Workshops

The Space Above Yoga Studio is located in the Ghent area of Norfolk, Virginia in Hampton Roads. We are a multi-disclipinary yoga studio offering a variety of different services that include Ayurvedic consultation, massage and Thai massage therapy, prenatal yoga and yoga for kids as well as a retail space. We invite you to peek around our site and get to know us a little better and please feel free to visit the space in person. At The Space Above, we have created a space for living happily and we welcome you to join our community and our inspired lives!

The Space Above Yoga Studio is located in the Ghent area of Norfolk, Virginia in Hampton Roads.  We are a multi-disclipinary yoga studio offering a variety of different services that include Ayurvedic consultation, massage and Thai massage therapy, prenatal yoga and yoga for kids as well as a retail space.  We invite you to peek around our site and get to know us a little better and please feel free to visit the space in person.  At The Space Above, we have created a space for living happily and we welcome you to join our community and our inspired lives!

Entries in plus size yoga (1)

Monday
Jan162012

Announcing: Big Asana - a workshop for round-bodied yogis

If you're a yogi with a bigger body, being balled up in child's pose or trying to get into shoulderstand without suffocating yourself (hello, boobs!) can frustrate the heck out of you. A blissful hour on the mat for the rest of the class can turn into you throwing in the yoga-towel if you don't know how to modify poses for YOUR body.
This workshop was designed especially to help you do that. In this 2-hour workshop, you'll learn:
  • How to avoid suffocation-by-boobage in all kinds of poses
  • Twisting and folding when you have a belly
  • Sun salutations for your body
  • Inversions for larger bodies - we'll use the yoga wall and props to get you safely upside down
Come to this small-group workshop where we'll help each other find safe alignment and freedom in poses, learn to modify yoga to fit our bodies, and have some laughs along the way.

Join us

Friday, January 27th from 7-9pm
Space is extremely limited! Sign up here (click on Workshops & Events tab) or call 757-622-2474.

About the facilitator

Amber Karnes is a self-proclaimed “big yogi with a big asana” who strives to share body positivity, presence, and connection through yoga. She is receiving her 200-hour teaching certificate from Anna Pittman at The Breathing Space. She teaches a weekly class at The Space Above and blogs about yoga and body acceptance at bodypositiveyoga.com.