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What Are We Really Doing When We Say Open The Hips, and Is That What We Really Want?
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Julie Dohrman
What Are We Really Doing When We Say Open The Hips, and Is That What We Really Want? with Julie Dohrman Saturday February 23 || 12-2pm $55 || $50 before February 16 “Hip Openers” has become a catch-phrase to describe yoga poses that increase range of motion in the hip joint. But do you really just need a more mobile hip joint for everything?While it’s true for some that increased external rotation will relieve stiffness in the lumbar spine, aid in overall extension, and enable access to more challenging poses, it’s also true that over lengthened hamstrings, hip flexor, and external rotator muscles can weaken stability. So what’s a practitioner to do? Since the hip joint is supported by muscles on all sides: the quads, hamstrings, adductors, glutes, and deep rotators, increasing and stabilizing the range of motion in the hip joint involves an intelligent and comprehensive approach. In our 2 hour workshop we’ll lay out a map of the hip, target each section, and practice basic-to-intermediate "hip opener" poses. Learning to balance the use of all muscle groups while honoring the natural structure of your body will enhance your practice for years to come. In our time together you’ll learn:- Basic anatomy of the hip, and muscle groups that support healthy ROM
- Targeted poses and actions that balance stability and flexibility
- How to recognize your structural limits, and proclivities for movement
- How to practice poses safely, deeply, and even therapeutically
About Julie Julie Dohrman is ERYT-500 and has been teaching yoga locally and internationally for 17 years. One of New York and Brooklyn's most sought after teachers, she is widely known for an inspiring, intelligent, and practical approach to yoga. Classes are informed from deep studies of Tantra lineages, asana, meditation, and anatomy / biomechanics. With an infectious passion for the practice, Julie views yoga as a means of personal transformation and growth. Visit her website: www.shaktiyogany.com Workshop Return Policy
Full payment is required to reserve a space in workshops. All workshops are non-refundable. Cancellations made two weeks or more prior to workshop start date will be issued store credit. No store credit will be given for cancellations made less than two weeks prior to workshop start date. YogaWorks is not responsible for any costs incurred for travel arrangements or accommodations related to this event.
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Soho, NY
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Happy Hips Happy Heart
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Natasa Babic
Happy Hips Happy Heart with Natasa Babic Sunday February 24 || 12-2pm $40 We'll explore a healthy relationship between mobility and stability of our hips. We'll give you tools to play with to enhance strength, range of motion and resilience, all needed for healthy joints. Be ready for a playful practice taking your hips on a ride of exploration and notice how the movement of the pelvis connects to the movement of the rest of the body. Whether you wish to gain knowledge that will effect your practice or you are / have been suffering from an injury, this practice will provide you with tools to add to your healing arsenal. You will learn: - How to expand your range of motion and strengthen at the same time
- How to create more space in the joints and build strength to sustain it
- Playful exercises to take home and add to your practice and ideas how to perhaps approach your practice in a different way
About Natasa
Natasa is a 500-hour RYT certified yoga teacher. She teaches a smart, alignment-based vinyasa class. She encourages a healthy attitude, includes a grain of wisdom, and teaches with a caring approach. Throughout the years, yoga has become a way of returning home to an honest, spacious place where Natasa can work and live with clarity. She wishes to create this space for her students, where one can mindfully allow themselves to unravel and explore in a safe environment. www.natasayoga.com Workshop Return Policy
Full payment is required to reserve a space in workshops. All workshops are non-refundable. Cancellations made two weeks or more prior to workshop start date will be issued store credit. No store credit will be given for cancellations made less than two weeks prior to workshop start date. YogaWorks is not responsible for any costs incurred for travel arrangements or accommodations related to this event.
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Eastside, NY
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Yin Yoga and Reiki : Restorative Release for the Winter
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Archer Stedmann & Anne Patrick
Yin Yoga and Reiki : Restorative Release for the Winter with Anne Patrick & Archer Stedmann Sunday February 24 || 12-2pm $50 || $45 before February 17 Anne Patrick and Archer Stedmann will lead you through a Reiki infused yin and restorative yoga sequence, allowing you to release stress held deep within. This sequence will help you access and unlock tension to clear space in the body.
