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Trina Altman

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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Celebrating my 51st birthday with chocolate bougat Celebrating my 51st birthday with chocolate bougatsa AND chocolate mousse 🎉 because two desserts are better than one 🤩.

IMO, all the best Greek restaurants are the ones that have chocolate dessert options 🍮 😉.

On Sunday (my actual birthday) we’re off to Portugal & Spain for 5 weeks to continue the celebrations! 🥳 💃🏼
I was finally able to keep up with ALL the choreog I was finally able to keep up with ALL the choreography in Arthur’s hip-hop class last night so today I am celebrating my progress! 

I’ve been taking  @arthurcrenshaw ‘s Hip Hop class @equinox Southbay on Thursday nights for a while now and when I first started, the choreography was so hard for me. 🙀

But despite the challenges, I was still able to progress because of how Arthur teaches. 

He shows us a few steps of choreography, and then we repeat it MULTIPLE times before he adds on a few more steps.

Then, instead of adding more new choreography, we practice what we’ve already learned SEVERAL times BEFORE he adds more steps for us to learn.

Because of his teaching style, I’ve been able to feel successful, even when I’m struggling to keep up. 

I love the challenge of learning new things, so I’m always down for the uncomfortable phases  BECAUSE THATS WHERE THE LEARNING HAPPENS. 

Usually at some point in the class there’s several steps that I just can’t get…either it’s because I can’t wrap my brain around them or my brain understands them, but my body isn’t cooperating quickly enough. 

I was telling my friend @gannefromga about this, (she’s the one crushing it next to Arthur in the video) and she gave me some really helpful advice. 

She said to give each step a name, and then repeat that name every time you do the steps. 

When she told me this, I couldn’t believe I hadn’t thought of it myself, because that’s what I do all the time when I teach. 😆

I come up with names for different movements we’re doing (if there isn’t already an established name) to help my students remember what the movement is and how to do it. 

GeorgeAnne told me the funny creative names she has for some of the hip hop moves we’ve been learning, and I must say she’s a GENIUS with this technique! 

This video shows the choreography we learned over the course of a one hour class, and while I don’t have much flair or personality in my moves (yet), I’m able to at least execute them without falling behind, which is a huge win! 

Arthur has cultivated a fantastic community of people who also love learning, so seeing everyone each week is just as much fun as the  dancing 💃🏼 🕺🏻 🎉
I’m so proud of my strength training client Suza I’m so proud of my strength training client Suzanne! She’s been lifting every week since August 16, 2023 and has progressing nonstop ever since!! 

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What CAN your body do for you if you put the time to invest it in getting stronger?  Put your suitcase 🧳 into the overhead bin? Get rid of hip pain after injury? Rid yourself of tech neck?  The best thing I have done for myself in the last year is to let go of the background voices that told me there was nothing I could do for myself but just live with what was - do more yoga, limit myself to tiny dumbbells only, do more cardio, and that was probably it. Let’s redefine our relationship to exercise 💪 together. It’s so much more than we thought it was ❤️ Comment below with your revelations!  #yogastrength#yogaforeverybody  #joyfulmovement #intentionalmovement  #yogastrong #embodied-movement  #thatyogalife#yogateachers#midlifewomen  #marylandyoga#functionalstrength  #moveyourbodyeveryday
Progressive overload in action 💪🏼. Start wit Progressive overload in action 💪🏼. Start with no weight, then add 1 lb at a time over time with sets and reps. 

It’s interesting how people think that certain body parts should only be stretched and not strengthened… for example, the neck or the hip flexors. It’s just not true. Your whole body deserves to be strong and flexible! 

I use a 5 pound plate right now for my neck strengthening exercises (see previous post).

What is your favorite next strengthening exercise? 

Let me know in the comments ✅

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#athlete #stefaniemillinger #roguefitness #rogue #weightlifter #olylifting #gym #handstand #handstandpushups #madness
My “why” and goal for every private session I My “why” and goal for every private session I teach. 

There’s other things that I hope to provide for my clients in each session but this one is the most important. 

What’s your “why” when you teach?

#yogadeconstructed #pilatesdeconstructed #weightlifting #barbellworkout #kettlebellworkout #southbaypersonaltrainer  #losangelespersonaltrainer
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow from 1 Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow from 11-12 at the @equinox South Bay and on Thursday at 9:15 in Palos Verdes! 

Not a member? No worries! 

DM me for a free guest pass ❤️

It’s a hips focused 🤩 class sequence inspired by the brilliance of my two of my favorite movement teacher friends: @sofiesnow and @laurelbeversdorf 💃🏼
Sharing this because is it’s 🔥aaaaand cuz it Sharing this because is it’s 🔥aaaaand cuz it reminds me of being a child in the 1970s and seeing an envelope come in the mail addressed to “Mr and Mrs. Ronny Altman” and being confused and angry that my mom’s first name (Judy) was missing. Wtf? 

I remember asking her why her first name wasn’t there knowing that the contents inside were meant to be read by both of my parents. 

From that day on, knew that I would  never address envelopes in that way. ✅

#fuckthepatriarchy 

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"My husband reading with 6 yo and explaining “Miss, Mrs, Ms”: “Isn’t it wild that we created all these different words to tell the world whether or not a woman is married, but not for a man?”"

Tweet by Esther C, MD MPH
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Here’s one of the many reasons why we lift heavy Here’s one of the many reasons why we lift heavy things:-). 

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A importância da FISIOTERAPIA e do EXERCÍCIO FÍSICO para as Atividades de Vida Diária dos Idosos. 👵🏼👴🏽

SEJA FUNCIONAL 💪🏽
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Once I learn something new, my brain immediately w Once I learn something new, my brain immediately wants to integrate it and relate it to something else I already know. 

For example, when I learned these arm swings from my adult beginner, modern dance teacher @sofiesnow back in 2016, I immediately thought of how they could help my students learn more about the relationship between their shoulders and their spines. 

So much of the movement we do in yoga, Pilates, barre, strength training etc. can be extremely controlled and precise. And there’s nothing wrong with controlled and precise, but sometimes it’s nice to add a little variability into your movement diet. 

This variability often provides the missing links that help you make connections between your brain and your body that you may not have previously observed. 

Obviously, this is what lights me up, so I’m always looking for connecting “puzzle piece” type movements that I can include in my yoga classes that will facilitate those aha lightbulb 💡 moments of awareness and joy in my students. 

While it might seem here on social media, that I favor certain movement modalities over others, it’s not the case. 

I am always linking each modality to another, because that’s how my brain works, but also because it’s fun! 

Where do you get your teaching ideas and movement inspiration from? 

I’d love to hear in the comments.

Sound on for Sofia’s brilliant verbal and tactile cues 🔥
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