This Warm-up series reinforces ideas that have already been introduced in the previous instructed series. It is recommended to start on the musical warm-ups only once you have practised the instructed series over several months, so you already have internal awareness of alignment.

This routine approaches your warm-up in a fun, dynamic way. It opens up your body through repetition while paying attention to alignment. You must have been practising all the instructed warm-ups prior to this alongside the first few strength routines in order to follow with ease.

This series can be practiced after a basic warm up, before beginning an Adavu practice.

The hip opener series will help you navigate through tight hips. It will help you mobilise your hips and enable you to push your thighs back while sitting in Araimandi. Please do this in combination with str...

Length in the hamstrings and hip flexors enables the Bharatanatyam dance to find efficient movement in many adavus. This video goes through a series of stretches that can be practised after dancing or on a day when you want to work only on flexibility.

The Kartharee adavu is a movement that begins with a jump, followed by the crossing of the legs. The name could come from the hasta that is used or from the fact that the legs cross.

The bends of the bodies vary in the various types of Kartharee adavu. We usually practice this Adavu to a three ...

The Kartharee adavu is a movement that begins with a jump, followed by the crossing of the legs. The name could come from the hasta that is used or from the fact that the legs cross.

The bends of the bodies vary in the various types of Kartharee adavu. We usually practice this Adavu to a three c...

The Kartharee adavu is a movement that begins with a jump, followed by the crossing of the legs. The name could come from the hasta that is used or from the fact that the legs cross.

The bends of the bodies vary in the various types of Kartharee adavu. We usually practice this Adavu to a three c...

The Kartharee adavu is a movement that begins with a jump, followed by the crossing of the legs. The name could come from the hasta that is used or from the fact that the legs cross.

The Last kartharee adavu uses a big jump to land with the legs crossed.

The arms move in a complete mandala, cir...

Pointers for Kuditta Mettadavu:
Try to go down instead of hopping up each time you snatch onto your heels.
Keep dropping your tailbone and pushing your thighs back.
When you bend to the side, try not to have any form of a forward bend.

By the time you progress to the Kuditta mettadavu, your l...

Varnam, "Adi Shivane"

Raga: Todi
Adi Tala
Composer: K.N.Dandayudapani Pillai.
Choreography: Guru Narmada (Jathis) , Adapted by Rukmini Vijayakumar
Language: Tamil

The Varnam speaks from the perspective of a Nayika that is longing to see Lord Shiva.

P: Adi shivanaik-kANavE Ashai koNDEnaDi
nIti ...

Varnam, "Adi Shivane"

Raga: Todi
Adi Tala
Composer: K.N.Dandayudapani Pillai.
Choreography: Guru Narmada (Jathis) , Adapted by Rukmini Vijayakumar
Language: Tamil

The Varnam speaks from the perspective of a Nayika that is longing to see Lord Shiva.

This video goes through the third third line ...

Varnam, "Adi Shivane"

Raga: Todi
Adi Tala
Composer: K.N.Dandayudapani Pillai.
Choreography: Guru Narmada (Jathis) , Adapted by Rukmini Vijayakumar
Language: Tamil

The Varnam speaks from the perspective of a Nayika that is longing to see Lord Shiva.

This video goes through the fourth Jathi of t...