February 18th 2023 - 9.30am - 12.00pm

Containment​

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Containment is one of the key elements of body psychotherapy.  Integrating this into our Yoga practice is really interesting.  In this workshop we will be looking at Energy Containment. Containment techniques can be used for different purposes, such as using containment in healing working with emotional stress or trauma.

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The body skill of “containment”, i.e. the ability to hold onto and regulate energies that are arising from within, including stress and emotions. As much as we need to learn how to say “no” and set clear boundaries, it’s equally important that we learn how to manage our own internal energies, which is very different from squashing them down. Containment enables us to pause and thereby facilitates a position of more choice and therefore freedom. According to the Bodynamic system, a Danish school of body psychotherapy, there are several muscles that hold the potential for greater containment. We will work through activating TFL and the IT Band, which are related to this particular body skill and which are located on the outside of the thigh. 

 

This practice will be working with the outer leg-line for triggering energy containment and working with the ribcage to further boost our containment. 

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Also working with the ribcage through heart opening - which is also wonderful to undo the damage caused by spending hours working at a desk, or computer.

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Each workshop starts with a short introduction to the anatomy of the key highlighted areas being worked.

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March 17th 2023 - 9.30am - 12.00pm     

Shoulders​ - similar to the Autumn Workshop but with a new yoga series

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Our shoulders are amazing!!  However they are also very complex with lots of moving parts.  Being very flexible they also have weaknesses, which mean that most people will suffer with niggles in their shoulders from time to time.

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In this workshop you will learn some basic anatomy of the shoulders, the key muscles in the back and how these interact. 

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We will also explore alignment in yoga poses to protect from injuring the body unnecessarily. Learning how to set up the shoulders for poses, from side plank and lounge lunge to dolphin and forearm balances.  Experience of inversions is not necessary and you don't have to do any to learn how to do the set up so you have strong shoulders.

 

Inversions can be frightening and intimidating to some of us while great fun to those who enjoy them.  You will not have to do any inversions in this workshop - but the opportunity will be there for those who want to go upside down safely.

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The practice will end with a longer than usual Savasana 😀.

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After the workshop we will have light refreshments and a cup of tea and a chat.