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Natasha Rizopoulos has been teaching at Yoga Works in Los Angeles since 1997. She is the featured teacher in Yoga Journal’s Step-by-Step: Home Practice System DVD series and appears in Yoga: A Yoga Journal Book. She writes the online column Ask the Beginner’s Expert and travels extensively, teaching at conferences, teacher trainings, and workshops around the country.

Bending Backward and Going Upside Down
Instructor: Natasha Rizopoulos
Saturday, May 17
9:00am-10:30am: Main Conference
Code: M1RIZO
All Levels


Backbends and inversions are some of the most potent and energizing poses in yoga. We’ll examine how a healthy backbend creates heat and awareness that translate into freedom and stability in our inversions. Bring a block, blanket, and strap. Mostly asana.



Open Your Hips
Instructor: Natasha Rizopoulos
Saturday, May 17
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference
Code: M3RIZO
All Levels


Challenged by pigeon? Is Lotus a distant dream? Through a dynamic sequence of standing, seated, and supine poses, we’ll explore external rotation, opening the hips, and learning how to practice progressively deeper and more challenging poses in ways that are both safe and fun. Mostly asana.



Sun Salutations: Step by Step
Instructor: Natasha Rizopoulos
Sunday, May 18
8:00am-10:00am: Beginners Conference
Code:
Beginners


Explore each of the poses that make up Sun Salutations and the breathing technique that links them. We’ll emphasize alignment and breath, with modifications offered at each stage.Mostly asana.



Wring It Out: Joyous Twists
Instructor: Natasha Rizopoulos
Sunday, May 18
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference
Code: M5RIZO
All Levels


Stabilize your base and free your soul! Twists are some of the most exhilarating poses in yoga. Learn to establish a steady base, and let your spirit soar as we awaken the spine through a series of standing and seated postures that will leave you feeling alert, spacious, and detoxified. Mostly asana.




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