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Roll, Release, Renew: Shoulders, Neck & Upper-back

  • Ume Yoga 1501 Broadway Oakland, CA, 94612 United States (map)

Do you carry your stress and tension in the upper back, shoulders, neck? If so, this Yoga Tune Up® workshop: De-Stress Your Shoulders is for you! Yoga Tune Up® (YTU) is a conscious corrective exercise format influenced by Yoga and myo-fascial release techniques that improves overall strength, flexibility and coordination. 

This workshop will begin with a self-­massage, to target the upper back, shoulders, neck and face, utilizing Yoga Tune Up® therapy balls. After you will be guided through playful and challenging techniques that will create spaciousness in the joints of your upper-body, while relieving stiffness, and increasing mobility in upper back, neck, and shoulders. We will end with breathing, meditation, and restorative postures to deeply calm the nervous system and relax the body and mind. Learn how to use the Yoga Tune Up® therapy balls to relieve your body of chronic tension. Discover simple yet valuable self-care techniques in this accessible YTU workshop that’s appropriate for all experience levels.

This workshop will benefit those who:
● Suffer from chronic pain, stiffness and tension
● Have an active lifestyle and want to increase performance and recovery time
● Anyone who spends the majority of their time seated at work
● Those who wish they had the time or resources to get a daily massage
● Fitness professionals that overuse and abuse their muscles and need some TLC
● Effective ancillary practice for chiropractic work and ART

Later Event: January 13
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