Erie Spring Session One & Introducing BalletOM

Christine-a-lini: Kundalini Yoga and Then Some

Sundays, 5:30 to 7 PM (Door opens at 5:15)
March 11, 18, 25 and April 8, 15, 22
No class on Easter Sunday
Cost: $80 for the six week session

A powerful system that focuses on the energy/glandular systems to create vibrancy, relaxation, and overall happy (along with flexibility and strength that originates in the spine and core), Kundalini yoga is amazing in and of itself, but then I add lots of special sauce and sprinkles that come from my background/interest in (and this list is never exhaustive as I am always learning more that I then bring to my students):

A variety of other yoga lineages, including Kripalu, Vinyasa, and Iyengar, partner movement, meridian based medicine, Japanese butoh, modern dance, body weight work, biomechanics, guided visualizations, movement prompts for brain health, chant, meditation, and again, whatever is floating my boat at the moment.

With Kundalini yoga’s focus on breath, there’s no way to leave a class without feeling completely renewed.

You’ll also get a taste of, well, pretty much every world religion/system of philosophy, shared ritual, and community building.

BodyPoetics: Fluid Strength through Expressive Movement and Play

Tuesdays, 5:30 to 7 PM (Door opens at 5:15)

March 13, 20 and April 3, 10, 17, 24

Cost: $80 for the six week session

Music. Exploration. Fascination. Joy. Ritual. Dance. Laughter. Curiosity.

All connected by breath and attention.

All within the context of community because we don’t heal or become whole in isolation.

In BodyPoetics, I’ve developed a 3 layer approach to the bodymind, and in every class, we take care of each layer.

The skeletal muscular body: Above all we take care of this physical body, respecting where it’s at right now and never expecting it to be something it’s not. Each body is beautiful; each body is perfect; AND each body can stand some challenge that will inevitably lead to improvement.

The emotional body: By diving deeply into our felt experience, we can express in movement that which can’t  be expressed with words. We can release; we can transform; we can evolve. We are stronger than we ever imagined.

The imaginative body: This is where the magic can really happen. This dreaming body, this creative body intuitively knows our biggest best selves and the kind of life that we’re truly capable of having. By exploring ourselves on this level and giving a voice to this part of our subconscious through dance, we can bring that power and agency into the external world, for our betterment and the betterment of everyone with whom we come in contact.

Strength and flexibility in the body is strength and flexibility in life.

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Bodypoetics: BalletOM

Thursdays, 5:30 to 7 PM (Door opens at 5:15)

March 15, 22, and April 5, 12, 19, 26

Cost: $80 for the six week session

So many little girls were told they weren’t built right or they didn’t “have what it takes” to pursue their ballerina dreams on the most basic level, and so many women walk around carrying this dance wound.

Are you one of them?

We can heal the little girl and all dance wounds even now.

I was one of those little girls who thought she was too short and too “muscle-y” to study ballet. Only as I have evolved into my true dancer self and teacher in my 40s have I come to realize how wrong I was and how very wrong so many dancer teachers were/are.

And with decades of study in yoga and somatics and biomechanics, I’ve come to develop a class in ballet that combines it with yoga and breath and mindfulness plus some other magicks.

ANYONE who has ever dreamed of being the black swan, can and SHOULD take this class.

Bring your dreams and your bare feet (or ballet slippers if you prefer, though they are not necessary).

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