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Trina Altman

Pilates Deconstructed® & Yoga Deconstructed® Embodied Anatomy Biomechanics

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Yoga Deconstructed®

Creative, preparatory exercises to modernize your practice and improve your teaching.

YOGA DECONSTRUCTED® IS A DYNAMIC EXPANSION OF TRADITIONAL ASANA.

Learn how to master challenging yoga poses by investigating what is happening joint by joint in all planes of motion. These classes will take you on a creative journey filled with endless, playful, and purposeful possibilities.

Yoga Deconstructed® incorporates preparatory exercise, somatics, and modern movement science to help you and your students stay injury-free and improve strength, mobility, and coordination.

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BY INCORPORATING VARIABILITY, YOU CAN FREE YOURSELF FROM THE “AUTOPILOT BOX” THAT MANY TRADITIONAL PRACTICES RELY ON.

ELEVATE YOUR TEACHING AND LEARN HOW TO LEAD CLASSES THAT GO BEYOND THE ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL YOGA POSE PARADIGM.

These classes will help you:
  • Demystify the inner layers of your body to reveal the infrastructure of asana.
  • Arm yourself with the knowledge to heal by uncovering kinesthetic “clues” about your daily movement that could be creating pain.
  • Prevent repetitive stress injuries by adding strength and stability components within familiar yoga poses.
  • Explore multiple dimensions of movement in a joyful & integrated manner.
  • Awaken new kinetic chains and master an internal portrait of your body.
  • Improve your flexibility without sacrificing stability.

Yoga Deconstructed®

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Yoga Deconstructed® includes 3 classes. You can purchase classes individually or bundle them together for a discount.

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CLASS I - $30.00

DECONSTRUCTING WITH SLIDES, HOPS, & OSCILLATIONS

~ 75 minutes

This class will teach you:

  • The essential elements to safely master poses, such as Bird of Paradise, Skandasana, and Bound Side Angle Pose, which require hip external rotation, flexion, and abduction.
  • How to connect to your oblique chains, deep core, and more...
  • Somatic exercises and oscillations to unravel anxiety, stress & tension.

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CLASS II - $30.00

DECONSTRUCTING WITH DIAGONALS & SPIRALS

~ 75 minutes

In this class, you will learn:

  • How to create stability and strength at your end ranges-of–motion in safe & surprising ways.
  • Creative preparatory exercises to help your students improve their thoracic mobility and shoulder + hip stability
  • Somatic strategies to down-regulate the nervous system and create an environment for enhanced motor learning.

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CLASS III - $30.00

THE PRIVATE LESSON

~ 75 minutes

If you’ve ever wondered how to apply modifications and variations to the exercises that Trina teaches, then this class for you.

This class shows Trina teaching a private lesson and dives deeper into the exercises and sequences covered in Class 1. It will also show you how to regress the exercises in Class 1 using different props and tactile feedback.

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ONLINE COURSE DETAILS:
  • Watch immediately upon purchase
  • Class videos are accessible forever
  • 3.75 Hours total (if you choose to purchase access to all 3 videos)
  • 3.75 CEUs via Yoga Alliance
  • Different options available upon checkout*— purchase access to a single class or multiple course videos ($30 - $80)

**Note that Class III (Private Lesson) can only be purchased with Class I

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

YOGA DECONSTRUCTED IS AN EXTREMELY CREATIVE AND FUN YOGA PRACTICE. 

"I'm grateful for what Trina's innovative method brings me and I'm excited about her new online course offering format. Yoga Deconstructed is an extremely creative and fun yoga practice. It helps me explore new ways to move my body and reach deeper layers of awareness and reflection to provide beneficial contexts for my students."

-Nadjiba Medjaoui, Yoga Tune Up® & Tensegrity® Instructor

 

I CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE WITH MY STUDENTS! 

"Yoga Deconstructed is a fun and thoughtful way to bring movement variety to classical yoga asana in a mindful way. These classes are accessible to every level of practitioner and inspiring to yoga teachers. I can't wait to share what I have learned with my students!"

-Nicole Quibodaux, Yoga & Pilates Teacher

 

ENDLESS NEW A-HA MOMENTS FOR MYSELF AND STUDENTS! 

