#ElevatedSocialDistancing

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Welcome to our commUNITY! Our #ElevatedAF Blog is a weekly blog designed for our commUNITY to catch up on the latest news and all you need to know on upcoming events and classes. Plus, get inspiring tips, wellness advice and explore ways to stay connected and ways to get Elevated AF—all right here!

Our goal is to provide valuable content that continues to keep our commUNITY connected, engaged, active and healthy during the unique times we're all consistently adjusting to. Remember that we are always here for you! If you have feedback or is there a topic you'd like to see covered, shoot us an email at hello@elevateyogaaz.com. We love hearing from our commUNITY—our extended family.

With love,

Your Elevate Family

Elevate Yoga

Apr 15, 2020
2 min

Hips Don't Lie

Welcome to day 10, the final day, of our #ElevatedSocialDistancing challenge. Today, Rachel closes us out with some killer drills to work on our hips! Because who doesn't love some work on the hips! Hip-openers are some of the most popular and requested types of asanas {and no doubt, your yoga teacher's favorite thing to teach}. They bring release to areas of tightness that many people suffer from. There are over 20 muscles that work across the hips, such as adductors in the

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Elevate Yoga

Apr 14, 2020
2 min

Mo-Mo-Mobility

Welcome to day 9 of our #ElevatedSocialDistancing challenge. Today, Liz talks to us about mobility and deepens our understanding of what “being mobile” actually is all about. Simply put, mobility isn't something we do for the sake of "getting more mobile" and instead, it is something we should all be doing in order to maximize our potential and reduce our risk of injury! So what exactly is the difference between mobility and flexibility? Yes, the two are very different, but b

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Elevate Yoga

Apr 13, 2020
1 min

This vs. That

Welcome to day 8 of our #ElevatedSocialDistancing challenge. Today, Rachel walks through the differences between some common asanas (postures or shapes) that can easily be confused. Sometimes it can kind of be like learning a new language where words look similar, are pronounced similar, but have different meanings! The same thing can be true in yoga. Some poses, even if their names sound nothing alike, look so similar that it can be challenging to understand the subtle diffe

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Elevate Yoga

Apr 12, 2020
2 min

Prop It Up

Welcome to day 7 of our #ElevatedSocialDistancing challenge. Today, Brooke talks to us about the importance of restorative yoga along with how we can use simple household items to practice with. Restorative yoga is a practice that can be practiced anywhere you are with anything you have. It is a practice that isn't focused on a deep stretch or movement. Instead, it is a practice that is focused solely on relaxing the nervous system. Restorative yoga, a practice that leads the

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Elevate Yoga

Apr 11, 2020
1 min

Namaste In My Chair

Welcome to day 6 of our #ElevatedSocialDistancing challenge. Today, Charley leads us through a gentle chair yoga sequence, because Namaste In My Chair, #amIright?! With all of the extra time we're spending seated these days, it's even more important to continue to move our bodies. Chair yoga is a gentle practice that anyONE and anyBODY can do, anyWHERE you are! In addition to receiving cramps in the body, stiffness and tightness from being seated, it helps us increase cirucla

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Elevate Yoga

Apr 10, 2020
2 min

Think Happy, Be Happy

Welcome to day 5 of our #ElevatedSocialDistancing challenge. Today, Jeanette talks to us about guided imagery meditation. Guided imagery (sometimes called guided meditation, visualization, mental rehearsal, and guided self-hypnosis) is a gentle but powerful technique that focuses the imagination in proactive, positive ways. It can be as simple as closing your eyes and taking a deep breath in, just before you get out of bed in the morning, imagining how perfect the day is abou

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Elevate Yoga

Apr 9, 2020
1 min

The ELDOA Method

Welcome to day 4 of our #ElevatedSocialDistancing challenge. Today, Liz talks to us about The ELDOA Method. So... what exactly is The ELDOA Method? Simply put…it’s all about the spine. It’s a series of active postures (shapes) that target specific joints and work to decompress, relieve pain, and restore function and balance. Source: www.eldoamethod.com Get Started For today’s exercise, you’ll focus on the lumbar spine (L5 to S1) with an active version of your traditional legs

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Elevate Yoga

Apr 8, 2020
2 min

Create a Sacred Space

Welcome to day 3 of our #ElevatedSocialDistancing challenge. Today, Brooke talks to us about how to create a sacred space at home to practice yoga and meditation in. Creating your own sacred space lets you express your very human need for ongoing nourishment. Whether it's at home, at work or in some "third space" such as a hotel room when traveling, everyone can benefit from creating places where they intentionally choose what surrounds them. Before you get started, here are

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Elevate Yoga

Apr 7, 2020
3 min

Use Your Senses

Welcome to day 2 of our #ElevatedSocialDistancing challenge. Today, Jeanette talks to us about how we can use our senses to enrich our meditation experience. Did you know that focusing on your five senses (sight, sound, smell, touch and taste) will help you get your om on?! Yes! By practicing this you’ll create the ultimate meditation experience and awaken your senses, ultimately allowing you to use your environment to calm down the mind. This can be an extremely useful techn

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Elevate Yoga

Apr 6, 2020
2 min

The Science of a Sun Salutation

Day 1 of our #ElevatedSocialDistancing challenge is officially kicked here. Up first, Rachel explores the science of a Sun Salutation. This is a sequence you've likely done a time or two and oftentimes in almost every yoga class, even aerial yoga. So what exactly is a Sun Salutation? Sun Salutation, or Surya Namaskar in Sanskrit, is a series of postures (or what we typically refer to as shapes in our studio) that warms, strengthens, and aligns the entire body. You move from o

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Elevate Your Social Distancing Challenge

Elevate Yoga

Apr 5, 2020
2 min

Elevate Your Social Distancing Challenge

Who needs a little more motivation to make space for new routines, maybe to move a little more, or may a little help in creating some calm? Beginning April 6, we invite everyBODY and everyONE to join us in some #elevatedsocialdistancing and explore movement, mindfulness, and connection! Our goal is not to simply take pretty pictures of the perfect "pose" for the 'gram. Rather, our hosts will give you daily guidance on different thangs to keep you motivated, moving, meditating

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