Gail Grossman Yoga Offerings

Brown Bag Yoga: Learn More Over Lunch

Studying Yoga Philosophy is fascinating. There are eight branches of yoga, and asana is only one of them. In this class, you will bring your lunch, and be part of an illuminating talk on yoga philosophy and how you can apply it in your everyday life.

The Yoga Chair: Sit Down and Feel Better! 

Chair yoga is not just a practice for the older and more infirm, it’s a fun way to go deeper in your practice. Though it is a very beneficial tool for those that need the support, you can really glean the benefits of this often misunderstood prop! In this workshop you will learn some fun ways to incorporate the chair in your yoga practice. It’s creative, it’s useful and you will walk away with some new techniques for joy!

The yoga break: An energizing practice at your desk

Cigarette break, coffee break, 3 pm snack break.  How about a yoga break? A much healthier way to give yourself a break! This practice which can be done predominantly at your desk will provide you with a much needed stress release. Yoga has been proven to help with overall health and well-being. Employees who practice yoga take less sick days, and are shown to be happier people. 

Yoga For a Certain Age: Bring Your Boom Boom Back

Are you of a certain age where you aren’t quite as agile as you used to be? Do you want to be incorporating yoga in your life but feel challenged to even begin? This workshop shows you how you are never too old to begin. Yoga keeps you feeling young, body, mind and spirit.

The Life-Changing Benefits of Having Yoga in Your Life

Come learn how to decrease stress, increase flexibility and create an overall feeling of well-being in just a few minutes a day. You don’t even need a yoga mat!

• Do-able stretches that will make you feel so good you’ll wish you started earlier.
• Calming breathing techniques you can do anywhere, anytime.
• Simple rejuvenating meditation techniques that kick Anxiety’s butt.

Restorative Yoga Training

Restorative Yoga is a powerful element to add to your teaching tool box. Be known as the rock star you are –– a teacher that integrates this deeply nourishing practice into the tried and true usual yoga offering.  Even if you don’t end up teaching this style class, you will end up incorporating many of the techniques you learn here and applying them in your other classes and in your work with private students.

Some of the topics covered will be:

• The relaxation response and the central nervous system.
• Proper alignment to support the optimum flow of energy to all the body’s systems.
• How to sequence restorative postures.
• Restorative asanas for different types of students with physical disabilities or certain medical conditions.
• Use of props to support the body for the maximum relaxation.

Plus more!

Required reading: Restorative Yoga for Life by Gail Boorstein Grossman

This training can be formatted over a weekend or can be spread out on a weekly basis. (if geographically possible)