"Yoga Deconstructed is a seriously creative and "more bang for your buck" kind of course. What I love about this course is the seamless integration of movement for evaluating AND correcting imbalances in my body, as well as my student's bodies. Most courses I take have only a few take-always, but Yoga Deconstructed will be providing endless new A-ha moments for myself and students!"

-Sara Kay, Pilates & Yoga Teacher

ABOUT TRINA ALTMAN

Trina Altman, B.A., NCPT, received her training through STOTT PILATES® and is an E-RYT 500, YACEP®. She’s the creator of Yoga Deconstructed® and Pilates Deconstructed®, which take an interdisciplinary approach to foster an embodied understanding of yoga and Pilates and their relationship to modern movement science.

Trina has presented at Kripalu, the Yoga Alliance Leadership Conference and Momentum Fest, among others. Her work has been published in Yoga Journal, Yoga International, and Pilates Style magazine and her classes have been featured on Yoga International and Yoga Anytime. She also consulted for Equinox to help develop their signature program Best Stretch Ever, which utilizes the mobility stick to improve functional range of motion, body awareness, and total body strength and has presented an online training for Yoga International entitled Yoga Deconstructed®: Creative Sequencing with Somatics.

Her book, Yoga Deconstructed®: Movement Science Principles For Teaching is available everywhere books are sold.

Follow her on Instagram at: @trinaaltman & on Facebook at: Trina Altman Yoga and Pilates.

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If you missed our Instagram live today, and you wa If you missed our Instagram live today, and you want to watch it, simply go to the reels section on @yogawithsuzanne ‘s IG. 

And big thank you to everyone who was there! 

If you have any questions about anything, we discussed, feel free to add them in the comments or DM us 💪🏼

P.S. my necklace is @charmcandy_xox
Ashley’s first session with me was on 9/27/22. S Ashley’s first session with me was on 9/27/22. She did a 45lb Lat pull down that day and now 1 year later she can now do a full chin-up!!

One of the main reasons Ashley came to me because she was having shoulder pain so this is a huge accomplishment!

Her strength training program is based on these 5 movements patterns:

1. Squat
2. Hinge (Deadlift)
3. Vertical Push
4. Vertical Pull
5. Horizontal Push
6. Horizontal Pull

IMO, these 5 strength training movement patterns are the bare minimum that every human over age 30 needs to stay healthy, strong and pain free. 

Over the last year in addition to these 5 patterns, she has learned lots of other lifts BUT I make sure that these 5 movements are progressively overloaded…which is why she went from a 45lb vertical pull to pulling her ENTIRE BODY WEIGHT one year later.

Ashley is a phenomenal Pilates teacher who also incorporates strength training with her clients and the best part of this “chin up achievement” story is that it was a complete surprise!

Here’s what happened:

She was teaching a client how to do vertical pulling on the Cadillac and need to do a demo. 

When she started the demo she told her client that she would only get half way up but instead she did her first ever chin-up!!!

Congratulations @ashleyfranceshoffman!!!!
Join @yogawithsuzanne and me on Friday at 12:30 pm Join @yogawithsuzanne and me on Friday at 12:30 pm PST for an IG Live!

We’ll discuss how we make weekly online strength training sessions in the gym work from opposites sides of the country. 

Here’s a few of the topics we’re excited to share with you: 

1. The difference between private weight lifting sessions on zoom at home vs. using FaceTime at a a commercial gym like Planet Fitness. 

2. The differences between private online weight training sessions at a gym that has squat racks, hex bars, belted squat machines AND machines. vs. at a commercial gym that only has machines.

3. Changes in how you teach and practice yoga after 12 months of virtual one-to-one strength training sessions + Pilates on the equipment. 

4. Let us know in the comments if there are any additional topics you would like for us to cover or any questions you have for us. 

We can’t wait to see you on Friday!
This 25lb single arm overhead press is 7 years in This 25lb single arm overhead press is 7 years in the making. 

Can you tell that I’m disciplined AND patient? 

