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This empowering self-care focused class combines elements of yoga, corrective movement, and self-massage using Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Balls to de-stress, unlock myofascial restrictions and improve bod...
November 19 @ 11:15 am - 12:15 pmat YogaWorks Soho|Recurring Event (See all)An event every week that begins at 11:15am on Monday, repeating indefinitely
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YogaWorks signature classes balance precise instruction, alignment with breath, and fluid movement. Classes are carefully themed. A flow of sun salutes and postures are skillfully sequenced, and modif...
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Yoga Tune Up® Self-Care | Wednesdays | Soho
This empowering self-care focused class combines elements of yoga, corrective movement, and self-massage using Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Balls to de-stress, unlock myofascial restrictions and improve bod...
November 21 @ 11:15 am - 12:15 pmat YogaWorks Soho|Recurring Event (See all)An event every week that begins at 11:15am on Wednesday, repeating indefinitely
SAVE THE DATES! Therapy Ball Teacher Trainings this FEBRUARY 9 & 10 YogaWorks Soho.
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Saturday Feb. 9 - 9:30-5:30 Roll Model®️Science of Rolling.
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Sunday Feb. 10 - 9:30-5:30 Roll Model®️Sequencing & Innovation.
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In Science of Rolling you will amplify your personal embodiment and learn applicable fascia science, bony landmarks, myofascial junctions, and pain physiology. Master specialized ball rolling techniques that penetrate into common high-tension areas. You will learn 6 head-to-toe series proven to affect profound change in the rotator cuff, upper back, neck, jaw, hips, lower back, IT Band, calves, and feet.
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In Sequencing and Innovation you will learn to provide a wide variety of soft-tissue self-care solutions for every client and condition while utilizing the four different sized Roll Model® Therapy Balls. Learn to effortlessly craft innovative moves and sequences to differentiate your teaching for any individual or community. Applicable to personal training, corporate wellness, Pilates, dance, clinics, mental health, yoga, massage therapy, or with kids and special needs populations.
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Learn more here: laurelbeversdorf.com/events/category/workshopsntrainings/
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#rollmodel #yogaworks #selfcare #selfcarehealthcare #helpyourself #helpothershelpthemselves #bodyofknowledge #varytheload #teachsmarternotharder #neverstoplearning
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A common assumption is that if you have pain in your pelvic floor, you must address it by directly targeting that area. ⠀
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But what about all the other muscles in the area and the soft tissue structures throughout your entire body that are impacting it? ⠀
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We wouldn’t address your knee pain by giving you quad sets and nothing else – so why would do that for the pelvic floor?⠀
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If you’ve ever been unsure of the best way to help your student who has pelvic floor pain, then this video will help! (SOUND ON)⠀
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Pssst... In case you missed it, we’ve got a 3 hour Movement Logic Pelvic Floor Tutorial that gives you a movement-based approach to working with clients who have an array of pelvic floor concerns. Along with musculoskeletal anatomy review and up-to-date pain science, you will acquire a progression of corrective exercise techniques for clients either with diagnosed pelvic floor conditions, continence issues, are pregnant, or suffering from unspecified pain.⠀
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Click the link in bio or go here: mailchi.mp/d08a96952bc5/movement-logic-newsletter-sign-up
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Learn more + be on your way to feeling more confident when a client comes to you with pelvic floor dysfunction.
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Sarah Court Trina Altman-Yoga and Pilates
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#movementlogic #bodyofknowledge #movementtherapytutorials #pelvicfloortutorial #pelvicfloormythbusting #pelvicfloordysfunction
#postnatal lead feet! I’m happy to be hopping again. I avoided box jumps while pregnant for safety purposes even though I was cleared to run.
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I played sports from 3rd-12th grade and was a pretty good jumper. Then after practicing yoga and nothing else for 8 years, I lost my hops.
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Then I started playing intramural volleyball and remembered how good it feels to jump around. Today I’m reminded of the lead feet I felt stepping back on the court after all those years.