This therapeutic practice has students hold shapes for 5-10 minutes each allowing connective tissue to open more effectively. Throughout the practice Reiki will be offered to uplift the energetic body, as well as singing bowls to guide you into deeper relaxation. The workshop will leave you feeling restored and reconnected to mind, body, and spirit.
Benefits:
- The practice allows you to be present with emotions and experience how and where they manifest in the body to help you release what no longer serves you.
- Through rest and relaxation we can reset the nervous system, allowing for a decrease in stress, anxiety and fatigue.
About ArcherArcher Stedmann is a 200-hour certified yoga teacher who has been practicing Reiki for the last 5 years. He is a Reiki Master grounded in the Usui Reiki traditional principles with a mission to guide others inward. Bringing awareness to the subtle energies that live within the body, we work together to facilitate a stronger connection between mind, body, spirit.
About Anne:
An adventurous and playful yogi at heart, Anne Patrick is a 500-hour certified yoga teacher who shares the teachings of yoga in and around Boston. Leading with passion and compassion, with a desire to create a supportive holistic space for her students, Anne designs her sequences to be both challenging and rejuvenating.
AnnieOm.com
Workshop Return Policy
Full payment is required to reserve a space in workshops. All workshops are non-refundable. Cancellations made two weeks or more prior to workshop start date will be issued store credit. No store credit will be given for cancellations made less than two weeks prior to workshop start date. YogaWorks is not responsible for any costs incurred for travel arrangements or accommodations related to this event.
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Soho, NY
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A Weekend with Leslie Kaminoff
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Leslie Kaminoff
A Weekend with Leslie Kaminoff
March 2-3, 2019
Saturday & Sunday | 9:30am-5pm*
$349 Full | $299 by Dec 2
Single Day $199**
YogaWorks Soho
459 Broadway
2nd floor
New York, NY 10013
212.965.0801
Leslie Kaminoff is a yoga educator inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar. He is recognized internationally as a specialist in the fields of yoga, breath anatomy and bodywork. For four decades he has led workshops and developed specialized education for many leading yoga associations, schools and training programs in America and throughout the world.
SATURDAY
Reimagining Alignment, Part 1 (Morning)
This highly interactive workshop will promote an experimental, experiential atmosphere of inquiry regarding the teaching of alignment, safety and effective cueing of asana. Starting with an historical and anatomical perspective on the subject and a functional definition of alignment, we will explore how human uniqueness requires us to understand that “asanas don’t have alignment – people have alignment.”
Afternoon
Re-imagining Alignment, Part 2 (Afternoon)
Building on clear, simple principles that govern healthy musculoskeletal function, Leslie will explain why many common alignment cues like “tuck your tail,” “lengthen your spine,” “square your hips” may be doing more harm than good. Working closely with class participants, he will suggest what kind of language and concepts may be used instead.
SUNDAY
Healthy Spines: Range of Motion, Support and Breath (Morning)
If spinal alignment cues do not produce evenly distributed movement, repeated practice may result in a perpetuation of chronic tightness in the very areas we seek to release. This workshop will provide a solid grounding in the details of spinal range of motion from both an anatomical and a yogic perspective, and suggest practical, breath-based movements for healthy alignment strategies.
Forward-Bending: Stretching the West (Afternoon)
In Sanskrit, the back of the body is referred to as “Paschima,” meaning “West” – therefore Paschima Uttanasana, or Paschimottanasana, is the practice of elongating the posterior line of the body. This workshop will delve into the myofascial and functional anatomy of the “superficial back line,” and review strategies for more effective and pain-free practice of deep forward folds.
