Somatic Movement Exploration class every Wednesday 8:30am
@Pause Yoga and Pilates Durango
1970 E. 3rd Ave.
Durango, CO 81301
Contact me to arrange a group or individual private session.
“If all life is a symphony, then yoga is how we attune ourselves to the music already playing all around us and within us, and join in the song!”
WORKSHOPS!
AN INVITATION. A TIME TO LISTEN. A GREAT PAUSE.
Join me for a Winter Wellness 1/2 day retreat at Black Barn!
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WHEN: Saturday, January 15th @11:30am - 3:30pm
WHERE: In our cozy fire warmed space at Black Barn - Durango, CO
WHAT: Winter Wellness Woodland Retreat is a space for us to reboot from the worldly chaos of the last 2 years and a time to carve out what we desire or need to release creating a fresh outlook as we enter into a new year!
We will be working with the yin energy of winter to revitalize and replenish your body and mind.
This retreat gives you full permission to relax, be present and put yourself first.
The 1/2 day will include:
* An intention setting meditation experience designed to bring you back to center and listen inward to what you truly need in this moment.
* A dynamic flow to awaken the body and move stagnant energy
* A pause to nourish with food and soak up the beauty of the natural surroundings and serene forest.
* A long luxurious restorative yin practice. Focused on slow gentle shapes to relax your muscles and find stillness of the mind and body.
* Guided deep rest meditation
* Beautiful musical soundscape with poetry and readings to inspire.
* hot tea and healthy snacks
COST: $85 includes all yoga and meditation, healthy lunch, tea, snacks, and connection.
This is a time to practice being deliberate – with ourselves, our words, and how we engage with each other while steeping deeply in our safe space to release and soften our edges.
To reserve your space:
register via venmo @Angel-Lucia
You will receive a confirmation once registered and paid! 🙏🏼🧘🏻♀️✨
WHAT TO BRING: yoga mat, personal props, eye pillow, blanket.
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A Season of Renewal; the element of Wood.
Yin and Acupuncture Workshop
with Angel Lucia and Kimberly Marrone AP, LAc. CFMP
February 22, 2020
1:30 - 3:30pm
Join Angel and Kim for another blissful afternoon while we open to the flow of the wood element.
The power of Wood is gentle, persistent, and filled with creative potential. It has the power of both being and becoming—of being true to your own nature and becoming more yourself by clearly expressing your inner needs and desires. Wood gently penetrates the earth to bring forth water, the source of all life. Drawing from our roots, we find the energy to push forward with strength and firmness of purpose, always remaining supple, yielding, and true to our nature.
During this 2-hour workshop you will be guided into various long held and supported shapes to stimulate the meridians and energetic pathways of the body. While surrendering into these floor supported shapes, acupuncture will be applied to further enhance the energetic pathways in opening, thus allowing energy to flow throughout the body.
These workshops sell out quickly, please register early in order to save your spot. Limited attendance!
$55 investment in your health!
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Supporting the Yin Aspects of Our Health During Winter
A Yin-Restore and Acupuncture Workshop
With Angel Lucia and Kimberly Marrone AP, LAc. CFMP
January 11th, 2020
1:30 - 3:30 PM
This time of the year many of us could benefit from stress-reduction techniques like meditation, yin yoga, acupuncture, mindfulness, and a general slowing down.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and the practices of Yin yoga teaches that we should live in harmony with the seasons. When we don’t, that’s when disease and illness occur.
During this 2 hour workshop you will be guided into various long held and supported shapes to stimulate the meridians and energetic pathways of the body associated with winter. While surrendering into these floor supported shapes, acupuncture will be applied to further enhance the energetic pathways in opening, thus allowing energy to flow throughout the body.
Winter is associated with the element of water, the kidneys and the urinary bladder. Every major organ in the body is also assigned an energetic pathway in Yin and TCM theory. When these pathways are open and flowing everything can then function properly. When the Qi becomes deficient, stagnant or blocked, then disease can develop.
Living in harmony with the season of winter means we should focus our attention inward and we should make time to relax and rejuvenate our bodies. We are a true reflection of the natural world, and ever changing with the ecosystem.
$55 investment in your health!
