About Wise Woman-Yoga
Images are from article in
Half Moon Bay Review, January 2014. |
“Yoga does not just change the way we see things,
it transforms the person who sees.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar Wise Woman Yoga’s dynamic blend of restorative techniques and practices were designed to help women in peri-menopause, menopause and beyond to experience strength, ease, balance and peace.
I specialize in the therapeutic applications of yoga, drawing from my degree in Kinesiology and Physical Education, a former career as a body worker, and my work in prevention and rehabilitation of dance injuries to tailor each class to my students’ specific needs. My teaching style is strongly influenced by Judith Lasater, PT, Ph.D. and Elise Miller in the Iyengar tradition, and Deborah Koehn in the Ashtanga and Iyengar traditions. The Pranayama (breathing) practices I learned from Elise Miller helped to heal and expand my lungs after a chemical burn. They brought vitality to my body and peace and ease to my soul. Because I am an anatomy geek, I particularly honor and appreciate Mr Iyengar’s attention to precise alignment and detail. When I teach asana, I teach biomechanics and prevention of injury. As Judith Hanson Lasater says, "Yoga is not about touching your toes, but what you learn on the way down.” I teach a practical approach to yoga. When you learn to incorporate your practice into your daily life, almost anything can become a yoga prop. You can learn to do yoga in the grocery store, at the kitchen sink, at the computer, or while taking out the recyclables! I love teaching beginners, as well as intermediate and advanced students who embrace the beginner’s mind. "Shoshin” (初⼼心), or beginner’s mind, is a Zen Buddhist concept meaning an attitude of openness, eagerness and lack of preconceptions when studying a subject, even when studying at an advanced level, just as a beginner in that subject would. In addition to teaching yoga, I have studied Yoga Movement with Gay White in Berkeley, California, I teach folk dance and lead community healing and celebratory rituals in the Dagara tradition. --LindaGrace |
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