Introduction to Acro Yoga

In Acro Yoga (Montreal), we plant a seed of Yogic Consciousness in the Field of Partner/Ensemble Acrobatics and watch what grows.

As with all of Yoga, the practice has Sun (Ha) and Moon (Tha) aspects.

The Moon practice includes therapeutic applications such as Flying Massage and Assisted Yin Yoga Stretching. The Sun practice is dynamic and playful: sometimes full of vigour, inversions and core strength; sometimes effortlessly fluid and creative; and always a good time. Both approaches develop connection, trust, communication.

Both approaches can be very aesthetically pleasing to observe, on the streets and in the park we tend to draw a crowd. Yet both approaches are at the core a Functional and Experimental Practice more than an Aesthetic one.

First steps: • the foundational language • functional principals

Final steps: • see what happens when a group of Yogis gather with their unique physical proportions and energetic beings to build Yoga Asanas which are much bigger and more beautiful than one body can create alone.

The bridge between these steps, we build together by smoothly juggling moments of observation, discussion and full-steam action. Date: Sunday 4/28/13 Time: 9a-12p Fee: $30 general public $24 Current YogaU Teacher Training Students To Register Online visit website http://www.yogaunivfl.com

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About Joe Barnett, E-RYT 500, Senior Student of Paul Grilley

Joe Barnett, E-RYT 500, has been teaching for over a decade. He travels nationally and internationally year round, teaching many styles of movement and has certifications in Yang (Vinyasa) Yoga, Yin Yoga and Acro Yoga.

His main focus of study is Functional Anatomy for Yoga and all forms of movement. Joe is a senior student of Paul Grilley, a true Yoga Scientist who is largely responsible for the current rise in the popularity of Yin Yoga and Functional Alignment. Joe is also the teaching assistant for Paul Grilley's teacher trainings. Using Paul's Taoist analysis of yoga and the body, Joe travels teaching teachers how to understand and feel the full range of motion of their joints and their students joints; and how to use this wisdom to effectively and therapeutically build the postures in yoga.

Joe teaches Yin Yoga and Acro Yoga workshops and trainings for the Yoga University of Florida.