Reset Your Spine for the New Year
Happy end of the year celebrations, Reader!
Let me tell you something. I have yet to come across a musician that hasn’t at one point or another struggled with some sort of back pain, myself included. It’s actually what led me to start doing yoga in the first place! I know, not a very elevated reason but yoga’s been working wonders for my back.
We musicians spend our lives in quite extraordinary postures when it comes to our spine. Couple that with the sedentary nature of today’s lifestyle and you’ve got a recipe for a disaster
But here’s the thing, our anatomies are so different and unique. Think about it, the shape of your bones is completely unique to another person. Yes, my little snowflake, it’s just like DNA. :) So much so that for example your right hip bone will have a slightly different shape to your left one. Isn’t that amazing?!
But it also means that what might be beneficial for one person, may be hurting another. If you’ve been to my last workshop, you’ve heard me talk about functional yoga practice as opposed to an aesthetic one. And this is something I’m really passionate about. That you practice what’s right for your body and are guided by what you feel rather than what it looks like from the outside.
Check out this video about back bending yoga postures to get an idea of what I’m talking about. (I had a bit of a technical glitch in the middle but since I'm working on taming my perfectionist side, I've decided to put it out anyway)
And if all this sounds like something you’d like to explore, I’m excited to announce my New Year’s Spinal Reset pre-registered series starting on January 23rd! Join me to indulge your back in this 6-week series where we’ll look at the ways that yoga can help with back pain and posture but where you can also explore some key principles of how to approach yoga postures so that you get the most out of them while maintaining the integrity of your spine.
Full Price = £60 (£10,-/class)
Early Bird (until Saturday 16th January, 2021) = £48 (£8,-/per class)
Full-time students and musicians with significant income loss = an extra 10% discount
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Have a wonderful day and see you on the mat soon.
Lots of love,
Veronika
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