Dynamic Yoga and Yoga Therapy with Virginia Wood
June 5-12, 2010
The course will start from the beginning, teaching the basic principles and their application within posture practice. These being:
Yama
Niyama
The spirals from the feet and the hands resonating throughout the body
Interconnectedness in practice
The Bandhas in the breath and the body
The soft quality from the Core.
The afternoon classes will be dedicated to Yoga therapy, looking into myofascial trains and how to prevent their drag effect, maintaining an opening , uplifting and well being in the joints and the body structure through Alignment and Intention.
The course will be held in Italian.
For info please contact Virginia at ++39.348.3828891 email virginia@lacroceretreats.com
Virginia has practiced yoga for twenty years and has been teaching since 2001. She has also run seminars and yoga retreats both in Tuscany and Sicily.
Her style of Hatha Yoga is called Dynamic yoga and is inspired by her teacher Godfrey Devereux.
The emphasis is on the Breath, the Bandhas and the integrity in the body within a vinyasa flow.
Virginia is also qualified in Chinese medicine and has been practicing Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal medicine for over twenty years.
She has worked in hospitals and clinics in China, New Zealand, America , Italy and England . She has written articles in medical journals on Gynaecology and has assisted in various natural births.
Virginia combines her knowledge of the human body with that of her yoga practice to address specific diseases and pains , using the yoga as a physical therapy as well as a personal enquiry to maintain health and well being both in the body, mind and spirit.
June 5-12, 2010
The course will start from the beginning, teaching the basic principles and their application within posture practice. These being:
Yama
Niyama
The spirals from the feet and the hands resonating throughout the body
Interconnectedness in practice
The Bandhas in the breath and the body
The soft quality from the Core.
The afternoon classes will be dedicated to Yoga therapy, looking into myofascial trains and how to prevent their drag effect, maintaining an opening , uplifting and well being in the joints and the body structure through Alignment and Intention.
The course will be held in Italian.
For info please contact Virginia at ++39.348.3828891 email virginia@lacroceretreats.com
Virginia has practiced yoga for twenty years and has been teaching since 2001. She has also run seminars and yoga retreats both in Tuscany and Sicily.
Her style of Hatha Yoga is called Dynamic yoga and is inspired by her teacher Godfrey Devereux.
The emphasis is on the Breath, the Bandhas and the integrity in the body within a vinyasa flow.
Virginia is also qualified in Chinese medicine and has been practicing Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal medicine for over twenty years.
She has worked in hospitals and clinics in China, New Zealand, America , Italy and England . She has written articles in medical journals on Gynaecology and has assisted in various natural births.
Virginia combines her knowledge of the human body with that of her yoga practice to address specific diseases and pains , using the yoga as a physical therapy as well as a personal enquiry to maintain health and well being both in the body, mind and spirit.
