Pelvic Awareness and Connection with Patricia Videgain
In-Studio Monthly Series
Saturdays, 2:30-4pm
August 17, September 14, October 26, November 30, December 28
Full Series: $125
Single Class: $30
Or drop in with your class card!
The goal of this monthly class is to learn about and connect to the pelvic space. Students will be given time and opportunity to experience, reclaim and embody the pelvic region, the female organs and the rhythms of the female cycle.
Each of the five classes will be a mix of lecture, discussion, asana and movement practice.
The classes will cover:
- Exploration of the functional, somatic, and experiential anatomy of the pelvic region.
- Exercises for self-discovery, flexibility, strengthening, and coordination of the pelvic region.
- Guidelines for practicing yoga asana with pelvic alignment in mind, informing and creating connection with the organic body.
We each hold native, embodied wisdom. This wisdom reveals itself when we allow the natural genius of our bodies to show the way for practice and connection. Experiential Anatomy, Developmental Movement, and Iyengar Yoga can be vehicles to understand, connect to, reclaim and integrate the territory of the pelvis.
Patricia Videgain has been teaching yoga since 2002, experiential anatomy since 2010 and somatic meditation since 2017. She is committed to teach others how to use yoga, movement, breathing and meditation as a tool for inspiration and transformation. Teaching yoga is a great source of contentment for her. Her students are her greatest teachers.
Patricia is a Yoga Alliance 500 hr + YACEP Provider, Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, IAYT Certified Yoga Therapist, Body-Mind Centering Association Member and 2020 Graduate from Leslie Howard’s Pelvic Floor Yoga Teacher Training. Patricia was also a long-time assistant and sub for Deborah Wolk’s Yoga for Scoliosis Class at Samamkaya Yoga.
Learn more about Patricia at http://bodyhaiku.com/
Adjustments, Modifications and Verbal Instructions
with Deborah Wolk
In-Person & Online!
Wednesdays, 2:15-4:15pm
In-Person Dates: 1/24, 2/14, 3/13, 4/3, 5/8, 6/26, 9/18, 10/16, 11/6, 12/4
Online Dates: 1/31, 2/28, 3/20, 4/17, 5/15, 7/3, 9/25, 10/30, 11/20, 12/18
One class for: $40 teachers, $30 Samamkaya Teaching Assistants, $20 Students
Sign up for IN-PERSON CLASSES here
Sign up for ONLINE CLASSES here
Any 3 classes for Teachers/Assistants/Students: $105/80/54
Any 6 classes for Teachers/Assistants/Students $180/150/100
Any 12 classes for Teachers/Assistants/Students $300/275/170
This course is approved as an IAYT CE Course! Take any 6 classes (12 hours) + one 1 hour mentoring session for $240
Students with scoliosis have very specific needs with the nervous system, proprioceptive system and with pain patterns. One must avoid muddled information. Using prop set-ups, hand on adjustments and verbal instructions, Deborah Wolk will guide you in how to better teach your students with scoliosis.
This class is appropriate for all yoga teachers and for students with scoliosis. Teachers of other modalities (Pilates, personal training, etc.) may attend as teachers with Deborah’s permission. This class is not recommended for brand new beginners to yoga.
Fusions Support Group with Martha Carter
MONTHLY on Thursdays, 4:00-5:30 pm on ZOOM:
September 19
October 24
November 21
Free or by donation
Sign Up Here!
Samamkaya Yoga is pleased to offer a support group for people with spinal fusions for scoliosis (or those considering a spinal fusion for their scoliosis). This group, led by Martha Carter, is designed to encourage participants to safely explore the emotional toll and experiences related to their fusion in an environment with other participants who share their experience. Whether you were a teen when your spinal was fused or an older adult or somewhere in between, discussions within this group will draw out personal reflections, identify successful ways to self-heal, and evolve to reflect the needs of the group.
Please join Martha as she seeks to encourage health and healing through group interaction—free of the shame and stigma associated with scoliosis and related surgeries.
Martha Carter
As a therapeutic movement specialist for scoliosis and spinal fusions, Martha teaches Gentle Yoga and Scoliosis Wellness classes, workshops, and retreats for all ages and abilities in Canada, the US, and internationally. She is a certified teacher of Yoga for Scoliosis, based on the techniques developed by acclaimed Iyengar teacher, Elise Browning Miller. She has also studied (and continues to enjoy explorations in) Pilates for Scoliosis, Essential Somatics, Energy Medicine, and Trauma Release techniques, which she weaves into all her classes to help participants with pain relief while enhancing their movement potential. Martha is the founder and director of the Twisted Outreach Project for Back Care and Scoliosis (TOPS), a Canadian-based non-profit that provides a range of holistic and creative approaches to working with back care and scoliosis. (https://www.
CLASS SERIES PRE-REGISTRATION & CANCELLATION POLICY
It is strongly recommended that you pre-register for workshops and series. If you pre-register for a series, you must cancel 48 hours in advance in order to be refunded for that class series less a 20% administrative fee.
Please cancel via email (info@samamkayabackcare.com) or call 646.964.5772. Even if we receive the message later, we will go by the time stamp and refund your money if appropriate. If you are ill or there is an immediate family medical emergency, we will of course waive the fee. However, please email us as early as possible, and before the workshop begins, to waive the fee or arrange a credit.
