Summer Specials
Abs
3 Workshops with practical exercises and a little theory
Formulas
1 session: to understand and follow an intense practice session
3-session combo: for sensitive strengthening, intensive week version
Abdominal exercises: the big absentee from yoga postures
Most postures aim for rigorous alignment or unusual joint maximums.
Few postures are aimed directly at building abdominal muscles, whereas their strength is required in more advanced poses such as balances.
So I've added an abdominal strengthening section to most Postural Yoga class .
These workshops will clarify what progression is possible and how to add some of these exercises to your practice...
It's best to follow the 3 sessions, designed as an abdominal intensive: Strengthening guaranteed.
Finally, we'll also be working on the other absentee: arm strength in flexion.
Workshop objectives
A littleanatomy: what muscles are we talking about?
What postures or exercises strengthen them, and what are the challenges (back discomfort, impact on the pelvic floor, etc.)?
Destination: What advanced postures require a lot of core strength?
Exercises: proposal of several postures or exercises and gradation (from easy to difficult).
Precautions
Since the 2000s, a heavy case has been made against abdominal pressure exercises. They are said to lead to pelvic floor dysfunction (e.g. "urine leakage", etc.).
Since then, new types of exercise known as hypopressive exercises have been advocated, and most physiotherapists have become supporters of these exercises.
Crunch, for example, has been banned.
This point will be covered in detail during the workshop.
In practice :
One day exercise, one day rest (or Yoga Hollistique, quiet) and this 3 x.
Duration: 3 sessions of 2 hours, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
When:
Monday 21/07
Wednesday 23/07
friday 25/07