Join us for this warming and energizing Sunday morning yoga class!
When: April 6, 2025
Day: Sunday
Time: 8:30 am – 10:00 am (Eastern Time Zone)
Price: $20
Class Type: Zoom On! & In-Person at Kindred Waters Collective, 244 Benzie Boulevard, Beulah, MI 49617
Twisting Upwards
Twists and domes are the perfect antidote for those with a sedentary lifestyle or whose occupation entails sitting or bending forward for long periods. Class includes pranayama, asanas, and restoratives.
Benefits
Improves spinal health and increases spinal elasticity
Reduces stiffness in the neck and shoulders
Reduces back and hip pain
Improves digestion
Increases energy levels
Pranayama: This practice includes alternate nostril breathing designed to unblock trapped energy in the solar (pingala), lunar (ida), and sushumna (central) channels and backbends and twists, so we feel light and free.
Asanas: Come join us for this awesome yoga practice and explore ways to attain backbends and twists, so to develop:
Backbends (domes) and twists are essential to a well-balanced practice. Unfortunately most of us avoid these poses thinking they are beyond our capacity.
B.K.S. Iyengar recommends we practice backbends and twists 3 times a week to counteract daily habits of sitting, driving, and being on the computer – all of which puts our bodies in a constant state of flexion.
The key to keeping the postures safe for the lower back is to practice with awareness, alignment, and gentleness. We incorporate this yogic term – ahimsa – (nonviolence = do no harm) into our practice, so that we do not go too deep, or too quickly – into the postures.
Restoratives – To calm the nervous system and relax deeply.
Healing Injury? For those who have a history of injury or trauma and notice that the effects of the minor/major injuries are beginning to interfere with your everyday lives, please note that all of the yoga classes are naturally healing.
Each yoga class is designed to help release stored pain, anxiety, stress, or tension you may be experiencing so that vital, healing energy – prana – can move freely through the entire body. When vital energy is flowing freely (not obstructed), you experience positive emotions, revitalized energy, mental clarity, lightness, pain relief, and an overall sense of well-being.
ALL ARE WELCOME
Whether you have attended any of my yoga classes in the past or not, you are welcome to attend any or all of these classes.
SKILL LEVEL
Beginner – with at least 6 months of yoga experience
Intermediate
Advanced
PROPS
One yoga mat, necessary
One or two yoga blocks, necessary
Two firm bolsters or two firm blankets, if you have
One yoga belt, if you have
Two or three sandbags, if you have
Dharma wheel, if you have one
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