Decompress with The Great Yoga Wall
Since the beginning of yoga and other movement modalities, it has been understood that the human body is constantly under the stress of gravity. Compression of the spine, the joints, and the nervous system, leads to pain, loss of mobility, and aging of the body. The effects of gravity can be reversed, though, by using traction to create space and alignment in the body.
Join Letitia Walker for a weekend exploration of The Great Yoga Wall and discover how this unique and infinitely-adjustable prop can help you create space in your body, improve mobility, regulate the nervous system, and reverse the effects of gravity while deepening your experience of yoga and movement modalities. Leave taller, more open, energized and relaxed after a weekend of hanging out on The Great Yoga Wall.
Schedule
April 29, 2023
- 9 am - 12 pm: Standing Poses and Hip Exploration
Our opening session will cover The Great Yoga Wall safety concepts, the use of accessories, and how to discuss accessory usage in a clear and efficient manner with students or partners in a pose. We’ll explore how to use traction to create space in the hip joints, relieve compression in the lumbar spine, and go deeper in Standing Poses. Students will work in pairs to deepen the traction and support each other in increasing the range of motion in the hip joint. - 1 pm - 4 pm: Inversions and the Spinal Rejuvenation Series
One of the best uses of the Great Yoga Wall is the ease in which it supports practitioners in inverting when strength and flexibility obstacles stand in the way of going upside down. Give your spine and nervous system the traction it’s been craving and reverse the effects of gravity and the aging process. Students will work in pairs to deepen the traction and support each other in going upside down.
April 29, 2023
- 9 am - 12 pm:
Twists and Backbends
Feel the power of the wall to deepen your twists and backbends with ease. Learn how to support the mobility of your spine as well as the strength of your back body while creating space in the abdominals and hip flexor muscles. Students will work in pairs to deepen the traction and support each other in exploring twists and backbends in a variety of positions from seated to standing to inversions. - Starting at 1pm: Learning how to guide others in Spinal Traction
This session will explore how to guide clients and students through the Spinal Rejuvenation Series, including variations for those who choose not to invert or for whom it is a contraindication. Participants will learn how to discern which variation will serve a student best as well as therapeutic applications of spinal traction using The Great Yoga Wall. This session will be no more than 3 hours.
Details
Date: April 29-30 from 9-4pm
Hosted by: Pilates Center of Austin
Taught by: Letitia Walker
Price: $349
Early Bird Discount: $299
Discount expires March 11, 2023
- 9 CEC HRS from Yoga Alliance
- Includes Manuals and Library of 5-10 Classes
- Limited Space for 16
- Cancellation Policy applies.*
Letitia Walker
A Certified Purna Yoga Teacher at the 2,000 Hour Level, a registered Yoga Alliance teacher (E-RYT 200, E-RYT 500), and the director of Purna Yoga 828 studio in Asheville, N.C., Letitia cultivates a community-oriented, non-competitive, and compassionate environment in which to practice, change, and grow. She has trained directly with yoga master, Aadil Palkhivala and Bryan Legere, the original trainer for The Great Yoga Wall system, since 2004 and has been training teachers and practitioners on the use of The Great Yoga Wall since 2014.
*Cancellation Policy
$50 Administrative Service Fee in addition to refund fee scale below:
- 60 days or more prior to event date 90% refund
- 59-30 days prior to event date 50% refund
- 29-15 days prior to event date 35% refund
- 14 days prior or less to event date 0% refund, no admin fee