Yoga & Somatics for Scoliosis & Fusions with Martha Carter

Fridays 12:30-1:45 October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Full Series: $110
One Class: $25

Join movement educator Martha Carter for a gentle series of classes combining yoga and somatics. Using specific breathing techniques, students will be guided to visualize their bodies to find clarity and ease. Following a series of yoga poses, freestyle movements, and foundational somatic movement patterning, participants will learn to shift their scoliotic patterns from within, allowing more mobility and less pain.

This series is helpful for students of all levels with scoliosis and fusions. It is also educational for bodywork professionals and movement teachers interested in expanding their tools to work with students/clients with scoliosis and fused spines

About Martha Carter: Martha’s gentle approach combines her experiences as a dance artist, yoga teacher, and ‘scoliosis warrior with a fused spine’. Martha’s enthusiasm, encouragement, and creativity helps students to connect with the whole body and find awareness, length, strength, comfort and fluidity.

About Somatics: Based on the discoveries of Thomas Hanna (1928-1990), Somatics is a combination of his combined expertise as a philosopher, movement educator, and neurophysiologist. Similar in some ways to restorative yoga, the exercises are accessible to all ages, fitness levels and body types. Done lying on the floor in loose clothing, Somatics is known to be anti-aging in the way it helps us re-find and re-fine our mobility, reversing lost function from injuries, disabilities and bad habits.