Yoga Anatomy Academy
If you are a teacher interested in deepening your anatomy knowledge and not only that but learning from an expert Physical Therapist and Kripalu trained yoga teacher, please follow the Yoga Anatomy Academy link right here or on my main page. Dr Ariele Foster and I met when I had was suffering from a pinched nerve in my neck. I had been in a lot of pain for over a year involving my rotator cuff, all the way down my tricep and elbow. My injury was equally caused by posture at work and chataranga form. Not only did Ariele help me get back to life as my Dr of Physical of Therapy she tailored my therapy to relearn chataranga form and to rebuild the strength I needed to make it through my power yoga classes. This instilled a new interest in anatomy relating to therapeutic movement and yoga Her 30 credit hour course is accredited through Yoga Alliance and all available online at your own pace. Ariele has summarized her PT doctorate and related it to yoga for us through out this course. This is not just a course, it is a membership to a private group of anatomy junkies who discuss issues and class ideas with each other and Ariele. We also continue to have monthly live video chats where Ariele will answer many of our on going questions. I highly recommend this membership, it changed my life, it changed my view of yoga vinyasa and helps me to change my students lives as well <3
Who Created the Cubicle?
Thank goodness for working at home or I would never even think twice about a day job. For the first time in over 7 years I started working form a desk. During training we had to sit in a cubicle setting, I felt like someone just put a sleeping mask over my eyes. What in gods name is motivating about this? No matter mental health issues run rampant in this world. If you work at a cubicle, message me, let’s start a revolution. Anyways, second issue was, is it weird if I stand up every hour and flow through a Sun A? Our bodies are meant for movement and not moving them results in massive anxiety and more immediately the most awful posture problems. The more you hunch forward over a computer the more your tendons in your neck and all those muscles begin to shorten and strain. The back of your shoulder muscles over stretch and strain, causing those pestering knots we all hate. As well as all our hunching weakens our cervical spine (your neck) causing that forward head issue and the dreaded hunch in our upper back. Point is, we can all find ways to assist with these issues. They plagued me for years even when I was not working at a desk. And most recently my shoulder issues have triggered TMJ. Well, after my first week of work I made sure to flow through some chest opening baby backbends, held low cobras with no wrinkles in the back of my neck and worked some fascia release out of my shoulder and armpit area (yes the armpit, try it I swear you wont regret it ). Needless to say I worked out some of the kinks from my sitting discomfort and the best side effect was that my TMJ pain and strain reduced significantly! Thank god because peaches are so good this year…Not to mention relieving and sciatica trying to start a fight with me, through standing poses and dynamic hamstring stretching. Let me know if you are feeling the same! I am here to help.
Back to the Studio!
As we round out this summer of introspection I’ve decided to return to Bodhi Yoga Strongsville studio teaching on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6pm. These classes will be All Level Hot Vinyasa flows. We will begin with grounding ourselves using relaxation techniques I have learned this summer through the Warriors at Ease 30HR training program, we will continue to warm up through alignment and therapeutic movement. We will flow through toning moves rooted in stability and building strength and cool down in the same fashion we began. My classes, as always are meant for all bodies. Can’t wait to see starting September 8th!
Yard Yoga
Yard yoga has been a success! Creating social distance activities for family and neighbors through movement classes. If you are interested in a private yoga session within the safety of your own rad please feel free to contact while the weather is beautiful! Please feel free to check my instagram to see the latest video of yard yoga in Lakewood!