PAST WORKSHOPS
Flexible Body, Flexible Mind
March 25, 2017 1:00-3:00pm
Price: $35 in advance / $40 day of
This 2-hour workshop focuses on opening up your heart, which in turn will open up your mind to the many possibilities yet to be unlocked from within yourself. “Back-bending” really isn’t so much about bending your back, but more so about opening up the various structures around it. We will move through this workshop in 3 segments introducing various conditioning exercises to not only increase flexibility but also to build strength for healthy stretching
Segments include:
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Shoulders & Upperback
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Front Hip Flexors & Quads
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Hamstrings
The goal of this workshop is for you to learn and take the exercises and methods that we will introduce into your own home practice. Flexible body, flexible mind.
All levels welcome!
Unlock Your Handstands
February 25, 2017 4:00-6:00pm
Price: $35 in advance / $40 day of
Ever wonder how to even start handstanding? Wonder no more! In this 2-hour workshop we will breakdown the fundamentals of handstanding (form) as well as the advanced variations (how to create different shapes on your hands and the venture to press handstands).
The workshop is broken down into 4 segments:
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Lock Your Form
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Where To Start
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The Straight Line Starts with Rounding
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Quest for the Press
The goal of this workshop is for you to walk away with some new insight towards the art of handbalancing. You might not find yourself pressing immediately after 2 hours (or you might!) but you’ll learn the necessary tools to help you journey towards that goal!
(recommended that you have a minimum practice of bakasana – crow pose)
Arm-Balancing Upside-Down
Sunday June 4 2017
1:30 - 3:30pm
$35 in advance/$40 day-of
This 2-hour workshop is perfect for anyone who wants to learn Crow, Headstand, and Forearmstand. With arm-balancing it is all about finding the ‘right balance’; that’s easier said than done! But with a few tips and a thorough breakdown from entry to exit of an arm-balance, it can be much easier. We will start by visiting the crow (bakasana) family of arm balances and then move into the breakdown of headstand (srisasana) and forearmstand (pinchamayurasana) along with how to flow between the three!
Segments include:
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The foundation: Bakasana/Baby Bakasana
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Headstand Srisasana
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Forearmstand Pinchamayurasana
The goal of this workshop is for you to learn the fundamental concepts of crow, headstand, and forearmstand to take with you into your personal practice (studio or home). All levels welcome!
All About the Hips
November 11, 2017 1:00-3:00pm
$40 / person
Register Here
This 2-hour workshop focuses on hip flexibility! For most of us, we spend 80% of the day either sitting, standing, or moving in one plane of direction (walking forward). But the hip joint is made for so much more rotation. In this workshop, we will move through 4 segments of different exercises to not only increase flexibility but also to build strength for healthy stretching
Segments include:
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Front Hip Flexors & Quads
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Hamstrings
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Outter hips (abductors)
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Inner thighs (adductors)
The goal of this workshop is for you to learn and take the exercises and methods that we will introduce into your own home practice (or even office practice!).
All levels welcome!
Moving Through the Heart Space I
Sat January 13, 2018 1:00-3:00pm
Price: $40
Register Here
Do you find the concept of back-bending terrifying and even painful? Then this is the perfect workshop for you to discover how to unlock your spine safely. Contrary to what we might think, back-bending can be quite therapeutic to back pain. We spend close to 90% of our day sitting, standing, and even sleeping with a posterior curve in our spine (rounding the back). This habitual pattern eventually causes our vertebra to mimic the action, slowly pressing the discs posteriorly overtime. Functional back-bending reverses this process, creating space and flexibility within your vertebra and muscles to allow the disc to shift back towards neutral. This 2-hour all-level workshop focuses on opening the space behind your heart - how to shift the 'bend' from lower spine to upper and middle thoracic spine, relieving the compression and pressure on your lumbar spine. We will move through this workshop in 3 segments introducing various conditioning exercises to not only increase flexibility but also to build strength for healthy backhanding.
Segments include:
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Shoulders & Upperback
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Front Hip Flexors & Quads
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Lumbar Strength
The goal of this workshop is for you to learn and take the exercises and methods that we will introduce into your own home practice. Flexible body, flexible mind.
All levels welcome!
Unlock Your Handstands
Sat January 27 1:00-3:00pm
Price: $40
Register Here
Ever wonder how to even start handstanding? Wonder no more! In this 2-hour workshop we will breakdown the fundamentals of handstanding (form) as well as the advanced variations (how to create different shapes on your hands and the venture to press handstands).
The workshop is broken down into 4 segments:
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Lock Your Form
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Finding Balance with Shapes
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Quest for the Press
The goal of this workshop is for you to walk away with some new insight towards the art of handbalancing. You might not find yourself pressing immediately after 2 hours (or you might!) but you’ll learn the necessary tools to help you journey towards that goal!