*There is a lunch break each day, 12:30-2pm
**Priority given to students registering for the full weekend. Single Day purchase will be available 6-8 weeks prior.
Leslie's approach to teaching combines intellectual rigor, spontaneity and humor, and is always evolving. In addition to teaching, he is the founder of The Breathing Project, a New York City based educational non-profit dedicated to advancing educational standards for yoga teachers and other movement professionals. His unique year-long course, once available only at his home studio, is now available online at yogaanatomy.net. Leslie is the co-author, with Amy Matthews, of the best-selling book “Yoga Anatomy.” You can follow him on Twitter (@lkaminoff) and on Facebook (LeslieKaminoffYogaAnatomy), on YouTube (YogaAnatomy) and learn more at YogaAnatomy.org.
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Soho, NY
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Downtown Train: Yoga Cross-Training for the Lower Body
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Caitlin Casella
Downtown Train: Yoga Cross-Training for the Lower Body with Caitlin Casella Saturday March 2 || 2-4pm $50 | $45 before February 23 It’s no surprise that steady yoga practice can deliver a performance edge to athletes, both physically and mentally. But have you ever considered cross-training your yoga practice? If all you’ve been doing is asana, it’s time to mix it up! Get an invigorating, strength-building workout in a yoga class environment, and simple tools that can transfer to a home practice or wherever life takes you. This interdisciplinary workshop combines yoga with physical therapy, strength training, Feldenkrais, Functional Range Conditioning, self massage, and conscious relaxation. Appropriate for all levels of experience.
Students can expect to:
- Awaken blind spots in areas of the lower body often underserved by a typical asana practice
- Mitigate common aches and pains by training balanced muscle tone and joint stability from the feet to the hips
- Gain agency to make educated choices in your practice as it relates to your body, even if those choices go against the yoga status quo
- Ignite a love for play, inquiry, and exploration
About Caitlin Caitlin Casella has been teaching yoga and leading YogaWorks teacher trainings for a decade. Since adding strength training and other functional movement modalities to her repertoire, her practice and priorities have shifted. Now, as she pursues her Clinical Doctorate in Physical Therapy, Caitlin’s aim is to make movement more accessible to the general population and demystify the science of the human body. caitlincasella.com Looking to strengthen your upper body too? Check out the upper body offering in Brooklyn on March 30th! Workshop Return Policy
Full payment is required to reserve a space in workshops. All workshops are non-refundable. Cancellations made two weeks or more prior to workshop start date will be issued store credit. No store credit will be given for cancellations made less than two weeks prior to workshop start date. YogaWorks is not responsible for any costs incurred for travel arrangements or accommodations related to this event.
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Brooklyn Heights, NY
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A Weekend with Leslie Kaminoff (SATURDAY ONLY)
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Leslie Kaminoff
A Weekend with Leslie Kaminoff (SATURDAY ONLY)
March 2, 2019
Saturday | 9:30am-5pm*
$199
YogaWorks Soho
459 Broadway
2nd floor
New York, NY 10013
212.965.0801
Leslie Kaminoff is a yoga educator inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar. He is recognized internationally as a specialist in the fields of yoga, breath anatomy and bodywork. For four decades he has led workshops and developed specialized education for many leading yoga associations, schools and training programs in America and throughout the world.
SATURDAY
Reimagining Alignment, Part 1 (Morning)
This highly interactive workshop will promote an experimental, experiential atmosphere of inquiry regarding the teaching of alignment, safety and effective cueing of asana. Starting with an historical and anatomical perspective on the subject and a functional definition of alignment, we will explore how human uniqueness requires us to understand that “asanas don’t have alignment – people have alignment.”
Afternoon
Re-imagining Alignment, Part 2 (Afternoon)
Building on clear, simple principles that govern healthy musculoskeletal function, Leslie will explain why many common alignment cues like “tuck your tail,” “lengthen your spine,” “square your hips” may be doing more harm than good. Working closely with class participants, he will suggest what kind of language and concepts may be used instead.
*There is a lunch break, 12:30-2pm
Leslie's approach to teaching combines intellectual rigor, spontaneity and humor, and is always evolving. In addition to teaching, he is the founder of The Breathing Project, a New York City based educational non-profit dedicated to advancing educational standards for yoga teachers and other movement professionals. His unique year-long course, once available only at his home studio, is now available online at yogaanatomy.net. Leslie is the co-author, with Amy Matthews, of the best-selling book “Yoga Anatomy.” You can follow him on Twitter (@lkaminoff) and on Facebook (LeslieKaminoffYogaAnatomy), on YouTube (YogaAnatomy) and learn more at YogaAnatomy.org.
