​"And though the True Seeker
May dress simply,
This jewel shines in her heart."
from verse 70 of Tao Te Ching: A New Version for All Seekers by Guy Leekley

This week in class we'll focus on the "jewel" in our heart, allowing our jewel to shine in all directions. We'll push out from our heart on all sides of our ribcage as we lift the whole ribcage up. We call this "Radiant Heart" in our Bowspring alignment.

We'll allow the jewel in our heart to shine throughout our positions and movements in class this week. Join us! Drop-ins are $12.

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In our Bowspring practice we take the hips back and wide and we mound the glutes up and in toward the sacrum. We engage the back side of our hips and legs as well as the front side keeping the belly long and open.
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Aligning our hips allows us to move freely and works to prevent and alleviate pain. Join us this week in class!

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Spirals are patterns that occur in nature. We see them in plants, animals, and the weather. They can move forward and up signifying growth and evolution. 

This week in class we'll practice some twisty side spirals keeping the central channel of our body open and full. Join us in this first class of a new Bowspring session!

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We can think of the core of our body as all sides of our midsection, a bellyband. This area of the waist and low back is soft, long, and strong. The belly is soft and the low back has a soft curve. There's length between the hips and the ribcage. And this midsection is strong. Fascia, our connective tissue, criss-crosses over the belly. As the belly lengthens the fibers narrow and cinch strong like a Chinese finger trap.

We'll focus on our core this week and incorporate some new techniques. Join us in this last Bowspring class of this session. Drop-ins are $12.
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When you "open your heart" do you open just the front side? Can you soften and also open the back side of your heart, of your ribcage?

The back side of the body tends to be harder than the front side. This week we'll practice opening the back side of our ribcage. We'll soften, open, and feel on all sides.

Join us in a Bowspring class! Drop-ins are $12.
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"Forced actions
Lose their way.
Going against the Tao,
They collapse."
from verse 30 of Tao Te Ching: A New Version for All Seekers by Guy Leekley

Our Bowspring practice is primal, animal-like. Without forcing we move from within. Each person's pose, position, or movement is different.
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Enjoy moving without forcing this week in class. We'll go deep into subtle positions and movements to create greater openings and to strengthen the muscles that bring us into a healthier alignment. Drop-ins are $12.

The apples here in North Carolina are beginning to ripen on the trees. It's a good time to use the analogy of apples to align our bodies. We can think of our ribcage, hips, and head as apples and our waist/belly and neck as apple cores. We expand our "apples" in all directions as we narrow and elongate our "apple cores."
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Join us this week as we think of apples and align our bodies. Bowspring!

Join us this week as we participate in the pulse of life. Drop-ins are $12.

​This week we'll focus on aligning and strengthening our arms. From our full ribcage we'll spread our arms wide, forward, and up. We'll lift our arms to the sky as we root down through our legs.

Join us as we refine the alignment of our hands, arms, and shoulders. Refining our alignment helps us move more freely and helps prevent and alleviate pain.

Check out our schedule on our homepage.

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"Let stability be the source
Of your lightness;"
from Tao Te Ching: A New Version for All Seekers by Guy Leekley

Practicing the Bowspring we become lighter, more buoyant. We do this by keeping our ribcage full, but also by building strength in our lower body. This week we'll build more strength in our feet, legs, and hips. We'll ground ourselves as we lift up and move lightly.

Build stability in your legs this week. Drop-ins are $12.
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