Course Description

About this class:

Through subtle actions in the legs and focused breath, backbends can become more integrated and sustaining. This practice will visit active pigeon pose, full side plank, and wheel pose to explore the fullness of the back body even as you open up into deep backbends.Optional props: 2 blocks (optional blanket and bolster)

Zeyah Rogé

I was a freshman in high school when I took my first meditation class and was blown away by the power of it. It wasn't the practice itself, rather, it was how I moved through the world and interacted with my family later that night that impacted me so greatly. I realized that meditation, yoga, and other mindful movement modalities, can create actual positive shifts and this influenced my work in the years to come as a social justice activist, massage therapist, and most recently in my work as a somatic psychotherapist. I started teaching hatha yoga professionally in 2009, which continues to feed my passion for learning, especially when it comes to the dynamism of the body and mind, relationships, and the healing arts. What gets me most excited about the practice is that it offers opportunities for deep experiential learning, often uncovering and clarifying wisdom that already exists within. As we move through the shapes of asana and cultivate our "somatic architecture" we bring mindfulness to how we physically organize, unwind, and reorganize. In this process we come to understand how our physicality gives rise to and is affected by our mental and emotional states. Habitual patterns surface and opportunities for learning and healing present themselves. The beauty of group yoga classes is that this intimate work gets to happen in the holding of a community. The practice can expand from intra-personal to inter-personal and healing around themes of belonging become possible.I enjoy teaching various styles of yoga, I am an anatomy geek and love getting into the details of alignment, I think props are the coolest... but most of all I love connecting with my students and supporting their curiosity, wisdom, and empowerment.

Course curriculum

    1. Yoga 2/3: Integrative, sustainable wisdom for backbends

About this course

  • $3.00
  • 1 lesson
  • 1.5 hours of video content

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5 star rating

Accurate description of the class

catherine de marin

Clear instruction, great pacing, enjoyable and logical sequencing.

Clear instruction, great pacing, enjoyable and logical sequencing.

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5 star rating

Alexis Stierlin

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