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Explosive strength for jumping is something you have to train to improve. Wanna jump higher? Start jumping. Strength is specific. Skill is specific. We adapt specifically to the loads we subject our bodies to. To a certain extent squatting will help@you jump high, but maybe more important it to practice jumping high!
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Additionally, this is great pelvic floor conditioning. My PF is healing well 👍. (The Doctor cleared me for running right away but since I don’t run (currently) I’ve opted for some hopping. Gonna keep working on it!gonna get my hops back! 🐰
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#bodyofknowledge #yogawithresistancebands #yogawithresistancebandsTT #jointheresistance #jointplay #interdisciplinarymovement #anatomyforyogis #yogaeverydamnday #asanaeverythirdday #varytheload #varytheloadstoyourbrain #bodyscience #pathtoPTschool #yogaeverywhere #midrangeisthenewblack #instayogis #movementtherapy #selfcare #getstronger
As movement teachers, I think it’s essential that we understand the human body to the degree we are able to because this is the territory we work in and on.
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And my opinion is that the truest benefit of studying anatomy and biomechanics is not to gain concrete answers (there are very few if any!), but rather to begin to humble ourselves to just how many questions deep study of the body raises.
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This prepares us to better recognize narrow-minded approaches to movement, untrue, dogmatic and misapplied beliefs about the body, and avoid “thought viruses” that spread like, well, viruses.
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When we can avoid narrow-mindedness, we necessarily adopt open-mindedness. Critical thinking thrives in an open mind.
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Ultimately, understanding (or getting curious about) the territory of the human body, our human body, our students’ unique human bodies, asks us to look beyond what we want to teach (our agenda) or what we think we know (our current understandings) and instead become active, willing observers of our subject matter, whether that be science, our students, or our art.
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In this way, we can allow this subject matter to continuously change us.
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Check out my events page (link in bio!) for upcoming Body of Knowledge Anatomy and Biomechanics in-person workshops this Spring! Or go here: laurelbeversdorf.com/events/category/workshopsntrainings/
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#bodyofknowledge #yogawithresistancebands #yogawithresistancebandsTT #jointheresistance #jointplay #interdisciplinarymovement #anatomyforyogis #yogaeverydamnday #asanaeverythirdday
It’s true that personal practice is an incredibly important foundation for a teacher to establish. To personally experience and deeply internalize the techniques you teach kinesthetically is probably the best (some might say the only) way to be able to transmit them authentically and effectively.
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But after you learn the poses in your body what other information guides teaching? If the poses are the techniques of practice, what larger concepts (big ideas) guide effective teaching and class sequencing? What bigger picture understanding do you need to be able to effectively teach students whose needs are very different from your own? How does this understanding change when new equipment like a resistance band gets added to the equation?
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Over the years, I’ve found that progression and regression strategies constitute a collection of incredibly valuable concepts for teachers to learn to apply. We know we need to #varytheload but how does this happen incrementally and responsively to meet the specific needs of individual students?
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My Yoga with Resistance Bands Teacher Training homes in on the concepts of progression and regression strategies, specifically within the context of working with resistance bands.
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This video offers a quick example of the regression/progression concept of part task vs. whole task. Additionally, change of orientation to gravity is explored.
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The technique of co-ordering shoulder blade protraction to maintain natural kyphosis of the thoracic spine is explored in various shapes that progress from relatively simpler, lower stakes circumstances to more complex, higher stakes circumstances - part task to whole task.
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Links in bio to see where I’m teaching my upcoming #yogawithresistancebands in-person workshops and teacher trainings this Spring or go here: laurelbeversdorf.com/events/category/workshopsntrainings/
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Wanna practice with me right now? I’ve got 3 full length classes available on my site! (Link in bio) Or go here: laurelbeversdorf.com/introducing-resistance-bands/
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Hot Yoga Dublin & Yoga Next Door Main Line Yoga Shala YogaWorks Soho Yoganerd Yoga Teacher Training
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#bodyofknowledge #yogawithresistancebands #yogawithresistancebandsTT #jointheresistance #jointplay #interdisciplinarymovement #anatomyforyogis #yogaeverydamnday #asanaeverythirdday #varytheload #varytheloadstoyourbrain
