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Feb 13
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Find Your Balance — In Your Practice and In Your Life

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Arm Balance Workshop Sterling Hot Yoga Mobile ALJoin Sprite on Saturday, Feb. 23 from Noon to 1:30 p.m. for an arm balance workshop to learn techniques and tips on finding and maintaining balance while practicing arm balancing postures.  

Balancing requires constant focus, which helps strengthen the connection to the present moment.

Yet, when the challenge of balancing on your hands is added, it requires even more mental focus, concentration and awareness.

As a result, arm balances can also help to increase self-confidence, courage and inner strength.

Learn more about the foundations for arm balancing, like body mechanics and leverage, as well as tips and stretches to help you fly.

Start with basics, then build on those to more advanced postures for those who are ready.  

This workshop will include arm balances that may be part of your Vinyasa Flow classes, plus instruction will be given on preparatory poses that help you build up to new ones to add to your practice.

Cost of the workshop is $15, and it is open to the public and designed for all levels. Sign up here!

Don’t miss this chance to challenge yourself, enhance your practice and learn something new!

Jun 04
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Vinyasa Weekend With Chris De Vilbiss

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Vinyasa Workshop Pranayama Breathing TechniquesJoin visiting teacher Chris De Vilbiss for a weekend of vinyasa workshops at classes at Sterling! These offerings will help you refine your vinyasa practice, particularly in finding strength needed to progress in arm balances and tips on preventing common yoga injuries, and provide you breathing techniques that will specifically benefit your hot yoga and vinyasa practice.

Shoulder Mechanics/Vinyasa Yoga with Arm Balances
Saturday, June 30: 1 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Learn to stabilize your shoulders and release tension around your neck, chest and arms in preparation for postures that bear weight on your hands or arms. Unlock the secrets to cure or prevent most yoga-related aches of wrists, elbows, shoulders and neck in this anatomy-rich workshop!

Immediately following, put what you’ve learned into practice in a 75-minute class with emphasis on shoulder and arm alignment for optimal strength for inversions and arm balances. All levels welcome!

Vinyasa Yoga/Pranayama Breathing Workshop
Sunday, July 1: 11:15 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Start with an invigorating vinyasa flow with emphasis on standing balance and hip extension, specifically lengthening and strengthening your psoas. Suitable for all levels.

Learn how to regulate mind activity with controlled breathing to evenly distribute energy throughout your nervous system in the pranayama workshop immediately after. Techniques covered will be ideal for the hot yoga or hot vinyasa practitioner. Some yoga experience is suggested to attend, but all levels are welcome!

Sign up for one or both days using this link. Members can take advantage of discounted pricing (both early-bird registration and day-of sign-ups. Non-members are welcome to join us too!

May 05
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May Brings Workshops, Special Classes

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SpriteArmBalanceSterlingHotYogaManja Podratz is now leading a 60-minute vinyasa slow flow class on Wednesday mornings at 8 a.m. Manja’s style of vinyasa yoga is offered in a non-heated room with a focus on postures that build strength, promote balance and increase flexibility in flow with the breath.

She received her 200-hour teacher training in 2014/2015 and also has extensive knowledge of hatha and kundalini yoga. This Wednesday morning class is currently planned for May and June, and is offered for a donation of $10.

On Saturday, May 20 at Noon, make plans to attend our Platinum Plus class led by Michelle. This 75-minute practice incorporates the 26 postures of our beginner’s class, but it is also complemented by intermediate Ghosh postures, as well as vinyasa and yin postures.

The Platinum Plus is an excellent way to challenge yourself, work on new postures outside of the 26/2 sequence, and feel energized and accomplished. We recommend that you have practiced the 26/2 sequence for a minimum of three months before taking this class. This one-time class is offered for a donation of $10, and may be added more frequently depending on response.

Finally, Sprite will be leading a workshop on Saturday, May 27 at Noon. “Finding Balance” will be a 90-minute session that will teach students arm-balancing techniques that will complement students’ Hot Bronze Flow practice and teach a few new techniques as well.

Balancing poses help connect with the present moment by requiring constant focus. Adding the challenge of balancing on the hands or arms instead of the feet requires an even greater degree of mental focus. Arm balances can also help to increase feelings of self-confidence, courage and inner strength. “Finding Balance” is offered for a donation of $10.