Unlock the Mechanics: A Workshop Series with Fernando Coelho | In-Person

Unlocking the Mechanics is a workshop series designed to break down complex elements of yoga practice into accessible, actionable steps. Each session focuses on a specific aspect of the body or breath, providing the tools and techniques to deepen your understanding and elevate your practice. Whether you're exploring inversions, breathwork, or self-release techniques, this series empowers you to approach your practice with confidence and clarity.

Take one workshop, or save $25 when you register for all three! Check out what you’ll learn:

FIRST WORKSHOP: MECHANICS OF A HANDSTAND

Saturday January 25 | 1:00-3:00pm

A strong handstand starts from the ground up. In this 2-hour workshop, we’ll break down the essential prep work to build the strength, mobility, and body awareness needed to support your handstand practice—no matter where you are in your journey.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Core Strength & Stability: Explore drills that cultivate the foundation for inversions, focusing on the core's role in balance.

  • Shoulder Preparation: Learn mobility exercises and stability techniques to create a strong and safe shoulder girdle.

  • Wrist & Hand Engagement: Understand how to protect your wrists while activating your hands for a solid base.

  • Alignment in Action: Dive into the mechanics of stacking the body for balance and ease in your handstand.

  • Wall Work & Progressions: Practice accessible approaches using the wall and other props to safely develop strength and confidence.

This workshop is designed to help you understand and experience the building blocks of handstands without pressure to “stick” the pose. You’ll leave with practical tools and drills to integrate into your practice, making steady and mindful progress toward your inversion goals.

Investment:

Each workshop is $45. Register for all three workshops for $110 (a savings of $25!)

Subsequent workshops will cover:

  • Cultivating Depth

    Sunday March 30 | 1:00-3:00pm

    Unlock the power of your breath by learning how it works from the inside out. In this 2-hour workshop, we’ll focus on the essential prep work needed to develop breath awareness, control, and efficiency. Through guided exercises and breath-centered movement, you’ll strengthen your understanding of how the breath supports stability, relaxation, and focus—both on and off the mat.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • Breath Awareness & Control: Explore how to engage your breath consciously to support movement and stillness.

    • Diaphragmatic Activation: Understand the role of the diaphragm in breath mechanics and practice activating it fully.

    • Core & Breath Connection: Learn how breath supports core stability and body alignment.

    • Breathing Techniques & Drills: Practice specific breath exercises that calm the mind and energize the body.

    This workshop is ideal for anyone looking to deepen their breathwork practice, build awareness, and integrate breath mechanics into movement with more confidence and ease.

    Reserve your spot today and breathe with purpose!

  • Harnessing Integration
    May 4 | 1:00-3:00pm

    Explore the art of movement through the lens of integrated alignment, where strength and mobility work together to create ease and stability. In this 2-hour workshop, we’ll break down the foundational mechanics of efficient movement by focusing on body awareness, joint stability, and fascial release techniques. Through guided practices, you’ll learn how to move with greater freedom while building resilience and reducing tension.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • Body Mapping & Awareness: Develop a deeper understanding of how different parts of your body connect and support movement.

    • Joint Stability & Mobility: Explore exercises that enhance joint health while increasing range of motion.

    • Fascial Release Techniques: Learn self-massage techniques to reduce tightness and improve movement quality.

    • Dynamic Alignment in Action: Practice integrating these techniques into familiar yoga postures and everyday movement.

    This workshop is ideal for anyone looking to move more efficiently, reduce tension, and create lasting strength and balance in their practice and daily life.

    Move more aligned with yourself—reserve your spot today!

 

NOTE: This is a special series; regular class packages and memberships can not be applied.

Financial Assistance is available

Reach out if you have any questions: info@yogamechanics.com

More about Fernando

After a debilitating car accident and subsequent surgeries, doctors said my active lifestyle was over! Losing my physical abilities allowed me no choice but to shift my focus to my mind and how it operates. I found a new level of respect and appreciation for my body’s natural ability to overcome injury and heal itself. I developed a new more complete understanding of my inner workings. 

My Mission is to show people that our pain is the path to our liberation. It’s our gift, not our cross to bear.

In my class you can expect to breathe and move in new ways. To find light and space in the neglected areas of the body and mind.

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