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Strength in body, calm in mind
Yoga • Barre • Handstands
From studio → mountains ❄️🏔️
NZ based

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Our Spring Glow Retreat is a chance to slow down, connect and fill your cup this spring 🌻💛☀️

Enjoy a nourishing slow flow, finishing with grounding sound to help settle the mind, body and nervous system. Followed by afternoon tea, a beautiful Yin practice and lovely long Yoga Nidra, which is a guided practice of deep rest and relaxation.

If you’re feeling called to step away from the busyness of everyday life, turn your attention towards your own wellbeing and find your spring glow then please join us. Link to book in bio or copy and paste below ✨

🔗 https://yogahouse.punchpass.com/classes/20871248

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It’s our One Year Anniversary! Come celebrate with us, and get the chance to win some prizes 🎉

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It’s no coincidence that the last video in this clip was a class I taught about non attachment, as I say goodbye to @yummyyogaorewa / yoga house. Two beautiful communities that came together as one.

A huge thank you to Caroline Collins and @sophie_rado_ , two yoga studio owners, mentors, teachers who put their full belief in me even at times that I didn’t believe in myself. You helped shape me into a teacher, where I learnt that my softness is deeply welcomed and appreciated.

This space is like a hug, inviting, warm, grounding, near the sea to wash away the noise of the mind. Thank you for having me, holding me, and creating such a lovely community.

I leave feeling proud that I managed to create what I searched for but couldn’t find, a yin class to land the weight of the week on a Friday evening.

You can catch me Friday nights until September 11th and any
covers I can squeeze in 😌 or come see my at my new office…. watch this space 🤭

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We asked our amazing yoga teachers to describe what yoga represents to them - in just one word. What would your word be? 💚🧘‍♀️#orewa #yoga

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{Day 670 consecutive days of handstands or strength training for handstands!}
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GAZE shift… it’s a journey (for me). I’ve been working on a lot of challenging skills over the last two years. Some of the early skills like holding a handstand and pressing and handstand came relatively easily. And I don’t know if it’s because I was fighting it or if it’s truly just very hard for me, but shifting my gaze while upside down feels scary and doesn’t make sense in my body and therefore it’s taking me a really long time. I have a whole process (!!) that I follow I’m happy to share (DM for details) for working my way into a gaze shift during practice. Also, I spend time working gaze shift off the wall almost every day. To be fair, it has gotten easier … I can shift my gaze in tuck and half tuck fairly easily, but I have a very hard time moving from half tuck to full so here I shift my gaze at the wall and move from a place of more stability into full with my gaze already shifted, and I can often hold it for a longer time like around 25 seconds here. Every step along the way in my handstand journey, I have inched forward skills and endurance with a lot of planning and thought. Handstands for ME are all about a challenge met, and the excitement of discovering new ways of moving. Why do you train handstands? Lmk below! 👇
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MY mantra: WHY NOT? I learned to handstand and press to handstand at 5️⃣0️⃣ and I’m not a former gymnast or tumbler or superstar athlete. I’m just determined! This is 6️⃣1️⃣ yrs!! You’re never too old and it’s never too late to learn new skills and get stronger.
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#susanbishopyogatutorials

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{Day 606 daily handstands, inversions, or strength for handstands}
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Don’t give up on TUCK HANDSTANDs. Here’s one of my FAVORITE WALL SLIDER DRILLS! It’s hard to move from back to wall into a tuck and sliding in chest wall can feel very claustrophobic and heavy. So try this angle to wall slider drill because you will feel more of the sensation of a freestanding tuck with a little bit of support. Remember, you’re trying to keep your hips over shoulders over hands AND the shoulders open as the legs come down. Not sure about open shoulders versus closed? See my stories for a previous post. Let me know if this helps you. And don’t give up on your TUCK. ✅
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IT’S NEVVVVVER TOO LATE! This is my MY mantra: WHY NOT? I am 6️⃣1️⃣yrs old. I learned to handstand at 50 right here on IG during a ‘press to handstand’ challenge! No gymnastics or tumbling background! Those first handstand holds hooked me on the handstand journey! You are never too old and it’s NEVER too late to learn new skills and get stronger.
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#susanbishopyogatutorials #inversioncrew2026

