STUDIO PO ONLINE
THURSDAYS October 15, 22, 29 · November 5, 12, 19 · December 3, 10 2:30-4pm
Eight live online sessions, Thursday afternoons starting October 15th. An anatomical study of the spine enlivened by thoughtful observation, exploration, and personal experience.
Yoga, Scoliosis and the Nervous System
Pittsburgh, PA
October 24-25, 2026
Deborah will present her acclaimed Yoga, Scoliosis and the Nervous System workshop at Sterling Yoga and Wellness in Pittsburgh in person and online! The workshop will cover the anatomy of scoliosis and the nervous system and asana to work with disorientation, proprioceptive and balance difficulties and techniques to lead to body toward and neutral spine and more balanced use of the limbs and trunk.
Samamkaya Yoga, Manhattan, NYC
March 8, 9 & 10
In this workshop you will learn to find more extension, alignment, and balance as a result of practice than ever before. The sense of the body and particular nervous system issues will be felt in a new way and as a practitioner with scoliosis you will learn how to unravel the disorientation you feel when practicing yoga or when receiving adjustments and modifications in the asanas. Teachers will learn to guide their students with scoliosis with a different set of directions.
Amy's Yoga for Life
7002 Camp Hill Road, Fort Washington, PA, 19034
Join us for Deborah’s famous Anatomy, Back Care, & Scoliosis weekend in Pennsylvania!
These virtual classes will address home practice with specific props for back care, scoliosis and related injuries. Precision with these props becomes more and more important as your practice progresses. To really learn to heal independently one must understand the principles behind the props. In this series, Deborah will go over specifics of practice combining the principles needed to work with different back conditions with each class’ prop theme.
These virtual classes will address home practice with specific props for back care, scoliosis and related injuries. Precision with these props becomes more and more important as your practice progresses. To really learn to heal independently one must understand the principles behind the props. In this series, Deborah will go over specifics of practice combining the principles needed to work with different back conditions with each class’ prop theme.
These virtual classes will address home practice with specific props for back care, scoliosis and related injuries. Precision with these props becomes more and more important as your practice progresses. To really learn to heal independently one must understand the principles behind the props. In this series, Deborah will go over specifics of practice combining the principles needed to work with different back conditions with each class’ prop theme.
These virtual classes will address home practice with specific props for back care, scoliosis and related injuries. Precision with these props becomes more and more important as your practice progresses. To really learn to heal independently one must understand the principles behind the props. In this series, Deborah will go over specifics of practice combining the principles needed to work with different back conditions with each class’ prop theme.
These virtual classes will address home practice with specific props for back care, scoliosis and related injuries. Precision with these props becomes more and more important as your practice progresses. To really learn to heal independently one must understand the principles behind the props. In this series, Deborah will go over specifics of practice combining the principles needed to work with different back conditions with each class’ prop theme.
Yoga Room Berkeley, CA
Yoga, Scoliosis, & Hormonal Health — Saturday, August 6 — 2–4p PDT
The Midline & The Plumb Line: Finding Your Center — Sunday, August 7 — 12–2p PDT
California Yoga Center, Mountain View, CA
In this 2-day workshop, Deborah will address how scoliosis changes the consistency, position and shape of the bones. She will guide us to an increased awareness of our bone structure and health through yoga asana and pranayama.
Living Yoga, Denver - HYBRID
Scoliosis is usually discussed as a spinal condition and most modalities (PT, Pilates, etc.) approach it directly through the ribs and spine. But in yoga, much of the work is done through the periphery: the arms and legs. In this hybrid workshop, Deborah will work with the way uneven shoulder and hip sockets can better integrate with the arms and legs as a whole. Participants will also look at how the joints and bones of the limbs compensate through hyperextension, bowing and other asymmetries—as the body searches for balance.
Deborah returns to Living Yoga in Denver for a weekend of Yoga for Scoliosis and Back Care. Join us to learn about the anatomy of scoliosis, how to safely practice inversions, and poses to support the heart and lungs. Register for the entire workshop or for individual sessions.
The Yoga Room - Berkeley, CA
(Online via Zoom)
Due to the curve and concavity in the thoracic rib cage, those of us with scoliosis are more prone to heart and lung conditions or weaknesses than others. Many of us have conditions like Mitral Valve Prolapse for instance which may need eventual surgery. But we can use the techniques which help our curves through yoga such as breathing into the thoracic concavity, changing the position of the ribs in the concavity by side bending and stretching specific intercostals and stuck areas in the diaphragm to increase our breathing capacity and strengthen the heart. We can change blood flow through inversions and increase or slow down the heart rate/respiration with backbends, forward bends and pranayama.
The Yoga Room - Berkeley, CA
(Online via Zoom)
When we have a back injury or asymmetry, collapse and atrophy weaken us due to our imbalances. Often those who suffer from injuries or pain are told to strengthen the abdomen or "the core" to heal, but workouts building one muscle group can often lock in asymmetry and ultimately create more imbalances and pain. Once we start healing the body with good alignment, strength is needed to maintain that alignment, to rebuild confidence in the body mind, and to sustain internal lift. Where do we begin? What is strength if it is not just muscle building? and what techniques and skills are needed to build strength symmetrically?
