Ashtanga Workshop with Joey and Chrissie

Join Joey for another weekend Ashtanga workshop, weaving in alignment instruction to allow you to learn more about connections between postures, understand your body-mind better and find balance between stability and flexibility. Students will need to have a confident grasp of the first half of the Ashtanga Primary Series, in order to be able to practice independently. Enjoy Mysore classes both mornings and then workshops in the afternoons based around alignment and restorative practice. Saturday afternoon will be primarily a dynamic alignment-based workshop. The focus will be learning and refining key actions in standing poses. You'll gain a deeper understanding of the mechanics of individual poses and of categories of poses, allowing you to apply these guidelines in a much wider variety of poses than those you practice within this class. Sunday afternoon will be primarily a restorative session. Leaning towards a mood of ease. All physical effort is relinquished, the body is encouraged to rest and passively release tension in a series of supported poses. Subtlety of awareness is possible when we leave aside intense sensations. The mood of the class is introspective and although many of the poses are deceptively gentle, they have the potential to create a profound shift in your inner state.