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{Day 600 (!!) consecutive days of handstands or strength training for handstands!}
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GRWM to HANDSTAND! Over the years I have learned to take care of my body and warm-up before I undertake any weight-bearing activities. I found it improves my performance in all things. Cycling. Skiing. Climbing. And Handstands! It also decreases the chances of injury. I’ve had wrist, elbow, shoulder and knee injuries from activities. And when you go through lengthy rehab, you take precautions to make sure you do everything you can to not be in that place again if at all possible. IYKYK am I right?
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MY mantra: WHY NOT? This is 6️⃣1️⃣ yrs!! You’re never too old and it’s never too late to learn new skills and get stronger.
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#susanbishopyogatutorials

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{Day 586 daily handstands, inversions, or strength for handstands}
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Don’t give up on TUCK HANDSTANDs. Here are 4️⃣ WALL DRILLS!! Grab your socks, cozy up to the wall and try 1 or all 4 of these ways to slide on in and finally find your tuck!!
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IT’S NEVVVVVER TOO LATE! This is my MY mantra: WHY NOT? I am 6️⃣1️⃣yrs old. I learned to handstand at 50 right here on IG during a ‘press to handstand’ challenge! No gymnastics or tumbling background! Those first handstand holds hooked me on the handstand journey! You are never too old and it’s NEVER too late to learn new skills and get stronger.
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#susanbishopyogatutorials #inversioncrew2026

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{Day 567 Handstands or strength for inversions daily!}
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WANNA FINALLY BREAK up with the WALL? It’s hard working solo (no spotter) but there’s always a drill! Grab a box (or counter or chair) and try these progressions! Beginners… 1️⃣ walk hands in and out. Can you stack hips over shoulders? Feeling good? 2️⃣ extend one leg and feel the balance 3️⃣ find 1/2 tuck, knee or shin rests on box 4️⃣ relax hip flexor and try floating off the box. 5️⃣ if you feel stable floating off the box, NOT pushing, extend up to full. Cartwheel out or return knees to the box! TIPs: push the ground away, elevate shoulders, weight centered in palms. Box drill inspo: @coachbachmann
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MY mantra: WHY NOT? This is 6️⃣1️⃣ years old! You’re never too old and it’s never too late to learn new skills and get stronger.
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#susanbishopyogatutorials #handstandcoach #over60
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{Day 559 handstands, and inversions or strength drills daily!}
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STRADDLE PRESS drill. Does your straddle press feel heavy? It’s likely because you bring your shoulders forward ✅ to float your feet but you don’t have the strength or technique to bring the shoulders BACK to align over wrists. This drill uses a strap to help you feel when you’re leaning forward and assist in bringing your shoulders back over wrists. You will need to do other drills to actually build the strength by moving shoulders forward and back fully weighted on a bench or at the wall ( or using weights in the gym) over weeks and possibly months to build the strength you need to float your straddle press… in the meantime try this drill. It might just unlock your straddle press.
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MY mantra: WHY NOT? This is 6️⃣1️⃣ years old! You’re never too old and it’s never too late to learn new skills and get stronger.
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#susanbishopyogatutorials

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{Day 554 handstands, and inversions or strength drills daily!}
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REFINE (or find!) your STRAIGHT HANDSTAND! Let’s go!! TIPs: 1️⃣ start in the center of the hallway 2️⃣ hips over shoulders over palms 3️⃣ inhale and push the floor away, elevating the shoulders for EACH switch. Keep shoulders over palms! 4️⃣ exhale, and switch the legs 5️⃣ notice which way you tip. If you tip towards the chest-side wall, you have too much weight in the heels of your hands, so shift weight forward and root firmly into the knuckles. If you tip backwards, your weight is getting too much in your fingers (hips may be getting past shoulders), shift your weight into a more centered position in your palm.
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MY mantra: WHY NOT? This is 6️⃣1️⃣ years old! You’re never too old and it’s never too late to learn new skills and get stronger.
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#susanbishopyogatutorials

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{Day 553 handstands, and inversions or strength drills daily!}
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STRADDLE PRESS! Let’s go!! TIPs: 1️⃣ start high enough to float 2️⃣ before pressing, EXHALE fully! 3️⃣ back of shoulders lean into bolster (couch cushion works too) 4️⃣ progressively lower props 5️⃣ And…lots and lots of QUALITY reps! Try it??!
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MY mantra: WHY NOT? This is 6️⃣1️⃣ years old! You’re never too old and it’s never too late to learn new skills and get stronger.
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#susanbishopyogatutorials

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