These last months have been stressful, y’all. Where do you carry that tension in your body? Do you have extra aches and pains from all this screen time? A massage would feel amazing, right? But getting a massage isn’t exactly a socially distanced activity…

Here’s a tool to help you work out the kinks on your own at home: therapy ball self-massage. This 2-hour workshop will offer a head-to-toe rollout to leave you feeling physically soothed and emotionally relaxed.

Advantages of self-massage: the roll-down low-down:

• Release physical tension. Learn techniques to soothe your personal hot spots.

• Relieve stress. Knead your physical form to relax the mental and emotional layers of your being.

• Breathe more freely. Physical tension and postural habits impede the breath. Unblock your respiration and repattern your carriage.

• Deepen your asana practice. Stretching is not the only—or even, sometimes, the most effective—way to increase flexibility. Self-massage can improve mobility. The balls also awaken unconscious body areas; improved body awareness leads to more skillful movement.

• Reveal yourself to yourself. Map your physical form and explore the mental and emotional states that self-care can evoke.

Alleviate pain and stress, move more freely, and breathe more easily. As Patanjali tells us in sutra 2.16, future pain can be avoided. Come get the ball rolling!

Equipment needed: 1 set of Yoga Tune Up therapy balls with their tote OR 2 loose tennis balls + 2 tennis balls tied together in a sock, 1 or 2 blocks, blanket or beach towel, wall space