one arm threaded under, Supported Fish Pose and Full Yogic Breath.

Visit www.caitlinrosekenney.com to learn about LIVE Virtual Classes, Yoga Teacher Training and more.

This generous Yoga Sesh has been seriously upgraded with MUSIC mixed by DiscoNektar a.k.a. Taylor Phinney. You will love the musical alchemy as you go on an archaeological dig into your inner landscape and re-remember that you have the desire and capacity for both inner connection and connection with the outer world.

Suggested props: 1-2 blocks and a bolster

A note from Taylor and track list below!

This is a Yoga class from @yoga-sesh with a mix of songs recorded to flow with the class.

As a boulder native, I have spent the last couple of years attending Caitlin’s classes at the Yoga Pod or The Little Yoga Studio. Since I was racing bikes professionally, I would spend half of the year traveling in Europe, basing myself in Spain. I could never find the same yoga vibe as we have in Colorado so I became very grateful to have Yoga Sesh podcasts in my living room.

At the beginning of March I came over to Europe for what was meant to be a 3 week vacation to visit with my girlfriend before she starts her cycling season (she also races, I just retired). Two weeks in we were forced into lockdown with nowhere to go. We spent 7 weeks inside our apartment unable to leave the house for any physical exercise, only to get groceries or go to pharmacy. I spent this time doing Yoga Sesh podcasts and learning more about a music program I use called Ableton. I had always used the program to make my own music but never to mix tracks from other artists. In this time I learned to mix and hosted some very small isolation dance parties.

This episode of Yoga Sesh, Inner Archaeology, is one of my favorite flows and I noticed that at the beginning of the class there is some background audio from a class next door that doesn’t quite fit. I thought it would be informative to learn how to remove that background audio while still keeping the audio of the voice in tact. Since I took most of the low end out of the audio to get rid of the background noise, I thought music could create a nice foundation--I started playing tracks to the flow since I had taken the class many times and felt like I had a good grasp of what kind of music could accompany Caitlin's guidance. I had a lot of fun with it and reached out to CRK to see if she would be into it. I was nervous at first because her flows are like works of art in themselves and I wanted to do them justice. She ended up liking it and with some more little tweaks here it is :)

TRACKLIST:

[Song - Artist (Album)]

Garden - Nicolas Jaar (Cenizas)

Unblocked - DjRum (Portrait with Firewood)

The Traitor - Menahan Street Band (Make The Road By Walking)

Transcendence - Thievery Corporation (Sounds From the Thievery Hi-Fi)

Tzantza - Nicola Cruz (Cantos de Vision)

Little Raver - Superpitcher (The Golden Ravedays 1)

All Around Me (RSS Disco’s All Over You Mix) - Johannes Klingebiel

Sonnenblut Am Platz De Perlen - Durerstuben (Met Chin In Moo’s Eak)

Most Pretty Girls Have Pretty Ugly Feet - HNNY

Avril 14th - Aphex Twin (Drukqs)

Galerie - A Winged Victory for the Sullen (Iris [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack])

Naturaleza - Danis (Aliento)

VIII. Juliet - Matthew Bourne (Montauk Variations)

Journey To Satchinanda - Alice Coltrane (World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane)

Visit www.caitlinrosekenney.com to learn about LIVE Virtual Classes, Yoga Teacher Training and more.

Yoga practice with Caitlin Rose Kenney: be prepared to hold poses and feel a slow burn of strength and opening in this class! Caitlin Rose focuses on poses that release the psoas and lengthen the inner thighs to relieve the low back. If you've been sitting, running, hiking, cycling or traveling lately this class is for you!

Suggested props: a block or bolster can be used to support seated postures and Yin Yoga poses.

Moves & poses to know: Temple Pose, Cow-Cat Spinal Movement, Low Lunge (back knee down), Prasarita Padottanasana, Mandukasana, High Lunge, Revolved Lunge, Ardha Hanumanasana, Skandasana, Lizard Lunge with Thigh Stretch, Super Wide-Knee Child's Pose, Virasana (Rock Pose in Yin Yoga), Neck Release, Butterfly (Yin Yoga), Nadi Shodhana Pranayama, Matsyasana (Fish Pose) and Savasana.

Visit www.caitlinrosekenney.com to learn about LIVE Virtual Classes, Yoga Teacher Training and more.

Caitlin Rose's Horizon Meditation is an exploration of infinite space and the stabilizing form of your body. The horizon represents that which is boundless, hopeful and spacious. Your body, containing your personality and experience, represents that which is uniquely defined in this moment. Together the horizon and your body form a yin and yang partnership: a balanced whole that holds both your connection to spirit and your soul. Caitlin begins with 5 minute talk on this yin and yang philosophy and then guides you into a 10 minute meditation.

Visit www.caitlinrosekenney.com to learn about LIVE Virtual Classes, Yoga Teacher Training and more.

Yoga practice with Caitlin Rose Kenney: A thorough and juicy Vin-Yin practice that releases your hips, low back and upper body tension. Beginning on your back, the class progresses into standing poses that both release and strengthen your lower body. You will attend to all angles of your hips, spinal twists, hamstring stretches and core work. Tension release in your shoulders and neck is found through a challenging and fun variation "Funky Dolphin" followed by a sweet release in Sleeping Pigeon with a shoulder variation. Final integration is achieved in Bridge Pose and Savasana.

Suggested props: 2 blocks

Moves & poses to know: Half Happy Baby, Supine Twist, Reclined Pigeon (Figure Four Pose), Shoulder Flossing, Wide "Lizard" Lunge, Malasana (Garland Pose), Pasasana (Noose Pose) with prayer hands, Reclined Mandukasana (Reclined Frog) crunches, Parsvakonasana (Extended Side Angle) with Half Bind, Prasarita Padottanasana (Wide Leg Forward Fold), Funky Dolphin, Sleeping Pigeon with shoulder release, Ardha Matsyendrasana (Seated Twist), Setu Bandhasana (Bridge Pose) and Savasana.

Visit www.caitlinrosekenney.com to learn about LIVE Virtual Classes, Yoga Teacher Training and more.