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Yoga with Essential Oils Video Now on YouTube

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You may already know that adding essential oils to your yoga practice can enhance the experience; but, have you ever wondered exactly how to do that?  In this newest video from Next Level Yoga, we incorporate three of the most popular essential oils to the practice. This Yoga with Essential Oils video is the perfect, beginner friendly way to blend the health benefits of essential oils and yoga.

Yoga with Essential Oils Video

Essential oils have a lot of benefits, from inflammation reduction, to mood adjustment to pain management, it seems like there is an oil for most every situation.  For more basic information on using essential oils in your yoga practice, check out this post, Yoga with Essential Oils

This video is a short, very basic class, accessible to all levels of experience. In fact, the majority of the class can be done either in or standing behind a chair, if sitting on the floor is not possible.

The Essential Oils You Will Need and Where to Get Them.

For this class, you will need the three most popular essential oils, lemon, peppermint and lavender. I use DoTerra essential oils and highly recommend them.  However, there are other oils on the market that are also very good.  If you are loyal user of another brand, by all means please use them with this video.

If you don’t know where to purchase these oils, here are some affiliate links to help you find the products you need from the two most popular brands.  I recommend purchasing the DoTerra introductory kit which contains all three of the oils used in this video.

Introductory Kit- Doterra Lemon, Peppermint and Lavender Kit

Lemon Oil links- Doterra 15ml Lemon Oil – Doterra 5ml Lemon Oil  – Young Living 15ml Lemon Oil

Peppermint Oil links- Doterra 5ml Peppermint Oil–Doterra 15ml Peppermint Oil–Young LIving 15ml Peppermint Oil

Lavender Oil links- Doterra 5ml Lavender Oil– Doterra 15ml Lavender Oil– Young Living 5ml Lavender Oil

If you like the video, please subscribe to the channel and let us know your thoughts.  Also, if you have a favorite oil you would like to see incorporated into a class, let us know in the comments.

New Yoga Video- Core Strength and Balance Challenge on YouTube

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Question: What are the two things people tell me they want to work on most?  Answer: Core Strength and Balance.  Question: What are the two things people groan about when we work on them in class?  Answer: Core Strength and Balance.   Interesting….

Next Level Yoga presents Core Strength and Balance Challenge

Summer Porch Yoga Core and Balance Challenge Video

Ready for a challenge? This class combines the two things clients request most, core work and balance. I firmly believe that balance is not improved by standing on one leg, but rather, by challenging the body’s ability to adjust during movements in all planes of motion.

Handily enough, all balance work requires core strength. This class has kneeling core and balance work, a core isolation flow series, then a long-levered balance sequence.

We finish on our backs with a tough and tricky series I call, dead crow progression. Not gonna lie, this one’s a killer.  It may take you a couple times through to get it, but when you master this class, it feels amazing.

You will need a block.; if you don’t have a yoga block a large book like Stephen King’s It or Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will do, but put a string or rubber band around it so it doesn’t open on you at an inopportune time.

If you like this video, I would be ever so appreciative if would subscribe to my YouTube channel.  I need 1,000 subscribers for the folks at YouTube to take me seriously, I am currently at 17, clearly I am playing the long game 🙂

For more info on some of these classes check out some previous posts Yoga Video Yin Yang Flow and Hips and Hamstrings

More Yoga Videos from Next Level Yoga on YouTube

Short Soothing Yin Yoga Class by Next Level Yoga

Neck and Shoulder Elixir Yoga Class by Next Level Yoga

Hips and Hamstrings Yoga Class by Next Level Yoga

Yin Yang Flow by Next Level Yoga

Upper Body Stretch and Strengthen

 

NEXT LEVEL VIDEOS- CORE BALANCE CHALLENGE

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This class combines the two things my clients request most, cork work and balance. I don’t believe balance is improved by standing on one leg, but rather, by challenging the body’s ability to adjust during movements in all planes. Handily enough, all balance work requires core strength. I have combined kneeling core and balance work, with leg swings and lunges, a core isolation flow series, then a long leveraged balance sequence, we finish on our backs with a series I call dead crow progression. Not gonna lie, this one’s a challenge.
You will need a block.

NEXT LEVEL VIDEOS- YIN YANG FLOW

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SUMMER PORCH YOGA- YIN YANG FLOW from Tara Kestner on Vimeo.

Seek Balance in All Things. This Yin Yang class is designed to balance the sweet ease of a yin yoga class, with the spicy effort of a yang flow class. The first twenty minutes are slow paced, gentle poses. The middle 20 minutes are a slow easy flow designed to loosen the joints and get your energy moving. The class finishes with 20 more minutes of quiet yin postures for a soft landing into final relaxation.

NEXT LEVEL VIDEOS – Hips & Hamstrings

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Issues with low back pain?  Tight hip flexors and hamstrings are often the culprits.  Try this lower body focused class to loosen those areas and provide some relief to your back. It’s beginner friendly and the only equipment you need is a strap.  If you don’t have a strap, a long belt, dog leash or towel will do the trick.  Enjoy!

NEXT LEVEL VIDEOS

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They are finally here! The videos that I have long promised to my live classes are becoming a reality.  For those of you who take my classes, you know I change my theme and sequence each month. Sometime around the end of the month, I will be producing a video of that month’s class so you can replay your favorites.
Remember, this is no excuse to miss class, I still want to see you, in person, on your mat at least once a week.  You are part of a community that needs you, whether you know it or not. I will link the classes here at Next Level Yoga when they come out, but you can always go to my YouTube Channel Tara Kestner Next Level Yoga YouTube Channel

Right now the videos are all free, in return I only ask that you take the time to subscribe to the channel and share them on your social media so we can build an online community, just like the great groups we have here in Ohio at the live classes and workshops.
Many Thanks,
Tara