Yoga for Resilience
Yoga for Resilience
A gentle Yoga practice for those with back issues, those with knee replacements or seek improved stability at the hip and shoulder joints. This also benefits those who seek to mindfully slow the nervous system.
Instructor: Kathy Conyers, Yoga Teacher RYT-500, Certificate in Yoga Therapy
Date and time: Wednesdays, 10-11:15am starting on September 4.
Resilience Yoga will help you develop a strong and flexible spine, feel ease in your joints, and be steady in balance. This class features breath centered movements adapted for all levels of participation.
Each class includes movements/postures to strengthen hip and shoulder stability, breathing exercises and use of some props to allow for modifications and adjustments if needed. You will practice movements in a chair, standing, prone, kneeling and supine.
People who would benefit would include the following:
- Desire to strengthen weak muscles & release tight muscles
- Desire to strengthen hip & shoulder stability
- Desire to slow down the breath/movement to release stress & increase ease
Some of the props you will use will be:
- chair
- block
- strap
- blanket
- spinal strip
What participants should bring: Strap, yoga mat and blanket (some are available to borrow)
Event Fee: $80/per 4 week session or $25/drop in
Payment can be cash, check or paypal via artyoga12@gmail.com
RECOMMENDED TO PREPAY TO ENSURE YOUR SPOT or RSVP Kathy to let her know you're coming: artyoga12@gmail.com
Bio:
Kathy Conyers, Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500 hour with Yoga Alliance. I have trained at the Integral Yoga Institute, 200 hour, 1989, the American Viniyoga Institute, 500 hour Certificate, 2007 and Functional Synergy, Yoga Therapy Certificate, 2023. I have experience teaching yoga classes for 34 years with specialties in Yoga for Back Care, Yoga for the Elderly and Pre-Natal Yoga. I have taught Yoga at the Integral Yoga Institute, The Bristol Hospital Wellness Center, The Southington Parks and Recreation, and privately.