Build your Immune System with Asana And Ayurveda

Build your Immune System with Asana And Ayurveda

Yoga and its sister science Ayurveda offer us many practices to support our immune system during seasonal changes. Join Francesca Nicosia and Katarina Rock for this special day so that you can learn ways to bolster your immune system and increase your resilience during the winter months.

1 – 3 pm:  Asana Class

Francesca’s class will focus on restorative yoga. You will learn how to work with bolsters, blankets and your body to nourish your nervous system and strengthen your vitality.

3 pm:  Tea Break

3: 30 – 5 pm:  Ayurveda Lecture

Katharina will give a talk on how to apply basic Ayurvedic principles and practices for immune support including food, lifestyle, and herbs. In this talk we will explore how to live and stay in balance in the Kapha season of the year. We’ll learn about the concept of ojas – which translates to our immune strength both physically and mentally – and how to keep it strong through food and lifestyle. Katharina will as well introduce some herbal support for selected issues commonly occurring in the early spring.

The asana practice is best suited to those with at least 6 months consistent yoga practice.

The talk is open to all levels. No experience needed.

Tuition

$40 per person

Cannot come to the whole event?  Join us at 3 pm for tea and conversation with Katarina.  $10-drop in requested.

Scholarships are available.  Please email info@adelineyoga.com

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN SOON

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS:

Francesca Nicosia is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher. She took her first Iyengar Yoga class in 2010 and is a graduate of Adeline Yoga’s two-year Sadhana Studies program. She has been practicing yoga since 1998 and teaching since 2005 after completing a teacher-training program while living at Shoshoni Yoga Retreat in Colorado. Francesca has a PhD in Medical Anthropology and is faculty at the Institute for Health & Aging at the University of California, San Francisco, and researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. She is also a member of the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States Research Committee. She has specialized training in restorative yoga and yoga therapy including scoliosis, back and neck pain, and other common conditions. Francesca’s classes share the transformative power of yoga to find freedom within the body and mind for people of all ages and walks of life.

Katharina Rock is a certified Clinical Ayurveda Specialist (CAS) and Ayurvedic Doctor. She was working for 20 years in a global software company when she started looking for a more holistic way to manage her own health and disposition as well as those of the people she worked with. She studied at the California College of Ayurveda in Nevada City, CA since 2015. Her practice is in Oakland, CA.