Author: Mandy Ryle
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Thoracic Nerve Flossing
This practice puts the other tissues in a supporting role in favor of mobilizing, and gaining awareness of our nerves. Especially the ones that exit the thoracic region of the spine. We will use somatic movement and a bolster to gently mobilize the nerves and soften the experience of the spine.
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Save Your Neck
If you suffer from neck pain (everyone raises hand…) this class is for you. Learn more about pain, why stretching isn’t the answer and what actually may help. This class blends Yin and somatic techniques to soothe your nervous system and re-introduce smooth, pain free movement.
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Pelvic Clock for the Neck
In this practice I will teach you how to passively relax your neck by manipulating the pelvis. If you need to calm things down and get to good. This is the place to start.
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Core Knowledge
Discover how to load your core system the RIGHT way for greater strength and stability.
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Pelvic Clock Practice
This 30 minute somatic lesson will help you to experience a range of movements in your pelvis, hips, spine and neck in a supported way.
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Befriending the Hip
For this practice we’re using the healing power of awareness in movement: Yin Yoga, to bring radical acceptance and relief to our bodies. I’ll equip you with practical strategies to maximize your relaxation and release built-up tension not just for today, but more and more over time.
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Yinversion
We don’t usually think about inversions in Yin. So to introduce them into a mild practice takes a bit of creativity and, in this case a bolster and a strap. The poses will emphasize the hips but our true purpose is to encounter something new, something novel.
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The Hip Flexors and the Heart
This is a practice for the anatomy geek. For someone who learns by feeling and experiencing. We will explore the fabled psoas, the primary hip flexor.
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Fire Up Your Hips
This is my favorite kind of practice. I’ll coax you gently with delicious somatic stretches and novel movements into a practice that ends up being quite fiery. We will focus the fire on the hips and use a blanket in some fun ways to facilitate mobility (strength + flexibility).
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Resistance and Acceptance
While you marinate in juicy poses targeting the hips, we will explore a the duality of resistance and acceptance. You will have an opportunity to discover how these qualities manifest themselves in your tissues, in your poses and indeed in your entire experience of self.
