30-Minute Shoulder & Upper Body Love

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Keith Allen

This powerful class opens and strengthens your shoulders and upper body, core, and hamstrings. If you like a practice that gives you time to open and deepen into postures, one pose at a time, this one is for you (this is not a flow class). There is a little bit of everything in this class, including pranayama, and you'll open your entire body, with an extra emphasis on your shoulders, neck, and upper body. This class is accessible to those with some yoga experience, and will give you the opportunity to explore a bigger inversion towards the end of class, with modifications available for all levels. New and more challenging poses teach us patience and remind us it's about the journey to get there, more than the final pose, or destination. This class is also ideal if you feel tight in your upper body from too much time on your computer or phone and you want to improve your posture. Enjoy!

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Adv. Beginner & Up

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You'll Feel It

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Block (Optional) Strap (Optional)

rating Rating: 4.91
based on 32 reviews

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Keith Allen

Full Body Sunrise Stretch 1
Flow on the Go 1
Heart Opening Flow
Meditation for All Seven Chakras
45-Minute Heart & Hips Hatha

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Average Rating:4.91 rating based on 32 reviews

By lisanapoli | Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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I love Keith s classes and this one is particular great.

By Joinaz | Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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Did as part of YDL 24 Day Awakening Challenge. I have done before but never did a public review. Keith is one of my favorite male instructors at YDL, calming presence, beautiful setting for class today. Although handstand will probably never be part of my practice, like the build up to it.

By Jude | Saturday, December 2, 2023
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Fantastic practice! Wonderful teachings, nice voice. Calm but invigorating. Feel strong and relaxed!

By onnomadchrg | Sunday, April 30, 2023
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Nice

By Carine | Wednesday, April 6, 2022
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Very calming thank you!

By kobayashi | Saturday, November 6, 2021
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good slow strong practice.

By Susannaself | Wednesday, October 20, 2021
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Thank you Keith! I love how you pace this class and introduce forearm stand in a safe and approachable way. Love the scenery and background river sound also. Really enjoyed this!

By Geri | Sunday, April 11, 2021
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I really enjoyed this class. Keith always makes me feel the mat is the only place to be with his calm voice and carefull teaching. I was surprised by the forearm stand and very glad of the dolphin alternative as I don t feel able to go for forearm stand without someone beside me. Loved the pranayama and short meditation at the end and of course the river sounds! Thank you

By carooooooohm | Monday, October 12, 2020
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i was attracted to this class because I was feeling a little tightness from a shoulder/back routine the day before. I almost always go for Adv. Beginner because I am not the most consistent of yogi s and my shoulders/heart as well as my hamstrings are usually tight.

Positives: I feel great after doing this class. I did get the heart and should opening that I came here for. The pace began slow and gentle, quickly ramping it up with some planks, knees to the chest. and he also opens the outside of the hips nicely. His voice is calm and soothing, with the river in the background as a nice setting to overhear. I felt challenged by this practice, stronger after and open throughout my chest, back and hips.
Negatives: The shoulder stand really threw me for a loop. Also, if the class says no props, most usually I have my strap put away and far away from reach, I generally have a blanket nearby (bad knees) but I usually don t have a block nearby either. If you are on the tighter side, yes, you definitely need props for this, a blanket for the shoulder stand, blocks for the hamstring stretch and he even suggests a strap while in cow face/eagle! I was a little frustrated that I had to stop several times to set up my situation and break the yogic trance I was in due to his soothing voice.Someone who hasn t been doing yoga for as long might hurt themselves figuring out camel/cowface/shoulder-stand without the aid of such props-- just to warn you. Minor inconvenience in this day and age, I am grateful to be physically able to do this practice even if it meant no shoulder stand today.
By and by, a great class, I only knocked off the star because I can t do 1/2 stars and that is due to the mis-classification of the props.

Keith Allen commented on this review

Thanks for feedback and happy you felt stronger after this one. Good idea, I added the optional props to the listing of this class :)

By Beth VanDeventer | Tuesday, October 6, 2020
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I had blocks ready, and was able to do pincha at the wall. Lovely practice. The babbling brook in the background was a great auditory cue for the oceanic oo-jhei (sp?) breathing.

Keith Allen commented on this review

Glad you enjoyed this one and the background water sounds!

By Monk1041 | Friday, October 2, 2020
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Was good until the fore arm stand. No way!!

By Audrey | Friday, October 2, 2020
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What a lovely setting, Nice slower class but definitely felt the effects of the shoulder opening. Will save this one for sure. Thank you Keith!

By liniyogini | Friday, October 2, 2020
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Day 12 of yoga challenge. This was a nice class. I did receive nice upper body opening and I loved the pranayama and meditation to close. As for the challenge I miss the 50-70 minute classes

By lc | Friday, October 2, 2020
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By LeeLee8081 | Friday, October 2, 2020
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In this class, Keith offered calm, reassuring guidance through all the poses. I liked the setting near the running stream. Made the practice even more enjoyable. Keith s emphasis on breath technique is key to maintaining focus. This was not my first class with Keith. He is a really good instructor and I will look for other classes that he leads.

Keith Allen commented on this review

Thanks so much LeeLee! I enjoyed creating this one, so I m happy you enjoyed it.

By gemineye | Friday, August 14, 2020
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The after effects are a kind of floaty sensation from removing all the muscle tension in the head and neck. Thank you!

By Mel | Tuesday, August 11, 2020
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Brilliant class, havent practiced for a couple of weeks, was just what I needed to get me back on track

By CmH | Saturday, July 18, 2020
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Amazing routine for a good back stretch

By CheriD | Thursday, July 16, 2020
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Love.

By Cbonjo | Sunday, July 12, 2020
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As always Keith, youre amazing. Perfect balance of challenge and calm. And well done on the production. Creek audio is a nice touch 3 michael

Keith Allen commented on this review

Made me happy to read this one and that you enjoyed this practice. Glad we get to hang virtually friend!

By Jenny | Monday, June 22, 2020
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Keith, I love all your classes, especially that you are focused on making shapes and holding poses for a long time instead of speed. This new class was great after a long day sitting at my computer. Thanks for all you offer on Yoga Download.

Keith Allen commented on this review

Thank you Jenny! I m happy this one felt good and that you re enjoying practicing on YogaDownload. Thanks for the review.

By Hannah | Sunday, June 21, 2020
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By Mykytiuk | Wednesday, June 17, 2020
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NICE!!

By Ravi | Tuesday, June 16, 2020
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Really nice class. This class is shorter then most other classes I follow, but it still offers you plenty of challenge. I usually like to work a lot on my shoulders and hamstrings and this class gives me exactly that with some twists on top. I will definitely take this class again.

Keith Allen commented on this review

I m so happy you enjoyed this one Ravi. Thanks for taking the time to leave a review.

By Jbsupergirl | Tuesday, June 16, 2020
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Nice, challenging class. Really enjoyed this one and felt strong in the attempt to forearm stand!

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