 About Jaki Nett Jaki holds a Senior Level 1 Iyengar certification, and is on the staff of the teachers training program at the Iyengar Institute of San Francisco. She is also an Iyengar Certification Assessor and teaches public and private classes in San Francisco as well as at her own studio in St. Helena, CA. Her workshops are reknowned throughout the United States and Europe. Jaki holds a Masters degree in Humanistic Psychology and maintains an ongoing study of functional anatomy. Jaki loves to share her passion and knowledge of yoga. Join us in experiencing her joyous blend of yoga, anatomy and psychology. Jaki's positivity and accessible style endear her to her students. | Yoga & The Pelvic Floor Friday October 24 6–8 PM Saturday October 25 9 AM–12 PM and 2 PM–5 PM Sunday October 26 10 AM–1 PM $45 per session, $80 for all day Saturday, $150 for the weekend Jaki Nett,Senior Iyengar teacher from Napa Valley California For 15 years, Jaki Nett has discreetly studied the pelvic floor muscles and the dysfunctions that can occur when these muscles become compromised and weaken. Spurred on by her own personal need, Jaki developed a holistic approach that allowed strength and control to return to her muscles, and now she shares this knowledge with other women and men. Her system the Felt Sense Method® draws from her three learned modalities, yoga asana, anatomy and psychology. The pelvic floor muscles are muscles of support. In this workshop we will explore the basic role of the pelvic floor muscles and experience how they can sustain us while practicing yoga. The precepts of the Felt Sense Method will also be intertwined throughout the workshop. |
 | PUNE PROPS II: APPLICATIONS FOR SCOLIOSIS & BACKCARE with Deborah Wolk SUNDAY NOVEMBER 16 9:30-12:30 AM $45 For Yoga Teachers & for students with scoliosis and/or back problems From the practice room to the medical class a visit to Pune reveals not only the techniques shared by the Iyengars in general classes but those used by Iyengar teachers throughout the world. In the second installment of this workshop, Deborah will continue to share prop adjustments she observed and practiced while in Pune specific to scoliosis as well as other back issues such as hip problems, sacroiliac dysfunction, hyperlordosis and hyperkyphosis, cervical problems etc. There will be a specific emphasis on ways to practice standing poses and inversions. These adjustments will be particularly enlightening for teachers but will also be helpful to students of all levels with scoliosis and other back issues. Deborah Wolk is the Co-Director of Yoga Union Center for Backcare and Scoliosis |
 About Gabriel Halpern: Gabriel knows first hand what it is to live with pain and bounce back with zest for life. Suffering from a broken vertebra at age 15, his life journey has been dedicated to the pursuit of yoga and its therapeutic applications. Owing to the direct influence of BKS Iyengar and 38 years of personal practice, Gabriel has learned the difference between actual and perceived limitations, knowledge he passes along to those who study with him. Gabriel’s teaching is all that is yoga: zeal in practice, science, art form, lifestyle, and mystical mentoring. Gabriel Halpern holds a BA in Philosophy, an MA in Health Psychology, and is a full-time, certified instructor trained at the Iyengar Yoga Institutes in San Francisco and Pune, India. Gabriel has practiced since 1970 and gives workshops nationally. He is the founder and director of the Yoga Circle in Chicago, IL since 1985. For the past twenty years he has also been a core faculty member at De Paul University. | GABRIEL HALPERN Director of Yoga Circle, Chicago Yoga & Scoliosis: Alignment as Enlightenment It's easy to say to anyone with a chronic condition that the way to improve oneself is to get a better body!
And the really good news: Yoga's gospel of deep relaxation is the best way to deal with the stress that comes from living with any chronic condition. Expect a innovative variety of standing poses, twists, inversions, and restorative postures. Sunday December 7 9:30-12:30 & 2:30-5 $60 per session, $110 for full day |
NEW CLASSES AT THE CENTER
| YOGA FOR SCOLIOSIS for TEENS & TWEENS These one-hour classes are paced
to be fun and less intense than our adult classes, and are sequenced
for a young person's energy level.New Four-Week Class Series September 25-October 23  We focus on lengthening the spine and reducing compensatory patterns while working with specific issues aff  ecting students with scoliosis, such as
balance, proprioception, strength, and back pain.Register now! Each series is only $60.00 ThursdaysThursdays Thursdays 4:30-5:30pm Series 1:Thursdays 4:30-5:30pm September 25, October 2, 16, 23 September 25, October 2, 16, 23 Series 2: TBA Series 3: TBATaught by Deborah Wolk NOTE: The series is pro-rated for students joining after the first class or dropping in to try one class . |
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