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THE BUBBLING SPRING
A YIN/RESTORE & ACUPUNCTURE WORKSHOP
SATURDAY, APRIL 13TH, 2019
1:30-3:30PM
with Angel Lucia and Kim Marrone AP. LAc.
This will be a beautiful practice, which works on many levels to awaken our connection to earth-energy, and to all of the beings who inhabit our shared planet. We begin by activating the first point on the Kidney meridian, called yong quan or “gushing spring,” which is located near the center of the sole of the foot.
If we’re energetically sensitive, we might notice -- as we practice walking meditation -- a feeling of qi (life-force energy) bubbling up from the bottom of our feet, and then flowing upward through our legs and into the lower dantian, that foundational energy center in the lower abdomen. Yong quan is important not only in walking meditation but also for most forms of qigong, as a place through which we connect deeply with earth-energy. We might imagine sending roots down through the soles of our feet, like a trees sending roots -- all the way to the center of the earth. As we connect in this way deeply with the earth, we feel both stable and energized.
Oftentimes this strongly grounded connection to earth-energy is balanced by, at the same time, imagining an opening and expansion through the crown of our head (at Bai Hui), up into the vast expanse of sky/heaven. As heaven-energy flows downward into our body, and earth-energy -- like sap being drawn through the roots of a tree -- is drawn upward into our body, our human body becomes the “meeting-place of heaven and earth.”
In terms of the Five-Element System, the Kidney meridian belongs to the water element. The sole of the foot, being the lowest and so most Yin place on our body, is considered an aspect of the earth element. It makes perfect sense, then, that the place where the Kidney meridian emerges on the sole of the foot would be considered, metaphorically, to be a “spring” -- a place where water emerges from earth.
Yin-Restorative Yoga and Acupuncture are a natural integration for the body. Yin-Restorative poses are still, supported, and earth bound (holding 10-15 minutes). As the body settles into the pose, acupuncture points can be addressed to enhance the pose. Expect 2 hours of a deep bliss and healing!
Investment in self-care: $55 pre-registration or $65 day of
(limited attendance, pre-registration is highly recommended!)
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YIN WALLS
& THERAPY BALLS
This workshop will lead participants through a long and deep wall yin practice while simultaneously giving themselves a full body massage. We will use Yin Yoga techniques (no prior yoga experience necessary) and massage ball work to release tension in the upper body, upper and lower back and glutes. This is perfect for anyone carrying tension around their neck and shoulders from posture, work stress, sports and new moms.
We will use tennis balls as a massage tool as well as yoga props (bolsters, blocks and the wall) to support us through this practice, which can be made as gentle as you wish.
Make some time for self-care, give your body a deep massage with techniques that you can easily replicate at home, and move into a state of deep inner listening. In this deep quietness we are able to hear more clearly to our hearts deepest desires. From this state we leave with a finely tuned instrument, clarity of mind, and loving open hearts!
Led by Angel Lucia, a senior Yin Yoga teacher trainer and myofascial release educator
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YIN YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
FASCIA STUDY AND RELEASE
This 25hr training module will focus more in depth on the Foundations of Yin Yoga and understanding how Fascia works and various release techniques to allow for optimum hydration of our tissues while deepening our Yin experience and knowledge.
Our topics include..
Fascia study
Role of Fascia
Myofascial release therapy
Ball methods
Yin Yoga Theory
Principals of Yin
How to teach and sequence Yin
Adaptations prop use
Myofascial release within the Yin practice
This 25 hour module will be held over the course of 2 weekends. First weekend will focus on Fascia study, release techniques for self and students and understanding the role of fascia in the body. The second weekend will be focused around principals of Yin Yoga, how to teach and adapt for the students in the room, and how to use Myofascial release within the yin class. These are condensed hours of training, so please bring snacks and hydration for the weekend as small breaks will be taken through out to help keep you focused, fascianated, yinspired and nourished!
All are welcome to attend and we welcome you to come experience and learn something new while caring for your own body.
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YIN YOGA & MYOFASCIAL RELEASE
FOR SELF CARE
This training module will focus on the basics of Yin Yoga and understanding how our fascia plays a huge role in our everyday experience in the body.
Our topics will include...
The Principals of Yin Yoga
How to teach functionally
How to sequence for a classroom or individual
How to adapt for each student
Fascial study
Myofascial release techniques f0r self and students
