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At Temple Bar Yoga, we work in weekly themes. Here’s what’s on from now until Christmas.

  • Week 112–18 Oct

    Core This week

    Abdominals, back muscles and hip flexors working together to support the spine. Boat pose, plank variations and leg lifts.

  • Week 219–25 Oct

    Open Standing This week

    Triangle, Warrior II and Side Angle. Legs turned out, pelvis facing the side. Plenty of work on foot placement and leg strength.

  • Week 326 Oct–1 Nov

    Balance This week

    Standing on one leg, and now and then on your hands. Tree, Warrior III and Half Moon. Your feet and ankles do most of the work.

  • Week 42–8 Nov

    Revolved Standing This week

    Revolved Triangle and Revolved Side Angle. The pelvis squares forward and the spine turns. Good legs make good twists.

  • Week 59–15 Nov

    Wide-Leg & Hip-Opening Seated This week

    Wide-angle seated poses, Bound Angle and cross-legged forward bends. Hips, inner thighs and hamstrings.

  • Week 616–22 Nov

    Prone Backbends This week

    Lying on your front and lifting with the back muscles. Locust, Cobra and Bow.

  • Week 723–29 Nov

    Seated Twists This week

    Marichyasana, Bharadvajasana and Half Lord of the Fishes. The pelvis stays grounded while the spine rotates.

  • Week 830 Nov–6 Dec

    Supine Backbends This week

    Backbends from the floor. Bridge, supported backbends over a bolster and, for those ready, Wheel.

  • Week 97–13 Dec

    Inversions This week

    Headstand, Shoulderstand, Plough and Dolphin, with options at every level. Upside down for the week.

  • Week 1014–20 Dec

    Restorative & Pranayama This week

    Supported poses with bolsters and blankets, followed by breathing practice. A slower week before Christmas.

Why weekly themes

Not because every class needs a “theme”, but because most people do not learn a pose the first time they do it. Or the fifth.

If you only practise a category once every few months, you mostly just reintroduce yourself to it each time. A week of working around similar actions gives you a chance to actually improve something.

For example, during a standing week, people often realise their legs are working far less than they thought. During backbend week, many discover the problem is not flexibility, but that they cannot organise the actions of the legs, spine, and breath at the same time. In restorative week, people suddenly notice how restless they are when nothing dramatic is happening.

A themed week lets people see patterns. You stop spending the entire class figuring out what the pose is, and start noticing how you are doing it.

Starting with Core

We start with Core, from 12 October. Not “core” in the fitness industry sense of endless abdominal work, but understanding how the centre of the body organises movement and support. Most balance problems, posture problems, and even breathing problems become easier to understand when people learn how to connect movement back to the trunk.

How the weeks connect

Different people will like different weeks. Usually the weeks people avoid are the ones that show them the most.

Over time, the categories start supporting each other. Standing work improves inversions. Twists improve backbends. Restorative work improves concentration. Balance work exposes inefficient effort very quickly.

Done properly, yoga practice becomes less about collecting poses, and more about becoming observant enough to notice what you are actually doing.

From 21 December we switch to our Christmas timetable, and weekly themes return in the new year.

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