Overview of Bio-Mechanics & Alignment Yoga

• Bio-Mechanics is the study of the mechanical laws relating to the movement. Which when applied to yoga poses makes them safer and more effective, these skill sets will keep your practice strong and aligned for years to come.
  

• Bio-Mechanics PREVENTS future problems, you will learn awareness skills that change how to stand, move, bend, and why exercise on a machine will never replace movement!

• Bio-Mechanic & Yoga method INCREASES Bone Density, Lean Muscle Tissue, Balance, Corrects Posture, Stabilizes the Core, Strengthens and Protects the Back, It is Preventative Medicine.
  

Safety is always First, we make use of Props to support and assist for increased effectiveness

Overview of Gentle/Restorative Yoga

• Yin poses are performed with modifications, the poses are safer and more effective, helping to relieve the body from stiffness and pain.

• Meditations is a big part of yin yoga, while resting in restorative poses, we will learn many various ways to "train" our minds to become more friendly, peaceful, forgiving and calm, all which contributes to radiant health.

• Yin Yoga is gently stimulating to connective tissue, or "meridian tissues" these pathways in the body supports overall good health.

• Yin Yoga is a Taoist approach, which teaches us to live in harmony with changing seasons, This approach to life, makes every season interesting and healing.

A Little about me

My name is Tina Ramsden, my journey into yoga begin in 1979, when I discovered a Yoga book in the school library, I was hooked. I attended SUNY Cortland and worked as a Recreation Therapist, using art, movement, fitness, music, nature, as a tool to heal. In 1987 I began my actual studies of yoga and it blended so well with the Recreation Therapy, it was a natural fit. Through the years I moved in the direction of making yoga poses safer, based on Bio-Mechanics and wanted to keep classes community oriented and affordable to all. It has been such a gift to be a yoga teacher, blending all the skills I have learned over the years to make this a path to age gracefully with strength and functional flexibility for the body and living mindfully and with gratitude . Science blended with yoga concepts is the best of two worlds, East and West, blending together makes the practice rich, intelligent and attainable throughout life. Please contact me for questions or concerns.