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$30.00 Breathe Well, Be Well
$30 Drop In per class
In-person workshop
Thursdays 4-5:30 pm, March 31 - May 5, 2022
This workshop is a unique opportunity to learn science-based breathing methods to use on and off your yoga mat. Develop the potential power of your breath to maximize your physical, energetic, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being.
In this workshop you will:
- Become an astute observer of your mind-breath-body relationship and learn how you can become the “director” of that relationship.
- Develop a daily practice between workshop sessions to experientially explore how to personalize the practices covered in each workshop session.
- Explore symptoms of dysfunctional breathing, such as chest breathing, breathlessness, mouth-breathing, and arrhythmia, and ways to heal them.
- Learn the experiential difference between a movement-centric asana practice and a breath-centric practice and how each focus supports your well-being.
This workshop will be a mixture of discussion & experiential practice. Each weekly session lasts 90 minutes. You will do a daily personal practice between sessions that requires a commitment of at least 30 minutes which you may want to divide into 2-3 sessions. You will need to have access to a stopwatch or timer, perhaps on your phone.
Contraindications: This is a group class. Breathing methods for practitioners with any of the following conditions are better served with one-on-one guidance:
- You are unable to breathe through your nostrils with your mouth closed for at least 3 consecutive rounds of breath.
- You have very low lung function on a baseline spirometry test.
- You are pregnant at any stage.
Susan Smith Knoblauch
Susan is a certified Yoga instructor (RYT500) and certified Relax and Renew restorative yoga teacher. She has been practicing yoga since 1995, trained for 22 years in the Iyengar tradition (a form of hatha yoga based on the primacy of physical alignment of the body in the poses using props (blankets, blocks, straps, pillows, chairs, bolsters, etc.) to assist the student attain proper alignment . She has modified the Iyengar approach using the principles of Viniyoga training (since 2012) to adapt the various means and methods of practice to the unique condition, needs and interests of each individual - giving each practitioner the tools to customize the process of self-discovery and personal transformation .
Susan has been teaching since 2004. She teaches Hatha, Hatha Flow, Restorative styles of yoga, and pranayama (breath work). Her main teachers include Anne Wutchiett ,and other senior Iyengar teachers at Unity Woods and Maryam Ovissi at Beloved Yoga.
I am dedicated to guiding you in your discovery of your body-mind-spirit connection through alignment, breath, movement, and meditation. I think of myself as more of your guide than your teacher to adapt the many tools of yoga to your interests, unique condition and therapeutic needs - giving you the tools to customize your journey on the yoga path toward self-discovery and personal transformation.
