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Podcast co-hosts Sarah and Tam Z. ask teachers, thinkers, artists & others about contemporary yoga.

12/13/2021

DAY 12 - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12TH
PISTOL SQUAT // EKA PADA PADANGUSTHASANA SQUAT
Tag your favorite SMALL business and tell us how they align with Buti Yoga’s core values.

Both are here for the community and always help to build the world I want to live in! One in which we can heal, grow, and learn together. 😍

Benefits: Relieves stress, anxiety and depression; strengthens calves, ankles, arches and thighs; improves focus and balance;
improves core strength

12/12/2021

I love yoga days when I see .spanner in person!

DAY 11 - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11TH
TRIANGLE POSE // TRIKONASANA
Tell us your favorite “dad” joke; make us laugh.

What says “Oh, Oh, Oh” and wears a big red suit? Santa walking backwards!

Benefits: Reminds us of the 3 gunas - sattva, rajas and tamas; opens several areas of the body allowing energy to refresh;
promotes flexibility of the hips, spine and legs

12/10/2021

Benefits: Opens space to allow for deep breathing; strengthens core; strengthens inner leg muscles leading to the relieving of knee pain; strengthens back and shoulders; creates space in the spine allowing for nerves to function properly that may have been previously impinged;

12/08/2021

DAY 8 - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8TH
YOGI SQUAT // MALASANA
LET IT GOOOOO…show us how you get wild in your malasana. Drum, spiral, release!
Bonus points: find a stranger and teach them how to let it go in malasana.
isn’t a stranger but sure makes the best yoga pose faces!!!
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Benefits: Exercises and strengthens the abdominal muscles; relieves backaches; helps with constipation; stretches ankles, groin and back;
activates the first four chakras (root, sacral, solar plexus, heart)

12/08/2021

DAY 7 - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7TH
SIDE ANGLE (VARIATION) // UTTHITA PARSVAKONASANA
Write a Haiku about how you feel during a Buti Yoga class. Tag the instructor that inspired this Haiku.

So unfamiliar
Don’t know what I am doing
Alright this is funspanner

Benefits: Opens the chest; relieves stiffness in the shoulders and hips; tones ankles, knees + thighs;
proper awareness of the back legs is important in this pose; grounding and energizing

.yi

12/08/2021

— Day SEVEN —

UTTHITA PARSVAKONASANA // Side Angle (Variation)

Write a haiku about how you feel in a Buti class. Tag the instructor who inspired this haiku.

The body’s advice:
Bound’ries are a love language.
My time line, my life.
goddess420

.yi

12/06/2021

DAY 6 - MONDAY, DECEMBER 6TH
SIDE PLANK // VASISTHASANA
What is your morning ritual that sets the foundation for you to have a fabulous day? Every morning is better with even when asks you to lift your left after kills you in Burst training 😂. Not only am I stronger from Burn, my anxiety is lower, and I’ve made some pretty amazing friends! Thanks for posing with me

Benefits: Develops a sense of balance; strengthens arms, wrists, legs, abdominal wall, upper body and back muscles

12/06/2021

DAY 5 - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5TH
FORWARD FOLD // PRASARITA PADOTTANASANA
Looking back on your 2021…what has been your biggest achievement?
I almost forgot!!!

My biggest achievement of 2021 is hard to choose! really started to take off this year, including our first teacher training for our iMaB program, I started a podcast with .spanner .yi and went back to school ! Even with all of those great achievements, I still think my greatest achievement has been and will continue to be my son, Christian, he is the sweetest, smartest, funniest little guy and he pushes me to lead by example. I don’t know if any of these achievements would’ve been possible without him.

Benefits: Tones hamstrings and abductor muscles; improves hip flexibility; calms body and mind

12/04/2021

DAY 4 - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4TH
DANCER // NATARAJASANA
This is an annual FAVE…DRESS UP and SHOW OUT!
Show us your dancer and tell us why you feel beautiful in this pose.

I feel beautiful in this pose because it always reminds me to keep an open heart, open to all the possibilities of beauty the world has to offer. It shows me that even though I’m not naturally a flexible person, my body can support me and do hard things, and that to me is beautiful.
.yi

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Benefits: Strengthens and improves flexibility of the entire body;
stimulates blood flow in the body; exercises the stabilizing muscles

12/04/2021

DAY 3 - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3RD
HALF MOON // ARDHA CHANDRASANA
Show us your half moon in your favorite spot. Tell us how this spot helps you stay balanced.

I was going to take this photo but got distracted and forgot! That’s the place that truly keeps me balanced. However, my living room is my second best spot. The place where I hang out with my kid and dog, the place that shows me that no matter what happens in your life you can always rebuild & that it is the people you have who matter more than your belongings.

Thank you to my photographer, Christian, for taking this!

Benefits: Removes stiffness in the lower back and tones the sacroiliac area; beneficial for women that are menstruating;
this pose reminds us to be aware of both halves of our bodies (masculine and feminine)

12/02/2021

DAY 2 - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2ND
LOW CRESCENT LUNGE // ANJANEYASANA
Grab a friend (or make a new friend) and show us your anjaneyasana outside!
Tell us why your friend is amazing Nannette is an amazing friend for so many reasons but the one I will pick today is her kind heart. She is always there to help you out, with a smile on her face… she has last minute babysat Christian, brought him tons of magic blue Gatorade when he was sick and soup for me so I didn’t have to cook! Nannette is so giving and kind and truly a light in this world. Thanks to for bringing us together. 😍

Benefits: Relieves tension and stress allowing you to feel calm;
stretches hips, front of leg, intercostals, muscles around the knee, arms, neck and chest;
strengthens quads, calves, hamstrings, shoulders and arms

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