Back body: strength and stretch

Such an amazing class! During the last pose I felt very strong sensations in my lower back, but not much in my legs. Is this normal, or am I doing something wrong?

I had a hard time with this one. I woke up really stiff this morning and struggled getting straight into strength work. I know these program classes are really supposed to be 30 mins, but I think it would have really benefited with a warm up first. I may revisit this some afternoon to get more benefit from the work.

I enjoyed the program and felt new openings in the back. Nice. Thanks, MacKenzie.

Wow! Mackenzie, You know how much I admire you and your awesome yoga. Working with you is a big pleasure . This sweet mindfully movements are the best way to learn about your own body abilities . Thank to that class I can focus more on my strength. More please <3 नमस्ते

I found room in my yoga room today, room for improvement :-) I'm super lazy by nature, the comfort/fun/I can do this-zone, is my favourite zone. This class was perfect, though, effective but not too long. In fact, it was over right when I was starting to get into it. Perfect :-) There is an actual danger of me repeating this (seriously, I really should, I just know it would make a world of difference! )

this was beautifully challenging. I'm sure i'll end up with a cute bubble butt after doing this a few times :D

Great, juicy class :) I used blocks for the warrior3 flow at the wall to protect my sensitive lower back. Please more of these strength and stretches :)

Holy smokes MacKenzie, this was amazing. I will do this class again for sure! Namaste and hugs

Thank you MacKenzie! It feels lovely (afterwards;-)) The legs and hips actually feel very relaxed (did I mention afterwards?) And yes, thank you for the reminder that we are lucky to feel sensations in our body. Love

Felt real outrage at the difficulty of the last exercise, warrior 3. So much that I had to repeat it...;) I saw that my right knee was not staying over the right ankle but "falling" to the inside. So I guess that means more practice.

Wow, so strong but also (I'm glad) combined with yinish poses. I felt it good and it feels also good;-) ThanX...

A superb class, MacKenzie! I love all your classes and as I'm a 'forward bending' person :-) working on strengthening the back is always a bit of a challenge. This one is going into my Favorites, though! Many thanks, C X

A superb class, MacKenzie! I love all your classes and as I'm a 'forward bending' person :-) working on strengthening the back is always a bit of a challenge. This one is going into my Favorites, though! Many thanks, C X

Mackenzie!!! I always love how your strengthening classes come from these small movements that, when done mindfully, provide such a sweet challenge. Thank you for this class.

Wow, That was a tough one! And I thought I had strong legs ! Thank you I loved it X

Thanks for the class. Hard for me but brought a lot of clarity! Many thanks! I feel good!

Lovely, grounding class thanks MacKenzie ☺

Thank you MacKenzie, I loved your class. Finally I got around to doing this class after it had been sitting in my Watch Later list for too long! I woke up with a sore and stiff back today but I know in my case I need to strengthen as well as release it so this was perfect. I love the wall hanging forward bend! Love Jenny x

Fantastic class and different from a usual yoga flow.

That last strengthening exercise... What an unexpected treat!! :D I must say - just finished my third day of taking these types of classes ("shoulder therapy", "hip burner" and now this one), and never thought I'd enjoy them this much. My body is happy with this kind of focused work and my muscles feel pampered with all this targeted atention :)

Arghhhhh this was ..... but thanks for making me worked other parts of my body! I feel my legs now! Gael

Great class MacKenzie - will keep practicing and working on the last movement which was a challenge. Looking forward to improving with practice. Thanks!

Wow-a great class-I was out of my comfort zone in the beginning and it was definitely challenging, but by the end I felt the therapeutic effects. It helped when I worked out the right breathing for each pose. I also found the last pose very relaxing. I am looking forward to doing this again-thank you MacKenzie!

Thank you!

Blundering bull comes to mind when I review myself in this practice! I understand why it is necessary, but o my goodness it is not fun. Thanks Mackenzie, I love to hate your strengthening classes, because it shows out all my weak spots. :) xxx

Shall be repeating this one! Wow! Really tough but SO beneficial. x

Love this practice, thank you

Mackenzie!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS CLASS!!! Safe to say I will bringing in every exercise into my Barre class tomorrow morning...FABULOUS!!! Buttocks Be Sore!!! And...I just love YOU!!! I could listen to your voice forever:):):) Thank you!!!

Wow! I know this class will really strengthen my practice. I'll be back for more. I love how you say you're feeling the difficulty of the movement also...even though I'm pretty sure you're not feeling it as much as me (lol)! It's actually very helpful to hear it. Thank you.

what a wonderful class!!! But the last pose, dear God...... phewwwww. I think I was able to hold just for 2 secs on my left leg.

Hi Mackenzie, It turns out there was a wrong way of doing that stretch after the first glut exercise. As I was coming out of child's pose last Saturday, my knee locked and I haven't been able to walk properly since then... my lower back, hips and knee feel out of place. I'm going to see an osteopath asap, but this week happened to be incredibly busy. I'd just like to suggest instructions that ensure we are doing a pose safely. Much as we should listen to our bodies, at times some expert advice could spare us a lot of trouble! Namaste.

Wow! this is great calming & some very challenging one! I will definitely to do it again. Thank you MacKenzie

Hi! I was really not prepared for this :) It was a bit difficult to my back end, mainly because I was doing it in a particular stiff morning... But the advise of "start with quality instead of quantity" (that, in my opinion, should be said in the beggining ;) ) made me want to repeat in a better day for my body. Thank you!

I loved the soft and quiet work which became very intense. I especially liked the wall work. Thank you.

What a quality

wow... I'm new to yoga and perhaps the most inflexible person on earth, but i made it to the end. woohoo I'll definitely revisit this class... thanks

thank you so much, has been a great experience . smile

as always with MacKenzie: effectiveness via simplicity - love it

MacKenzie, I really like this class. Thank you for this and for creating a good 30 minute session. You are right. You feel the effects later after the class is over!

i do have most your classes from CODY too, thank u to always answer me, iam from Brasil

thank u Mackenzi, wonderful class

Thanks for a your class. Though but fair...I did ok but the last position oh dear. Kristina

I enjoyed your class today MacKenzie Smiling:-)

Oh wow. I have to admit, I was not enjoying this in the first few minutes... My mind was racing everywhere and getting caught up in the physical limitations of my body. As soon as you told us at the end on how we should be grateful for even having the chance to experience different sensations, be it less than pleasant ones, that's when I finally realised what a great practise this was and what an incredible machinery the human body is. Thank you so much, MacKenzie! Namaste :-)

Loved, loved, loved! 30 minutes went by so fast!

Really enjoyed, but found the strength work on the wall impossible not just challenging, is there a halfway pose to use in order to build up? thank you

Simple, yet demanding. Very nice. Thank you!

I can't believe I found this class only today. Thank you MacKenzie!

Really tough but , surprisingly, time just floated by. Thank you.