Almost all of my tutorials include a written breakdown in the caption. Not this one. This transition takes me back to where I first learned it: the yoga rooms of early 2000s Los Angeles. And I want to share that story instead. If you’re here to learn it, watch on repeat! The tools are there 😘 Early 2000s Santa Monica was a very specific moment in yoga. It’s where I first experienced the sweaty, fast-paced vinyasa style I still teach today — arm balances, inversions, funky transitions — in studios like Power Yoga, where the practice was evolving in real time. Back then, you showed up to class. You’d pack into krista_cahill_yoga and brockleecahill classes just to watch them press to handstand and dream about doing it one day. Or take kathrynbudig class at yogaworks on Montana and practice right next to Bill Murray. My favorite was squeezing into vinnievinyasa packed classes to flow through Surya A with Janis Joplin blaring on the speakers. It’s hard to describe the feeling of joining...