Elevate On & Off The Mat: Yoga & Philosophy Masterclass Series
Schedule
Thu Jul 18 2024 at 06:45 pm to Sun Jul 21 2024 at 04:00 pm
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Heather Yoga | Bradford, EN
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Feel empowered, strong and safe in your body & practice on the yoga mat this Year through an exciting collection of 8 masterclasses with Senior Teacher Heather. This series will inform you, motivate you, and educate you.
Providing a valuable opportunity & space to refine, inspire & up-level your practice.
Offering you a carefully designed sequence & package of sessions for a whole learning process & experience that will effectively refresh & enhance your approach on the Yoga mat moving forwards.
Giving you the tools to start to take more responsibility for your own Yoga practice.
Looking at some key techniques & important concepts from a whole spectrum of pose groups for safe effective alignment and to give you more clarity & understanding of what you’re doing and why.
Exploring the foundations of historical Yoga Philosophy to give more depth & meaning to your practice and life.
Learning how to craft your own home practice so you feel motivated & confident to get on the mat at any time in your day and guide yourself through effective and thoughtful self-led sequencing.
Helping you to stay focussed, accountable, and on track for the duration of the series and beyond.
Making a noticeable shift & impact in your practice, your body, your mental space, and your energy levels this Summertime.
Connecting with your fellow yogis as you go through the same valuable journey together.
Sessions:
Breathe & Movement
Thursday 18th July 6.45 – 8.15pm
Learn how to breathe & flow more skilfully in Yoga – including Sun Salutations, moving between poses such as Downward Dog to Lunge/ Warrior type poses, and other main transitions between poses
Forward Bends: Grounding & Quietening
Friday 19th July 6.45 – 8.15pm
Understand & refine key principles in a variety of standing, seated and reclined forward fold poses, including how to prepare your legs and hips, protecting your lower back, and obstacles to these poses.
Standing Poses: Steady, Strong & Balanced.
Saturday 20th July 9:30 –11am
Delve into a variety of key standing poses – refining your stride, understanding the different positions of the pelvis and how this the effects the alignment & experience of the spine & the rest of your body.
Living Your Yoga: Yoga Philosophy With The Foundations Of Yamas & Niyamas (The Ethics)
Saturday 20th July 11:15am –1:15pm (Part 1) & 2:15 – 4:15pm (Part 2)
Dip into the historical philosophy of Yoga with the first two limbs of yoga outlined in the Yoga Sutra’s known as the Yamas and Niyamas – a set of ethical guidelines & powerful tools to begin to empower you to live your yoga off the mat – creating harmonious relationships with yourself and the world.
Backbends: Finding Space & Evenness
Saturday 20th 4.30pm – 6pm
Learn the importance of the pelvis and distributing your backbend between your lower back, mid-back, and upper back in a selection of different styles of yoga backbends including some focus on Bridge & Wheel.
Twists: Rotate & Unwind.
Sunday 21st July 9:30 – 11am
Discover & understand the 2 sources of leverage that produce rotation, how to breath, preparing your body and knowing how to stay safe and comfortable.
Self Led: How to Create & Guide Your Own Yoga Practice
Sunday 21st July 11:15am – 1:15pm
Learn the tools in how you can craft & develop your very own practice that works for you & your body, your environment and schedule.
Arm Balances: Stable & Clear.
Sunday 21st July 2.30pm – 4pm
Learn proper alignment and ways to employ your entire body for balancing on your hands, addressing the common fears & challenges and how to stay steady & navigate these. We’ll include work on Crow/Crane Pose.
£169
Early Bird £149 Until 9th June
Book here: https://www.heatheryoga.co.uk/elevate/
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Where is it happening?
Heather Yoga, Holding Space John St, Saltaire,City of Bradford, Bradford, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
