Matt Phippen Weekend of Workshops

We are thrilled to announce Matt is coming back to Bainbridge Yoga House for a weekend of workshops.

With a variety of formal training in many disciplines, Matt’s teaching pulls from numerous styles in the Yoga system, as well as Postural Restoration, Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization and Functional Range Systems.

Blending the old with the new, and combining tradition with science, Matt offers an intelligent and relevant style for students wanting to improve the way they move and breathe, and for teachers seeking insight and refinement in the way they teach.  

Friday, October 30th, 6-8pm Resonance

Come discover the transformative power of resonance - the natural, rhythmic relationship between breath, posture, and the nervous system. In this workshop, we’ll explore respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), the phenomenon where your heart rate and breath synchronize, and why it’s one of the most reliable indicators of overall health. Our psychology - how we think, feel, and behave- plays a huge role in regulating neurological state. But what’s often under-appreciated is the role posture and breath mechanics play. This workshop offers practical, science-based methods that leverage posture and breathing to influence the nervous system, allowing the heart to naturally resonate with the breath.

All levels welcome. 

Saturday, October 31st, 10-12pm Re-Stack Your Posture

Join Matt for an in-depth workshop on The Stack - a powerful approach to aligning and stabilizing the body by stacking the respiratory and pelvic diaphragms. Through intentional breathing, intra-abdominal pressure, and hamstring activation, you’ll learn how to build a strong, responsive core. This approach improves both movement and breath mechanics, and clarifies what it actually means to improve posture. Ideal for anyone looking to move and breathe with greater stability and resilience.

All levels welcome.

Saturday, October 31st, 1-3pm 360-Degree Hips

This workshop is about becoming human again. In modern life, we’ve lost the ability to rotate and lateralize from the pelvis. We sit in chairs and stare at screens instead of hunting, and gathering for food. Over time, our hips get stuck in one position, and we lose access to other planes of movement - especially rotation. When your pelvis can’t rotate over your femurs (acetabular-femoral internal rotation), you compensate by using your back. So instead of walking from your hips, you twist and brace your spine just to take a step. That’s one of the biggest contributors to back pain. This workshop teaches the foundational biomechanics of being human - walking. You’ll learn how to rotate your pelvis, move through all planes of motion, and stop using your back to do a job that belongs to your hips.

All levels welcome.

Sunday, November 21 10am-12pm Build your Butt

Butts are trending. Who doesn’t want a bigger butt? 😉

But on the real, your glutes - especially glute max—are number one for hip health. If you don’t use your butt, you’ll use your back. And that’s a fast track to compensation, and back pain.

To build optimally, a muscle has to go from long to short under load. For your glute max, that means learning to hip hinge. Most of us have lost it. We sit too much, compensate from our back, and never truly load the glutes.

So instead of building a strong, functional butt, we grip, extend, and compress. In this workshop you’ll learn how to:

• Master the hip hinge

• Load the glute max properly

• Propel from your hips

• Stop using your back to do your butt’s job

Come jump on the trend. Build a better butt, so you can move better and feel better!

All levels welcome

Learn more about Matt @mattphippen or on his website.

And if you want to get a fun glimpse into Matt's life, check out this video on Instagram.

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