dianefromri
August 7, 2018 10:51
I went to a workshop called "Yoga for the Back: Brain, Life, and Body". I have terrible back problems and looked forward to this. This was a 2 1/2 hour workshop, the first 90 minutes (or more) of which was spent sitting on a yoga mat on a concrete floor. Now, if you don't have back issues, you may not know what this means. But to anyone with back issues, you know that this was NOT good for a bad back. In fact during the instructor's talk, she literally said, "Sitting is the new smoking - it is that bad for you." The instructor clearly knew what she was talking about in terms of the body, the spine, muscles etc. But what this workshop obviously was, was a marketing ploy. There was very little time spent on helpful postures or answering specific questions. There was a lot of advising of signing up for the Restorative classes (which guess what, are taught by same instructor), coming back when this workshop is run again, and of hanging in a swing. Well I don't have a swing - guess who does...that's right St Pete yoga. There were also many mentions of private sessions with the instructor; my assumption is that these would only lead to more private sessions with said instructor. Oh, and there was DVD we could buy. There were some questionable statements made which go against advice I have gotten from my chiropractor and physical therapist. I won't be going back.