Why do so many of us experience daily pain, from the creakiness upon getting out of bed or after sitting for a while to chronic back or neck pain, sore knees, or tight hips?

Most pain is a result of imbalances in a musculoskeletal system that is not aligned. In the workshop we will use yoga and neuromuscular techniques to align the body by first identifying muscle imbalances that cause many painful conditions. By selecting the proper poses to either stretch or strengthen targeted muscles, the body will start to come back into balance and out of pain.
 
Participants will learn:

The ancient practices of yoga, which are now validated by neuroscience, will help you discover how it is possible to lead a pain-free life! The class is a balance of instruction, demonstrations, and practice. The poses in this class are suitable for all levels.

A recording will be made available to all participants for two weeks following the workshop.

Recommended props: Please have available whatever you use in your regular practice, including blocks and a blanket and/or pillows.

Lee Albert, NIMT, is a national presenter and popular neuromuscular therapist and yoga instructor. Dedicated to helping people help themselves, Lee created practices and teaches Integrated Positional Therapy (IPT), protocols to reduce and often eliminate chronic pain. He is the author of the Amazon bestseller Live Pain Free: Eliminate Chronic Pain without Drugs or Surgery and the gold award winner in health/fitness for 2018 Yoga for Pain Relief: A New Approach to an Ancient Practice.
 
As a pain specialist, Lee is the host of the PBS special 3 Steps to Pain Free Living and Joyful Pain Free Living released in 2021.
 
Lee is trained in neuromuscular therapy, orthopedic massage, positional therapy, yoga therapy, and myofascial released and has conducted seminars with thousands of people from all over the world. People from every walk of the life have learned from Lee how to live a pain-free life.

After a quick and light lesson on the extraordinary Sanskrit language (alphabet and pronunciation), we will delve into the Yoga Sutras and how the practices of yoga can become a way of life that supports us as individuals as well as helping to create a healthy and happy society.

We will overview the eight limbs from a practical perspective, as a journey away from names and labels and toward real values that are cultivated by a steady practice of turning our attention inward. This process clears the heart-mind, gives a new perspective on suffering, and provides the tools needed to attain deep inner happiness.

Yoga in the broad sense elucidated in the Yoga Sutras is much more than postures—it is truly a way of life whose principles and practices are applicable in every culture. During the workshop, many sutras will be chanted in call-and-response format and translated directly from the original Sanskrit.

A recording will be made available to all participants for two weeks following the workshop.

Note: This workshop will be a lecture/discussion and will not incorporate a movement session.

Nicolai Bachman has been teaching Sanskrit, chanting, yoga philosophy, and Ayurveda since 1994. His education combines informal traditional study with the academic rigor of university classes. He holds an M.A. in Eastern Philosophy, an M.S. in Nutrition, and is eRYT500 and YACEP certified. His publications include The Language of Yoga, The Path of the Yoga Sutras, The Yoga Sutras Desk Reference, 108 Sanskrit Flashcards, and The Language of Ayurveda. Since COVID his offerings have been mostly online. Learn more at SanskritSounds.com.