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Alexander Technique & Restorative Yoga


 
 

Alexander Technique & Restorative Yoga with Kristen Davis

 
4 ONLINE EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOP SESSIONS

This class can be attended via the on-demand recordings.

These deep-dive training experiences are offered with an exclusive discount for all Embody Lab Members.

LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS HERE



ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP

2020 has been a challenging and difficult time across the globe. As the year draws to a close join master-teacher Kristen Davis in our final workshop series of the year, designed to support a sense of ease, calm, steadiness and restoration.

Through Restorative Yoga, the Alexander Technique, and meditation practices, we will rest into the body and mind and allow our natural steadiness and ease to come forth.     

Our patterns of tightening, narrowing, and compressing are not simply physical. They are intertwined in our nervous systems, creating a buzz of anxiety and fear that is self-perpetuating.  

Through an expansive and compassionate attention we will investigate the ways we contract and hold. Supported yoga postures will aid us in releasing habitual tension and settling into a body-mind that is naturally relaxed and at ease.

In this workshop series you will:

  • Learn the bedrock of embodiment: how to listen to and be in dialogue with the body

  • Develop an expansive awareness that is rooted in patience and gentleness

  • Quiet the mind and learn to relax

  • Release chronic patterns of tension

  • Relieve anxiety and stress

  • Stretch and move the body

  • Practice Yoga from a place of non-doing, in accordance with the body-mind


SUGGESTED PROPS

Your recommended equipment is the following: 

  • Yoga mat

  • Two blocks

  • At least 3 blankets (more is ideal)

  • A yoga strap

  • A chair

  • Yoga bolster


SCHEDULE

This training is 8 hours long.

This training may be taken online via our On-Demand Content Library.
You will receive clear instructions on how to access your classes upon registration.


WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR

  • Yoga and Meditation Students and Teachers of any level

  • Physical and Occupational Therapists

  • Mindfulness Practitioners 

  • Parents, Teachers and Educators

  • Psychologists and Therapists

  • People who’ve hit a wall in their yoga practice and are looking for a fresh perspective 

  • Any individual wanting to deeply connect with the inner landscape of their body and move with heightened awareness

  • Those looking to open themselves to a new experience of yoga, no matter their current discipline

  • People with an interest in incorporating somatic methods into their practice

  • Anyone looking to fulfill the highest expression of themselves and bring a new dimension of compassion and ease into their lives

  • Anyone wanting to be in a like-minded community engaged in yoga, embodiment practices, and movement


PRICING

 

These deep-dive training experiences are offered with an exclusive discount for all Embodied Yoga Members. This means that if you attend regularly, your membership fees could well be covered!

All members will be sent their exclusive discount code via email. If you would like to take advantage of this discount, become a member here before registering for this course.

 
 

$167

NON-MEMBER
PRICING

$147

EXCLUSIVE
MEMBER PRICING

 

ABOUT YOUR TEACHER

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Kristen Davis


Kristen Davis, former owner of Yogasana Center, has been teaching Yoga and the Alexander Technique since 1995.

Her classes are rooted in her Iyengar training under her mentor, Donald Moyer, the “means-whereby” of the Alexander Technique, and her deep practice of Zen Buddhism. The result is a meditative and focused practice that looks to uncover the habits and conditioning that create obstacles in the body-mind-heart.

Learn more at www.kristendavis.com.

"Do not kill the instinct of the body for the glory of the pose. Do not look at your body like a stranger, but adopt a friendly approach towards it. Watch it, listen to it, observe its needs, its requests, and even have fun. Play with it as children do, sometimes it becomes very swift and alert. To be sensitive is to be alive.” —Vanda Scaravelli


 
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