Core Strength and Arm Balancing Series

Tuesday, Sept 5, 2023, 6:00-7:15 PM
Tuesday, Sept 12, 2023, 6:00-7:15 PM
Tuesday, Sept 19, 2023, 6:00-7:15 PM
Tuesday, Sept 26, 2023, 6:00-7:15 PM

w/Marla Tortorice

Description:

One of the aspects I’ve appreciated the most about ashtanga is that it has brought up a lot of areas that I used to completely neglect. I was always focusing on the things I could do well and that came easy for me. The things that felt good.

Then I would become frustrated and question why I wasn’t able to do certain postures yet. Why did I still feel so heavy in arm balances?

One of the areas I was hugely neglecting was how to really understand what my “core” was and then how to start to use it. It’s been a nuanced, layered process. Our psoas and hip flexors are responsible for so much movement, and yet accessing them can feel elusive.

If we want to move gracefully, if we want to “float,” then we need to be thinking about the psoas. But for so long I wasn’t. I was trying to come at arm balances the only way most bodies know how: pure arm strength. And that just wasn’t going to be enough.

Join us in this series as we break down core strength, arm balancing, and chase that feeling of “lightness.”

All levels of students are welcome. Modifications and variations are always given.

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