Whole Body M

Instructor:
Breena Maggio
Description:
Do you have the strength to move your own legs around? How about your range of motion? You will have a chance to test and re-check your abilities in a variety of exercises.
Equipment:
Half Dome, (2) Straps, Monster Ring, (2) Bolsters or a Stool

Instructor:
Michael Kaffel
Description:
We begin everyone’s Restorative Exercise™ (RE) education with the 1A: Intro to Alignment, which teaches us the fundamentals of RE. The next step in the RE protocol is 1B, which covers the next set of motor skills for optimal gait. We’re goin’ back to basics here, which is always a good thing to do! This is a great opportunity to make sure you understand the foundation of your alignment practice.
Equipment Needed:
1/2 Dome, Block, Strap, Wall

Instructor:
Tim Harris
Description:
How is your balance? This class will take you through a progression of balance challenging exercises to help you evaluate how your balance is today and what you can do to improve.
Equipment Needed:
(2) Half Domes, (2) Blocks, a large Exercise Ball
* Note: Please always take care to work within your own parameters and make your own safety a priority. If you feel like something demonstrated in class is beyond your abilities, skip that exercise and do another one. If you want to challenge yourself, please be aware of your surroundings and make your environment as safe as possible to prevent injury.

Instructor:
Michael Kaffel
Description:
This class will focus on the major joints of the body- shoulders, hips, and spine, with a little balance practice thrown in.
Equipment Needed:
Large Exercise Ball, Half Dome, Strap, Bolster
*As usual, take care with the balance exercises in this class!

Instructor:
Breena Maggio
Description:
We haven’t done a class with the large ball in awhile, so this was fun! This class focuses quite a bit on spinal mobility and separating the motion of the pelvis from the ribcage- getting better at moving them independently from each other.
Equipment Needed:
Large Exercise Ball, Red Squishy Ball, Half Dome, Blanket

Instructor:
Breena Maggio
Description:
This class will use the “Waitress/Waiter” exercise to evaluate the external rotation of your shoulders. Lots of chest opening, shoulder mobility, and scapular stabilization.
Equipment Needed:
Block, Bolster, Half Dome, Blanket, Yellow Tube with handles and an attachment point.
Note: We lost the last couple minutes of the video, so here’s basically what we did: finish the unwinding, add in wide scapulae, then re-check your external rotation in the Waitress. Voilá! Amazing right?

Instructor:
Tim Harris
Description:
Using breath and continuity of movement, you will be led through a series of exercises focusing especially on the feet, spine, hips, and shoulders (ya, it’s pretty much everything).
Equipment Needed:
Maybe a Half Dome, Block, or other bolster item
* Note: This class may challenge you a bit, so transition carefully and work within YOUR boundaries. If you have a hip or knee replacement, you may need to take extra care and modify or skip some of the movements on that side.

Instructor:
Breena Maggio
Description:
For many of us, due to our lifestyles, we have a tendency to practice postures that shorten the musculature down the entire length of the posterior (rear side) of our bodies. From our necks, to our low backs, to the length of the musculature down the backs of our legs, we have a lot of tension back there! This hour will give those muscles some much-needed lengthening and possibly bring some awareness to these areas as you go through your day and cycle through your habitual postures.
Equipment Needed:
Half Dome, Block, Bolster, Strap, 2 tennis balls in a sock
*We had some technical difficulties with the camera angle, so please excuse my cut off head…fortunately, it’s not necessary for the instructor to have a head to follow along with these exercises.

Instructor:
Breena Maggio
Description:
For a mobile spine, we need abdominal muscles that work all the way from the bottom to the top and from the deeper layers to the more superficial layers. We tend to move the spine in big chunks. In this class we’ll tease apart some of these pieces for greater mobility and ease of movement.
Equipment Needed:
Bolster, Half Dome, Block, Red Squishy Ball

Instructor:
Tim Harris
Description:
An aligned body is a strong body- naturally. A strong body is a balanced body. Tim will take you through a series to balance out your body’s strength.
Equipment Needed:
1/2 Dome, Yoga Block

Instructor:
Tim Harris
Description:
An aligned body is a strong body- naturally. A strong body is a balanced body. Tim will take you through another series to balance out your body’s strength.
Equipment Needed:
1/2 Dome, Block, Strap

Instructor:
Breena Maggio
Description:
Just another super yummy whole body stretch class!
Equipment Needed:
Block, Bolster, Half Dome, Blanket, (2) Straps (or extra long strap)