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Soho, NY
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A Weekend with Leslie Kaminoff (SUNDAY ONLY)
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Leslie Kaminoff
A Weekend with Leslie Kaminoff (SUNDAY ONLY)
March 3, 2019
Sunday | 9:30am-5pm*
$199
YogaWorks Soho
459 Broadway
2nd floor
New York, NY 10013
212.965.0801
Leslie Kaminoff is a yoga educator inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar. He is recognized internationally as a specialist in the fields of yoga, breath anatomy and bodywork. For four decades he has led workshops and developed specialized education for many leading yoga associations, schools and training programs in America and throughout the world.
SUNDAY
Healthy Spines: Range of Motion, Support and Breath (Morning)
If spinal alignment cues do not produce evenly distributed movement, repeated practice may result in a perpetuation of chronic tightness in the very areas we seek to release. This workshop will provide a solid grounding in the details of spinal range of motion from both an anatomical and a yogic perspective, and suggest practical, breath-based movements for healthy alignment strategies.
Forward-Bending: Stretching the West (Afternoon)
In Sanskrit, the back of the body is referred to as “Paschima,” meaning “West” – therefore Paschima Uttanasana, or Paschimottanasana, is the practice of elongating the posterior line of the body. This workshop will delve into the myofascial and functional anatomy of the “superficial back line,” and review strategies for more effective and pain-free practice of deep forward folds.
*There is a lunch break, 12:30-2pm
Leslie's approach to teaching combines intellectual rigor, spontaneity and humor, and is always evolving. In addition to teaching, he is the founder of The Breathing Project, a New York City based educational non-profit dedicated to advancing educational standards for yoga teachers and other movement professionals. His unique year-long course, once available only at his home studio, is now available online at yogaanatomy.net. Leslie is the co-author, with Amy Matthews, of the best-selling book “Yoga Anatomy.” You can follow him on Twitter (@lkaminoff) and on Facebook (LeslieKaminoffYogaAnatomy), on YouTube (YogaAnatomy) and learn more at YogaAnatomy.org.
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Soho, NY
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Total Transformation: The Alchemy of Yoga and Shamanism
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Elizabeth Flint
Total Transformation: The Alchemy of Yoga and Shamanism with Elizabeth Flint Saturday March 9 || 11-2:30pm $75 || $60 before March 2 Total Transformation is a journey of awakening from pain and confusion and moving towards the freedom and joy that is our true nature. Based on the teachings and writings of Elizabeth Flint’s book, Total Transformation, this workshop combines the power of yoga to open and inhabit the body, meditation to harnessing the power of the mind and shamanism to release the pain of the past and step into our destiny. In this workshop you will learn: - Yoga Poses to Activate the Chakras
- Breathing Practices to Ignite Vital Energy
- Meditation to Direct the Power of the Mind
- Shamanic Healing to Illuminate the Chakras
Recommended Materials: - A copy of Total Transformation (available for purchase at workshop)
- A stone (smaller than the palm of the hand)
- A notebook and pen
About Elizabeth Elizabeth Flint is the author of Total Transformation. Since 2001 she has taught yoga and meditation to tens of thousands of people, leading workshops, retreats and teacher trainings in New York City and around the globe. She weaves shamanic healing and coaching into her work, creating a powerful tincture to support people in transforming their lives. Learn more at
www.e-yoga.com
Workshop Return Policy
Full payment is required to reserve a space in workshops. All workshops are non-refundable. Cancellations made two weeks or more prior to workshop start date will be issued store credit. No store credit will be given for cancellations made less than two weeks prior to workshop start date. YogaWorks is not responsible for any costs incurred for travel arrangements or accommodations related to this event.
