Hips, Apana & Letting Go - REMEDIAL (75 min)
Online
12 November 2024 •
6:30 am - 7:45 am
Bec Isaacs / Yoga
Mother, mentor, student, proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community and educator of Yoga and Meditation, Bec is known for her down-to-earth, calm nature and is respected and loved for delivering yoga classes that are spacious, deep, inclusive and introspective. She shares Yoga through the lens of Classical Yoga Philosophy, Tantra and subtle anatomy, and Remedial Yoga and functional anatomy. Her blended but intentional teaching style has been influenced by having a University Education in Kinesiology, Biology and Psychology, ten years working full time in the Yoga industry, her own journey with injury, chronic pain, disease, grief and recovery, and thousands of hours of dedicated practice and study with highly respected teachers within the Yoga Tradition.
Bec recognises her privilege when it comes to teaching Yoga and always strives to share what she has learned and experienced with humility. She is skillful in delivering complex concepts in simple, digestible and interesting ways. She honours the unbroken chain of knowledge and wisdom that exists within the Yoga tradition and equally encourages curiosity, critical thinking, and self-trust when exploring yogic concepts, practices and philosophies. Bec currently offers classes, courses, and private mentorship online and is teaching workshops both in Australia and internationally.
Description
This remedial practice is designed to create the conditions for prana to descend through you. The downward flow of prana is called apana vayu and is responsible for all physical, mental and emotional elimination and letting go.
Letting go isn't always something we can choose, and often isn't something we can force to happen. Letting go (in my experience) comes from creating the conditions to ALLOW ourselves to surrender. Building trust in the process, cultivating apana vayu, and surrendering to the rest.
This is a great sequence to practice in the afternoon/evening after a busy day or before bed as a way to bring tamas (stillness) into the body and mind to support you in slowing down your body and mind and having a restful sleep.
It is also appropriate towards the end of pregnancy. I sequenced it for my partner while she was 40 + weeks pregnant, as a way to encourage the baby to descend and to prepare for labour!
Enjoy the practice.