Ever wondered how to backbend with ease? Join Alexia + Bridgett for a transformative workshop where you'll unlock the secrets to bending back, enhance flexibility, and cultivate strength.

What to Expect

Understanding Techniques: Delve into techniques like upward dog + cobra that enhance mobility, build strength, and foster ease in movement.

Muscle Engagement: Learn how to engage, stretch, and strengthen the muscles involved in back bending to support a more fluid and strong practice.

Warm-up: While we will include a warm-up session, please be aware that this workshop is primarily focused on instruction and exploration rather than a full practice. Feel free to take practice prior to the workshop.

Whether you're a seasoned practitioner or just beginning your journey, unravel the intricacies of back bending with us and discover a newfound appreciation for these empowering poses.

Workshop Format: Please note that this workshop is not a full class but rather an interactive session focused on learning the principles of safe back bending. Participants will engage in discussions, demonstrations, and hands-on learning.

COST:  $40 Members $45 Non-Members
Register HERE

Ever wondered how to backbend with ease? Join us for a transformative workshop where you'll unlock the secrets to bending back, enhance flexibility, and cultivate strength.

What to Expect:
* Workshop Format: Please note that this workshop is not a full class but rather an interactive session focused on learning the principles of safe back bending. Participants will engage in discussions, demonstrations, and hands-on learning.
* Understanding Techniques: Delve into techniques like upward dog + cobra that enhance mobility, build strength, and foster ease in movement.
* Muscle Engagement: Learn how to engage, stretch, and strengthen the muscles involved in back bending to support a more fluid and strong practice.
* Warm-up: While we will include a warm-up session, please be aware that this workshop is primarily focused on instruction and exploration rather than a full practice. Feel free to take practice prior to the workshop.
* Whether you're a seasoned practitioner or just beginning your journey, unravel the intricacies of back bending with us and discover a newfound appreciation for these empowering poses.

COST:  $40
Register HERE

Transitions, in both asana practice and life, are complex and challenging times. We must navigate them with care and skill to maintain our presence of mind as we move from one place to another. In this workshop we will work on some of the most common transitions between postures, finding ways of performing them effectively, and learning modifications and variations for different stages of the practice.

Cost: $40

Register HERE

Join me at Millennium Park for a free Ashtanga-based yoga class. Just bring your mat and find a spot!

Ever wondered how a simple inhale and exhale can recalibrate your entire being? Learn the astounding science behind the breath's impact on your body, and mind, as you explore the interplay between breath and movement . Discover the hidden pathways to increased vitality, heightened awareness, and a deeper connection to your practice. Join us for an immersive experience into the intricate science of the breath and its power.

Cost:

$40 ($50 day of)

Register HERE

Ever wondered how to backbend with ease? Join us for a transformative workshop where you'll unlock the secrets to bending back, enhance flexibility, and cultivate strength. In this session, we invite you to explore the grace and stability that emanate from a well-nurtured spine. We'll delve into techniques (think upward dog + cobra) that enhance mobility, build strength, and foster a sense of ease in your movements. Whether you're a seasoned practitioner or just beginning your journey, unravel the intricacies of back bending with us, fostering a more fluid and strong practice. You might even find you actually like them! 

COST:  $40
Register HERE

Transitions, in both asana practice and life, are complex and challenging times. We must navigate them with care and skill to maintain our presence of mind as we move from one place to another. In this workshop we will work on some of the most common transitions between postures, finding ways of performing them effectively, and learning modifications and variations for different stages of the practice.

Cost:

$40 in advance

$50 day of

Register HERE

Ever wondered how to backbend with ease? Join us for a transformative workshop where you'll unlock the secrets to bending back, enhance flexibility, and cultivate strength. In this session, we invite you to explore the grace and stability that emanate from a well-nurtured spine. We'll delve into techniques (think upward dog + cobra) that enhance mobility, build strength, and foster a sense of ease in your movements. Whether you're a seasoned practitioner or just beginning your journey, unravel the intricacies of back bending with us, fostering a more fluid and strong practice. You might even find you actually like them! 

COST:  $40 ($50 day of with space permitting)
Register HERE

Join me at Millennium Park for a free Ashtanga-based yoga class. Just bring your mat and find a spot!

Join me at Millennium Park for a free Ashtanga-based yoga class. Just bring your mat and find a spot!

