Workshop Schedule
ENGAGE - EXPLORE - EXPAND
Workshops provide the space and time to deepen your practice. They teach you the skills and give you the confidence you need to practice on your own.
Lisa Petersen is a Yoga Teacher, Therapist, Somatic Movement Educator and Body Mind Centering specialist based in Ireland. With over a decade’s teaching experience and a BSc. (Hons) in Communications, Lisa is known for her clarity, presence, and passion. Lisa offers workshops and Advanced Teacher Training in Yoga, Somatics and Embodied Anatomy internationally. She is a Senior Faculty Member on Donna Farhi’s Teacher Training.
Her style is personable and enriched by a deep understanding of anatomy, alignment and universal movement patterns. With a wealth of knowledge, her classes and workshops are innovative and authentic as she guides her students towards personal transformation on and off the mat. She is passionate about finding the balance between being and doing, movement and stillness, strength and fluidity, discipline and freedom.
Lisa co-founded and runs Align Somatics and Living Yoga.
Over the Moon or Under the Weather ?
May 26th, Yoga Dublin Ranelagh, 2-4, €25. For all bookings contact www.yogadublin.com
Curse or cure ? Like it or not, an average woman will spend 3,500 days of her life with a period. So, if we can’t change our biology, can we change our understanding of our biology and develop skills to help us when the going gets tough ?
Modern science shows that hormonal fluctuations color our emotions, our thoughts, our reasoning and our experience of the world. This workshop offers a practice for looking after ourselves, learning to intuit what is happening in our bodies, why it is happening, and what to do about it.
This teaching is suitable for women who have no problems but simply want to empower and educate themselves, as well as women with heavy periods, irregular periods, PMS, PCOS, DUB, or women needing to jump start a cycle or get a period back on track.
Learn how to create physical and emotional health and healing with the ancient embodied wisdom of yoga.
The Runners Guide to Yoga
June 9th, Yoga Dublin Ranelagh, 2-4, €25. For all bookings contact www.yogadublin.com
During the course of an average mile run, your foot will strike the ground 1,000 times. The force of impact on each foot is about three or four times your weight. It’s not surprising then to hear runners complain of bad backs and knees, tight hamstrings and sore feet. The pain most runners feel is not from running in and of itself but from imbalances that running causes or exacerbates. A typical runner experiences too much pounding, tightening, shortening of muscles and not enough restorative, elongating and loosening work.
Running and yoga make a perfect marriage of strength and flexibility. Yoga’s internal focus centres your attention on your own body’s movements. Consistent asana conditioning engages, strengthens and balances your muscles so they act as shock absorbers as well as movers. Conscious breathing and pranayama exercises relax the entire body and ensure maximum oxygen intake. Bear in mind that one of the main differences between an average and an extraordinary athlete may be sheer VO2 Max – or aerobic capacity.
This workshop is suitable for all athletes from amateur to professional who want to improve performance and endurance. By learning to bring your body into balance with yoga, you can run long and hard for years to come.
During the course of an average mile run, your foot will strike the ground 1,000 times. The force of impact on each foot is about three or four times your weight. It’s not surprising then to hear runners complain of bad backs and knees, tight hamstrings and sore feet. The pain most runners feel is not from running in and of itself but from imbalances that running causes or exacerbates. A typical runner experiences too much pounding, tightening, shortening of muscles and not enough restorative, elongating and loosening work.
Running and yoga make a perfect marriage of strength and flexibility. Yoga’s internal focus centres your attention on your own body’s movements. Consistent asana conditioning engages, strengthens and balances your muscles so they act as shock absorbers as well as movers. Conscious breathing and pranayama exercises relax the entire body and ensure maximum oxygen intake. Bear in mind that one of the main differences between an average and an extraordinary athlete may be sheer VO2 Max – or aerobic capacity.
This workshop is suitable for all athletes from amateur to professional who want to improve performance and endurance. By learning to bring your body into balance with yoga, you can run long and hard for years to come.
Workshops and Clinics with Amy Matthews co-author of Yoga Anatomy
July 21st and 22nd, Dance Theatre Ireland.
Workshops 10.00-13.00, 14.30-16.30. €65.
Clinics 18.00-20.00, €30. For all bookings contact lisa@living-yoga.ie
Workshop — Sat July 21st
DANCE OF THE DIAPHRAGMS
A diaphragm can be defined as a transition point in our body, a place where energy and movement can be encouraged or restricted or re-directed. We look at the pelvic floor, the thoracic diaphragm and the soft palate and three diaphragms of the torso that support and organize the movement of fluids, energy and force through our torso. In this workshop we will explore movement at each of these diaphragms, and how they dance together to create both ease and support for practicing asana.
Workshop — Sun July 22nd
CORE CONNECTIONS
Our organs are about vitality and aliveness, nourishment and comfort, growth and survival. They help us process, integrate and release our inner and outer experiences. When we embody our organs we find volume, fluid movement, and new ways to find ease in asana. We will explore our organs and how their movement informs the movement of our whole body in gravity and in space. The workshop will include movement, lecture and discussion. No previous experience is necessary.
Clinics — Saturday July 21st and Sunday 22nd
Don't miss this rare opportunity to watch a master teacher at work. Amy will solicit queries from the group at the beginning of each session and then demonstrate how she would respond to those issues in a class. One of Amy’s many skills is breaking down complex anatomical issues into simple, embodied solutions. Don't miss this!
Biography
Amy Matthews, CMA, IDME, BMC Teacher, RSMT/RSME has been teaching movement since 1994. She is a Certified Laban Movement Analyst, a Body-Mind Centering® Teacher, an Infant Developmental Movement Educator, and a yoga therapist and yoga teacher.
Amy teaches on the BMC℠ & Yoga programs in Berkeley, CA and NYC for the School for Body-Mind Centering, and was on the faculty of the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies for 10 years. She has taught embodied anatomy and movement workshops for programs in the United States and internationally.
Amy co-authored with Leslie Kaminoff the best-selling book Yoga Anatomy, and together Amy and Leslie lead The Breathing Project’s Advanced Studies Program in New York City. Amy also works privately as a movement therapist and yoga teacher, integrating Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, yoga, Body-Mind Centering℠ and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF).
Visit Amy’s website at www.embodiedasana.com