Specialty workshops related to yoga are a wonderful way to explore meaningful topics in greater depth. Students who participate in these affordable, one-time workshops can expect an experience that will enrich and inspire!
Through the lens of philosophy and anatomy, students will explore the essential hallmarks of alignment yoga in the context of key foundational yoga poses. Students will discover how attention to alignment creates a safe practice and why alignment yoga calms the nervous system, supporting both physical and emotional wellbeing.
A heathy spine leads to healthy posture, which can help alleviate back, neck, and shoulder tension. Through theory and practice, students will explore yoga exercises that encourage the supportive muscles of the spine and its connective tissues to work in unison with the abdominal and deep core muscles, creating a functionally integrated and mechanically efficient unit from which quality patterns of movement arise.
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