Total # of Classes
5
Class length
180 minutes
Location
YogaBellingen 1/15 Short Street, Bellingen - behind the Gelato Bar , Bellingen RiverSIde Cottages Pavilion 224 Northbank Road
Sharing Good Energy and Loving Information Through Your Body as a Model for Your Life:
By Simon Borg-Olivier MSc BAppSc (Physiotherapy) APAM
In this weekend (15 hour) workshop, Simon Borg-Olivier, a research scientist and physiotherapist who has taught posture, movement and breathing for 35 years, shows ways to energise, nourish and strengthen your body while developing blissful, grounded calmness. In this safe and accessible practice Simon will show you how to move actively and fluidly from your core while initially allowing your body breathe for you, and later developing breath-control. You will shown special types of core stabilisation for the whole body that can stabilise and nourish your joints and muscles, prevent and heal injuries, and relieve physical pain. This practice allows you develop fitness and internal health by using spinal movements and graded diaphragmatic breathing into an abdomen firmed through posture. Techniques taught in this workshop also help improve the digestion of food, absorption of nutrients, elimination of waste and stored toxins, and the health of the reproductive system. The main purpose of this practice is to share good energy and loving information through the body
This practice can:
• improve flexibility without feeling intense stretch
• improve strength without feeling tense or stressed
• become more relaxed without needing to be completely passive
• improve your energy levels without having to breathe more than normal
• promote circulation without needing to make your heart beat faster
• improve the intelligence of your body cells without having to over-think
• satiate your appetite and feel nourished without having to eat
• feel rested and rejuvenated without having had to sleep
During these workshops Simon will show you how to work systematically with your practice by teaching four fundamental principles of traditional yoga that are in line with modern concepts of strength and conditioning, and the science of exercise-based physiology and physiotherapy. These principles can help you develop a yoga practice that will enhance your health and wellbeing on a physical, energetic and emotional level.
Each of the five 3 hour long sessions in this course includes 1-2 hours of detailed instruction on posture, movement and breathing by physiotherapist and yoga teacher Simon Borg-Olivier, followed by a flowing and meditative visually-instructed led practice to music (no verbal instructions). You will develop a practical understanding of how to use yoga to maintain and enhance health and longevity, as well as to help you recover more rapidly from musculoskeletal problems and medical conditions. This course can help you be a better teacher for yourself if you practice yoga, and can also help you teach other people.
Please note that the classes are progressive. Each session builds on the information and practice of the previous session.We therefore encourage you to attend all workshops.
Registration is currently open for all 5 sessions.
Learn to use your spine to create core stability via core mobility. This knowledge can not only improve your flexibility and strength, but can also help you improve your circulation, energy levels and the health of your internal organs.
In this session Simon will show you how to use your legs effectively in order to develop the strength, flexibility and fitness needed to lead a healthy, active life. This understanding can also help you to improve the function of your lower back, as well as the health of your digestive and reproductive system.
Learn to effectively use your arms in order to improve circulation and develop the strength and flexibility to do arm balances, binding postures, backbending postures and inversions. This understanding can also help you to improve the health of your neck and upper back, as well as the effectiveness of your hormones, your heart and your lungs.
Learn to effectively use your breath in order to develop your vitality and help to improve your longevity. The techniques taught in this class can also improve levels of happiness, mobility, relaxation, as well as increasing the circulation of energy and information through the body. This understanding can also help you reduce stress, regulate your body temperature, improve your energy levels, and reduce your dependence on food and sleep.
This class series has already finished. Please check our schedule for more classes.