Lesson Summary

Welcome to the revolutionary online Yoga Optimized course by Eoin Finn Blissology.


This session aims to simplify the knowledge about Core Line Integration poses found on pages 172 to 182 of the book. Check it out here!

The focus is to help you understand the physics and transform it into embodied knowledge that feels great in your body. Our Blissology mantra says, "Yoga is feeling, not just shapes."

In Blissology Yoga, there are five families of poses:

• Core line integration poses
• Back body stretches
• Front body stretches
• Lateral side body stretches
• Medial side body stretches
• Relaxation or Savasana

The core line integration aims for stability and space, dispersing the load over multiple joints rather than concentrating it on a few. The motto for these poses is strength along length, focusing on creating space, stability, and stretch through a vector of force from one point to another.

Key points:

• Core line integration poses are about stability and space, not just stretching.
• Strength along the length is emphasized rather than big abdominal exercises.
• These poses work along the midline of the body.

Seven different shapes of core line integration poses include:

• Plank pose (figure 3-1-1)
• Side plank (figure 3-1-2)
• Low plank/chaturanga (figure 3-1-3)
• Mountain pose/tadasana (figure 3-1-4)
• Headstand/sirasana (figure 3-1-5)
• Forearm stand
• Handstand/urdhva-mukha-vrikshasana

Learning one pose in the core line family means you understand the principles of all poses. The focus is on a relaxed breathing technique that supports spinal joint health. Subsidiary duo lines and components of the core line will also be covered, ultimately leading to a harmonious integration with breathing, resulting in a beautiful feeling of effortless strength and spaciousness.