Choose this class if…

You want to gain a better understanding of your body. Improve performance in any physical activity. You want to release tension and relieve aches and pains. You tune up your car; why not tune up your body?

Yoga Tune Up® feels like Yoga and Physical Therapy blended together. The instructors are unique because of their in depth knowledge of the anatomy, kinesiology and biomechanics behind the art of movement.

What you can expect…

Therapy Balls!
These specially designed high-grip rubber balls literally take hold of the many layers of skin, fascia, and muscle. The size perfectly fits small joint spaces and provides self-massage to specific muscle attachments. It’s a do it yourself deep tissue massage.

Finding your body’s blind spots
The unique movements in a Yoga Tune Up® class will help you identify areas of your body that have been neglected, underused, and are lacking your awareness. Be prepared to explore new ways of thinking about your body and an entirely new way of feeling in your body.

Practices and postures

There will be many nontraditional postures in a Yoga Tune Up® class.

This is “smart yoga” where the teachers acknowledge that every body is different. The class may focus on one particular area of the body (i.e. hips, shoulders) or towards a peak pose.

The majority of the class will be spent preparing the body with self massage via the Therapy Balls and targeted “Minivinis” or mini –vinyasas (flow with breath).

Philosophy: Yoga Tune Up®

One of the primary functions of Yoga Tune Up® is to make us more aware. This awareness allows us to step back and observe our physical and mental activities.

Another focus in a Yoga Tune Up® class is practicing with purpose. The powerful practice of crafting a Sankalpa (a chosen resolution or intention that helps to positively reshape and influence one’s direction and purpose) is woven into each class.

Much of the work done in this class is a way to step back from our normal activities (yoga, running, sports, etc) take inventory and allow the body to recover from all of the overuse/misuse.

The mind body connection is evident in this practice as it acknowledges that unexpressed emotions can locate itself in the body as tension. This deep body awareness blended with sankalpa and tension relieving therapy ball work lends itself to overall wellness.

© 2011, The Magazine of Yoga, LLC.