SPRING 2018 | Integration Week #1

Published: Fri, 05/04/18

Hey ,

Welcome to SPRING 2018 Yoga Session first integration week.

What the heck is integration week?

This is when we put a pause on new information and learning!

Going to multiplicity of yoga teacher trainings and retreats have taught me that integration time is the most important + overlooked piece of healing + learning process. This is WHEN all the learning / growing actually happens!

New information - both physical and intellectual - tends to float on the surface of our awareness until we give ourselves the opportunity to pause, to be, and most importantly to feel what is right and valid for us.

Integration week is the time to process and assimilate - we make use of whatever makes sense for us and discard the rest. It is also the time to purge and de-clutter.

Before you get reading - how are your classes working for you?

This is just a 2 minute - short survey; please let me know what is working and what isn't so I can course - correct if need be!

Here is April's reader's digest:

Please Introduce Yourself:

Welcome to Friday Round-up – a weekly class follow up e-mail that breaks down and explores in a more detail some of the concepts / alignment principles that we employ in class and on the mat.

I've shifted to teaching a 90 minute long classes several years ago - it seemed that we were forever running out of time in 75 minute classes. Friday Round Ups are a continuation of that process: the idea here is to catch the spill over of concepts, ideas and conversations - things we can't fully cover in the class environment.

Pain As An Alarm System + Ball Rolling For Pain Relief:

Welcome to your first Pain Care Yoga - specific e-mail follow up.
Our goals are lofty; our time together time is short. Weekly follow up e-mails are designed to supplement your mat practice; to expand your understanding of the new and emerging science of pain management; and to deepen your knowledge and felt sense of the body.

Proprioception For Pain Relief

Proprioception refers to the sense of the relative position of neighboring body parts, such as, for example, the femoral head within the hip socket - and also the muscular force utilized in movement of those parts.

Proprioception is like “GPS” for the joints.

Studies show that joint position sense is decreased in persons with osteoarthritis. The suspicion is, of course, that reduced proprioception plays a role in the development of the disease. Indeed, exercises that improve proprioception have been demonstrated to be effective in the conservative management of osteoarthritis {yes, those strange moves we do on the mat - we do them for a good reason; not because I am crazy!}

What Is Yin Yoga

Yin Yoga, lodged at the intersection of Hatha yoga, Chinese Daoist practices and Western science, is a slow, quiet and introspective practice.

Yin yoga recognizes that different body tissues have different exercise requirements: while muscles benefit from repetitions of extension and contraction (as in active asana practice), deeper lying (yin) tissues respond best to a continuous stress (this could be compression or stretching.)

Child's Pose Variations

Many a yin posture are based on the humble child's pose, and for a good reason - it offers a myriad of benefits, including a soothing reprieve for overactive mind, and rest for overworked wrists and shoulders.

Yet, many yoga students (and their teachers) struggle to find a variation of child's pose that fits their bodies.

What’s the trick?

un-hurt un-stuck un-sore

Julia + SATORI TEAM