COURTNEY ROHAN YOGA

Courtney’s Fall Schedule    Above Chelsea's Restaurant,  1734 Main Street, Columbia, SC $10 Yoga Classes; 1 1/2-2 hour Thai Massages;  Individual and Group Privates; Donations only Meditation practice- every Sunday!! Class Descriptions Fundamentals  For this class, the fundamentals of building a well-rounded yoga practice will be addressed through a deeper look at the Eight Limbs of Yoga as taught in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Classes will consist of discussion on yamas (abstinence), niyamas (observance) and samadhi (absorption), and movement through asana (posture), pranayama (breath control), pratyahara (sense withdrawal), dharana (concentration), dhyana (meditation) and ultimately, samadhi (bliss) . Beginner's Flow   For this class,  alignment of key poses will be addressed in detail while  building to an accessible, peak pose. Beginners will find ease in the simple and effective flow of isotonic  and isometric movement.  Vinyasa Flow For

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For years, I have been working through a pain in my upper back: the connective tissues of the rhomboids that insert into the scapula. In my inversions, I have noticed my attempt to stay there, to bring my attention to this space and the pain-body that exists there. In downdog, I press into my shoulders more to draw the muscles of the upper back apart, and here, I am able to dig into my hurt. Or, in twists, whenever the shoulder is on the earth, I draw the shoulder joint fanatically into the earth and use gravity to pull the rhomboids apart. Hunching my shoulders up to my ears and rounding the back or a hardy backbend with the scaps depressed into the back and into the belly of the muscle, the heart and throat open, to create the same.  This pain comes from a variety of sources that I have been able to pinpoint. In pictures of me at a young age, I have held my shoulders cocked or tightly. I took pictures with my head to one side, shortening the length of the antagonistic muscles