Yoga Classes Alexandria VA.  Alignment Class.  Master the 88 Most Essential Yoga Poses in our class Alexandria VA.   If you want to get strong at yoga, these are poses to practice first.

There are many, many poses in yoga.  I personally use about 400 poses in our Vinyasa Flow Classes in our Yoga Studio in Alexandria VA.  Before you can flow (transition) well, you need to master the bases poses.  The following poses — the base poses — are foundation poses.  These hardworking, fundamental poses are the poses you need to know.  Poses you need to master.I focus heavily on teaching these fundamental 88 poses in the flows I create for clients.  There is no reason to do fancier poses until you have mastered these poses.

In our Yoga Classes Alexandria VA we have both Alignment Classes and Flow Classes.  Our Alignment classes focus on these 88 yoga poses.  Each of these poses has 10-20 variations.  I systematically find the best variation for you in our yoga classes.  We start with the base pose, and we scale up or down so that the Yoga Class is perfectly scaled to your unique anatomy.

Yoga Alignment Classes – Alexandria VA Studio

Take our Alignment 88 Yoga Class

Take it from a professional coach with over 25 personal certifications, Master your fundamentals first, because it’s really the sexy, made-for-Instagram poses that will get you injured.”

Alignment Yoga Classes Alexandria VA is about learning to do poses correctly.  I care more about what I look like on the beach and how I feel, than what I look like at home when I train. Don’t you? So keep it safe, and build some total body strength with some real functional yoga poses.

In fact, some of these poses might too advanced for you at this time. All of these poses have value, but be sure to have a certified yoga instructor watch you peform these poses before you try them out at home.

Alignment Yoga Classes in Alexandria VA

We believes so strongly in teaching these 88 base poses in our Alignment Yoga Classes, we provide them for free.  In our Yoga Classes, we’ll teach you how to modify and correctly execute in our Alexandria VA studio.

Alignment Yoga Classes Alexandria VA

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1. Accomplished Pose – Siddhasana
2. Big Toe Fold – Padangusthasana
3. Boat Pose – Navasana
4. Bound Angle Poses – Baddha Konasana
5. Bow Pose – Dhanurasana
6. Bridge Pose – Setubandha Sarvangasana
7. Camel Pose – Ustrasana
8. Cat and Cow Pose- Bitilasana Marjaryasana
9. Chair Pose – Utkatasana
10. Child’s Pose – Balasana
11. Cobra Pose – Bhujangasana
12. Cow Face Pose – Gomukhasana
13. Crane Pose – Kakasana
14. Crow Pose – Bakasana
15. Dancer Pose – Natarajasana
16. Dolphin Pose – Catur Svanasana
17. Downward Facing Dog – Adho Mukha Svanasana
18. Eagle Pose – Garudasana
19. Easy Pose – Indian Pose- Sukhasana
20. Extended Side Angle Pose – Utthita Parsvakonasana
21. Extended Child’s Pose – Utthita Balasana
22. Eye of the Needle – Figure 4 – Sucirandhrasana
23. Feathered Peacock Pose – Forearm balance – Pincha Mayurasana
24. Firelog Pose – Agnistambhasana
25. Fish Pose – Matsyasana
26. Four Limbed Pose – Hover Pose – Caturanga Dandasana
27. Garland Pose – Malasana
28. Gate Pose – Parighasana
29. Goddess Pose – Utkata Konasana
30. Half Lord of the Fishes Pose – Ardha Matsyendrasana
31. Half Moon Pose – Ardha Chandrasana
32. Half Pigeon Pose – Ardha Kapotasana
33. Handstand Pose – Adho Mukha Vrksasana
34. Happy Baby Pose – Ananda Balasana
35. Head On Knee Pose – Janu Sirsasana
36. Headstand Pose – Sirsasana
37. High Crescent Lunge – Ashta Chandrasana
38. High Plank Pose – Kumbhakasana I – Phalakasana I
39. Feet Spread Intense Stretch Pose – Prasarita Padottanasana
40. Intense Side Stretch Pose – Parsvottanasana
41. Legs up the Wall Pose – Viparita Karani
42. Lizard Pose – Gecko Pose – Utthan Pristhasana
43. Locust Pose – Salabhasana
44. Lotus Pose – Padmasana
45. Low Crescent Lunge – Anjaneyasana
46. Mountain Pose – Tadasana
47. Plough Pose – Snail Pose – Halasana
48. Puppy Dog Pose – Anahatasana – Uttana Shishosana
49. Reclined Big Toe Pose A – Supta Padangusthasana A
50. Revolved Reclined Big Toe Pose – Parivrtta Supta Padangusthasana
51. Revolved Triangle Pose – Parivrtta Trikonasana
52. Sage Pose – Marichyasana A
53. Sage Pose Twist- Marichyasana C
54. Reclining Hero Pose – Supta Virasana
55. Revolved Eight Point Crescent Moon Pose – Revolved Side Angle Pose – Parivrtta Parsvakonasana
56. Revolved Seated Straddle Pose – Parivrtta Upavista Konsasa
57. Seated Forward Bend Pose – Paschimottanasana
58. One Leg Folded Forward Bend – Trianga Mukhaikapada Paschimottanasana
59. Seated Straddle Pose – Upavistha Konasana
60. Splits Pose – Hanumanasana
61. Staff Pose – Dandasana
62. Standing Backbend – Anuvittasana
63. Shoulderstand Pose – Sarvangasana – Kandrasana
64. Side Plank Pose – Vasisthasana
65. Sphinx Pose – Salamba Bhujangasana – Niravalasana
66. Standing Forward Fold Pose – Uttasana
67. Standing Hand to Big Toe Pose – Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana
68. Suppine Spinal Twist – Supta Matsyendrasana I – Prasarita Merudandasana
69. Table Top Pose – Box Pose – Bharmanasana
70. Thread the Needle Pose – Urdhva Mukha Pasasana
71. Three Leg Down Dog – Tri Pasa Adho Mukha Savasana
72. Tiger Pose – Vyaghrasana
73. Tree Pose – Vrksasana
74. Triangle Pose – Trikonasana
75. Upward Facing Dog Pose – Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
76. Upward Plank Pose – Purvottanasana
77. Side Reclining Leg Lift Pose – Anantasana
78. Warrior I – Virabhadrasana I
79. Warrior II – Virabhadrasana II
80. Warrior III – Virabhadrasana III
81. Wheel Pose – Backbend – Chakrasana
82. Wind Release Pose – Pawanmuktasana
83. Scorpion Twist
84. Standing Spinal Twist
85. Standing Side Bend
86. Kneeling Side bend
87. Half Butterfly Forward Fold
88. Frog Pose – Mandukasana

Build your Practice with our Yoga Classes in Alexandria VA

Getting better at yoga involves slowly building new poses into your practice.  Right now, I’m working on:

1. Chin Stand Pose – Ganda Bherundasana
2. Revolved Head to Knee Pose – Parviritta Janu Sirasana
3. Revolved Thunderbolt – Parivrtta Vajrasana
4. Torso stretch pose – Bharadvajasana
5. Peacock Pose – Mayurasana
6. Sissy Squats – (Technically a corrective exercise but it has many yoga like qualities)

So if you practicing with me in our Alexandria VA Studio, expect to see these great asanas in your next flow 🙂