ReCLAIM YOUR SHOULDERS, NECK AND JAW

Do you experience chronic tension in the shoulders, neck and jaw? Do these areas often need to be stretched out or feel as though they are always tight?

Everyone has pesky tense shoulders! And what goes on in the shoulders, affects the neck and jaw; what goes on in the neck and jaw also affect the shoulders.

The way we hold ourselves (bags on shoulders, carrying babies on one side of the body, looking at a computer screen, or time spent on mobile devices) create all sorts of imbalances in the structures of the shoulders, neck and jaw.

These often lead to postural changes such as forward head position, rounding of the upper back, lower back discomfort and tension headaches. Over time, these imbalances often lead to greater discomfort,  reduced mobility and can affect our moods.

Finally! There is something you can do to feel better in your shoulders, neck and jaw.

In this 3-hour workshop, experience and learn how to create more ease and increase mobility in these parts of your body! You can say AAAHHH with joy!

ReCLAIM YOUR SHOULDERS, NECK AND JAW  is a workshop that combines :

• Self-massage – Yoga Tune Up® therapy balls are used to release tension and mobilise tight spots in your body through a few effective and specific techniques.
• Myofascial Release and Stretch – Move and stretch the connective tissue in your body to create more space, more ease,  increase hydration and fluid circulation.
• Slow Mindful Movements and Breathing techniques – Encourage your nervous system to relax and down-regulate.
• Experiential Body Mapping – Establish your mind to body and body to mind connections through sensations felt while moving, breathing, stretching or during self-massage (see four points above). When your mind – body connection is strengthened, your body’s ability to listen (feel) and move with more care and awareness is also improved.
• Joint Mobilisation –  Explore of the joints in their full movement range. This helps to encourage, develop and retain your muscle memory.
• Muscle activation and Strengthening – Retrain your underused and weak muscles to activate (and strengthen them) so they can “do their job”.
• Integration – Putting everything you’ve learnt together into a few yoga poses or day to day activities. The faster you can put into practice what you have learnt and experienced,  the stronger  the mind and body connection will be.===

In this 3-hour workshop, we will explore :

• What muscles cause shoulder, neck and jaw imbalances
  • underworked, underused or misused muscles
  • overworked, overused or abuse
• Ways to release tension in the muscles
• Isolation, activation and integration of muscles and movement
• Establishing a strong and stable shoulder girdle
• Growing a safer and stronger mind-body connection
  Feeling your anatomy in your own body

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This workshop will be fun, educational and experiential. I promise.

Now, who doesn’t want to feel better?!

Bring your friends and family along. This is a wonderful opportunity for them to learn how to release some of the aches away.

👉 This workshop is open to everyone, especially if you are a human being, a couch potato, or perpetually hunched over a desk or mobile device.

Absolutely no yoga experience is necessary – everyone is welcome!