June 11–13, 2021
Presented online via Zoom by California Yoga Center
California Yoga Center is very pleased to welcome back Deborah Wolk for 3 sessions on Yoga for Scoliosis. Even if you have taken workshops with her in the past at CYC, this series will be more targeted towards specific issues and practice. Study with Deborah for the full weekend or sign up for separate sessions. The 3-session workshop will include an anatomy lecture, an exploration of yoga, scoliosis and the nervous system as well as in depth on yoga, scoliosis and the organ body. All sessions will be recorded. Registered students will have access for two (2) weeks.
As a way to bring Barry’s friends and family together along with our own students and to share with you the life-changing practice that meant so much to Barry, we are happy to offer a donation-based therapeutic yoga class taught as a benefit by Deborah Wolk in Barry’s memory. The class will be geared for any level even if you have never practiced yoga before. Deborah will teach some of Barry’s favorite poses and will explain how they helped him. After class she’ll keep the Zoom meeting on so we can all meet and chat and have a little memorial gathering. We are looking forward to meeting you and thanking you all in person.
Deborah will help you welcome the New Year with an asana sequence designed to lift your spirits and give your spine a great start for 2021! This 2 hour class will use therapeutic adjustments and modifications making poses accessible to everyone. We will end with pranayama and deep relaxation.
The holidays can be a busy and stressful time of the year. Join Deborah Wolk to learn pranayama, yogic breathing practices, to help quiet your body and mind!
My workshops at Living Yoga (Denver) will focus on a mix of Anatomy and Yoga for Scoliosis. The first day will be straightforward work with Yoga for Scoliosis. The 2nd day will be the anatomy of bone and specifically the bones of those of us with scoliosis. We will begin with a lecture using sensory anatomy in which we find landmarks in the body, sensing our curves and bone shape and learning to see asymmetry in others if you are teaching. In both workshops we'll spend the last 90 mins exploring what we have learned and applying it to asana.
California Yoga Center
Mountain View, CA
The workshop is for students with scoliosis or those who want to deepen understanding of body asymmetries, and learn techniques to transform yoga practice in a fluid and positive way. The sessions are also appropriate for yoga teachers wishing to learn how to work better with their students with scoliosis. Each afternoon includes 1 hour of experiential anatomy and applying this knowledge in 90 minutes of modified, therapeutic asana. Participants should have at least 6 months of yoga experience.
Samamkaya Yoga
Manhattan, NYC
In this workshop, you will learn how to use active poses to access numb and unused areas, release overused overstretched muscles and rest over-contracted muscles. Using prop setups and other stimuli which allow the nervous system to balance these extremes, the techniques in this workshop will help you find a center place where you can rest.
Samamkaya Yoga Back Care & Scoliosis Collective
New York, NY
Teachers participating in this course will learn how use of the breath can re-shape and and create equilibrium within strongly held physical patterns as well as re-balance the nervous system of the student who struggles with pain or with compromised range of motion and proprioception.
Samamkaya Yoga Back Care & Scoliosis Collective
New York, NY
This workshop addresses how to teach a therapeutic private yoga lesson. We will discuss ways to “see” and work with students from a biopsychosocial perspective so that you can decipher the aspects of the practice that will be most healing for your students.
Bloom Yoga
Lebanon, TN
Yoga for Lower Back Pain & Injuries
Yoga, Scoliosis, & the Nervous System: Sympathetic and Parasympathetic
The Yoga Room
Berkeley, CA
Learn how scoliosis and other musculoskeletal conditions affect and are affected by the organs. Deborah will offer techniques in the asanas to address imbalances and support the organs and also sense how the organs themselves can offer the spine more support.
Living Yoga
Denver, CO
On Friday, Deborah will teach a direct approach to relief and awareness addressing all types of chronic back pain and alignment issues such as disc herniation, spondylolisthesis, swayback, whiplash and kyphosis. On Saturday, she will introduce participants to the structure of the spine, the anatomy of scoliosis and how it affects one’s physiology and health, and yoga asanas and principles of sequencing for different curvatures and pain issues.
California Yoga Center
Mountain View, CA
In this workshop, you will learn how to use active poses to access numb and unused areas, release overused overstretched muscles and rest over-contracted muscles. Using prop setups and other stimuli which allow the nervous system to balance these extremes, the techniques in this workshop will help you find a center place where you can rest.
Saturday, April 13 & Sunday, April 14 2019, 9:30–1:30 each day
Madrid, Spain Yoga MORATALAZ - Madrid, Spain
160 € for the whole weekend
Saturday, April 6: 12:00–18:00 & Sunday, April 7: 10:00–16:00
Elke Werner Studio - Mannheim, Germany
170 € for the whole weekend
March 8, 9, & 10, 2019
Friday 5–8pm / Saturday 9am–12pm & 2-6pm / Sunday 9am-12:15pm & 1:45–3:30pm
$310 In Advance
January 26 & 27, 2019
Saturday 9am–12pm & 2-6pm / Sunday 9am-12:15pm & 1:45–3:30pm
$265 In Advance
