Yoga for Scoliosis and Back Care, Yoga for Depression and Anxiety, Yoga for Diabetes and Asthmas, Children with Special Needs

FOR CURRENT SCHEDULE AND WORKSHOPS FOR YOGA UNION CENTER FOR BACKCARE AND SCOLIOSIS, PLEASE VISIT WWW.YOGAUNIONBACKCARE.COM.

Saturday

7:30-9:30 AM
JONI
LEVEL III
STARTS 4/7

$22

10-11:30 AM
Deborah
YOGA & SCOLIOSIS for students with Harrington Rods &Surgical Fusions

4:30-5:30 PM
Yoga & Scoliosis for Teens & Tweens
Alison
series begins again APRIL 1

4:00-5:00 PM
Yoga & Scoliosis for Teens & Tweens
Deborah
series begins again APRIL 2

5:30-7:00 PM*
Restorative
Robin
All Levels
No class 11/23

5:30-7:00 PM
Deborah
BackCare

6-7:30 PM
Alison
Backcare & Scoliosis

Yoga Union / Center for Backcare & Scoliosis drop-in classes are $20 unless noted otherwise.

You are welcome to drop into classes; no pre-registration is necessary.

Five Class cards are available for $95 (with 6 week expiration).
Ten class cards for $180 (with 8 week Expiration).
One Month Unlimited cards are $200.
The one hour long Lunchtime Basics classes are $15 or $60 for a series of 5.
FIRST TIME STUDENTS: your first class is $15.
Workshops are announced regularly at www.yogaunionbackcare.com and with flyers at the center. You may not pay for a workshop with your class card.

COMING UP:
April 5 & 6 Yoga for MS with Garth McLean

March 29: Pune therapeutics: props and adjustments for scoliosis & backcare with Deborah Wolk

Marcia Monroe: Yoga & Scoliosis workshop series: April 13 4:30-6:30 PM, May 11 2-4 PM, June 8 2-4 PM

Karin Stephan: May 17 & 18
Hands and Feet - Yoga & The Art of Equilibrium

NEW CLASS:
Joni Yecalsik Level III Mondays at 7:30 AM

NEW CLASS TIME & LEVEL:
Debby Green's BACKCARE class is now at 10 AM and is no longer "Basics"


Class Descriptions:

Back Care
For all types of back problems, pain and postural problems including scoliosis. Come lengthen your spine and move out of the habitual behaviors that are making your back hurt! All levels welcome including those new to yoga and beginners.

Yoga & Scoliosis
For students with a lateral curvature(s) of the spine. The focus is on extension and working with issues affecting people with scoliosis such as balance, proprioception, strength and reducing compensatory patterns. All levels welcome including those new to yoga.

Yoga & Scoliosis Level II
For students with mature yoga practice or who have been taking the Yoga & Scoliosis class on a regular basis for a minimum of 1 year. We will be working with prescriptive sequences given by the Iyengars and others to people with scoliosis. Our first sequence will be taken from BKS Iyengar’s sequence in Light On Yoga. All poses will be modified with props and awareness techniques so each can move ahead in the sequence. There will also be a focus on inversions practice.

Yoga & Scoliosis for Teens & Tweens
For ages 11-17. All teens welcome, but as idiopathic scoliosis is so common in these years the class will generally focus on scoliosis. This 1-hour class creates an environment that is less intense than the adult classes and is sequenced for a young person’s energy level. Classes are sold as a 4 week $60 series.

This Semester’s 2nd series: April 1-22 on Tuesdays at 4:30-5:30 with Alison and April 2-23 on Wednesdays 4-5 PM with Deborah.

Yoga & Scoliosis for Students with Harrington Rods & Other Surgical Fusions
Because of the contraindications with Harrington Rods and other instrumentation, being in a general class—even one focused on scoliosis or back problems—can be frustrating. This class covers all the principles and poses of the Yoga & Scoliosis classes but without twists, convex forward bending, backbending. The practice will help strengthen muscles around the fusion in an aligned manner, bring stability to hypermobile joints or open up very stiff areas—without destabilizing the body or the instrumentation itself.

Asymmetry
This class is for students of all levels and does not concentrate on back problems or necessarily scoliosis. Through the study of our asymmetries we can find where our practice is weak and where we are prone to injury and strain. Through self-observation, observation of others, use of props and imagery we can move deeper into the body/mind and into yoga practice.

Level III
For students with substantial Alignment-based yoga training who are strong in standing postures, can do Sirsasana (headstand) with confidence for five minutes (barring a cervical problem), and can push up into Urdhva Dhanurasana. Sirsasana variations, intermediate postures, and seated pranayama are taught. Independent practice should be well established. Open to transitioning Level II students.

Yoga Union Intermediate Classes are alignment- and breath-based classes for students who practice at an intermediate level and up, meaning; standing poses, inversions and backbends. The morning classes are particularly suited to teachers and more advanced practitioners. These are not therapeutic backcare classes.

Yoga Union Lunchtime Basics
These classes are suitable for all students to develop a knowledge of the fundamentals of alignment and to master the basics of the foundation poses.

For further information please call Yoga Union Center for Backcare and Scoliosis at 212-532-1512

Give the gift of Yoga: gift certificates are available for classes, class cards, worshops, Teacher Training, private instruction.

For private lessons call 212.889.8643 (Alison West) or 212-677-0064 (Deborah Wolk)

FOR CURRENT SCHEDULE AND WORKSHOPS FOR YOGA UNION CENTER FOR BACKCARE AND SCOLIOSIS, PLEASE VISIT WWW.YOGAUNIONBACKCARE.COM.