Please find the link attached for what we worked on in class today, the 24th of January 2011.WR Class 20110124
Posted by Sean | Posted in Classes & Workshops | Posted on 17-01-2011
Posted by Sean | Posted in Classes & Workshops | Posted on 16-01-2011
Come join us for morning yoga at 10am and evening yoga at 5:45pm at Awakenings Wellness Center (1016 SW 12th Ave).
This is an all level class. We will be focusing on opening the hips and low back, lengthening the spine, opening the heart, and strengthening the core.
Email sean@wisdomroots.com with any questions. Individual and small group instruction available. Email for rates.
Posted by Sean | Posted in Classes & Workshops | Posted on 27-08-2010
Dates: Mondays September 20th-December 6th
Morning Classes from 10am-11am
Evening Classes from 5:40pm-6:50pm
Location: Awakenings Wellness Center 1016 SE 12th Ave Portland OR
Price: 12 classes for $90 when you register in advance, or you can register on the first day of class. Drop in class is $10.
In this class you will be guided through warm ups and learn each pose thoroughly so you can take it home with you. This class is great for those who are new to yoga and those looking to deepen their yoga practice.
In this WisdomRoots Yoga class you will:
- Loosen and strengthen the hips, lower back, and core, to bring balance and flexibility to the legs.
- Learn simple breathing techniques to relax the mind and enhance yoga postures.
- Discover the stretches that are best for your body and create a short set of poses to do at home.
- Explore different options of the yoga poses. Begin to explore how micro-movements can create the perfect posture for your body.
- End each class with a relaxation.
To Register, email:
sean@wisdomroots.com
Posted by Sean | Posted in Classes & Workshops, Yoga and Meditation | Posted on 12-07-2010
Kripalu Yoga with Sean Level 1
Wednesdays 10am-11:15am @ Awakenings Wellness Center
This Level 1 class will introduce you to the architecture of the postures and the breath that supports them. Come build strength, body awareness, and flexibility in an open and supportive environment. You will learn:
- The foundations of allignment
- Breath technique, and
- Relaxation
Kripalu Yoga with Sean Level 2
Tuesdays 10am-11:30am @ Awakenings Wellness Center
This level 2 class is great for experienced individuals and strong beginners. This class will help you fine tune your alignment and invite you to explore the postures as they are expressed in your unique body. This class will focus on strength, sustaining postures, continued breath technique, and provide an introduction to meditation in movement.
Summer Session
July20th – August25th
$40 per level (6 classes)
$10 per class (drop in)
If you have any questions about which class is right for you(or to inquire about future classes), call or email Sean:
971.678.7956 sean@wisdomroots.com
Regular classes will be starting soon at Awakenings Wellness Center (on 12th and Yamhill SE). I am still finalizing the scheduling. Please comment on this post, or reply by email with a few times that work best for you on a weekly basis.
See you soon!
SeanMichael
sean@wisdomroots.com
Offering classes in the Portland area, I am a Kripalu certified yoga instructor specializing in gentle, beginner, moderate, and expressive yoga.
A typical class will lead you through centering, warm ups, asana (postures), pranayama (breath work and energy flow), and relaxation.
If you are interested, please call or email me and we can talk to see if my classes are right for you.
Phone: 971.678.7956
Email: sean@wisdomroots.com
Introductory rate:
$35 1 hr
$45 1hr30min
Please join us for a free workshop! The Gentle Spinal Workshop will be on March 31st 2010 at Awakenings Wellness Center located at 1016 SE 12th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214. Please register as space is limited.
We will be focusing on loosening up the spine as well as opening the hips. This class will be great for beginners who want something gentle to start out with. The poses will also be able to provide challenges for more advanced students. All levels are welcome and its free!
If you are new to wisdomroots, please arrive 10 minutes ahead of time to fill out a form and get situated.
Please write if you have any comments or questions!
If you have mastered the Standing Forward Bend, try this next exercise. Called Cat stretch or Cat-Cow, it will help loosen up the spine. Come onto your hands and knees. Hands below the shoulders and knees below the hips, your back in neutral position. Inhale, tucking the tail bone and arching the back, allowing the head to relax down. Exhale, reversing the stretch, tilting the pelvis the other direction, swaying the back, keeping the abdominal muscles engaged slightly, looking up with the head. Continue this pattern with long, deep breaths for a few minutes.
When you are finished, come resting into Child’s Pose and enjoy the comforts of the stretch.
You’re just not flexible now. Underneath all the built up tension is a young and flexible you. It is easy to get yourself back with a simple standing forward bend.
Stand in tadasana, mountain pose, with your feet about hip width apart. Relax the knees, tuck the tail bone, roll the shoulders back. Find a spot on the wall level with your eyes to focus on. Breathe here for a few moments, then take a deep breath in as you sweep your arms to the sky. Exhale as you fold down like a book, bending from the waist, letting the head drop. Breathe full relaxed breaths here for five minutes.
Your legs may start to shake. A teacher once said to me, “Shake when you’re young so you don’t shake when you’re old.”
To come out of the pose exhale as you slowly roll up, one vertebra at a time, bringing your head up last.
Do this daily and one day you will fold over like a book, right in half, effortlessly! See? You are flexible.