Sumptuous Sundays - A Series of Absolutely-No-Work Workshops
May 12, 2024, 1pm-3pm
Take a brief reprieve from the cares that absorb your daily attentions; and instead, give to YOURSELF the gift of your own attention.
You will be guided through a soothing series of self-massage techniques using Yoga Tune Balls that will gently loosen muscular knots. The massage will be followed by a sustained sequence of supportive yoga poses—using bolsters, blankets, and blocks—where you will be invited to absorb the replenishing benefits of deep rest.
Replenish.
Relax.
Remember to appreciate yourself.
Sumptuous Sundays at The Shala begin with leisurely self-massage explorations using Yoga Tune Up Therapy Balls. These massage sequences are designed to both reveal patterns of tension as well as to soothe them. We will illuminate body blind spots - areas of stiffness or discomfort- in order to nurture them. Next, we will enhance the releases from the massage with slow, gentle movements followed by delicious stretches. Finally, the participants will be shown how to prepare for themselves sumptuous, supportive yoga structures using bolsters, blankets, and blocks. And then, once the structures are prepared, everyone will be encouraged to lie down upon them and to settle into a state of deep rest. Wandering minds will be engaged with guided meditations.
All participants will leave the experience with ideas and techniques that they can explore at home.
Appropriate for all levels.
$40 for workshop OR $55 for workshop plus your own Yoga Tune Up Therapy Ball.
Leslie Wright shares her deep interest in physical anatomy in her classes, and over time, her students strengthen their own understanding of how their bodies move. Leslie is also a certified Yoga Tune Up instructor—which means that her classes are creative explorations of yoga poses using a diversity of props: blocks, straps, blankets, half-dome rollers, and especially massage balls of various sorts and sizes. Her students routinely use all of the toys in the toy box to support their explorations.