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Soho, NY
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Body of Knowledge Anatomy Series: Joint Play - Feet, Ankles and Knees
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Laurel Beversdorf
Body of Knowledge™ Anatomy Series: Joint Play Feet, Ankles and Knees with Laurel Beversdorf Friday March 15 || 3:45-5:45pm $45 || $35 before March 7
$180 for all 5 Modules (available until March 15) While nothing in the body is separate from anything else, when seeking to understand the whole, it's helpful to look at the parts. Body of Knowledge™ Joint Play helps you do just this by putting each of the body's joints into a 'petri dish' to zoom in on the major structures involved and how they coordinate to allow movement.
About Module 1 - Feet, Ankles and Knees - Explore the foot, ankle and knee joints' predominate structures and common variations to these structures amongst yoga students, plus how this affects approaching asana.
- Learn foot, ankle and knee movement capacity, normal end range of motion and the major muscles that move these joints.
- Gain awareness of the most common musculoskeletal injuries affecting the feet, ankles and knees like plantar fasciitis, ankle and knee sprains, and meniscal injuries.
- Discover the 'why' behind optimal position strategies and diverse loading strategies for these joints for better injury mitigation and increased joint resilience.
NOTE: Immediately preceding this workshop will be a 90 minute Yoga with Resistance Bands class Find Your Footing: Standing and Balancing Poses with Resistance Bands. BIO
E-RYT 500, Laurel is an international yoga educator specializing in biomechanics, self-care and yoga teaching pedagogy. She is the creator of the Body of Knowledge anatomy series, Yoga with Resistance Bands online classes and in-person workshops and trainings, a lead Yoga Tune Up® trainer, and a senior teacher and trainer at YogaWorks in New York City. Laurel’s articles have appeared in Yoga Journal, Yoga Tune Up Fitness and Shut Up & Yoga.
Workshop Return Policy
Full payment is required to reserve a space in workshops. All workshops are non-refundable. Cancellations made two weeks or more prior to workshop start date will be issued store credit. No store credit will be given for cancellations made less than two weeks prior to workshop start date. YogaWorks is not responsible for any costs incurred for travel arrangements or accommodations related to this event.
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Soho, NY
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Yoga with Resistance Bands Joint Play Series: Find Your Footing
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Laurel Beversdorf
Yoga with Resistance Bands Joint Play Series
Find Your Footing : Standing and Balancing Poses with Resistance Bands with Laurel Beversdorf Friday March 15 || 2-3:30pm
$40 || $35 before March 8
$150 for all 5 Modules (available until March 15)
Are you… - Ready to take your practice and teaching beyond the context of "traditional" yoga asana?
- A teacher looking for practical ways to apply knowledge of muscle physiology and biomechanics to movement?
- Unsure of how to integrate strength and stability work into your yoga classes?
- Struggling with frequently injuring and re-injuring yourself in yoga due to past injury or hypermobility?
This foot, ankle and knee focused Yoga with Resistance Bands class explores corrective exercises and classic asanas building toward the skills of common standing and balancing poses. After practicing several stability and balance enhancing exercise progressions, partake in a playful balancing pose sequence. The bands provide incredible feedback for ‘striking a pose’ with more grace, poise and strength.
If you frequently suffer from foot or knee pain, this class may help you learn corrective exercise techniques and pose practice strategies to improve your strength, stability and motor control - proven ways to reduce pain!
Every pose and exercise will incorporate one or more resistance bands. Bands will be provided!
NOTE: immediately following this workshop will be a 120 minute Body of Knowledge™ Joint Play Anatomy Session all about the Feet, Ankles and Knees.
BIO
E-RYT 500, Laurel is an international yoga educator specializing in biomechanics, self-care and yoga teaching pedagogy. She is the creator of the Body of Knowledge anatomy series, Yoga with Resistance Bands online classes and in-person workshops and trainings, a lead Yoga Tune Up® trainer, and a senior teacher and trainer at YogaWorks in New York City. Laurel’s articles have appeared in Yoga Journal, Yoga Tune Up Fitness and Shut Up & Yoga.
www.laurelbeversdorf.com
Workshop Return Policy
Full payment is required to reserve a space in workshops. All workshops are non-refundable. Cancellations made two weeks or more prior to workshop start date will be issued store credit. No store credit will be given for cancellations made less than two weeks prior to workshop start date. YogaWorks is not responsible for any costs incurred for travel arrangements or accommodations related to this event.
