On February 25, 2012, 16 yogis (yoginis and yogis) all came together to learn how to strengthen their cores and their low backs. Each session was two-and-a-half hours long.
Under the experienced tutelage of Nicole Kintz, such a sweetheart and dear, we practiced mula bandha and we practiced mula bandha and we practiced mula bandha until it just felt natural to have the naval velcro’d to our spines. Our cores were solid by time to go to lunch.
Nicole instructs Kate on the over-flexible body.
Lunch you say. Yep, and we were hungry. The short walk to Wok & Hibachi was met by the welcoming smells and tastes of vegetarian and flexitarian fare. Many of us took home left-overs as our well-worked cores did not require all the food served. But, yum was it good!
In the afternoon, after some poses to facilitate digestion, we shifted gears only slightly as we translated that velcro’d core to correct alignment from head to toe. The afternoon ended with some fully supported backbend poses and a well- deserved svasana.
Nicole helps Connie with a knee modification.
We embraced the day and stood taller from it.
Namaste,
Crystal Gray
Yoga for the Health of It
Nicole helps Kate with a knee modification.
Janice and Nicole discuss pose modifications Nicole & Crystal
This is the morning “core” crew.
The afternoon “low back” crew.
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"I work daily with individuals that are interested in promoting good health. It is through the promotion of yoga in my community and throughout the Tri-Cities area that I gain much satisfaction."
Crystal Gray, E-RYT 500, YACEP
(Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider)
"Crystal Gray has been teaching for over a decade and holds 4 teaching certifications.
These certifications include
-200 Hour Yoga Teaching Certification from Kudzu Yoga (2005)
-Relax and Renew Certification from Judith Lasiter (2006)
-500 Hour Yoga Teaching Certification from LightenUp Yoga (2011)
-Yoga for Osteoporosis from Dr. Loren Fishman & Ellen Saltonstall (2017)
In the over 17 years of teaching, she has taught over 3,100 hours of yoga classes and over 800 students. She also meets the qualifications to teach other yoga instructors."
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Telephone: 423-431-9358
