Friday 6-9pm Quiet Practice, Hip Openers
This quiet, hip opening practice will help you
to create greater range of motion in your hips and groins and more fluidity
in your movements. Turn your focus inward as Betsey guides you to open, relax
and nurture your body.
Saturday 9-12pm Standing Poses
Fire up your practice with this energetic flow
of standing postures. Get your body ready to turn upside down with integrity
and poise.
Saturday
2-5pm Forward Bends and Twists
Relax your body and mind, enhance flexibility and tone your internal organs
with this in-depth exploration of forward bends and twists.
Sunday 9-12pm Backbends and ForeArm Balance
Backbends are nature's mood elevators. Join Betsey
for an inspiring practice that opens your heart and prepares your shoulders
for forearm balance.
Betsey Downing, Ph.D., RYT-500, has been a yoga practitioner
since 1972 and a meditator since 1974. She is one of Anusara Yoga's senior certified
teachers, and has studied with John Friend as her primary teacher since 1994.
Her early influences were Sivananda yoga, Joel Kramer, and then Iyengar yoga
for many years. Betsey directs Garden of the Heart Yoga Center in Sarasota,
Florida, and also travels around the country leading workshops and trainings.
She holds a Ph.D. in Sport Psychology from the University of Virginia, and is
listed in the World's Who's Who of Women. Betsey's teaching is vibrant with
her passion for yoga and special expertise in progressive teaching. Her goal
is to create an opportunity for students to connect with their power and wisdom
… and to touch the sacred.
ANUSARA YOGA is an exceptionally therapeutic hatha yoga style that elegantly weaves together all aspects of yoga. It is heart-oriented, spiritually inspiring, and yet grounded in a deep knowledge of optimal body alignment. Specific Universal Principles of Alignment are presented to ensure safety in the poses and create balance in the body.
The Florida Institute for Integrated Yoga Studies
8509 N. 29th St., Tampa, FL Phone (813) 932-5456 Email info@fifiys.com
Web: www.fifiys.com www.treehouseyoga.com
YTT students 12 Credits: Techniques
Yoga Alliance registered for 200 and 500 hour certifications since 1999.
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