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Soho, NY
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Yoga Tune Up Thaw Out
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Darcy Bowman
The End of winter is Near! It's a Yoga Tune Up® Thaw Out with Darcy Bowman
March 16 || 2-4pm
$45 || $40 before March 6
It's time to experience new ways to thaw out the tension and pain of a cold winter and release into the possibilities of spring. With the help of Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Balls, we'll focus is on back, pelvis, hips and glutes. Join Darcy for an empowering session of rolling, exploring, and releasing using your Yoga Tune Up®️Therapy Balls. You'll learn to identify and strengthen "body blind spots"; areas of the body at are overused, underused, or misused and are potential catalysts for pain and injury. Rolling on Therapy Balls is an easy, portable way to de-stress, improve body awareness, and unlock myofascial restrictions.Take a deep dive into your anatomy. Learn massage techniques to use whenever and wherever you’d like.
- Come experience and explore new ways to
- Relieve aches & pains
- Enhance breathing
- Increase mobility & energy levels
- Hydrate muscles
- Improve posture & performance
- Relax
About Darcy
Darcy Bowman is a RYT500 and a Licensed Massage Therapist, teaching yoga since 2004. She shares yoga as an opportunity to to step out of ones distractive mind into the stillness of your True Self. Whether teaching hatha or restorative yoga, she leads with an inquiry based approach that empowers students. She has had the great blessings of studying with amazing mentors and teachers and continues to be a constant student. Darcy is a Yoga Tune Up® Teacher, and Advanced Relax & Renew Instructor.
Workshop Return Policy
Full payment is required to reserve a space in workshops. All workshops are non-refundable. Cancellations made two weeks or more prior to workshop start date will be issued store credit. No store credit will be given for cancellations made less than two weeks prior to workshop start date. YogaWorks is not responsible for any costs incurred for travel arrangements or accommodations related to this event.
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Westchester, NY
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Body of Knowledge Anatomy Series: Joint Play - Hips and Sacroiliac Joints
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Laurel Beversdorf
Body of Knowledge™ Anatomy Series: Joint Play
Hips and Sacroiliac Joints with Laurel Beversdorf
Friday March 22 || 3:45-5:45pm
$45 || $35 before March 17
$180 for all 5 Modules (available until March 15) While nothing in the body is separate from anything else, when seeking to understand the whole, it's helpful to look at the parts. Body of Knowledge™ Joint Play helps you do just this by putting each of the body's joints into a 'petri dish' to zoom in on the major structures involved and how they coordinate to allow movement.
About Module 2 - Hips and Sacroiliac Joints
- Explore the hip and sacroiliac joints' predominate structures.
- Learn common variations of hip structures amongst yoga students, plus how this affects approaching asana.
- Learn the movement capacity of the hip and sacroiliac joints as well as normal end range of motion and the major muscles that move these joints.
- Gain a more scientifically complete understanding of what the terms 'flexible' and 'inflexible' actually mean as well as the implications hypo and hypermobility have for pain and injury around the hip and sacroiliac joint regions.
NOTE: immediately preceding this workshop will be a 90 minute Yoga with Resistance Bands class Hip Deep: Active Hip Openers with Resistance Bands
BIO
E-RYT 500, Laurel is an international yoga educator specializing in biomechanics, self-care and yoga teaching pedagogy. She is the creator of the Body of Knowledge anatomy series, a lead Yoga Tune Up® trainer, a senior teacher and trainer at YogaWorks in New York City. www.laurelbeversdorf.com Workshop Return Policy
Full payment is required to reserve a space in workshops. All workshops are non-refundable. Cancellations made two weeks or more prior to workshop start date will be issued store credit. No store credit will be given for cancellations made less than two weeks prior to workshop start date. YogaWorks is not responsible for any costs incurred for travel arrangements or accommodations related to this event.
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Soho, NY
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