In this experiential session, we’ll be exploring the body as both a physical and energetic system — learning how to move with greater intelligence, awareness, and purpose. Through mindful movement and subtle awareness practices, we’ll focus on intelligently recruiting muscles to create a felt sense of stability and support.
At the same time, we’ll be attuning to the more subtle layers of the body, referencing the chakra and the bandha system to help you experience deeper connection to balance and embodiment. This session will include the use of therapeutic tools for muscle release, physical movement exercises, as well as incorporating guided meditation and breathwork. 

Whether you’re coming back to movement after a pause or seeking a more conscious connection to your physical self, this class offers a gentle, insightful place to begin. Feel more grounded, more open, more connected—from the inside out.

This is an introductory workshop to a four week series Inhabiting a Balanced Body, which will be offered later this year.

JM “Shivani” Belzile, CYT, Breath Coach, Stretch and Flexibility Coach; has been offering yoga, meditation, and “contact yoga” in the Southern NH area for over 16 years. As a certified Breath Coach & graduate of the NASM Stretch and Flexibility course, Shivani has enhanced her “contact yoga” techniques and is looking forward to assisting you in gaining mobility along with the possibility of decreasing pain in the body.

Liesl Hasenfuss PT, CYT has been a practicing physical therapist for almost 30 years and a yoga guide for more than 20 years. The focus of her work addresses movement patterns and intelligent muscle recruitment through embodied anatomy practices that allow people to feel their way into muscular balance and symmetrical alignment.