The only time you might have paid attention to your groin is when you might have got a groin strain or ‘pull’.   M of us have never given a thought to our groins because  we have got used to living with chronically ‘tight’ groins.  Groin tightness is common across the spectrum – from those who spend a significant amount of time seated, to runners, bicyclers and other sportspeople. While groin injuries are obviously painful, the tension that can be unconsciously held in this area becomes obvious only once it is released -there is almost a sigh of relief!

This Short Course explores various positions and actions, including some very interesting prop usage to coax softening in the groins.  While most of the sessions are active, the last session of the Series is a  relaxing breath-focussed session.

Part 1: Bringing Movement to the Groins: Preparation for more Complex Actions - the first two sessions of this Short Course introduce movement (‘mobilising’) into the groin area, through a combination of active and passive actions and positions.

Part 2:  Bringing Further Movement to Groins - the first two sessions of this Short Course introduce movement (‘mobilising’) into the groin area, through a combination of active and passive actions and positions.

part 3: Soft and Supported Preparation for Squatting - introduces supports/ props to access the groins – building up from the unsupported actions of the previous sessions.

Part 4: Beyond Squatting to Arm Balances and Inversions - maintaining the softness in the groins in more challenging asanas where they typically tend to become hard

Part 5: Breath Experience with Soft Groins - A restorative/ quiet audio/ video hybrid session that encourages the correct positioning of the groins in supine positions, while exploring the breath.

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