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  • Open Flow Yoga: 4-week course (Copenhagen)

    Open Flow Yoga: 4-week course (Copenhagen)

    This course introduces the basic principles of Open Flow yoga in four longer yoga classes, taught by Birgitte in her home studio at Sluseholmen. Maximum 10 participants on this course. The course is booked as a whole to make sure the group progresses together, it will not be possible to drop in.

    Time: Fridays 10.00-11.45 (NB: Each class is 1 hour and 45 minutes)

    Dates: November 8th, 15th and 22nd,  December 6th (no teaching on November 29th)

    Price: 575 DKR

    Booking: Send an email to Birgitte info@birgittegorm.com and Mobile pay 575 kr. to 15296. Payment by electronic invoice and bank transfer can also be arranged.

    Open Flow Yoga:

    Open flow yoga is a practice of somatic self-enquiry. It invites you to access the inherent wisdom of your body by teaching you to move from deeply felt sensation. Instructions are given as gentle invitation to listen, feel and respond to the body you have today. Rather than fitting body into shapes dictated by the teacher, you will be guided into allowing your own inherent movement to freely fulfill itself.

     

    How is it practiced?
    The classes are taught as a mixture of structured and spontaneous movement enquiries as well as rest in meditative stillness. It’s a dynamic, but gentle and meditative practice expanding your practice a little beyond the movements of classic yoga posture practice. Thus, adding to classical yoga posture practice, a class can include wave-like movements (undulation), gentle rocking movements (osscilation) open flows (fluctuation) and subtle pre-movements and meditative stillness. Throughout the practice, you will be invited to feel the arising and dissolving of internal sensation and allow our mind to rest into this flow of sensation.

    What is it for?
    Open flow yoga is a practice of embodied self enquiry, getting to know yourself through sensitive movement. You may experience over time that your body moves with more delight, grace and ease, some would call this functional strength and mobility. If you have been under stress you may also feel that the practice builds more resilience as your nervous system finds its way back into a more balanced stress response. You may even gain insights into your own nature that makes you feel like you have made some kind of progress in yoga. However, these are not goals set by the teacher but more like side effects of your own process. To the teacher you arrive to class perfect, complete and whole as you are. The teachers job is not to provide answers but to ask good questions that spark your own curiosity and exploration.

    The only real outcome of the practice is thus a deepening of your enquiry into what is happening here and now, in and as your body. Yoga in this approach is an engagement with the world rather than a retreat from it. By honoring the body we have today and by practicing together to support each other we let go, at least a little, of the pressure to perform or improve. Is it possible to really appreciate this life and this body in all its variation, just as it is?

    Where does it come from?
    Like any other approach to yoga posture practice Open Flow Yoga draws inspiration from several sources. Some of them are: Yoga Somatics, developmental movement, Fascial Flow, Dynamic Yoga and the fluid teachings of Angela Farmer.

    event photo credits © clausboesen.dk

  • Urban Retreat (Copenhagen)

    Urban Retreat (Copenhagen)

    Dive deeper into the subtle heart of yoga over a weekend that honors the inherent wisdom of your body. In yoga we are often encouraged to respect our bodies and feel what’s ok for us, but often we are not taught how exactly to do this. What sensations should we surrender to and what sensations should we act on? How to feel the body more clearly and deeply? What are the benefits of placing sensitivity at the heart of your practice?

    The classes can be booked as course or individually and are especially suited to those with an interest in the subtle, fluid and meditative aspects of yoga posture practice. When booked together, the three classes form an introduction to the basic principles of Open Flow Yoga.

    The retreat takes place in Brigitte’s private yoga studio in Sluseholmen with a beautiful view to the sky and the water. Max 10 people in each class. If you want to combine the classes with a walk in nature, an ocean dive or lunch at a café with a friend, there are plenty of good opportunities in the area. Birgitte will provide tea and a little snack after each class.

    Program:

    Friday the 6th 17.30-20.30: Open Flow Restore

    A quiet restorative practice where we stay close to the floor. We will use slow and gentle movements to release and soften the tissues and supported yoga postures to relax and

    release unnecessary tension. We will work with the principles of yielding to earth and engaging subtle pre-movements.

    Saturday the 7th 9.30-12.30: Open Flow Sensitize

    A soft and continuous movement meditation, tuning you into your ability to feel physical sensation and inviting it to guide your movements. We will work with the principles of sensitization, moving from what we can feel rather than from what we can train ourselves to do. The class explores fluctuating, unwinding movements that hydrate and soften tissues while inviting you to reconnect with your inner teacher.

    Sunday the 8th 9.30-12.30:  Open Flow Energize

    A dynamic and meditative practice where we allow the playful aspect of open Flow Yoga to emerge from our connection with gravity. We will integrate the practices of yielding and sensitizing in open flows with more energizing movements such as osscilations and waves. The class may incorporate more classical yoga posture flows, giving it a sensitive and creative twist.

    Price: Full weekend 749 DKR. Single class 298 DKR

    Booking: Send an email to Birgitte about available tickets (see email at the very bottom of this page). Payment by mobile 15296. Please write your name and the class you are paying for in the comment section when using mobile pay. If you are a yoga teacher and need an invoice issued to a company, please provide name, address and CVR number in your email. Payment by electronic bank transfer can be arranged for those not using Mobile Pay.

    Terms and conditions: Booking by non-refundable payment only. You are free to sell your ticket to a friend if you make other plans (just like you would with a ticket to a concert or the theatre).