Amazing Asana Practice with Jessica Bellofatto

Twists are amazing, detoxifying, and invigorating postures. They are also a wonderful preparation to backbends. In this workshop for all levels, we will explore a variety of twists in different relationships to earth (standing, lying down, sitting). We will feel how the twists squeeze and release the muscles of the back as we emphasize the elongation of the torso. Twists cleanse the organs and backbends, sequenced AFTER twists, increase circulation to pump those toxins out that we have just released into the system.... The effect on the yogi is one of a great sense of renewal and an increase in energy, perfect for this time of year when we are so ready to be emerging from the winter months but still have a ways to go! As in all classes led by Jessica in true KamaDeva style... chanting, music, spiritual teachings, and pranayama will add to the purification process. Come and enjoy this invigorating cleansing practice and be renewed.

Jessica Bellofatto; owner of KamaDeva Yoga in East Hampton, NY has been a dedicated student of Hatha Yoga for the past 17 years. Her interest in Yoga was piqued at the age of 19, while she was majoring in Dance at New York University. She completed the intensive year-long Teacher Training Program at the Jivamukti Yoga Center with beloved teachers Sharon Gannon and David Life in 1996 and has been teaching ever since. First and foremost a student, Jessica has studied extensively with such notable teachers as Genevieve Kapuler, Richard Freeman, Angela Farmer and Victor Van Kooten, John Friend, James Murphy, and Lara Brunn. She has been featured in The New York Times, The NY Post, The Daily News, Hamptons Magazine, and more. She was just selected as one of Athleta's "featured athletes" for 2011, along with only nine other women nationwide. Jessica teaches a style of Yoga that is clearly her own, incorporating her extensive training in various styles of Yoga, as well as other body-related disciplines such as Thai Massage and Reiki. She is also the mother of two amazing children, and does triathlons, stand up paddleboarding, surfing, and any other sport she can get her hands on!

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