11 am - 12:30 pm
Sunday, February 18
To register, contact Josh Olson at tripleeyoga@gmail.com
$25 per drop-in

Learn how to use the backless chair as an effective Yoga tool 
Deepen and enhance your practice
Gain more sensitivity with correct use of effort
Receive the benefits of supportive postures held for longer time periods

The Yoga chair is an effective tool to deepen and enhance the experience and practice of all types of yoga poses. We often use the yoga chair to support, guide and intensify our asana practice in poses ranging from simple seated twists, to standing poses, to supported inversions and backbends. B.K.S. Iyengar introduced props into the modern practice of yoga to allow all practitioners access to the benefits of the postures regardless of physical condition. Props help all practitioners (including the most advanced) gain sensitivity to the correct use of effort and receive the deep benefits of postures held over significant time periods. Props encourage students, bolster confidence, and create optimal body alignment. $55 Venmo K-Lea to register

A tight psoas can cause postural problems, so conditioning the psoas in your yoga practice can help keep it healthy, strong, and flexible. If you spend a great deal of time sitting, this will be a key practice to incorporate into your lifestyle. The Psoas is known as the fight or flight muscle and is similar to a barometer for the state of our nervous system. Experience this important muscle and how to release and strengthen it. As with most muscles, we must balance stability and mobility. We will explore strengthening, releasing and relaxing through Yoga poses and functional movement modalities. This workshop is open to experienced Yoga practitioners.

11 AM - 1 PM
$50 If you prefer to work with a specific partner, sign up together and receive a discounted investment of $40 per person.

To register, contact Sarah Klein
TransformativeLearningCenter.com
(585) 613-1981

Skillful hands-on adjustments can be enlightening if done well, at the right time, and executed with receptivity and compassion. Join Sarah and K-Lea for a specialized class emphasizing hands-on cues. Experienced students are invited to explore assisted postures focusing on alignment, stability and depth. Yogasana Instructors will benefit by refining adjustment skills, which take time, sensitivity and practice to master, and your students will thank you.

Start your day with an embodied practice of gratitude!

This workshop is open to all-level Yoga practitioners interested in experiencing specific Yoga postures and positions designed to provide tools for maintaining a healthy pelvic floor.  K-Lea will guide you through a practice of poses primarily inspired by her training with Leslie Howard, author of Pelvic Liberation.  

Yoga for the Pelvic Floor Workshop, Saturday, October 28, 2023 9 - 11:30 am $50

This workshop is open to all level Yoga practitioners interested in experiencing specific Yoga postures and positions designed to provide tools for maintaining a healthy pelvic floor. K-Lea will guide you through a practice of poses primarily inspired by her teacher training with Leslie Howard, author of Pelvic Liberation.

Community Yoga by Donation

An hour of Yoga that is accessible and affordable for all. This Community Yoga class is by donation, and the instructor this week is K-Lea Gifford. Come practice and become a part of our Yoga community.

Join K-Lea Gifford and Sarah Klein in this deep dive in which we will explore fundamentals, modifications and artful play in standing poses and inversions. Step into Asana Lab, and intimately explore and feel the energetics of these postures so you can incorporate them into your home practice. We will start with an intentional focus guided by a Yoga Sutra. Prepare your body, educate your practice and come ready to playfully explore these postures to enhance your life. All levels and experiences are welcome.

Yoga and the Pelvic Floor: A workshop for EVERY body
May 06
Please note this is a one-day workshop that is also the first day of the Teacher Training.
* all female identified or female assigned at birth people welcome.
Bio: Leslie Howard is an Oakland-based yoga teacher, specializing in all things pelvic. She leads workshops and trainings nationally and has written a book about caring for the female pelvis, Pelvic Liberation. To learn more about Leslie or for some online education opportunities visit:www.lesliehowardyoga.com

Pelvic Floor Teacher Training
May 06 - May 09
with Leslie Howard - She is a regular presenter for the Yoga Journal conferences and a regular contributor to Yoga Journal magazine. Her own struggles with healing her hips and pelvis led her to intense study of the anatomy, physiology, cultural messaging, history and energetics of this rich place. Her teaching is informed by over 3500 hours of yoga study with senior Iyengar yoga teachers. She considers Ramanand Patel her most important influence and mentor. She has designed two very successful studies for UCSF on how to use yoga to alleviate incontinence and pelvic pain.

