Low Back Healing:  Featuring the Double Buckled Belt – with Kelly Sobanski

Low Back Healing:  Featuring the Double Buckled Belt

with Kelly Sobanski

Saturday October 1st from 2 – 4:30 pm PST via Zoom

This healing sequence is inspired by the weekly Low Back Class at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in Pune, India. Kelly spent time observing the class over many months – and has been practicing this sequence for many years. This sequence is one of her favorites because her sacrum and spine always feel so fantastic after the practice.  It’s worth repeating over a lifetime to tune-in and tune-up.

This is an excellent workshop that helps relieve pain in the sacrum and low back through traction and space created by the double-buckle belts. Those who tend to have unevenness in the sacral area can benefit because the belts stabilize the hips as we move from pose to pose. Relief from sacral and low back pain can be felt due to the stability and space created from this healing sequence.

You will learn:

• How to use double-buckle belts to create traction/length in the spine & stability in the sacrum
• Poses that relieve pain in the low back, sacrum and hips
• How to use the wall to create stability in standing poses
• Instructions that help create space in the hips, spine, shoulders and neck

This course is designed for those with at least 2 years of consistent Iyengar Yoga practice and are comfortable with inversions. Modifications can be given if anyone is menstruating during the workshop or one can take notes and then practice the asana via the recording. Teachers and teachers-in-training who want to learn to better help their students are most welcome.

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This workshop is not for students who have complex spine, sacrum or hip conditions. These conditions can be better addressed with private yoga sessions. If you have questions about whether this program is for you, please email info@adelineyoga.com before registering.

For this workshop you will need the following props:

• 1 double-buckle belt
• 1 long belt (12 foot is ideal)
• The regular Iyengar Yoga props including: a regular belt, blankets, bolster, a chair,  blocks and wall space

Yes! You will need a double-buckle belt. Regular belts cannot be hooked together easily for this sequence. You can purchase yours from Adeline Yoga (pick up in Berkeley).  If you are not local, email us info@adelineyoga.com we will try and coordinate shipping. Please make this arrangement early so you get your belt in time.

Recordings:

We plan that this zoom workshop will be recorded.  Every registrant will receive access to the recording for one month.  If you cannot attend the workshop live, you can pre-register and receive the recording.

Tuition:

$55 per person

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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Kelly Sobanski is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher at the Intermediate Junior III level. Based in Indiana, she has studied directly with BKS Iyengar, Geeta Iyengar and Abhijata Shridar including six months of study at the Iyengar Institute in Pune, India. Kelly has deep knowledge of Iyengar Yoga therapeutics and pain management, gleaned from her own practice and eight years assisting in Lois Steinberg’s therapy classes at Iyengar Yoga Champaign-Urbana and her time at the Iyengar Institute in Pune. Kelly has worked with many students with intricate and in-depth physical challenges. Kelly inspires practitioners at all levels to cultivate wisdom, intuition and luminance through the endless learning that yoga unveils.  She is also a dedicated volunteer including past President of the Board of Directors for the Iyengar Yoga Association of the Mid-West.