Unlocking the Hips
Sunday 27 july 09:30 - 11:30
Open your hips—and open the door to greater ease, mobility, and emotional release. This yoga workshop is designed to explore the intricate and powerful area of the hips through mindful movement, breath, and stillness.
Our hips are the crossroads of the body, supporting movement, stability, and energy flow. They’re also a common place where we hold tension, both physical and emotional. In this workshop, we’ll take a deep dive into hip-opening postures that promote flexibility, release tightness, and bring a sense of spaciousness to the lower body.
In this workshop, you will:
- Explore both dynamic and passive poses to target different muscle groups around the hips, including the hip flexors, glutes, and inner thighs.
- Use breath and props to support deeper release and relaxation.
- Discover how releasing tension in the hips can enhance your overall yoga practice and emotional well-being.
Who is this for?
Perfect for anyone—most of us are sitting all day long and to open up the hips is a long term process…whether you are a runner with tight hips, or a yogi seeking deeper access to hip-opening poses. All levels are welcome.
Style: Ashtanga-led
Ashtanga vinyasa is a hatha yoga practice transmitted to Pattabhi Jois from the yoga master Krishnamacharya. It is for students seeking an invigorating approach that purifies, stimulates and energizes. It consists of postures practiced in a fluid rhythm with a concentrated breath, steady gaze, and internal contractions to direct vital energy. Due to the dynamic nature of this practice, one feels completely energized and purified in each cell of the body and also in the mind. Go to the Ashtanga-led page.
Teacher: Nathalie Colavitti Blay
Nathalie became interested in yoga through a documentary of a young girl who explained with lucidity and breathtaking calm how yoga helped her recover from a severe childhood trauma. That spark brought Nathalie to Iyengar yoga classes in 2006 before moving on to vinyasa and thereafter Ashtanga vinyasa whose energizing and soothing practices fascinated her. She also included into her personal practice the shat kriyas - purification techniques that are highly effective for digestive problems, stress and insomnia.
In 2016, she graduated La Source’s 300-hour teacher training program. At the request of her colleagues, she gives yoga classes at work. At the same time, she continues her own practice and has attended workshops by senior Ashtanga teachers like Mark Darby, Danny Paradise, Gregor Maehle, Laruga Glaser, Kathy Cooper and Doug Keller.
She wishes to share the knowledge acquired and to continue to explore that vast world called yoga.
Go to Nathalie's page.
Location: Strassen
Yoga La Source Strassen — 143 route d'Arlon. Traditional hatha yoga in Sivananda, Ashtanga, Vinyasa Krama, Yin, Lower Back & more. Oak floors, warm ambiance, all levels welcome. Go to the Strassen page.