#celebrateyourwins #thisis51💪 #liftheavy #menopausestrong #osteopenia #hypermobility
The professional photos from @lbsoy and @wombhealt The professional photos from @lbsoy and @wombhealthfm ‘s wedding are ready! There’s hundreds of them but here’s some highlights. My mom and dad came to LA from Tulsa to celebrate 🎉 Can you tell that Farzad and I love to dance at weddings? 💃🏼 🕺🏻
Happy Friday ya’ll! Here’s your good news for Happy Friday ya’ll! Here’s your good news for the day. When I saw this, I couldn’t stop smiling 😃

#Repost @the_female_lead with @use.repost
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Throwback to this tweet in 2017 😁 Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to enter the Boston Marathon at a time when women were forbidden to run!

In 1967 @kathrineswitzer became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as an officially registered competitor.

In 2015, Kathrine Switzer launched a global non-profit called 261 Fearless (@261fearless) with an ambassador program, club training system, and events. 261 Fearless uses running as a means to empower women to overcome life obstacles!

Kathrine is one of our Female leads and features in our second book: The Female Lead: We Rise By Lifting Others. The Book features 60 incredible trailblazing women from around the world!

Find out more and buy a book here: https://www.thefemalelead.com/book

All of the proceeds from our go toward the work we do as an educational foundation!
Last night I got to take a phenomenal vinyasa flow Last night I got to take a phenomenal vinyasa flow yoga class from @katheagberglar at @homtownyoga that included the inversion skills and drills from her new book Yoga Inversions! 

There were several magical moments in the class where I caught some hang time while hand standing thanks to her smart sequencing and cues. 

Kat is not only a masterful teacher but she’s also an incredible writer. 

If you want to discover the freedom and joy of going upside down, then you must get this book 📕!
I’m sharing this because there are so many myths I’m sharing this because there are so many myths and scams out there on the topic of osteoporosis. My Movement Logic colleagues Sarah & Laurel did a fantastic job breaking it all down in this episode! 

Repost @movementlogictutorials 
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In this week’s @movementlogictutorials  episode, Laurel and Sarah discuss myths around osteoporosis and osteopenia, including why yoga and Pilates are poor choices for bone building (yes, we’ll talk about THAT study, again) and ultimately how weight training and impact training are both safe options when applied with the proper dosage and programming.
 
You will learn:

✅Osteoporosis and osteopenia, defined
✅Why so many people with osteoporosis are afraid of falling
✅What the fear-mongering messaging around osteoporosis is disempowering people with osteoporosis
✅Why strength training is not only tolerable for people with osteoporosis, it’s essential
✅How no progressive overload in weight training is like staying in kindergarten forever
✅Why the myth that yoga reverses osteoporosis from the Fishman study prevails to this day, and why this is proof that we need to keep a critical eye about research
✅Why the Fishman paper does not prove what it claims to prove
✅How yoga asana might help bone density for a very short time, but strength and impact training are your best bets overall
✅What is cellular accommodation and what does it mean for your bone density building 
✅Types of movement classes for osteoporosis and their respective claims around their safety and efficacy
✅Is Osteostrong a good choice to build bone density? 
✅Do Osteostrong’s claims match up with what research has found so far?

And more!

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As a kid, I sucked at sports that involved throwin As a kid, I sucked at sports that involved throwing & catching a ball 🏀. 

I could hit a ball with a tennis racket or a field hockey stick, but throwing and catching a ball was so freaking hard for me. 

I would always wonder, “why is this basketball/volleyball/football so freaking big?” 

Perhaps it’s why I love how dumbbells, barbells, and kettlebells have handles. 

I can grip them and it feels like I’m actually holding onto something… kind of like the monkey bars at recess…but I must say that this 15lb SQUAT BALL TOSS  is my new favorite warmup exercise 💥

It makes me feel like Wonder Woman wielding her lasso of truth ⚡️… especially when I’m at the Warner Brothers Studio Tour in Burbank 😆. And it’s a simple ball tossing skill that helps build speed and power…something we can all use more of as we get older. 

What’s your favorite warm up exercise these days? 

Have you changed your mind about any movements that you used to hate as a kid? 

If so, I’d love to hear about it ⬇️
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