Unified Body Yoga

03/12/2020

With escalating tensions over the state of world health these days it is critical we do everything we can to take care of our physical body. The vagus nerve acts like the break for your stress response system (sympathetic nervous system). Give the fascia of your face a little facial to stimulate your vagus nerve to help induce the relaxation response. * Please wash your hands before you touch your face.

The muscles of the face share a deep connection with the vagus nerve also called the tenth cranial nerve. In this video, Jill demonstrates how to mobilize an...

07/17/2019

This is going on our must do list!!!! Plenty of time to plan, I have been told Montreal is an extraordinary city. Very excited to put this on our calendar. Will we see you there?

Save the date.
Sixth International Fascia Research Congress, September 13-15, 2021, Pre-Congress workshops September 12, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Workshop proposals open March 2020
Abstracts open September 2020
www.fasciacongress.org

02/04/2019

You know it. A subtle shift. A feeling of letting go. Maybe you haven’t been able to describe it in words. It’s an experience that needs to be felt. But you know it. You may have felt it in a hip opener or a backbend. The moment your body goes from resisting to releasing. It’s the thing that keeps us coming back to our yoga mats; IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FASCIA!!!!

If you want to become a fascianista come join Christopher J Holmes and Michelle Dalbec - Yoga Teacher and dive deep for their 5 day training Unified Body Yoga happening February 23- 27, 2020 at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. It is open to yoga teachers, movement teachers, body nerds, and yoga practitioners with 1 year practice minimum. To learn more or register for the training click http://bit.ly/2P4Owty

Feeling tense? Discover the underestimated power of your fascial tissue, and learn how it can serve you better.

01/27/2019

Human architecture is actually quite plastic. From genes to neurons to fascia, we are in continuous formation. To dive in and become present to this unfolding - witnessing, allowing, and to some extent, guiding the process - is an act of love. Explore the intimacy of the deeper practice with Michelle Dalbec and Christopher J Holmes, February 24 - March 1 at The Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health.

Employ a deeper awareness of the body’s physiology in order to lead complete and transformational experiences for your students.

01/18/2019

Unified Body Yoga training provides not just the background knowledge of A&P but how to bring that into the yoga practice by providing the tools of languaging. Add to your lexicon of cuing to incorporate anatomical language as a gateway to an experience of the amazing universe within. Come join Michelle Dalbec and Christopher J Holmes for their 5 day immersion at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health this February 24 - March 1, 2019. To learn even more or to register: http://bit.ly/2P4Owty

01/14/2019

The revolutionary changes in our understanding of the workings of the human body were initially generated by surgeons and clinical anatomists over the last 50 years. One such trailblazer is Dr. Stephen Levin, an orthopedic surgeon. Listen to his fascinating revelations here: https://www.liberatedbody.com/podcast/stephen-levin-lbp-035. To learn how this new paradigm of anatomy illuminates the practice and teaching of yoga, join Michelle Dalbec and Christopher Holmes in our 5-day Unified Body Yoga training, beginning February 24. Follow the link below to learn more or register.

Employ a deeper awareness of the body’s physiology in order to lead complete and transformational experiences for your students.

01/11/2019

It is amazing how modern science is finding out what the ancient yogi instincitively knew from their direct experience with the practices. Unified Body Yoga teacher training explores that bridge through the wonderful world of the human body and exquisit practices of yoga. Come join us for our 5 day immerson at Kripalu Center this February 24 - March 1, 2019. To learn even more or to register: http://bit.ly/2P4Owty

01/05/2019

Fascia is your body-wide seaming system, it literally knits you together. The massive tissue system needs some care to keep your entire body healthy.

"The aging of the fascia is a key factor in many age-related changes that happen as we get older, says Anatomy Trains author Tom Myers. It is commonly known that hydration is critical to the youthfulness and suppleness of fascia, because as the fascia dries out, it begins to fray or stiffen. But keeping the fascia hydrated isn’t just about drinking water, there’s a lot more to the process."

Read on for some really simple tips from Tom Myers about taking care ....

The aging of the fascia is a key factor in many age-related changes that happen as we get older, says Anatomy Trains author Tom Myers. It is commonly known that hydration is critical to the youthfulness and suppleness of fascia, because as the fascia dries out, it begins to fray or stiffen. But keep...