Time: 10am-12pm AEDT

Date: 14 December 2024

Location: Online (via Zoom), Recording available

Price: $50 USD

Unlock your full range of motion and enhance your physical performance in this transformative flexibility series led by the renowned aerialist contortionist and physiotherapist, Ellie! Blending her exceptional skills in aerial arts with her in-depth knowledge of physiotherapy, Ellie offers a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to flexibility training. Join us for one workshop in the series or for all of them!

About the Curve & Contort Workshop:

Join Ellie as she delves into the anatomical requirements and biomechanics behind advanced back bending! Throughout this workshop, you will be guided through soft tissue preparation, nerve flossing for our upper limbs, activation drills and active flexibility strengthening drills to guide the body into safe and effective contorted backbend shapes.

Prerequisite: As a pre-requisite for this workshop, you must have a strong and comfortable bridge.

Equipment Required:

  • Zoom access
  • Device to watch the workshop on
  • 2-4 yoga blocks
  • A peanut massage ball
  • A set of mini loop bands (ranging from light-extra strong)
  • A light-medium theraband
  • Notebook or device for note-taking

Workshop Inclusions:

  • Live workshop attendance: Come nerd out with Ellie, ask her your questions, and be taken through a series of progressive flexibility exercises and demonstrations.
  • Recording: All attendees will be sent a recording of the workshop within 24 hours of the workshop going live. This recording will expire at midnight (AEDT) 14th April 2025 and is not for download.

Meet Ellie:

Ellie is a multi-disciplinary international circus performance artist, coach, aerial/pole competition judge, show producer, and member of The Pole Physio team specialising in on women's health and the research/development of gender-diverse healthcare in Physiotherapy. She has trained in Contortion & Hand Balance, and has extensively researched & developed a unique, and safe approach to her flexibility and contortion teachings for adults which lead her into the world of physiotherapy. Ellie is a specialist in adult flexibility, with years of contortion specific exercise prescription, plans and programmes, targeted for the individual and their bendy goals in the air and on the ground.

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