🚨 Purchase Way of the Happy Fascia by June 28 AND get to take this workshop (Happy Dog) for FREE!* 🚨
Way of the Happy Fascia is our tried and true physio-taught online course empowering yoga teachers and all human beings to use self myofascial release (self massage) to feel less pain and get more flexibility in their bodies >> without stressing joints. The comprehensive courses teaches the what and why of fascia from head to toe, techniques that are easy to incorporate into yoga or fitness classes, travel or personal routines.
*Registration to the Happy Dog workshop will be manual for purchasers of Way of the Happy Fascia, so please be patient. You will receive the workshop link at the latest 1 hour before the workshop.
FOR SOME, DOWNWARD FACING DOG MAKES THEM NEVER WANT TO RETURN TO YOGA AGAIN
BUT THERE IS A BETTER WAY...
Downward Facing Dog: Oh yes, "this old dog." The pose that yoga teachers LOVE to call "a resting pose".
For many, Down Dog is the OPPOSITE of a resting pose.
It is a constant triceps contraction, yanking on their poor hamstrings.
What if a few techniques involving:
- self massage (self myofascial release)
- specific muscular actions
- and targeted warm ups...
...could make the lives of stiff boyfriends, yoga teachers and regular folks everywhere better?
Join this workshop if:
Down Dog is never restful for you
But you would like a glimmer of hope...
You teach yoga and you know exactly who you will share this information with
The student whose body looks more like a sideways comma than an inverted triangle...
You are curious about how self massage ("myofascial release") can make a difference in your hamstring length
That alone is a great reason to join this workshop
You will want the following props on hand:
- Tennis ball or self myofascial release ball like the Atom or the Recovery Rounds or the Duo from RAD Roller.
- Foam roller if you have access to one. If not, I suggest using a rolling pin (like for baking) with a towel wrapped around it -- possibly secured with duct tape (awkward but doable)
- Optional Yoga strap
Of course, also a yoga mat and a curious mind.
This workshop will last approximately one hour, and will be mostly a mat based self-massage / yoga / movement practice (not much lecture.
CEUs: this workshop provides 1 hour of yoga anatomy continuing education and certificates will be sent out to participants afterward.
Recording: workshop recording will be provided for 14 days afterward. For those who enroll via purchase of Way of the Happy Fascia online course, you will have permanent access to this recording.
Your Instructor
Ariele Foster, DPT
Founder of Yoga Anatomy Academy, Physical Therapist, Yoga Teacher
Ariele is naturally a flexible and yoga-loving human, but even she has a love-hate relationship with Downward Facing Dog.
Myofascial release became her obsession even before physical therapy school, and in 2013 she started teaching self massage publicly in yoga studios -- not just to patients.
More information on her physical therapy practice (virtual and in person in DC) can be found at wellilo.com.