Yoga for Pelvic, Hip and Lower Back Pain: Three Week Series with Leslie Howard (ONLINE)
Mondays, Nov 1, 8, 15, 5:30-7:30p (Eastern Standard Time)
$35 each, all 3 for $90
This three part workshop is designed to help people with pain or tension in the pelvis, hips or back. Pain and tension can result from trauma or chronic holding patterns. Trauma can include chronic poor posture, surgeries, difficult labor, sexual abuse or other strains. Pelvic trauma or tension can contribute to chronic pain, incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse. This workshop includes a brief anatomy lecture and discussion, breathing techniques and yoga poses done with particular attention to gently relax the muscles of the pelvis, hip and back. Handouts will be provided to help support your practice of what you will learn.
This series is intended for students who are female identifying and anyone assigned female at birth.
November 1: Brief anatomy lecture, breath as the bridge from conscious to unconscious, supine poses to gently open hips and groin and lengthen the spine
November 8: Building on the class before, breath awareness practice, introducing therapeutically focused standing poses
November 15: Breath awareness practice followed by stabilizing poses done with support to learn how to engage and lengthen muscles properly.
Additionally, I want to acknowledge that due to societal inequalities the healing practices of yoga have been less accessible to black communities, so I am offering two scholarship spots in this workshop to the first two Black yoga teachers that would like to take them. Please contact registrar@willowstreetyoga.com for more information.