WITH FIONA CALLANAN

Find your potential through learning inversions, backbends and more in a truly accessible way. A workshop for teachers and students of all yoga styles and of all abilities.

Yoga poses (asana) can be practised and taught in many different ways. Every body has countless valid possibilities, and each pose can be adapted accordingly. This is the foundation of accessible yoga.

At the same time, when we talk about “alignment” what we really mean is “action”. Particularly the actions that we want the different parts of our bodies to make in the poses. And what we find when we work in a focused way to create these actions is that we can measure our progress in the poses, and in that way see our potential more clearly. And when we can see our potential more clearly, we are able to live into it. To expand.

Open to teachers and students of all levels, this workshop with Fiona will:

– Teach the precise, specific alignments (ie. actions) in the arms and shoulders for all asana where your arms are overhead including Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana), Full Wheel Pose (Urdhva Dhanurasana), and all three inversions: Headstand (Sirsasana), Forearm Stand (Pincha Mayurasana) and Handstand (Adho Mukha Vrksasana)

– Help you to understand how to apply these to your particular body so that you can measure your progress with accuracy and precision, giving you suggestions for modifications as and where needed

– Explain how and why this approach to teaching and practice is accessible

– Give you guidance on how to incorporate all of this into your teaching (if you are a teacher) and practice (for everybody)