1-Day Forrest Yoga and Breathwork Immersion with Ilias Kousis

Breath, Movement and Nervous System: How do they relate?

Date: Saturday October 19th 2024
Time: 9:00am-3:30pm
Price: 1.800kr
Language: English
Facilitator: Ilias Kousis
Studio: Glød Yoga Frogner, Parkveien 62

This immersion will provide you with basic, fundamental knowledge to better understand your nervous system and how to influence it to increase or make better use of your energy levels. It is a scientifically documented fact that both our posture and way of breathing affect our energy levels, digestion, emotions, endocrine system and by extension our response to life’s situations. A compromised posture and short, shallow breathing are probably the most common self-sabotage factors in our modern society.

You will be very surprised with how simple it is to understand your nervous system more deeply through nasal cycles, breathing patterns and body signals. With this understanding you can better grasp why at given moments you feel very highly energetic (sympathetic) or completely low (parasympathetic) when it comes to exercising, performing in front of an audience or performing at a very important work meeting. In addition, you will learn a few basic breathing techniques and tools, which are super easy and practical to use in order to keep your nervous system in balance.

The morning session (2,5 hr) will be a Forrest Yoga juicy practice consisting of Ceremony, Pranayama and physical practice. The sequence will be designed in a way that it helps you improve your posture and will give you immediate feelings of relief and release. You will feel more embodied, spacious and revitalized. 

 The afternoon session (3 hr) will have both theory and practical exercises on the fundamentals of breathing:

·      What is a diaphragmatic breath and what a relaxed breath should feel like?

·      How can we track down our nasal cycles and what are their implications?

·      Is it really the lack of oxygen that makes us feel drained? (Spoiler alert: No. You will be surprised to hear the answer to this!)

·      Tests to track down your breath capacity and simple, short breathing exercises to balance your nervous system.

·      Time for Q&A.

This immersion is suitable for all levels, including pregnant and injured students. For any questions please contact Ilias directly at: ikousis90@gmail.com