YOGA LAB: Yoga for Cranky Backs, Necks & Shoulders

Whether you are an athlete, sit at a desk, drive for long periods of time, or spend too much time on your phone, you are bound to experience pain in your back, neck or shoulders at some point. This can also develop into a chronic condition. Repetitive actions out of our natural alignment can create intense pain in these areas of your body and other parts as well. Yoga has always been a therapeutic practice to help us recognize these patterns and shift to more optimal alignment while building healthy patterns and balance of strength and flexibility.

In this workshop, you will learn to enhance your breath and alignment to shift and recognize patterns of pain. Learn the yoga poses that help to strengthen and release tight fascia and muscles in the back, neck and shoulders and help to create more core strength. Therapeutics will be introduced as “yoga to the rescue” tools.

Karen Rider, E-RYT 500 Certified Yoga Instructor, came to the practice of yoga over 20 years ago seeking relief from sports injuries and back pain. She quickly discovered the transformative healing powers of yoga and began her journey of further learning and sharing the gifts of the practice. She has traveled the Country and trained with some of the top yoga masters in the world in the Iyengar, Ashtanga, Anusara and Vinyasa traditions as well as with meditation and philosophy scholars. She had been teaching for over 15 years while deepening her studies in the art of teaching, manual adjusting, anatomy and physiology, therapeutics, philosophy, meditation and Ayurveda. She also leads teacher training schools for the 200 and 500 hour RYT levels. She enjoys guiding all of her students to help them recognize their gifts and achieve their optimal health and potential.

You can read more about Karen by visiting her website at: www.karenrideryoga.com