Balance & Restore: The Low Back & Hips / Kelly Bay

Name: Balance & Restore: The Low Back & Hips / Kelly Bay
Start: 2024-07-19T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-07-19T19:30:00-04:00
Location: West Hartford Yoga

Schedule

Fri Jul 19 2024 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

West Hartford Yoga | Hartford, CT

Yoga therapy for low back and hips focuses on building strength and flexibility in the muscles surrounding these areas
● Gentle stretching and movement sequences help to alleviate tension and improve range of motion in the lower back and hip joints
● Students will use breathing practices, somatic orienting and relaxation techniques incorporated into the practice to reduce stress and promote overall well-being
● Specific variations of poses such as cat-cow, child's pose, pigeon pose, and seated forward fold target the muscles and joints in the low back and hips
● Yoga therapy can help to improve posture, reduce pain, and prevent future injury in the low back and hips.
This workshop is appropriate for all levels of yoga experience including new students.

$25, registration required
Kelly M Bay is an E-RYT 500 hour yoga teacher and a C- IAYT yoga therapist. She is also a Licensed Massage Therapist.
She discovered the practice of yoga at the age of seventeen. She completed 200-hr Tantra Hatha training in 2012, a second 200-hr Doaist teacher training in 2014, and her 500-hr yoga therapist certification through the Center for Integrative Yoga Studies. She began teaching weekly trauma informed yoga classes to court involved adolescent girls at an inpatient facility in 2013 and co-developed Trauma Informed Yoga For Girls.
Kelly is a LoveYourBrain certified lead teacher. Her personal experience with TBI as a child has taught her the human body and brain are capable of healing beyond our ability to comprehend.
Kelly has been leading and developing Anatomy and Yoga Teacher Trainings for many years, and skillfully weaves her understanding of physiology, healing, and body systems into all her work.