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$25.00 LifeStretch Workshop with Karen Best
What is LifeStretch? LifeStretch is a mat-based, pain-free stretching program developed by leading researchers and physical therapists to help you live your life without pain and with a generous and comfortable feeling of movement in your body.
What is fascia? Your fascia system is the soft tissue that suspends, surrounds, supports, and enables all anatomical movement from skin to cells, to muscles, nerves, bones, organs and joints.
When fascia is restricted by immobility, injury, or lifestyle it gets compressed and shortened, and space is diminished within your joints and through your entire body.
Pain and reduced function and mobility is often the result, negatively impacting many aspects of your life. Your fascia system also contains more neural and sensory feedback nerve endings than your muscles. Freeing your fascia frees you from pain.
What to expect:
· In depth explanation of fascia anatomy and function
· Standing postural assessment and body awareness work
· LifeStretch Breathing techniques
· Standing, sitting and lying down fascia releasing LifeStretch exercises
· Application of LifeStretch techniques to other stretching modalities
Benefits:
· Pain management
· Circulation improvement
· Muscular balance
· Increased flexibility and mobility
· Improved posture
· Better muscle function
· Decreased compression in joints
· Increased athletic performance & strength
· Improved joint health
Karen Best
Karen Best, BA, ACE certified instructor, Certified Sports Conditioning Specialist, Certified Behavioral Change Coach and Stretch to Win LifeStretch Instructor was first exposed to Pilates and meditation in 1983, while in high school, and taking dance classes at The University of CT. Her first dance teacher, Jean Sabatine was a student of Jerome Robbins, who practiced Pilates with Joseph and Clara Pilates in NYC. Karen further developed her knowledge while a dance major at the Philadelphia University of the Arts, and has been teaching fitness and movement since 1986. With over 3-decades teaching, she has taught almost every kind of fitness class there has been and seen the trends and fads come and go. For the last 2 decades she has taught mostly Pilates. After feeling the effects of time and osteoarthritis, Karen developed her specialty Mobility Stretch classes - which are amazing for join relief and comfortable movement.
Karen has been performing professionally under her cultural dance name, Samira Shuruk, for over 2 decades. You can see more about that and about her wellness and culture retreats on her website SamiraShuruk.com.
Karen's classes are rooted in tradition, and informed by modern sports medicine and mindfulness. The meditations she leads are mindfulness based. Her movement classes are nurturing and fun as she encourages you to work at a level that is wonderful for you and your body, utilizing her knowledge to modify moves to suit your level. Karen is available for fitness expert interviews and consultations for journalists as well as public speaking. To contact Karen, email samira@samirashuruk.com
