Sat, Jul 28

regular: $100

member: $80

practice only: $40

practice only, member: $36

9:30-11:30am, practice
Find joy in hip opening.  We sit all day in our cars and at our desks, and such stagnation is often reflected in the tightness and discomfort in our hips.  Understanding the hip joint, and the surrounding musculature, is important to releasing negative emotions such as stress, anger, sadness, and the key to feeling joy and freedom in our physical and spiritual bodies.  Back pain? It could be your hips.  Understanding the hips is a crucial step to maintaining health and mobility throughout your life.

The day will begin with a 2-hour class exploring hip openers and stabilizers, starting with a warming vinyasa flow before we move into some deep hip openers. We will explore both internal and external rotation, as well as learn therapies specifically for hips, even among those with long-standing pathology.

12:15-2pm, techniques
Join Ingrid Yang, yoga expert and medical student with a mastery of anatomy and movement, for this amazing and exploratory workshop that will help you find peace and liberation in the body. The afternoon will include an in-depth study of the muscles of the hips and a break-down of how certain yoga postures can benefit the hips.

2-3:45pm, teaching skills (500 hr trainees only)
The day will end with teacher trainees practice teaching with their newly-acquired clinical knowledge of hip strengthening and opening.
Suggested reading: Hatha Yoga Asanas by Daniel Dituro and Ingrid Yang

Sat, Aug 11

regular: $100

member: $80

practice only: $40

practice only, member: $36

In our search for mastery of vinyasa flow and power yoga, we often forget to balance our practice and teaching with calming poses. Closing poses, restorative yoga and deep stretch is a critical aspect of our practice that balances the more obvious practices we typically seek in yoga. Restorative and deep stretch calm the nervous system and active the parasympathetic nervous system where we can truly relax and de-stress. Release tension and find optimal relaxation through a series of supported and deep-stretch poses that are held for several minutes. Open the body, quiet the mind and watch your tension disappear.

This workshop is appropriate for yoga students of all levels, as well as yoga teachers who want to learn how to integraterestorative and closing techniques into their own classes. With her medical background, Ingrid is specially qualified to teach this module as she has done in depth study on the calming nervous system and particularly enjoys teaching yoga for cancer therapy and therapeutic yoga.

9:30-11:30am, practice
12:15-2pm, techniques
2-3:45pm, teaching skills (500 hr trainees only)

Sat, Nov 3

regular: $100

member: $80

practice only: $40

practice only, member: $36

9:30-11:30am, practice
12:15-2pm, techniques
2-3:45pm, teaching skills (500 hr trainees only)