Yoga Studies

This class is for teachers and students of Yoga that wish to deepen their practices and studies of Yoga in new areas for personal growth and transformation.    

March 4— MeltMethod™ to Hydrate and Stabilize the Hips

With all the sitting most of us do every day, the tissues in the lower body and your backside are in a constant state of tension and compression. When you compress connective tissue or pull on it for long periods of time, you pull the vital fluids out of this supportive collagen matrix. This damages the collagen fibers, decreases the flexible supportive environment created by connective tissue, and increases stiffness.  This MeltMethod™ practice will also include hip stabilization practices for the muscles of the hip that are commonly not doing their jobs due to our habitual use of muscle compensation. To participate in this class via Zoom, you must have the MeltMethod Soft Foam Roller. All levels.

March 11—Yoga Practices to Help Improve Cervical Spine Health

Many of our problems in the neck and shoulder area result from our habitual postures which reduce the cervical spine’s natural curve.  This class will explore ways to help develop healthy shoulders to support the neck, and ways to return the spine in the neck into it’s natural alignment. All Levels.

March 18—iRest Yoga Nidra for Pain  

Suffering arises when we separate from right action, when we refuse rather than welcome pain. Pain is our nervous system’s natural response to internal and external events that are calling for our attention. It makes sense, then, that we should listen and welcome messengers of pain and suffering, which are trying to orient us to right action with respect to the internal or external events that are giving rise to the messengers of pain and suffering. When we respond correctly, suffering ceases, pain diminishes or entirely dissolves, and equanimity ensues. All Levels.

March 23—Yoga Chair Tricks

Chair Yoga is a very important way of practicing variations of Yoga postures when it may not be safe for a student to get down onto and off the floor  However, there are many other ways the chair can be utilized in Yoga classes.  Advanced practitioners can use the chair to explore the asanas to a greater depth.  Students can stay in more difficult poses longer and with less effort. This allows a greater exploration of the pose, improving flexibility and strength, and then eventually the practice of the posture without the chair.  —Recommended at least 6 months of asana practice.