Yoga with a purpose – finding comfort and freedom in your low back and hips! 2012-07-22T17:45 2 hours When your hips are tight, your back gets sore. In this workshop we’ll explore ways to release and open the hip joints and psoas muscles while we strengthen the core, ease back pain and awaken the spine. $35/person, pre-registration recommended. 2 karma spots available, contact Jen. Rita Trieger is the founder and editor-in-chief of Fit Yoga magazine, as well as the author of Yoga Heals Your Back (Fairwinds, 2005), and Tranquil Mind, a meditation and yoga CD. A nationally known and sought after teacher, Rita incorporates many different traditions into her inspiring and challenging flow-style classes. She is also a certified Relax and Renew (restorative yoga) teacher as well as a Reiki practitioner. Rita lives, practices, and teaches yoga in New York City, and in Connecticut at Elements Yoga, Stamford Hospital’s Health and Fitness Institute and the Bennett Cancer Center. More recently, Rita has been hired as the stress management facilitator for the newly established Center for Integrative Medicine and Wellness, also at Stamford Hospital. Her dedicated students are truly a testament […]