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Happy National Independence Day! I’m celebrating Happy National Independence Day! I’m celebrating Juneteenth today by taking note of how much work we still have to do! (And donating to Color of Change’s important work.) If you didn’t know: Juneteenth marks the day when news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached enslaved Black Americans in Texas. Later, the 13th Amendment officially ended slavery, but with a critical (and intentional) loophole: “except as a punishment for crime.”  And 150 years later, prison labor is a multi-billion dollar industry. And too many Black people — who are over-surveilled, over-policed, and over-incarcerated — are forced into this rebranded system of slavery every day. @ColorOfChange is fighting to win justice for Black people, and that includes ending prison labor and abolishing slavery for good. You can donate to this important cause at the link in my bio.
PEEP THIS: A 75 minute private lesson condensed do PEEP THIS: A 75 minute private lesson condensed down to 25 seconds! Okay, here’s the pitch. I believe it is important to be able to teach asana without demonstrating and I want to help you feel more comfortable and confident when teaching that way. Do I think demonstrating a shape or movement is always bad? Of course not! Are there sometimes totally valid reasons to use your own body to clarify a movement concept? Sure! Here are a few reasons I think having the ability to teach without demonstrating is important: 👉🏻Our students benefit from our attention more than they do from our demonstrations (much of the time). 👉🏻Teaching our students how to connect language to their physical experience can help them be more embodied. 👉🏻Teaching with verbal cues moves the focus away from the aesthetics of a shape and towards the interoceptive experience of the practice. 👉🏻Relying on our bodies to share information about movement can be physically exhausting for us and difficult when we are injured or otherwise physically limited. (If you haven’t heard this story, I’m happy to tell you more, but I spent the first two years I was a full time yoga teacher walking with a cane and teaching from a chair. My teaching wasn’t limited at all though.) So, after YEARS of y’all asking for it, I’m going to teach an online workshop all about Teaching Without Demonstrating on July 19th at 12pm Eastern! In this workshop we’ll cover: 👉🏻Some of the reasons, both conscious and unconscious, that teachers prefer to demonstrate when they teach asana. 👉🏻Tools and practices to help you use your voice more often in your yoga teaching and your body less. 👉🏻And you’ll get to practice teaching each other! I’ll be teaching this workshop inside my new community, The Mentor Sessions Sangha! The monthly investment to join the community is a fantastic value at $40 per month, but for the rest of this weekend you can join for only $25 a month! The price goes up on Sunday, so I’d love to have you join us before then! You can sign up at the link in my bio (CLICK ON The Mentor Sessions Sangha!)
In our Level 2 class, we practice lowering to the In our Level 2 class, we practice lowering to the floor with control before working on chaturanga. You can progress to chaturanga or continue to work on lowering to the floor. We build up to upward-facing dog as well and there are plenty of alternative vinyasa options.⁠ ⠀⁠ You can always rest, hold plank, take a “mini vinyasa” or go straight to down-dog.⁠ ⠀⁠ Join us for Level 2 Vinyasa on Mondays 10:30-11:45 AM or Thursdays 12:15-1 PM ET. Tap the link in our bio to get signed up.⁠ ⠀⁠ #onlineyoga #virtualyoga #stillnessandmovementstudio ⁠
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