Join Gildas Lemonnier for a 4-part series this fall! Regular class credits apply. All levels are welcome from beginners to advanced.
If you participated in the first class series or if you already practice inversions and arm balances, this second series is designed to help you go further and deepen your practice. If inversions and arm balances are new to you, this series will provide the necessary tools for you to safely start building strong foundations and self confidence.
Class structures are fluid and adaptable and options will always be available to serve the individual progress and needs of the students
Each class commences with a short and specific Vinyasa flow that prepares and conditions the body to support, balance and invert itself through a series of postures. The support of the floor, walls, props and peers facilitates the development of strong relationships to gravity with safety and confidence. Class becomes a laboratory of interactive learning where students have the opportunity to collaborate and assist one another with supportive tactile adjustments while progressing at their own pace.
Class 1: Basic mechanics. Students learn how to prepare the body, exploring the basic mechanics and applied anatomy essential to inverting our relationship to gravity with ease. Class is an opportunity for self assessment according to student’s comfortability and desires to improve. Postures may include headstands, crow pose, Pincha Mayurasana (elbow stand) and handstands. Postures are explored with the assistance of props, peers and the wall.
Class 2: Variations. Class will aim to refine and expand upon the principles introduced in class 1. Class progresses with variations and different forms associated with each posture. Examples may include one legged crow, splits and twists in a head, elbow and handstand.
Class 3: Transitions. Class will introduce transitions between inversions and arm balances, and also connecting postures into a flow. Examples may include floating between different arm balances, handstand kicks inside sun salutations, assisted handstand presses, and crow to headstand.
Class 4: Exploration. Class will incorporate more intermediate to advanced options that explore innovative transitions between postures.