Sundays in May: 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, and 5/26, 5:30-6:45pm

To join the current April series, give us a call: 303-758-0780

This introductory 4-session Yoga Series is specifically designed for beginners. Students will receive an overview of the practice, specific foundational instructions, feedback, and opportunities for questions. This is an encouraging way to begin your yoga practice and open the door to a wide range of benefits.

In addition to the common physical benefits, including increased muscle strength, flexibility, improved balance, pain relief, increased energy, and better sleep, students often notice they feel more relaxed, content in life, have better focus, and experience a greater sense of overall wellbeing, following the yoga classes.  To learn more about the benefits of yoga check out some research studies here.

Learn more by clicking the links below or contact us with any questions.

Meet the Teacher:

Ada Van Roekel began her yoga journey in 2010. She says, “The days I went to class were the best days. The sun would shine brighter, my body felt lighter, and my problems seemed more manageable. Yoga was the sacred space for me to exist as an imperfect person. As a student, I was always inspired watching my peers with injuries learn how to modify for their body needs: stiffness, sports injury, surgery, stroke, amputations. We never know what life will throw at us, but our yoga practice can support us through our different challenges. My teachers have been amazing guides, often the most helpful people I have met. I decided to begin my own yoga teacher training in 2022 to share Iyengar’s method with others so they too can experience the light. I hope to do yoga until I am age 95.”

Dates

The 4 Sundays in May: 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, and 5/26, 5:30-6:45pm

Teacher

Ada Van Roekel

Investment

$45 for all 4 sessions ($40 early bird by 4/28)

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Saturday, April 13th, 12:00-2:00 pm

w/Kelly Moore and Steven Norber

Yoga Teacher Development Sessions are for serious yoga practitioners exploring the possibility of teaching and those who are currently teaching and interested in refining skills, deepening knowledge, and being a part of a teaching community.

Areas of focus and exploration include asana, anatomy, philosophy, teaching skills, peer teaching, feedback, and more.

For those pursuing the Iyengar certification path, we offer mentorship and support.

Contact us if interested or with any questions.

Classes can be attended either In-Studio or Live Stream.

Investment

$30

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Yoga for Scoliosis & Asymmetry: Using Breath to Stabilize Standing Poses and Twists (Hybrid Workshop)

3 Sessions on Saturday & Sunday, June 15th & 16th with Deborah Wolk

In the asymmetric body, our individual patterns restrict movement in one area and allow too much movement in another. That is why many of us experience simultaneous feelings of restriction and hypermobility. The breath is the key to finding the internal sensation to awaken the areas of restricted movement and specify a region of the body needing stabilization.

When the spine twists, the breath can help us reach movement potential in the restricted and numb sides of the thoracic and lumbar. It can also help us develop awareness of the stability needed in the opposite side of the trunk as well as the neck, shoulders and pelvis. For the first part of this workshop, Deborah will work with the smaller twisted actions in standing poses finding the correct actions by practicing both upright and supine.

The workshop will then focus on the standing twists such as parivrtta trikonasana and parivrtta parsvakonasana.

The final portion of the workshop will address issues of the asymmetric body in approaching seated twists.

Deborah Wolk, founder and program director of Samamkaya Yoga Back Care & Scoliosis Collective in NYC, will help you find the best location for your breath and the actions needed for more stability to help you find your potential in these foundational (and sometimes frustrating!) asanas. With these skills your asana practice can better relieve muscle and joint pain, help you find your center of gravity and feel more balance in the body.

6 months yogasana practice is suggested. Students with spinal fusions are encouraged to join as the twists can be approached with the breath without any spinal rotation.

The workshop will build on previous sessions, so although students are welcome to sign up for any session it would be best to take them all in sequence.

Sessions:

Saturday 6/15
10:00am-12:30pm
2:30-5:00pm

Sunday 6/16
12:00-2:00pm

This workshop is hybrid, meaning students are available to attend in-studio or online via live-stream.

About the instructor:

Deborah Wolk, C-IAYT, has been teaching and working with students with back issues, scoliosis, and other injuries for over 19 years at her studio in NYC and around the world. Her yoga practice working with her own scoliosis informs the work she does to help others. Learn more about Deborah by visiting her website www.dwolkyoga.com.

Investment:

Full workshop: $180 (early bird $165 by 5/31)
Saturday sessions: $70 each
Sunday session: $55

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