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Dates
Friday 05/02/2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Saturday 05/03/2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Saturday 05/03/2025 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sunday 05/04/2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sunday 05/04/2025 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Pricing
$200.00 Asana Lab Intensive with Mary Richards (full weekend)
$30.00 Restorative Yoga + iRest (Friday pm)
$50.00 Asana Lab: Neck/Shoulder/Wrist (Sat. am)
$50.00 Asana Lab: Knees/Ankles (Sat. pm)
$50.00 Asana Lab: Hips
$50.00 Asana Lab: Deep in the Belly

Have you ever watched a student struggling on the mat and wanted more information about instructing them to greater ease and stability? Has a student shared with you that they have an injury or pain? Perhaps you would enjoy learning options and techniques to address situations like "Chaturanga shoulder," sciatica or plantar fasciitis. Or maybe you’d like more options to guide folks into Trikonasana, Urdhva Mukha Svanasana or Salamba Sarvangasana.

If you answered yes to any of the above, please join Mary Richards for an exploratory lab intensive series at Beloved. Whether focusing on specific asana or physical concerns, we will seek clarity and understanding together via discussion and applied practice. We will examine related nuts-and-bolts anatomy and kinesiology as they relate specifically to practice technicalities. We will experiment with teaching techniques, including props, assists and therapeutic modifications. Bring your mat, questions, concerns and willingness to role play.

Restorative Yoga & iRest (Fri. @ 6 pm)

Asana Lab: Neck, Shoulders & Wrists (Sat. @ 10 am)

Do you want to relieve tension and discomfort in the upper back? To improve wrist and hand sensation? You may want to develop the robust shoulder function necessary in poses from Plank to Headstand. Practice along while Mary covers these key concepts: scapular control and mobility, shoulder joint centration, orthopedic stacks from wrist to shoulder, and protecting the carpal tunnel.

Spend a few hours working toward specific poses that present common hurdles for the neck and shoulders along the way. From working out stiffness to “You’re crazy! I’m not doing that,” we will explore the preparatory training necessary to practice popular shoulder- and neck-centric asana.

Asana Lab: Knees & Ankles (Sat. @ 2 pm)

Perhaps you’ve noticed that you — or your student — practice diligently yet appear “stalled” in the same standing poses thanks to cranky knees or ankles. The lower extremity is all about locomotion and weight bearing. Set up your practice space and work alongside Reuben, Mary’s non-yoga husband, as they go over key points to protect and enhance movement in the legs and feet.

Asana Lab: Hips (Sun. @ 10 am)

The hips are everything! If they don’t work well, their imbalances adversely affect so much more. Stretching is frequently misapplied — and the glutes are underworked. Let’s experiment with a resistance-based approach to pain relief, mobility and range of motion.

Asana Lab: Deep in the Belly (Sun. @ 2 pm)

Mary Richards

MARY RICHARDS, MS, C-IAYT, ERYT, YACEP, has been practicing yoga for almost thirty years and travels around the country teaching anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology. A hard-core movement nerd and former NCAA athlete, Mary has a master’s degree in yoga therapy. Mary lives in the Washington, D.C. area, where she teaches syllabus-based yoga classes, sees clients privately, and trains bodyworkers, fitness professionals, and yoga instructors in movement literacy and therapeutic asana techniques.