Yoga Therapy: Neck & Shoulders Workshop

We are upright, vertical people. As such we use our upper body for all the many tasks we encounter. Imbalances in our skeletal alignment as well as poor coordination with the lower extremities coupled with the demands of our lifestyles the upper body to include the arms, hands, neck and shoulder take are under continuous stress and subject to many overuse issues as well as injury such as rotater cuff strains/tears and frozen shoulder in addition to other chronic conditions. This workshop will address these two specific issues of the shoulder girdle but also work on lack of mobility and poor alignment which can lead to pain. In the workshop focus will be on correction of alignment habits that can create the above mentioned conditions and through detailed instruction and appropriate asana students will develop tools to continue activities, work and recreation, that are important for healing as well as rebuilding healthy movement in the upper body.
Carlyn Sikes is a Level 2 CIYT and a Certified Yoga Therapist (CYT). Having taught, practiced and studied Iyengar Yoga for 25+ years she has worked with many different abilities and levels of students as well as students with different backgrounds in Yoga. Carlyn, with the help of her teacher Manouso was able to heal a rotater cuff injury and did successfully return to unrestricted practice of Iyengar Yoga.