Anatomy Focus, Back, Low Intensity, Pain Care Yoga, Shift Members, Somatic Education, Yin & Somatics |
The back is an incredibly complicated structure anatomically, but even more so when you consider other parts of the experience like the the vascular system and the nervous system. But humans are not just walking talking tissues. We are embodied selves with thoughts, feelings, beliefs and predictions. These parts of our experience are EVERY BIT as important to our experience as the tissues themselves, maybe even MORE important.
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Low Intensity, Pain Care Yoga, Shift Members, Shoulder, Somatic Education, Yin & Somatics |
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30 Minute Class, Hip Flexors, Hips, Low Intensity, Lower Body, Pain Care Yoga, Shift Members, Somatic Education, Yin & Somatics |
After many years of teaching Yin Yoga, I have learned that students with tight hips want to love the seated hip openers, but that they actually really struggle with them. This practice is a hip soother for my friends out there with stiff, tight or painful hips. I’ll teach you how to move dynamically in these poses for actual relief. I’ll also educate you a bit on some things you can do to sustain your soothed hips.
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Low Intensity, Neck, Pain Care Yoga, Shift Members, Somatic Education, Yin & Somatics |
This is a gentle yet very effective practice for challenging our biases. Neck pain is one of the most common types of chronic pain and like all pain, is a product of bi-psycho-social factors. For today, we will focus of the psychological and cultural contributors to neck pain. We’ll do so with somatic movements intended to activate tissues in your neck, shoulder, and chest.
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Anatomy Focus, Compassion, Low Intensity, Meditation, Neck, Shift Members, Shoulder, Thoracic Spine, Yin & Meditation |
To me, Yin is the answer, the cure, for our stressful times. A practice which invites us to slow down, attend to the self and surrender is not just helpful, it’s vital. So for this practice we will retreat from the heart opening, expanding and activating for an opportunity to soften, to close and defend to heal. As a people pleaser and perfectionist, this meditation and simple movement is not natural for me, but it is so sweet and healing.
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Jaw, Low Intensity, Neck, Pain Care Yoga, Shift Members, Shoulder, Yin & Somatics |
This practice focuses on restoring the rhythm between the sternum, neck, jaw and hip. We will utilize some somatic movements to help you attend to the sternum. For many this movement is a real challenge but no worries, I’ve offered some helpful tools for learning. You will have some opportunities for comfortable holds in familiar Yin poses as well.
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