Join me in Venice, CA at Exhale Sacred Movement 7/24/2010 from 2-4pm!

Our knees are:
• shock-absorbers when we land 
• springboards when we jump 
• transmitters when we are still, and 
• propellers when step forward 

All of these collude as beautiful links in any or all of these ways for balance postures. This class is designed to help you understand why your knees ache, specific diagnoses, and various degrees of each. We’ll discuss ‘high signs’ with knees, and ways to prevent any of further discomforts. We’ll work with ways that ankles and hips contribute to achy knees and modifications inside of postures to prevent these. And finally, we’ll look at how new patterns can be strengthened both on and off the mat.

Yoga Therapy Classes at my studio are the most healing work I’ve witnessed. Leslie Kazadi and I are teaching, and Keri Frankenstein, Eve Baldwin, Mariana Murr, Teri Roseman, Ann Braden, Gina Shelton and Chani Nicholas are co-teaching/assisting. Every class has a teacher and co-teacher with a limit of 7 students per class. Each of these really brilliant yoga teachers are here with their hearts, so much attention, love and guidance, our students are willing to dig in, and feel all kinds of edges. It’s a phenomenon that I can barely put into words except to say, there is courage here.

A few months ago, Skechers asked me to become an advisor for the Shape-ups shoe line. I went for a walk, and agreed, because Shape-ups successfully employ a balanced design. Shape-ups help us include the extra elements ; balance, strength, and flexibility, with every step we take. It is true, in these shoes, you can shape up while you walk yourself well.

More about my Shape-ups experience: After spending some time, with my now several pairs of Skechers, I learned that Shape-ups use a dynamic rolling bottom, soft foam insert and dual-density midsole, to get the kind of results I can recommend in a walking shoe. All of these factors, the time I have spent walking, and living in Shape-ups, and the commitment they’ve demonstrated to not only developing, but studying the realtime performance of their shoe technology, proved to me that Skechers is serious about the health of the people who purchase their shoes, and walking on a regular basis, as part of a healthy lifestyle.