The 13 classes continue to train the different parts of your body to work together, to achieve pain-free movement with the least amount of effort.
Level 1: Build Your Foundation
- Head, Neck, Shoulders: ease and relief from neck and shoulder tension.
- Easeful Posture: Create good posture without rigidity.
- Happy Knees: that get along with your hips and ankles.
- Healthy Hips: Mobility and control that makes your hips happy and healthy.
- Stable Spine & Mobile Spine: Making connections for good spine health, and getting you moving in all planes of motion for a freer, happier and healthier you.
Level 2 Increase Your Capacity
- Mastering The Squat: Find dynamic ways to work the full squat
- Increasing Hip Extension: Continue the journey to long and pliable hip flexors
- Strengthening the Lateral Line: Connecting your ear to your ankle for stability
- Easeful Posture: Adding instability to Easeful Posture exercises
- Happy Knees: Adding strength to the lower extremity
- Mobile Spine: Moving the spine, all planes, for an even freer you!
- Happy Feet: Pliability in the feet makes a happier you
Safe Moves with Laurie & Katrina
Class 1 guides you through the process of mobilizing major joints, such as the shoulders and hips, while ensuring the spine remains in a stable position with ample support from the mat.
Class 2 moves on to practicing movements while in different positions, such as sitting and standing. As there is less support from the mat, it can be more difficult to maintain a neutral spine in these new positions.
In classes 3 we focus on developing and sustaining good posture through a series of challenging balance exercises. As balance exercises require standing on a smaller surface area, it will be more difficult to maintain a neutral spine position. After practicing these classes, you may find that your everyday movements off the mat become more stable.
In classes 4 we focus on developing and sustaining good posture through a series of challenging balance exercises. As balance exercises require standing on a smaller surface area, it will be more difficult to maintain a neutral spine position. After practicing these classes, you may find that your everyday movements off the mat become more stable.
By the time you reach class 5, you are integrating the technique of maintaining a stable spine while moving. We will incorporate more transitions between the various movements, exercises, and postures to form a comprehensive core workout with maximum efficiency.
By the time you reach class 6, you are integrating the technique of maintaining a stable spine while moving. We will incorporate more transitions between the various movements, exercises, and postures to form a comprehensive core workout with maximum efficiency.
Class #1 is about finding smooth articulation through the spine. We do movements that take the spine into flexion and extension or in other words: forward and backward.
Class #2 the spine moves in a variety of ways. Along with finding smooth articulation in the spine forward and backward we’ll also practice side to side movements in this class.
Finding ease & relief from neck & shoulder tension.
Creating good posture without rigidity.
To get along with friendly hips and ankles!
Mobility & control to make hips happy and healthy.
Creating good posture without rigidity.
A Mobile Spine Keeps Us Moving
Find dynamic ways to work the full squat
Continue the journey to long and pliable hip flexors
Connecting your ear to your ankle for stability
Adding instability to Easeful Posture exercises
Adding strength to the lower extremity
Moving the spine, all planes, for an even freer you!
Pliability in the feet makes a happier you.
Train the muscles in your core in a balanced way to prevent faulty movement patterns that can lead to pain and injury. The goal is to learn to keep the spine still while accessing increased mobility in the shoulder and hip sockets.
About the instructor
Laurie & Katrina
Their teaching styles are different, but Laurie and Katrina’s talents, knowledge and deep-rooted commitment to being a team make the “why” and “how” of each exercise a symbiotic experience for their students.
Laurie’s clear and candid cueing makes classes easy to follow without looking at the screen. Her wit and good nature create an enjoyable class that challenges your limits and celebrates your successes.Veteran studio owner, senior Polestar Educator and adjunct staff at the in the Dance Division of the Hartt School at The University of Hartford. When not teaching clients, other teachers or dance students you will find Katrina playing with her cats Uncle Louis and Sadie Grace, hiking, cooking or listening to political podcasts while playing games on her phone.
