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Countdown to the Holidays Yoga Challenge

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Challenge Overview

The Holidays can be an exceptionally busy and stressful time of year, and a regular yoga practice is more essential than ever.

However, sticking to a daily practice can sometimes feel challenging and overwhelming—as if it only adds to our to-do list. That's why we've created the Countdown to the Holidays Yoga Challenge to help you keep yourself on track. 

Each day for 25 days we'll email you a yoga class that's 20-minutes or less. Even if you miss your regular studio class or you're not quite sure what to practice (but you know you could use some yoga!), your daily class will be waiting for you, right in your inbox. So sign up today and commit to some holiday yoga—a gift you can only offer yourself!

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3 CEU’s Upon Completion

Self Paced Learning

Challenge Outline

25 Days to complete

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Section 1
  • Join Dina for a quick warm-up that can either be a practice on its own (on days when you may not have a lot of time) or as a part of a longer sequence. This short yet invigorating class features a dynamic cobra, jump switches, thread the needle, warrior dog, and more. Let's begin!
Section 2
  • Relieve stagnation and congestion of body and mind with this short, energizing class that focuses on the core and hips.
Section 3
  • This practice is a short (15 minutes!) yet comprehensive sequence you can do any time, and is the perfect way to get your home practice rolling! Luke will guide you through sun salutations, standing poses, core work, and much more. Return to this sequence daily or any time that you're short on time, but still want a practice to enhance your strength, flexibility, and balance.
Section 4
  • Indulge in a gentle sequence of side-body stretches, forward folds, twists, and backbends designed to nurture a healthy spine. Start with seated folds to alleviate the lower back, progressing seamlessly into postures crafted for the upper back, such as thread the needle and puppy pose. Props: 1 blanket, Block
Section 5
  • A gentle practice for those days when you need a little extra support releasing stress lingering in your mind or body. This mostly on-your-back practice incorporates yoga therapy poses to promote relaxation and reset your nervous system.
Section 6
  • Athletes, maximize stability to minimize the risk of injury by enhancing your core strength. Join Luke for this heat-building 20-minute class which features knee-to-elbow, long holds in high plank, forearm plank, upward dog, leg lifts, and more.Let's go!
Section 7
  • Enhance mobility and strengthen your entire body with this energizing flow. Join Dani for a playful 20-minute sequence that includes modified sun salutations and plenty of vibrant backbending postures. It's the perfect way to start the day!
Section 8
  • Embody the wisdom of Aparigraha, or "non-grasping" through a flow of twisting postures including thread the needle, revolved crested lunge, and seated twist. In this practice, you'll explore the transformative power of releasing attachments and creating more space for the unchanging aspects of your deepest self. Props: none
Section 9
  • Get your digestion running smoothly with a full body kriya to support and improve sluggish or inefficient digestion. You'll practice an array of kundalini postures and breathing practices specifically tailored for gut health.
Section 10
  • Improve your overall postural health with this short class that focuses on strengthening the muscles of the upper back and rotator cuff.
Section 11
  • Take a break during the holiday season to connect to yourself, ground down, and stay peaceful. Flow through heart openers, deep lunges, and hip openers, leading to camel pose and closing with kneeling twists.
Section 12
  • Join Zach for a quick practice to strengthen and stabilize the muscles surrounding the lower spine. Learn how to lengthen your spine in every posture! This practice offers excellent instruction on how to incorporate isometric engagement (when muscles work against gravity in a static position) to find full spinal traction in downdog, core and glute strength in chair, and delicious relief for your psoas in supine twists! Your lower back will thank you!
Section 13
  • This gentle, soothing, anxiety-relieving 15-minute all-levels class includes fluid movement through grounding postures: a dynamic bridge, twisting poses, thread the needle, a squat variation, "pulsing" through lunge, forward folds, and more. For this class you'll need: blanket, block, eye pillow (optional)
Section 14
  • Creating space and openness in the hips, thighs, and hamstrings can enhance any active endeavor. Join Luke for this 20-minute class which begins with a gentle warm-up (leg swings and circles), then moves through a lunge sequence, "knee drops" in high lunge, warrior III, a quad-stretching half moon variation, and more. Enjoy!
Section 15
  • Looking for a super-quick, core-strengthening practice? Join Jen for this fun 10-minute class that will fire you up and empower your day.
Section 16
  • Feel better in your upper body with self myofascial release techniques designed to target your shoulder and upper back muscles. This self massage is perfect if you work at a desk or chronically round your shoulders.
Section 17
  • Wake your body and breath with this short, refreshing sequence.
Section 18
  • Enhance your balance and proportional strength by addressing asymmetry and tightness/weakness in your shoulders, chest, and back.Join Luke for this 20-minute sequence (featuring shoulder stretches, backbends, lunges, and twists) that will help you open through your upper body, release tension, and get long and strong overall.
Section 19
  • Bring freedom and fluidity to your shoulders, neck and jaw in this seated practice that incorporates spinal twists, eagle arms and upper body movements.
Section 20
  • Have a project you're working on but can't get focused? Join Jen for 10 minutes of mindful breathing and asana that will sharpen your mind for the task at hand.
Section 21
  • Looking for a complete yoga practice that will take less than 30 minutes? This vinyasa sequence, which is appropriate for intermediate to advanced practitioners, is a great way to start the day. It could even provide a little post-work energy boost. Enjoy your practice!
Section 22
  • This gentle 20-minute practice is designed to help you relieve tightness in your lower back by opening the hip flexors, a possible culprit of lower back tension. Get grounded with downward dog, flow through lunge variations, and cool down with a series of supported seated positions.
Section 23
  • Tummy troubles? Join Brooke for this potent sequence that helps restore balance to this vital area, while revving up your digestive fire and calming the nervous system.
Section 24
  • Join Emily for a short and sweet yoga class that also provides a little bit of challenge! This class includes favorites like cobra, twisted lunge, chaturanga options, warrior poses, and more!
Section 25
  • Melt away the stress of the day with this relaxed, feel-good practice. Shrug out tension in your neck and shoulders, give yourself a foot massage, linger in a reclined twist, and more. Set the pace of your practice, delight in what feels good, and make this class all about you. Then lie back in constructive rest pose, where you can stay for as long or as little as you like.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Absolutely, you can include this challenge in your Yoga Alliance training hours, with each hour equivalent to one continuing education credit.
This challenge is entirely self- paced, allowing you to learn at your convenience.There are no imposed deadlines or time constraints for Challenge completion.
No prerequisites are required; this challenge is open to anyone interested in deepening their knowledge and practice.
No, the challenge is accessible to all individuals interested in enriching their understanding and practice of yoga.Yoga teaching certification is not a prerequisite.

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