In a yoga session, inversions are the most difficult poses to practice because there are many things to take into account to do so and that makes inversions much harder. In this workshop, I will explain all the things a practitioner needs to know to safely and easily reach and maintain these poses.

Yoga without inversions is like a marriage without a spouse, lemonade without lemons, or a body without a heart—the essence is missing. Inversions set yoga apart from other physical disciplines: Psychologically, they allow us to see things from an alternate perspective. Emotionally, they guide the energy of the pelvis (the energy of creation and personal power) toward the heart center, enabling self-exploration and inner growth. Physically, they stimulate the immune and endocrine systems, thereby invigorating and nourishing the brain and the organs. When done correctly, inversions also release tension in the neck and the spine.

The points I will explain in this workshop are as follow:

1. Body Alignment: Here, I will explain how different body parts work together in inverted poses and what the difficulties we face are. If our different body parts work together then we find it much easier and half of the work to reach an asana is already done.
2. Breathing: This is the most important thing while we are in these poses. If we don’t breathe well, holding these poses can become really difficult, we can be scared of them and even get injured. Correct breathing, on the other hand, is the key to successfully hold inversions. Breathing is certainly very important in any asana practice, but especially for inversions.
3. Bandhas (locks): To practice inversions, we also need to understand how the bandhas or ‘locks’ work. Most practitioners never think about this and that can trigger serious problems during practice. Each lock has different uses and releases a particular kind of energy. Correct usage or control of the locks can therefore greatly facilitate our practice of inverted poses.
4. Fear: To practice inversions poses our fear is the another hurdle to stop us to do this. Some time we have fear like hurt ourselves and also fear to fail. With calm mind and great patience we conquer our fear and ready to this.
5. Core strength: This is also a key point to do this pose. No matter what kind of inversion you’re trying to do, you’re going to need a strong core. Inversions require balance, balance requires core strength .if we don’t have this then nightmare to do this series poses.

Daily Schedule

First Day – 6/4
Session 1 – 9am to 12pm

• Light asana practice and Pranayama
• Details about body alignment and demo.
• Uses of breathing in different inverted poses
• Asana practice and theory – Downdog pose(Adhomukha swan asana), shoulder stand(Sarvangasana), Head stand(Sirshasana)

Session 2 – 2pm to 4pm

• Bandha description
• Therapeutic discussion and closing with Mantra chanting.

Second Day – 6/5

• Session 1 – 9am to 12pm

• Light asana practice and pranayama
• Core strength and uses in inversion poses
• Asana practice and theory – Plough pose(Halasana), Pointing pecock pose(Pinchamayurasana), Rabbit Pose(sasankasana)F

Session 2 – 2pm to 4pm

• Fear description
• Q & A session and closing mantra chanting.

• SPACE workshop discount vouchers are only valid during the Early Bird Special (before 4/20).
• Minimum number of registration to hold the course: 15 students
• SPACE will video record and photograph the training for our records and promotion purposes
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• Please email to teachertraining@withinspace.com if you are interested in the Workshop.