(recommended that you have a minimum practice of bakasana – crow pose)
Full Practice (master class)
When: Saturday March 24, 2018
TIme: 2:00-4:00pm
Price: $40
Where: Honor Yoga North Brunswick
Experience a fully integrated practice in this 2 1/2 hour workshop that will include not only a balanced vinyasa sequence but also pranayama breath work - the root of the yoga practice. Students will be led and guided through a standing yang sequence suitable for beginners with options leading up to variations for advanced practitioners. Physical practice will conclude with a grounding yin-like sequence for meditative stillness. Workshop concludes with Yoga Nidra (meditative yogic sleep) to translate the work of the physical body to the mental state.
Practice consists of:
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Pranayama breath work
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Standing/balancing postures (along with arm/hand balance options)
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Heart-opening sequence
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Hip-opening sequence
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Meditative Yoga Nidra
The goal of this workshop is for you to learn and take the exercises and methods that we will introduce into your own home/studio practice.
*All level class
Inversion Lab
When: Sunday March 25, 2018
TIme: 2:00-4:00pm
Price: $40
Where: Honor Yoga North Brunswick
This 2-hour workshop is perfect for the novice inverter as well as more experienced inverters looking for additional transitions and options!
Come learn what is necessary to balance on your hands and your forearms. We will cover the necessary strength components of arm /hand balances as well as the proper alignment to move upside down. Students will learn how to navigate a new awareness within their physical bodies upside down!
Practice consists of:
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The foundation: Bakasana
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Headstand Srisasana
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Forearmstand Pinchamayurasana
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Handstand
The goal of this workshop is for you to learn the fundamental concepts of inverting to take with you into your personal practice (studio or home). All levels welcome!
Flexibility Workshop (for dancers)
Sunday April 22, 2018 11:00-1:30pm
Price: $40
Register Here
In this 2-hour workshop, we will flow through exercises to warm up and unlock the spine, then break down various techniques to increase both flexibility and strength! The focus is to help you shift the 'bend' from your low back and move it into the shoulders and upper/middle back as well as the front of your hips.
If deepening your flexibility around backbending is your goal, this workshop is perfect for you. Come experience how good it can feel to open your heart, which may just unlock a deeper space within.
Segments include:
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Shoulders & Upperback
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Front Hip Flexors & Quads
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Lumbar Strength/Flexibility
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Heart-opening inversions
The goal of this workshop is for you to learn and take the exercises and methods that we will introduce into your own home/studio practice.
*Students should be able to do a wheel pose (doesn’t have to be ‘perfect’ but some form of a wheel)
Flexibility
Mind Your Body Madison
Sunday October 14
All levels
Do you find the concept of back-bending terrifying and even painful? Then this is the perfect workshop for you to discover how to unlock your spine safely. Contrary to what we might think, back-bending can be quite therapeutic to back pain. We spend close to 90% of our day sitting, standing, and even sleeping with a posterior curve in our spine (rounding the back). This habitual pattern eventually causes our vertebra to mimic the action, slowly pressing the discs posteriorly overtime. Functional back-bending reverses this process, creating space and flexibility within your vertebra and muscles to allow the disc to shift back towards neutral. This 2-hour all-level workshop focuses on opening the space behind your heart - how to shift the 'bend' from lower spine to upper and middle thoracic spine, relieving the compression and pressure on your lumbar spine. We will move through this workshop in 3 segments introducing various conditioning exercises to not only increase flexibility but also to build strength for healthy backhanding.
Segments include:
-
Shoulders & Upperback
-
Front Hip Flexors & Quads
-
Lumbar Strength
-
Hamstrings
The goal of this workshop is for you to learn and take the exercises and methods that we will introduce into your own home practice. Flexible body, flexible mind.
All levels welcome!
Moving Through the Heart Space
All levels
Do you find the concept of back-bending terrifying and even painful? Then this is the perfect workshop for you to discover how to unlock your spine in a feel-good way. Contrary to what we might think, back-bending can be quite therapeutic to back pain. We spend close to 90% of our day sitting, standing, and even sleeping with a posterior curve in our spine (rounding the back). This habitual pattern eventually causes our vertebra to mimic the action, slowly pressing the discs posteriorly overtime. Functional back-bending can help reverse this process, creating space and flexibility within your vertebra and muscles to allow the disc to shift back towards neutral. This 2-hour all-level workshop focuses on opening the space behind your heart and in the front of your hips to shift the 'bend' from lower spine to upper and middle thoracic spine, relieving the compression and pressure on your lumbar spine. We will move through this workshop in 4 segments introducing various conditioning exercises and techniques to not only increase flexibility but also to build strength for healthy stretching.
Segments include:
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Shoulders & Upperback
-
Front Hip Flexors & Quads
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Leg flexibility
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Lumbar Strength
The goal of this workshop is for you to learn and take the exercises and methods that we will introduce into your own home practice and for you to discover how GOOD and thereapeutic stretching can feel.
ALL LEVELS WELCOME!
