Align for Health ~ Stretch, Breath, Strengthen

Tap tap tap… is this body working?
Stretch muscles with attention to detail in a mostly mat based class and some work using other props such as a chair, band, strap, 1/2 dome, roller and acupoint/tennis ball for plenty of foot work.

There will be a Hanna Somatic section for dealing with sensory motor amnesia to help the spine feel safe and to regain control of muscles that have gone-offline to the brain. Somatic exercises connect you into your nervous system re-gaining control from sensory motor amnesia - when your brain knows it's safe for your spine to move it will stop inhibiting movement and muscles can be released from chronic habitual contractions so that you can move in greater ranges and with more ease again.

Alignment incorporates so many aspects of health benefits it would take a long time to write about them all, but in the few words describing the class: - we attempt to align our joints, optimising the muscles and other tissues for their function and strength, which allows us to pursue joint stability then mobility, for greater pain-free longevity. There is a natural increase in strength implication with all alignment work due to the availability of more muscle fibres being brought to the party, therefore greater force generation is at our disposal.