Shoulder Maintenance

About This Class

This 21-minute approachable gentle practice is dedicated entirely to shoulder health and maintenance. Steve guides students through a progressive sequence that begins supine — with arm-over-head sweeps, trapezius-activation squeezes, elbow glides, and cross-body reaches — before moving into a seated Vajrasana section featuring cactus-arm pulls, forward and backward arm circles with a golfer's grip, and knuckles-to-temples elbow presses to target the full shoulder girdle. The class then transitions to tabletop for cat stretches, chest-drop shoulder-blade squeezes, and thread-the-needle (sliding arm under) on both sides, followed by a half down-dog and a block-assisted puppy-pose variation to broaden the shoulder blades across the back. The practice closes in child's pose with arms by the sides to let the shoulders decompress passively. Throughout, Steve emphasizes mindful, steady movement over range, encourages breath awareness, and notes that a block or chair can be used for the seated section. No explicit contraindications are called out by the instructor.