Beautiful Backs! A Yoga Workshop

Guess what? It's time for our next yoga workshop! This time we turn our attention . . . backwards!

Our backs hold us together. They shoulder the load. They help us stand tall and face the world. But when they're not in good working order, they can be an endless source of pain and discomfort.

Strong, beautiful backs can be ours if we take care of them and move with awareness. Turns out yoga is a great way to do this!

In this workshop, we will:

• discuss the basic anatomy of the back and the different things that can cause pain and restriction;

• go through the underlying alignment theory to get us into the best positions to open those hips; and

• dive into an amazing, all-levels, beautiful backs yoga sequence - beginners welcome!

You'll get heaps of tips to take with you to your home practice as well as to your regular classes. Register soon, as space is limited to 15 students!

Where: Healium.

When: Saturday, 10 August, 11.30 am to 1.30 pm - right after our regular Saturday morning yoga class.

How Much: $45: cash, EFTPOS or Internet Banking.

What: Beautiful backs!

Who: Jenifer Parker will be leading this workshop - that's me! I've been teaching yoga for 16 years now, specializing in alignment and therapeutic modifications. Currently, I'm learning how to fail spectacularly at parkour and roller derby.

Happy Hips: A Yoga Workshop

Hey, everyone! We have a new yoga workshop coming up soon! Last time around we covered the hamstrings, so now we venture up the posterior chain to the mighty hips.

In lots of ways, hips are the key to our moving and being well. Not only do they get us where we're going, but they stabilize the upper body. Or at least they do when they're happy.

And by happy hips, I mean hips that are open, strong and mobile - not all tight, broken down and sad. No one wants sad hips.

So, in this workshop, we will:

• discuss the basic anatomy of the hips and the different things that can cause restriction in the hips;

• go through the underlying alignment theory to get us into the best positions to begin to open those hips; and

• dive into an amazing, all-levels, happy hips yoga sequence - beginners welcome!

You'll get heaps of tips to take with you to your home practice as well as to your regular classes. Register soon, as space is limited to 15 students!

Where: Healium.

When: Saturday, 9 February, 11 am to 1 pm - right after our regular Saturday morning yoga class.

How Much: $40 early-bird registration (before Friday, 1 February); $45 thereafter: cash, EFTPOS or Internet Banking.

What: Happy Hips!

Who: Jenifer Parker will be leading this workshop - that's me! She's been teaching yoga for 16 years now, loves teaching yoga and currently is learning how to fail at parkour and roller derby.


P.S. Remember: Simon's special offer for Traditional Chinese Medicine!

UPDATE 5 February: This workshop has sold out - so we're offering another session! Happy Hips Workshop Redux is happening on Saturday, 16 February, from 11 am to 1 pm. As before, early-bird registration is $40 before Friday, 8 February; $45 thereafter. As of this writing there are only nine spaces left, so get in quick!

Feel-Good Hamstrings Workshop!

We all know how Tim feels. Yes, he looks happy, but dude is tight!

But aren't we all? I feel tight. I sit a lot at this computer writing blogs and emails and being on Facebook. Sure, I do yoga, but *still* my hamstrings feel tight.

And they feel *so good* when they are stretched out right!

And so I am totally psyched to offer a workshop on how to accomplish feel-good hamstrings!

In this workshop, we will:

• discuss the basic anatomy of the hamstrings and the different things that can cause hamstring tightness;

• go through the underlying alignment theory to get us into the best positions to begin to liberate those hamstrings; and

• dive into an amazing, all-levels (beginners welcome!) feel-good hamstrings yoga sequence!

You'll have plenty of tips to take with you to your home practice as well as to your regular classes. Look at the price - you can't go wrong! You know you want this hamstrings workshop! Register soon, as space is limited to 15 students!

Where: Healium.

When: Saturday, 27 October, 9.30 am to 12 noon.

How Much: $40 early-bird registration (before 1 October); $45 thereafter.

What: Feel-Good Hamstrings!

Who: Jenifer Parker will be leading this workshop - that's me! She's been teaching yoga for 16 years now, enjoys teaching yoga and currently is learning how to fail at parkour and roller derby.