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Friday March 30



09:00 - 10:00am – Pranayama, Chanting, Meditation


10:30 - 12:00 – Asana Practice


13:00 - 15:00 – Theory & Practice - Levitation in the Flow: The Spine & Core in Arm Balances


This class explores how to find steadiness and ease with beginning to advanced arm balances in a Vinyasa Flow-style class. We begin by refining the traditional approach to Sun Salutations as given in Ashtanga Vinyasa with methods informed by contemporary kinesiology; opening and stabilizing the pelvic and shoulder girdles for easier access to complex arm balances; and awakening the deep core musculature that supports that helps to support the spine and to help with levity in hand balancing. Bakasana, Parsva Bakasana, Bhujapidasana, Tittibhasana, Astavakrasana, Eka Pada Koundinyasana, Galavasana, Urdhva Kukkutasana, Uttana Prasithasana and other arm balances will appear along the path of the class, with time to explore each with a variety of different approaches. Open to all levels of students and teachers.

Saturday March 31


09:00 - 10:00am – Pranayama, Chanting, Meditation


10:30 - 12:00 – Asana Practice


13:00 - 15:00 – Theory & Practice  - Twists and the Core


This class continues the theme of student-initiated action (kriya), focusing on creating twists through active abdominal work that strengthens our trunk muscles and frees us to move more safely and deeply in spine-intensive standing postures, backbends, forward bends and classic twists. We will explore the complex (often very confusing) actions of the iliopsoas, obliques, erector spinae, rotators, multifidus and other muscles involved in rotating and stabilizing the spine. Everyone will develop a deeper feeling of their true core and how to use it in a variety of asanas.

Sunday April 1


09:00 - 10:00am – Pranayama, Chanting, Meditation


10:30 - 12:00 – Asana Practice


13:00 - 15:00 – Theory & Practice - Linking True Hip Mobility to Safer and Deeper Forward Bends & Twists 


Low back pain is the #1 musculoskeletal complaint across humanity, while forward bends are the leading cause of low back strain in yoga (and life). The key solution is found in re-learning how to move in and around the hip joints with a balanced sequence of hip openers that do not affect the spine. Building on this practice, we can then explore a wide array of forward bends and twists in ways that 1) are safest for everybody and 2) allow the deepest release of embodied tension.
 

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