Transitions, in both asana practice and life in general, are complex and challenging times. We must navigate them with care and skill to maintain our presence of mind as we move from one place to another. In this workshop we will work on some of the most common transitions between postures, finding ways of performing them effectively, and learning modifications and variations for different stages of the practice. Some of the transitions we will work on are: Moving through Catvari (Chaturanga) to Upward Facing and Downward Facing dog, Jumping Through and Back between seated postures, Bakasana, Chakrasana (backwards somersault) and jumping back from Padmasana (Lotus).

Cost:

$40 in advance

$50 day of

Register HERE

In this workshop series, Bridgett, Robbie, and Alexia will discuss how asana can help to prevent injury. We’ll focus on the basics of anatomy and how its structure can safely and efficiently go into, remain in, and then exit postures. Specific attention will be given to understanding kinetic chains, the spine, the shoulder girdle & hip girdle.

In this workshop series, Bridgett, Robbie, and Alexia will discuss how asana can help to prevent injury. We’ll focus on the basics of anatomy and how its structure can safely and efficiently go into, remain in, and then exit postures. Specific attention will be given to understanding kinetic chains, the spine, the shoulder girdle & hip girdle.

In this workshop series, Bridgett, Robbie, and Alexia will discuss how asana can help to prevent injury. We’ll focus on the basics of anatomy and how its structure can safely and efficiently go into, remain in, and then exit postures. Specific attention will be given to understanding kinetic chains, the spine, the shoulder girdle & hip girdle.

In this workshop series, Bridgett, Robbie, and Alexia will discuss how asana can help to prevent injury. We’ll focus on the basics of anatomy and how its structure can safely and efficiently go into, remain in, and then exit postures. Specific attention will be given to understanding kinetic chains, the spine, the shoulder girdle & hip girdle.

Work on some of the most common transitions between postures, finding ways of performing them effectively, and learning modifications and variations for different stages of the practice.

In this class, Alexia will break down Surya Namaskar A & B (Sun Salutations A & B), pose by pose, and breath by breath, to get a better understanding on how to move through them correctly, and all the benefits you can get by practicing them. You can attend this workshop even if you're a beginner or new to yoga.

Workshop will be on Zoom

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Join Bridgett and Alexia on Zoom to start 2021 on a good note! Led Primary Series followed by a “yoga talk”. Donation Based.

Alexia will guide you through the first half of the Ashtanga primary series and then go into a detailed breakdown of Surya Namaskar A and B (Sun Salutations A and B).

La respiración, es lo que marca la diferencia entre la práctica de yoga y cualquier otra forma de ejercicio. Cuando respiramos conscientemente, podemos llevar nuestros sistemas nerviosos a estar en equilibrio y esto nos hace más saludables física, mental y emocionalmente. En este taller, vamos a apredner un poco más acerca de cómo los mecanismos de la repiración afectan a nuestro cuerpo y cómo cuando practicamos asanas (posturas), es importante utilizar la respiración de formas específicas para poder aprovechar todos sus beneficios. También visitaremos algunas técnicas de Pranayama o respiración controlada que nos ayudarán a entender mejor nuestra práctica de yoga en general.

En este taller, vamos a trabajar en algunas de las transiciones más comunes entre asanas, encontrando maneras de realizarlas efectivamente y aprendiendo variaciones y modificaciones para cada etapa para así eventualmente poder avanzar de acuerdo a tu nivel.

Bridgett and Alexia will lead an Ashtanga half Primary Series class together, and will have a discussion after, on how using the breath intelligently during practice, can have an effect in our daily lives, and countless benefits for physical, mental, and emotional health.

Work on some of the most common transitions between postures, finding ways of performing them effectively, and learning modifications and variations for different stages of the practice.

In this workshop Alexia will break down the Primary Series and detail the actions that are necessary to advance mindfully and efficiently in your daily Ashtanga practice. She will emphasize the connections we can find from one asana to the next, illuminating the intelligence of the method. Learn precisely what lessons the basic postures offer to prepare you for the more complex forms later on.

Learn about binding positions and how to assist them. You will receive CE credits for Yoga Alliance.

Learn about binding positions and how to assist them. You will receive CE credits for Yoga Alliance.

In this workshop we will work on finding the elements that need to be present so we can develop the stability and strength that are necessary to help the balance we are looking for. You will receive CE credits for Yoga Alliance.