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ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Rama Vernon 3/19-3/21: Asana alignment, yoga philosophy, ahimsa in action
  • Nicolai Bachman 4/9-4/11: Chapter 2 Sutras, 8 limbs and Sanskrit
  • new schedule in effect now: New Teachers, classes, class times and types. 100 classes per week.

Healing Emphasis Yoga

NEW and exclusively at Inner Vision Yoga: H.E.Y.

•For healthy individuals who want to release tension before it becomes a problem.
•For those with injuries or health conditions that need modifications (check with your physician first).
•All levels welcome.
•75 minutes long
•Included with your regular class package.

What is Healing Emphasis Yoga (HEY)?

In addition to the overall benefits of yoga, HEY classes use Dharana (concentration) on a targeted physical area such as the sacrum or shoulders while addressing particular blocks in the body’s energetic system.

HEY classes focus on healing from the inside out by drawing more circulation, mobility, strength and revitalizing prana to the area of focus.

All HEY classes are coordinated to work together on a particular chakra/area of the energetic and physical body.  Class focus changes every 6-8 weeks, working up the spine.

Current HEY class focus is highlighted in Green:

  • Root Chakra: Sacrum, pelvis, kidneys, releasing fear, security.
  • Navel Chakra: Reproductive organs, hormone balance, releasing guilt, embracing conscious creativity, healing lower back.
  • Solar Plexus Chakra: Digestive organs, lower back, releasing anger, will-power.
  • Heart Chakra: Cardio-respiratory system, upper spine/shoulders, thymus gland, compassion and love.
  • Throat Chakra: Cervical spine, thyroid gland, finding your voice.
  • Third Eye Chakra: Pineal Gland, connection to existence, integrating thought, feeling and action.
  • Crown Chakra: Pituitary Gland, Hypothalamus, molecules of emotion, regulating of all body systems.

HEY class offerings

Mondays 5Pm Tempe: HEY - Lower Back Healing Energy for the Sacrum, Pelvis and Sciatic Nerve with Donna DiNunzio (Tempe)

Focus on strengthening core and lower back muscles, teaching modifications to standard yoga poses that accommodate and alleviate lower back pain (that you can take to other yoga classes), stretching of major muscle groups that contribute to back pain and releasing of the psoas muscle.  Using breath work, meditation and energy channeling through awareness to reduce stress and tension.

Tuesdays 1:30pm: Neurogenic Yoga™ - ‘The Past is History’ with Jeff Martens (Tempe)

A set sequence of poses designed to compassionately challenge the muscles and joints to release held physical tension while accessing the more subtle roots of past holding.  Class will conclude with Psoas/Trauma Release Exercises™ as discovered and developed by Dr. David Berceli. The source of many knots and dis-ease can be traceable or accompanied by fear rooted in the past.  The physical and energetic release of fear, guilt and judgment can bring healing throughout the whole body from head to toe, Neck to the sacroilliac joint and psoas.

Sundays 8:30am Tempe HEY: Chinese/Ayurvedic Medicine and the Water Element (Kidney, bladder, low back and pelvis) with Heath Reed (Tempe)

Explore the metaphor of the “Water element” and how the Kidneys and Bladder influence low back health using yoga, guided meditation, and breath- and energy work to relieve stress and increase prana (life force) to the low back.

How Does HEY Work?

Using the powers of concentration and directing it specifically at the area of emphasis for the particular class can cause tremendous healing effects to take place

Each teacher will do this in their own way, integrating that body part or aspect of self that is injured, hurt or troubling back into the energetic loop.  Teacher-researched and targeted asanas (postures) combine with guiding thoughts towards acceptance of the injury, joining with the hurt area, etc. to re-establish greater ease for the area, reducing dis-ease and injury while addressing any deeper or more subtle causes if they are present in the concept of the self.

This holistic and powerful approach of the mind and heart to heal the body is explored through targeted yoga poses known to have beneficial effects on the body.

Future HEY Offerings
Some examples of future HEY classes may include:

  • HEY for Lower Back (healing from lower back pain and discomfort)
  • HEY for Hormone Balancing for Women (Thyroid, PMS and Menopause)
  • HEY for Healthy Sleep Habits (Insomnia, Disturbed Sleep Patterns)
  • HEY for Healthy Spines and Good Posture,
  • HEY for Joint Freeing (arthritis and osteoporosis)
  • HEY for Healthy Body Image and Self-esteem
  • HEY for Finding Your Voice
  • HEY for Stress Relief (trauma, hypertension, high blood pressure)
  • HEY for Seeing your Habits
  • HEY for the Soul and Inner Peace
  • HEY for Internal Organs (based on Chinese and Ayurvedic element and meridian theory

- Kidney/Bladder and the Water Element (relieving low back pain)

- Heart/Small Intestine and the Fire Element (easing shoulder, arm, or wrist pain)

- Stomach/Spleen and the Earth Element (relieving foot, ankle, and hip pain)

- Lung/large Intestine and the Metal element (improving digestive and expanding the breath)

- Liver/Gallbladder and the Wood Element (detoxifying and easing neck, jaw, and headache tension)