Forward Folding Power Flow

About This Class

This class is built almost entirely around forward folds and hamstring openers, making it ideal for anyone who wants to systematically work through tightness in the back of the body. The instructor opens with long, passive standing forward folds and half-front splits before layering in a warm-up flow of power chairs, runner's lunges, crescent poses, and standing splits. The main sequences introduce power lunges, warrior threes, standing big-toe holds, twisting lunges, twisting triangles, and pyramid poses — all cycling back to forward folds between rounds. The instructor repeatedly emphasizes patience, breath awareness, and non-forcing, framing flexibility as a multi-year process. The class closes with a brief floor section: a bridge or wheel backbend to counter the forward folds, happy baby, a supine big-toe stretch, plow pose, and gentle spinal twists before savasana. Props such as a block or strap are suggested for poses like twisting triangle and the standing big-toe hold. The overall experience is vigorous and heat-building in the standing work, then deliberately slow and releasing on the floor.