Joryboard
The Joryboard allows the student to move functionally and three-dimensionally while working with specific muscle groups to balance, condition and improve the body as a whole. The Joryboard is designed with special springs, straps, and fabric that enhance the simplest movements. The student is taught to focus on breath and movement to improve postural alignment and correct neuromuscular patterns in the system. Joryboards are versatile enough to challenge the conditioned athlete, yet gentle enough to encourage the beginning student. Joryboard is the perfect way to stop working out, and start working in. Get the most out of the time you spend taking care of yourself!
YOGA & SPECIALIZED MOVEMENT PRACTICES
Yoga and Ayurveda are sister sciences: one does not exist without the other. We are moving human beings. Quality of movement, strong, agile and free from pain, comes from the understanding of the individual’s physical and mental needs. The strength of the tissues is a reflection of the state of our health, which can be influenced through correct practice of Yoga and specialized movement. To offer proper movement practices that match the uniqueness of the individual, we have several different movement modalities including Yoga, Yoga with fabric, Joryboards, as well as specialized workshops and learning opportunities. Together Ayurveda and movement/Yoga form a complete and practical model to restore balance to both body and mind, and then back into alignment with our true authentic selves.
Fabric
The fabric (a.k.a. Aerial Yoga) classes offered at The Studio use soft fabric hammocks to enhance Yoga and specialized movement practices. The fabrics, which are strong enough to support 1000 pounds, hang close to the floor so that the student can use the hammock as a prop to fully or partially suspend the weight of the body. In fabric classes, students release chronically tight muscles while building strength to balance the body, resulting in better alignment, which benefits both the energy body and the physical body. Pressure on spinal discs and other joints is relieved through relaxation and purposeful slow breathing, as gravity pulls various parts of the body towards the floor, encouraging deep muscle layers to release and spinal structure to realign. The hammock is designed to help the student better understand the body and its freedoms, creating flexibility and strength. These classes are accessible to all bodies and levels of practice.