Functional Yoga

Catalog description

Yoga enables posture improvement, strength and flexibility development and learned relaxation. Students will explore their own behavioral habits such as sitting for long periods and routinely putting the body in positions that foster tight lower legs, hyper-kyphosis, back and knee issues. All students with athletic and non-athletic hobbies, everything from running to cycling or desk-jockeys and glass-blowers, will find a niche. Based on the students’ identified needs, the class will have the opportunity to work on the body’s muscular structure by practicing poses that affect these life activities. This class will teach how to refine basic yoga poses with deeper integration of healthy alignment actions. By combining breathing, movement, stretching and static poses, students will learn safe, comprehensive poses useful on the mat, as well as in their life activities. **Fee: A course fee applied via SFS bill. See Course Notes for course fee information.**