Name: Yoga for Pain Relief / Christine Bissonette
Start: 2025-10-18T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-18T15:00:00-04:00
Location: 23 Brook St, West Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06110

$Yoga for Pain Relief \/ Christine Bissonette$

Do you suffer from tight hamstrings, sore knees, stubborn hips, or nagging back or neck pain? Do muscular imbalances hold you back - both in your yoga practice and daily life?
Yoga for Pain Relief is a practical, empowering workshop designed to help you understand the root causes of chronic pain and provide tools for relief through targeted yoga techniques. You will learn how to rebalance your body, correct postural misalignments, and ease discomfort - all naturally and drug-free.
Through a combination of lecture, demonstration, and guided practices, participants will explore:
● All natural, drug-free methods for pain relief
● How to balance the pelvis - the foundation of the body's structural alignment
● Techniques to balance specific muscle groups commonly associated with pain
● Yoga postures that support healing for various neuromuscular conditions
● How to identify which poses are helpful - and which to avoid - for specific issues
This workshop is designed to be accessible for all levels of experience. Whether you are brand new to yoga or a long-time practitioner, you will leave with clear, actionable tools to support your well-being.
$40, registration required
Christine Bissonnette, E-RYT 500, Integrated Positional Therapist, Reiki Master, and bodyworker with over 25 years of experience in holistic healing and movement. Passionate about service and transformation, Christine is deeply curious about how individuals can cultivate sustainable change to live more peaceful, pain-free lives.
As a holistic health educator, she brings a blend of expertise, intuition, and playfulness to her teaching, creating a space for both personal and collective transformation. She embraces the philosophy of “your yoga”—encouraging each person to explore and express their practice in a way that aligns with their unique body and needs.
Christine’s diverse experience spans years at Kripalu, private practice, medical settings, and hospice care, giving her profound insight into the human body at all stages of life. She guides her students toward a functional understanding of movement, helping them cultivate ease, joy, and resilience.