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Sarah Hillenbrand
Horses first brought me to yoga twelve years ago. I owned my own business training horses and teaching riders the art of Dressage, a systematic approach to returning horse and rider to a state of harmonious union. Yoga was a way to help riders relax and feel at home atop a moving horse. As my own practice grew, I found yoga transforming my experience of pregnancy, birth and parenthood. Those gifts: trusting intuition, discovering unconditional love and determining the boundaries of a balanced life, took me even deeper.
Years of practice opened me to several important influences. Anusara showed me it was okay to have fun and laugh in a yoga class! It challenged me to boldly explore my potential. Forrest Yoga disciplined my breath, gave me permission to feel deeply and to express whatever messiness came up. Iyengar-style alignment gave me the safe physical foundation from which to heal long-term injuries and the opportunity to discipline my mind through sustained concentration.
That work naturally grew into a career teaching yoga, with a particular focus on alignment-based asana and therapeutics. During my two year apprenticeship with Gabriel Halpern of Yoga Circle I specialized in breaking new ground in yoga’s approach to scoliosis. That work is the foundation of how I approach one-on-one work in privates. I combine a compassionate intuition with skilled body reading to address a range of physical restrictions, chronic conditions and injuries.
My specialty classes, workshops and group classes use postural awareness and alignment as methods to invite the highest version of your Self into full participation with life. My belief is that with consistent practice of solid alignment principles and actions, students can experience less pain and more freedom.
What to Expect in My Classes:
Each class is symbolically, physically and spiritually cohesive. I use consistent, progressive alignment cues that build to a logical apex. You will be invited to find a challenging edge, and to soften into it. By exploring carefully chosen actions (attention + effort), strength can be married in healthy balance to sensitivity. Demonstration, partner work, anatomical explanations and story-telling are hallmarks of my style.
For more information on upcoming workshops or private sessions, please visit my website www.redbirdyoga.net or send me an email sarah@redbirdyoga.net.
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