Hip Openers Advanced Anatomy with Petra Carmichael
( TT 500 25 sati)
The hips are usually one of the tightest places of our body. One could ask WHY? Well the answer is very simple; our lifestyles are so sedentary, which makes our hips closer and stiffer. Just look at the children until they start to go to school and sit for long periods of time their hips are very flexible, and unless they keep up some sport, their bodies become stiffer. Sometimes the sports also could be the reasons for the hips to be stiff, caused by not stretching after practices.
People after such a lifestyle of approximately 100 steps a day naturally have a sense of tight hips so they are drawn to a yoga class. But sometimes when they start working on the hips, opening it can be quite an experience, which could be satisfactory and sometimes just too hard to bear. So it’s our responsibility as a yoga teachers to present the best sequence and intensity suited to everyone to help.
Sometimes the yoga practitioner has to go through some pain to learn to listen to his body. Hip-openers are some of the most requested asanas in yoga classes as they bring release in many areas that are tight and bring a sense of release as physical as emotional to many practitioners.
What many students do not understand is that virtually our entire practice of yoga is a big hip-opening opportunity. There are over 20 muscles that cross the hip (the collection of inner thigh muscles known as the adductors, the collection of outer thigh muscles known as the abductors, the hip flexors in front, deep lateral rotators in back, and more), so any movement that stretches any of these muscles could be considered a “hip-opener.” For this reason, we could argue almost every pose is effectively a “hip-opener.”
Tight hips affect everything from your ability to get into Wheel pose to simply being able to pick up something off the floor. When hips are tight, they increase the load and cause overuse of the spine. In addition to the benefits of improved range of motion and circulation and decreased back pain, opening the hips can create an energetic shift or release as well. Yogic tradition holds the hips as a storage ground for negative feelings and pent-up emotions, especially ones related to control in our lives. Hip opening can also create space for the birth of new ideas and new pathways. Opening the hips gives us access to freedom in the body and in our own unique expression — creatively, physically, sexually, and spiritually. So lets get those hips open….
In this workshop we will talk about a specific asanas and their combinations or smart pairing applied in Ashtanga yoga. We will go through muscles, alignments and adjustments in asana, so we can work on hips to open further. We will also look at the subtle level of anatomy and talk about the influence of these practices in our daily life.
Schedule:
Saturday
7,00-8,00 am Pranayama
8,30-9,45 am Hip opening class
10,00-11,00 am about sequencing
11,00-12,00 pm lunch
12,00 -16,00 pm workshop
Sunday
7,00-8,00 am Pranayama
8,00-10,00 Ashtanga Mysore
10,30 – 11,30 about subtle anatomy during hip openers
11,30-12,30 lunch
12,30 – 16,00 workshop hip openers
price:
whole weekend 1000,- kn
afternoon workshop 500,- kn 2 days
hip opener class 70,- kn
The hips are usually one of the tightest places of our body. One could ask WHY? Well the answer is very simple; our lifestyles are so sedentary, which makes our hips closer and stiffer. Just look at the children until they start to go to school and sit for long periods of time their hips are very flexible, and unless they keep up some sport, their bodies become stiffer. Sometimes the sports also could be the reasons for the hips to be stiff, caused by not stretching after practices.
People after such a lifestyle of approximately 100 steps a day naturally have a sense of tight hips so they are drawn to a yoga class. But sometimes when they start working on the hips, opening it can be quite an experience, which could be satisfactory and sometimes just too hard to bear. So it’s our responsibility as a yoga teachers to present the best sequence and intensity suited to everyone to help.
Sometimes the yoga practitioner has to go through some pain to learn to listen to his body. Hip-openers are some of the most requested asanas in yoga classes as they bring release in many areas that are tight and bring a sense of release as physical as emotional to many practitioners.
What many students do not understand is that virtually our entire practice of yoga is a big hip-opening opportunity. There are over 20 muscles that cross the hip (the collection of inner thigh muscles known as the adductors, the collection of outer thigh muscles known as the abductors, the hip flexors in front, deep lateral rotators in back, and more), so any movement that stretches any of these muscles could be considered a “hip-opener.” For this reason, we could argue almost every pose is effectively a “hip-opener.”
Tight hips affect everything from your ability to get into Wheel pose to simply being able to pick up something off the floor. When hips are tight, they increase the load and cause overuse of the spine. In addition to the benefits of improved range of motion and circulation and decreased back pain, opening the hips can create an energetic shift or release as well. Yogic tradition holds the hips as a storage ground for negative feelings and pent-up emotions, especially ones related to control in our lives. Hip opening can also create space for the birth of new ideas and new pathways. Opening the hips gives us access to freedom in the body and in our own unique expression — creatively, physically, sexually, and spiritually. So lets get those hips open….
In this workshop we will talk about a specific asanas and their combinations or smart pairing applied in Ashtanga yoga. We will go through muscles, alignments and adjustments in asana, so we can work on hips to open further. We will also look at the subtle level of anatomy and talk about the influence of these practices in our daily life.
Schedule:
Saturday
7,00-8,00 am Pranayama
8,30-9,45 am Hip opening class
10,00-11,00 am about sequencing
11,00-12,00 pm lunch
12,00 -16,00 pm workshop
Sunday
7,00-8,00 am Pranayama
8,00-10,00 Ashtanga Mysore
10,30 – 11,30 about subtle anatomy during hip openers
11,30-12,30 lunch
12,30 – 16,00 workshop hip openers
price:
whole weekend 1000,- kn
afternoon workshop 500,- kn 2 days
hip opener class 70,- kn
