On the weekend of 3-4 December we're having Muhammed Yunus Kürk @myunuskurk over from Turkey for a workshop series on Arm Balances and Handstands.

SATURDAY 13:00 - 15:30 Arm Balance Workshop

What to expect?

• Strength, flexibility and mobility drills for wrists, shoulders, hips and spine.
• Preliminary preparations for arm balances with variations of sun salutation series.
• Technical understanding and building strength through bent arm and straight arm balances.
• Building strength for having ease to take the arm balances in your daily flows

It will be to your advantage to have basic knowledge of yoga asanas in this workshop.

SUNDAY 12:00 - 14:30 Handstand Fundamentals Workshop

What to expect?

• A true understanding about handstand and how to approach before, while and after performing.
• Mobility drills for spine, shoulders and hips.
• Strength and flexibility drills for the wrists and shoulders.
• Understanding the alignment in different planes to get aligned on hands. Observation on handstand in a yogic perspective: i.e. using necessary bandhas with breath.
• Discovering the importance and the instruction manual of different body parts which are supporting your technique in handstand.
• Building the technique, strength and flexibility and taking them in to your own daily practices.

This workshop is suitable for everyone. Either an experienced practitioner that can hold a handstand for some time or a complete beginner would get a lot of benefit from the workshop depending on their levels.

ABOUT

Muhammed Yunus started body work as an actor at METU Players in 2007 while studying Physics at university. Then he started practicing Hatha Yoga in 2011 under the guidance of Ferhan Yüksel. He founded METU Yoga, one of Turkey's first university yoga societies, in 2013, and Yoga La Yoga in Ankara in 2018. Considering that being a good teacher requires a very good studentship, he participated in face to face studies with valuable teachers such as Ty Landrum, Petri Raisanen, Gokulacandra, Monika Munzinger, Dylan Werner, Yuval Ayalon, Mikael Kristiansen, Andrii Bondarenko, Roye Goldschmidt, YogaBeyond and Till Heeg in the fields of Yoga, AcroYoga, Thai Massage, Movement and Handstand. In addition to yoga, he continues to shape his practice with different movement disciplines such as AcroYoga, Calisthenics and Handstand.

PRICING

• Single Day €30
• Full Weekend €55

€10 discount with USC Check-in