This 90 minute all levels workshop focuses on the art and skill of backbends, with an emphasis on safely learning how to train the spine to go a little bit deeper.  We will begin with a yoga style warm up that includes sun salutations, core, and hip openers/splits.  Next, we explore exercises, drills, and shapes that will build strength, stamina, and endurance that will help you deepen your backbend practice.  The human spine has an incredible range of motion, and we will explore it thoroughly in this workshop through mindful movement and training.

$35/members receive 15% off

about Lesley Greer:

Lesley's yoga journey started 17 years ago with 26 and 2 hot yoga, which she practiced 7 days a week for five years.  After a trip to Bali in 2008, she fell in love with vinyasa flow and Ashtanga Vinyasa and began to explore getting stronger to balance out the flexibility gained within her first five years of practicing.  She has competed in yoga asana championships with USA Yoga at the regional/national levels and placed 9th in the country in 2015.  She then proceeded to do her first 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in India, which gave her a renewed sense of what it means to practice yoga.  Upon returning to her home studio in the bay area, she began teaching right away, and has since continued her education with a 200 hour Ashtanga Vinyasa Training and most recently her 300 Hour Training, both with All Yoga Thailand.  Upon moving to Los Angeles five years ago, Lesley started diving into the world of contortion training and is now a performing artist in addition to teaching at Sweat Yoga WeHo and Equinox.  The depth of knowledge that she has gained over the years about how to train the body to be both strong and flexible has come from her own experiences physically and mentally through these different forms of movement and a disciplined daily practice. 
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