• Proper strengthening and stabilizing of the pelvic floor helps to create the correct foundation of each movement in the body. This is the true meaning of "core work." Whether you experience any of these conditions, or are just plain curious about this region of the body, this workshop is for you:

  • pelvic pain

  • lower back, hip or groin problems

  • discomfort during sex or while using tampons

  • skin irritation

  • leak when laughing or sneezing

  • have to go the bathroom too often

  • prolapsed organs

  • pre and post pregnancy

  This workshop we will locate, assess, soften, stretch, strengthen and exercise the muscle groups of the pelvic floor, discuss Mula Bandha, abdominal health and how to utilize the pelvic floor in asana. Part one of the workshop will begin with anatomy, lecture and discussion, followed by subtle experiential movements to awaken your understanding of this often ignored area. Part two, will be yoga asana to address the two types of pelvic floors. A series of specific exercises and asanas for the pelvic floor will follow. Handouts will be provided. Bring your friends, sisters, mothers and daughters. Although helpful, no yoga experience is required. This workshop qualifies for continuing education credits with Yoga Alliance and IAYT.

Community Yoga by Donation

An hour of Yoga that is accessible and affordable for all. This Community Yoga class is by donation, and the instructor this week is K-Lea Gifford. Come practice and become a part of our Yoga community.

In this deep dive, we will explore fundamentals, modifications and artful play in backbends and twisting postures. Spring is a wonderful time to deepen into these invigorating and cleansing postures. These two categories of poses pair well together as twists are an essential counterpose to a backbend practice. Step into Asana Lab, and intimately explore and feel the energetics of these postures so you can incorporate them into your home practice. We will weave the wisdom of Yoga Sutra 2:33 into our practice. Prepare your body, educate your practice and come ready to playfully explore these postures to enhance your life. All levels and experiences are welcomed.

Saturday Yoga Workshop 10 am-12 pm  $40

This workshop is open to all levels and all bodies. The male and female pelvis is not drastically different, so all practitioners interested in experiencing specific Yoga postures and positions designed to provide tools for maintaining a healthy pelvic floor are welcome. K-Lea will guide you through a practice of poses primarily inspired by her teacher training with Leslie Howard, author of Pelvic Liberation.

Saturday Yoga Workshops 10 am-12 pm  $40

This workshop is open to all levels of practitioners. The Psoas is known as the fight or flight muscle and is similar to a barometer for the state of our nervous system. Experience this important muscle and how to release and strengthen it. As with most muscles, it is important that we have a balance between stability and mobility. We will explore strengthening, releasing and relaxing through Yoga poses and functional movement modalities. A tight psoas can cause postural problems, so conditioning the psoas in y our yoga practice can help keep it healthy, strong, and flexible. If you spend a great deal of time sitting, this will be a key practice to incorporate into your lifestyle.

Saturday Yoga Workshop 10 am-12 pm  $40

This workshop is open to all levels of practitioners. Yoga poses that expand the chest area and open the front body relieve tension stored in the surrounding muscles and allow the body to send off natural painkillers. They lift your mood and create space around the heart region, allowing for growth in compassion and a feeling of connection. Backbends open up the front of the body and are often called “heart openers and mood elevators.” Front body opening poses provide space in the lungs to breathe more deeply, which can bring calmness to your mind, and they work well to ward off the last of the winter woes!  In this workshop, we will approach backbends safely in a methodical way. We will use various props to promote confidence, maintain control and compassionately support each practitioner regardless of whether you can push up to a full wheel pose.

K-Lea teaching at Living Yoga, Denver July 8

Denver's "elevated" Yoga Studio is located "8 Levels Up" (8th floor) of the Colorado Executive Club Office Building at 1776 South Jackson Street, Suite 810, in Denver, Colorado.

https://www.livingyogadenver.com/

Prenatal Yoga is a safe, supportive and nurturing class designed to guide you in your Yoga practice during pregnancy, to deepen your connection to your body, and to your baby, during this time. This class will support you and your changing body as you progress through pregnancy and prepare for birth, offering postures and sequences specifically designed for each trimester, with supportive props and modifications to make the practice accessible and nurturing for all stages of pregnancy. We aim to create a safe and nourishing container to practice in a community with other expecting mothers.

All Levels with some Yoga experience welcome
Suggested donation $15
Email yoginiklea@gmail.com to ask for registration information.

Occasionally K-Lea subs for Kathy Curran @ 4 Corners Yoga. These in-person classes are for vaccinated students only. Photos of Covid-19 vaccine cards must be sent (by email or text 970-259-4794) before attending a class or shown at the studio door before class. $15 per class, payable to Kathy Curran.

Photography: Photo Divine

Yoga for Parkinson’s is an ongoing class on Tuesday’s @ 10:30 am at The Good Fight Gym. I occasionally sub this class. I am also available to provide private session work @ your space or my home studio.