Other Class Offerings by our Tops associates
Enjoy other scoliosis-based classes by some of our TOPS Associates!
We have a wide network of Associates who are experts in their field, are trained in and have a focus on scoliosis, and have a wonderful relationship with TOPS that has developed over the years!
Please note: Questions and Registrations are handled directly with the TOPS Associate offering the class.
Sandra Razieli
MOVING WITH SCOLIOSIS
Wednesdays, 10:00am - 11:15am PT
This weekly class supports the development of strength, flexibility, balance and agility as well as pain reduction and the prevention of curve progression. Multiple movement modalities are explored, including Postural Yoga, The Schroth Method, Pilates, Feldenkrais, Restorative Exercise, and Z-Health Neurological-Based Movement Training.
DEBORAH WOLK
VIRTUAL INTERMEDIATE YOGA & SCOLIOSIS
Thursdays, 12:30pm - 2:00pm ET
For students with an established yoga for scoliosis practice who have props at home. All poses will be modified with props and awareness techniques so each student can move along with his/her practice. There will also be some focus on inversions. This class is not for beginners.
Check out Deborah’s upcoming retreat with TOPS here.
Kathryn Kusyszyn
THRIVING WITH SCOLIOSIS
This is a guided immersion in self-care and support for you and your scoliosis. There is nothing like it anywhere else. These practices are tried, tested and true. The educational components alone will benefit you for the rest of your life. Book a complimentary call to discuss your needs and whether this course is right for you.
Samamkāya Back Care & Scoliosis Collective
VARIETY OF IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL CLASSES
Samamkāya Yoga Back Care & Scoliosis Collective is a therapeutic, worker-owned yoga studio. Their aim is to make yoga accessible and healing to students of all ages and abilities who are living with back injuries, chronic/acute pain, differently shaped spines/bodies, scoliosis and spinal fusions. They offer daily therapeutic back care and scoliosis classes, private lessons, and weekend and (some) evening workshops and teacher trainings.
Laura M Gates
SOMATICS
Private sessions by request
Private Sessions offer hands-on techniques, the most potent application of this work. The sessions offer some of the most effective techniques available today for long-lasting and substantial change for your body and health on all levels. Sessions come with support materials for your home practice.
NAMCHI BAZAR
CORE MATTER
Yamuna® Body Rolling, Somatics, Hypopressives®, Pilates
Namchi Bazar developed her unique somatic approach to core wellness over 25 years as a professional dancer, Pilates Instructor, Yamuna® Body Rolling Practitioner and mother of three. She is compassionate, sincere and enthusiastic as she helps people feel their best in their body-mind.
Her group classes and private sessions are grounding, with a clear focus on experiential anatomy and functional movement in a dynamic and supportive learning environment. Namchi encourages authenticity and listening inwards, and believes that conscious action fosters greater self-awareness and empowerment. She embraces movement education as tools for self care, self regulating, and self preservation in terms of recovering from pregnancy and birth, habitual holding patterns, injury recovery and aging gracefully.
Elise Browning miller
YOGA FOR SCOLIOSIS
Classes, workshops, and private sessions upon request
Elise Miller, M.A. in Therapeutic Recreation from the University of North Carolina, is a Senior Certified Iyengar Yoga teacher (CIYT) and is Certified from International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT). Elise resides in Palo Alto and has been teaching yoga throughout the United States and internationally since 1976. As a founding director of the California Yoga Center in Mountain View, CA, Elise teaches classes and workshops specializing in back and sports-related injuries.
Claudia katherine
The Scoli Coach
Claudia is a Scoliosis Coach who helps people all around the world to feel confident in their curves, while helping them to slow progression and reduce scoliosis-related pain. She offers a Scoli Coach membership that includes hard-to-find information, diverse classes, and 12-week workout guides. Claudia also offers 60-minute private calls.
Claudia creates scoliosis-related content for Instagram and TikTok; she also has a podcast and YouTube page full of scoliosis-friendly workouts, yoga classes and tips.
Find Claudia on social media / YouTube @thescolicoach.
Check out Claudia’s upcoming retreat (co-taught with Martha Carter!) here.
StaCy Joyce
BACK-CARE YOGA CLASS
Mondays, 12:30-1:45pm ET
Stacy Joyce is a yoga teacher who serves students with back concerns and pain who want to find relief, enjoy more movement, improve their posture, reduce stress, and live a life not bound by their bodies.
She specializes in helping people with scoliosis and spinal fusions develop a yoga practice designed for their specific needs.
Check out Stacy’s upcoming retreat with TOPS here.
Jon musgrave
IN STUDIO BACK CARE
Wednesdays, 12:30-2:00pm ET
ONLINE BACK CARE
Fridays, 10:00-11:15am ET
IN STUDIO INTERMEDIATE BACK CARE
Saturdays, 10:30-12:00pm ET
*does not meet every week; please check the Samamkaya schedule for accurate dates.
IN STUDIO YOGA & SCOLIOSIS
Saturdays, 12:15-1:45pm ET
Jon Musgrave is a yoga teacher, manager, and founding member of Samamkaya Yoga Back Care & Scoliosis Collective. Also an LGBTQ-friendly bodyworker, Jon is ever eager to learn more about the body and how to work better with clients. Jon has studied extensively in topics including anatomy, psychology, various bodywork and energy work modalities, and specific pain and injury issues.
Jen gorman
Saturday, April 26 @ 4:45-6:00pm ET.
The Bionic Project in collaboration with Samamkaya Yoga, T3Fitt, and Wellness in Motion invite you to join a Fusion and Scoliosis Meetup in NYC. Free to attend. Please RSVP here.
Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27
Fusion forward workshops. Take 1, 2, or all 3! Click here for more details!
Yoga for People with Spinal Fusions - Standing Poses
Calming the Curves
Deepening the Practice - An Intermediate Workshop for People with Spinal Fusions and Scoliosis
Jen Gorman is a scoliosis and spinal fusion patient, advocate, and teacher. She teaches Pilates, yoga, and strength training nationwide for people with scoliosis, spinal fusions, and other back care concerns. Jen continues to study weekly in Deborah Wolk’s Intermediate Yoga and Scoliosis class as well as in Hagit Berdishevsky’s Schroth + Pilates class. Jen is proud to be a member, teacher, and founding officer of the highly esteemed Samamkaya Back Care & Scoliosis Collective in New York City.
additionally, in case you’re interested…
** Deepen your practice by attending our Scoliosis Saturdays and Gentle Sunday Yoga morning classes!
Martha’s ‘Scoliosis Saturdays’ class 'Somatic Yoga for Scoliosis and Fusions' offers a very gentle and foundational approach to movement that helps everyone to move with ease and without pain. Gentle movement for scoliotic spines helps people breathe into their concavities, decompress their curves, derotate their twists, repattern their imbalances, reinforce new patterns, strengthen and stabilize weak areas, and in general feel better about their backs!
‘Gentle Sunday Yoga’ is a casual yet stimulating Sunday starter! This class is gentle - with just the right amount of challenge for all levels and body types. Each class starts sitting in a kitchen-type chair for some deep breathing and gentle stretching. This is followed by dynamic movement which leads to restorative relaxation on the floor. From there, your Sunday has begun…