Saturday, April 5th 5:30-7pm

The Listening School with Allen Watts

The Diaphragm: Inspiration of the Spine

In this ninety minute interactive workshop, we will rediscover the mechanics and miracle of one of our most basic human processes:  breathing.  We will come together for a quick group check-in in the beginning, after which I will give a short lecture on the thoracic diaphragm and the mechanics of breathing.  Then we will explore the theory set forth in the talk through somatic experiments and yoga sequences that will provide dynamic vistas for re-examining the breathing body.

There will be time at the end for a short discussion about what everyone experienced.  

$18 cash at the door

Allen Watts is a scholar of the chakras and body-mind integration.  He is currently pursuing a self-directed degree in Psychic Liberation from UMass Amherst via Brooklyn, and is also in the midst of yoga teacher training with Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health.  He is the founder of The Listening School.  The Listening School believes that yoga education can be cumulative and that students can be empowered in their own practice rather than perpetually dependent on master teachers.  Our bodies are intelligent; they speak constantly through habits, somatic impressions, mood swings, and the other myriad animations we experience each day.  Yoga practice is a unique opportunity to listen to these testimonies, celebrate them and learn from ourselves.