Sweet Side Body Practice

About This Class

This evening flow class is built entirely around unlocking and strengthening the side body — the intercostal muscles, obliques, and lateral spine — through a carefully layered progression. Steve opens with seated breathwork and shoulder openers before moving through a Tabletop-based lateral leg sweep series that introduces the side-body theme early. A grounded Down Dog warm-up leads into Crescent Lunge lateral reaches, half-moon side stretches, and Side Angle Pose with deep tricep-wrap extensions. Two rounds of Navasana and Ardha Navasana with oblique tilts build core awareness, while forearm plank and side-forearm plank integrate that strength. Standing sequences include Warrior Two, Side Angle, Revolved Triangle, and Triangle with ear-hold variations that layer increasingly deep lateral lengthening. Wide-legged forward folds, Gate Pose (Parighasana) from a kneeling position, Garudasana, and Camel Pose round out the yang work before a long, nurturing floor sequence of supine twists, Baddha Konasana, half and full Upavishtha Konasana with side-stretch variations, and seated forward folds. The class closes with a guided seated or supine meditation focused on breath awareness, making it ideal as an evening practice to decompress, release tension from prolonged sitting, and restore full lateral range of motion.