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Steps to Dropping Back with Marla Tortorice (In Studio and Online)

  • The Shala of Pittsburgh Ashtanga Yoga 6101 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, PA, 15206 United States (map)

Build the prerequisites—and the confidence—for dropping back into urdvha dhanurasana with Marla Tortorice in this two-hour workshop.

Dropping back is a more advanced movement. You might already be capable, and you're just missing the technique. You might already practice dropbacks, and you just want to learn to slow them down. Or, you might not be anywhere close, yet, and you want to learn what you need to work on to be able to dropback in the future.

 This workshop is designed to:

  1. help you identify what YOU as an individual need to work on in this moment in time

  2. give you the guidance to work on those areas

  3. emphasize that repetition is the way forward

 It is recommended that you have a comfortable urdvha dhanurasana before signing up for the workshop. 

 $50 – Attending in the studio & $40 – Attending live online (15% off for Shala Members)

Marla Tortorice, 200 RYT, has been a vinyasa-based practitioner since 2018, but, looking for more, found a home in Ashtanga during the summer of 2022. She is now a dedicated student of the Intermediate Series, has completed a Level I Mentorship Program with Taylor Hunt, and is working on Level II.  Marla approaches her teaching the same way she approaches her practice—a daily search for both effort and ease. Asking more of yourself, finding your edge, but at the same time moving from a place of softness and surrender. In her experience, it is in that discrimination where we find steadiness.  Marla regularly shares pieces of her personal practice and teaching on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. You can also view her website, here: https://sadhakastudio.uscreen.io/