Hello extraordinary humans,

I’ve got 2 great workshops coming up this month in Vancouver:

Shoulder Play - August 17th at 6pm

And

Beyond the Exhale - August 24th at 6pm Moved to the fall date TBD

I’ll be teaching this exercise in both of them:

​Rock Back Breathing​

Why? Because your shoulder mechanics and your breathing mechanics are incredibly linked. This exercise looks at getting better rib cage expansion, specifically through the posterior chain, an area that is usually pretty locked down and compressed. When this compression occurs we run into a few things:

1) the landscape on which our shoulder blade glides changes and it becomes more difficult for it to slide and glide which in turn changes how hard our shoulder muscles need to work in order to keep things safe, stable and strong. If you’ve every struggles with serratus activation, rock back may be a huge tool for your shoulder kit.

2) we lose access to full inhales and exhales which can change our endurance, resilience to stress and…our ability to expand our rib cage creating a little cycle of compression, tension and general ugh. (Technical, I know)

Rock back and its many variations is a nice exercise to add to your cool’ down, warm up or throughout the day as a movement snack. Changing the texture and size of the object you round over will change where you feel resistance and openings in your breath. As will playing with side bending or arm position.

Now on to these details of the workshops!

Each workshop costs $45 - Beyond the Exhale is moved to the fall, date TBC

Shoulder Play August 17th:

6pm at Fitness Science Corp 369/379 terminal avenue Vancouver.

1.5 hour class exploring mobility, stability, strength and coordination of the shoulder for aerial, acrobatic or other creative work. We will be playing with improving scapular movement and stability and creating stability in the shoulder joint through strength and conditioning so it can roll and glide more effectively. You do not need any previous training experience and if you have an injured shoulder, you can absolutely come and do what is accessible to you. Modifications are always available.

​Register for Shoulder Play here​

Beyond the Exhale August 24th: Moved to the fall!!

6pm at Fitness Science Corp 369/379 terminal avenue Vancouver.

1.5hrs (I will probably go over) class all about breathing. We will cover loads of stuff in this one, like using positional drills like the rock back breathing above to help with ribcage expansion and learning how fully stretch and expand our diaphragm for ease of breath and movement. Breath plays into every system in our body and can be an immense tool for performance and stress resilience. Expect to learn new ways to improve ease in your breath and how to use breath to help pain, recovery and endurance. No experience necessary, and this workshop is about as injury safe as it gets.

Register for Beyond the Exhale here

Want to do both? Register for both workshops here

Got questions about either workshop? Hit reply and I’d love to answer them.

Hope to see you in August!

Sido

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