WORKSHOPS
Loo Movement Hip & Pelvis
with Valerie Loo, PT
Part 1
Do you struggle with hip, knee, or lower back pain?
You’re not alone!
With so much time spent sitting at computers, driving, and sitting on the couch, chronic lower back and tight hips are more and more common. In this 90-minute workshop, you will deepen your understanding of “Counter-shapes”, body poses that counter our habitual postures, that elongate tight muscles and strengthen underdeveloped ones. You will also gain a better understanding of improving your spinal stability, which helps everything!
You’ll leave with home-exercises specifically designed to practice what you've learned and maintain the benefits you experience in the workshop.
Loo Movement Hip + Pelvis with Valerie Loo, PT
Part 2
Stay tuned!
Dates to be announced
We need both stability and mobility, in addition to good alignment, to have a healthy spine, hips, and knees. In part II, Valerie will teach you to better understand and discern when the spine should be strong and when it should be flexible, as hip mobility benefits when we improve spinal stability. We will also dive deeper into the nuances of how to correct your hip and pelvis misalignments and how to use the Counter-shapes to reinforce these improvements.
Even if you’ve done these Counter-shapes before in class, this workshop will elevate your effectiveness to the next level. You’ll walk away with a better sense of how to recognize good alignment and posture. You’ll probably feel taller, too!
Loo Movement Yoga (Pop Ups)
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Dates to be announced
This physical therapist-inspired yoga class draws from the Loo Movement method. Valerie will help you connect deeper to breath and self, with alignment cues to help you sense your body and feel more aware. The yoga poses in this class are carefully chosen to meet each student where they are, with modifications provided to suit all levels. Walk away feeling better aligned, grounded, and strong.
This is a specialized add-on class that’s great for people who have already learned the Loo Movement method. If you’ve attended yoga classes in the past and your body felt flared up afterwards, this class is for you!
Loo Movement Qigong (Pop Ups)
This class is on temporary pause.
This Traditional Chinese Medicine health practice improves the supply and flow of healing Qi energy. Valerie will guide you into a unified state of presence, followed by a sequence of Loo Movement mobility exercises to prepare the body and quiet the mind for a rejuvenating and peaceful Qigong practice. This practice can strengthen the immune and respiratory systems, lower blood pressure, and improve mood, energy, sleep, and over all well-being. Join our newsletter to hear about upcoming pop-up Qigong classes or workshops!
Words from Workshop Students
"Valerie has taken physical therapy to a whole new level! In the Hip & Pelvis Workshop, something really clicked for me, and I learned how to correct my pelvic misalignment with more precision, which made a huge difference. As a fellow physical therapist, I appreciate how she uses Counter-shapes to address the whole body to change our habitual patterns. I am no longer having intermittent instances of low back muscle tightness and pain. This is after many years of trying to figure out my low back pain. Amazing! I do the Counter-shapes at home several times a week. This helps me ward off any pain from gardening or challenging physical activities. I am forever grateful!"
-Gaye R., Neck and Low Back
